What Grinds My Gears 2: Vertical Videos

 WGMG 2: Vertical Videos

     Ever since the invention of the Iphone, many people have been filming videos 

  of their pets, friends, random fights, etc. While it may look nice viewing it

  on the phone itself, when uploaded to Youtube or elsewhere, the large black

  boxes on the sides make it look terrible. 

  Here are a few examples of Vertical Videos-

  Popular movies shot vertically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRqs8jP1lXY

  Vertical Videos PSA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2picMQC-9E

  Vertical Videos PSA 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVabYHvD3vc

  Now here is a rock concert shot horizontally-

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFVPU2BGC38 

 See how better it looks in full screen rather than half screen. The human eye is

 not trained to see vertically, so please turn your camera phone sideways. 

What Grinds my Gears: Youtube Ads

   Admit it, we've all had little quirks that bother us. Some of them can be big

   while others can be very small. That's why I'll be posting some of the things that

   really grinds my gears (inspired by a Family Guy episode).

Youtube Ads

   One of the things that grinds my gears are ads on YouTube. I understand that the

  video makers have to make money from them but it's getting to the point of utter 

  ridiculousness. Ever since Google bought them out, they've figured out how to 

  make as much ad money from them as possible. YouTube used to be a video site
  where one could upload videos of themselves. Now it's just a money making video
  sharing site to fit in Google's portfolio. 

         It used to be where you could skip an ad after 5 seconds but now they're getting

  away with the ad last just as long. What I really can't stand is the ad is always the 

  same one every single time. 

         Sometimes they'll put them in the middle so it startles you while you're in the
  middle of watching something interesting. These are called mid roll ads and 
   creators have gotten lazy in where to put them.

        I think it's great that programs such as Adblock & UBlock were invented to

   circumvent this. Sometimes the videos won't play unless you turn it off which 

   makes it frustrating. 

       That's why I like watching videos on Vimeo so much. There are no ads to 

  worry about and plus their audience is more niche than YouTube is. It's just a 
  matter of time until YouTube gets too big for themselves and implodes.

Favorite Youtubers

     Youtube has a vast majority of different channels featuring various interests. Here is 
my favorite Youtube Channels that I like : 

  1. Pat the Nes Punk ; retro gamer
  
  2. James Rolfe; retro gamer

  3. Nostalgia Critic/Doug Walker; retro movie reviewer

  4. Comic book girl 19 ; comic book nerd girl with weird hair and a funny personality

  5.Midnight's Edge ; insider movie studio gossip w/ creepy music.

  6. Wrestling with Wregret : wrestling fan Brian Zane covers various wrestling
   related media (movies, books, etc.)

  7. Solomonster - Wrestling Podcast

  8. Sean Moore's Cinematic Excrement; reviews the worst movies ever made