Not just cat videos: Buffer Festival Celebrates the Talent of YouTube
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest blog post is from our friends at Buffer Festival 2014.
Anyone with a camera and access to the internet can create a YouTube video. The online platform is a great one to share ideas, commentary, presentations, or funny clips of your pet skateboarding or howling to their favourite song. However, there’s much more to YouTube than cute puppy videos and groups of people doing the Harlem Shake. For the second year, Buffer Festival shows just how much creativity and artistic talent can be found online. From amazing animation and special effects, to educational content or engaging original music, YouTube has become a platform for “citizens” to showcase their talents with a wide and far-reaching audience. From October 17-19, some of the world’s most-watched (and loved) YouTube filmmakers will convene in Toronto to celebrate and share their work with each other and their fans.
Attendees will get the chance to see their favourite YouTubers’ work before they hit the digital screens - feature-length screenings will take place at high-profile theatres in the city, including the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Scotiabank, and the John W. H. Bassett Theatres. Created by Canadian talent Corey Vidal and his company, ApprenticeA Productions, the three-day festival is a digital video lover’s dream. In fact, New Form Digital, a joint venture between Ron Howard, Discovery Communications and Brian Grazer, will be screening a series of shorts by commissioned YouTubers during the festival. As well, Lucasfilm is presenting the Star Wars Fan Films Showcase at Buffer Festival, offering an exclusive sneak peek into the return of the Star Wars Fan Film Awards. New short films by YouTubers Vidal, WheezyWaiter and Olan Rogers will premiere at the screening, along with fan films from around the world. YouTube is a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment mix, and some of Hollywood’s finest have taken notice.
Clash at the Cantina was shot on the Lucasfilm lot at the Disney studios in Burbank, California.
One of the festival’s biggest highlights is the black-tie gala and red carpet event. Fans will get a chance to take pictures with and get autographs from YouTube stars as they walk the red carpet. A collection of the best videos shown throughout the festival will be played during this formal event. Yes, black-tie and YouTube do belong together in the same sentence!
The festival comprises themed nights highlighting YouTube content across broad genres, from LGBT+ to Animation. The remainder will focus on the works of some YouTube celebrities, including Shay Carl, Charles Trippy, Charles McDonnell, Toby Turner (Tobuscus), Rhett and Link, Epic Meal Time, VSauce3, among many others.
Be sure to visit www.bufferfestival.com for more information or to buy tickets.
Anyone with a camera and access to the internet can create a YouTube video. The online platform is a great one to share ideas, commentary, presentations, or funny clips of your pet skateboarding or howling to their favourite song. However, there’s much more to YouTube than cute puppy videos and groups of people doing the Harlem Shake. For the second year, Buffer Festival shows just how much creativity and artistic talent can be found online. From amazing animation and special effects, to educational content or engaging original music, YouTube has become a platform for “citizens” to showcase their talents with a wide and far-reaching audience. From October 17-19, some of the world’s most-watched (and loved) YouTube filmmakers will convene in Toronto to celebrate and share their work with each other and their fans.
Attendees will get the chance to see their favourite YouTubers’ work before they hit the digital screens - feature-length screenings will take place at high-profile theatres in the city, including the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Scotiabank, and the John W. H. Bassett Theatres. Created by Canadian talent Corey Vidal and his company, ApprenticeA Productions, the three-day festival is a digital video lover’s dream. In fact, New Form Digital, a joint venture between Ron Howard, Discovery Communications and Brian Grazer, will be screening a series of shorts by commissioned YouTubers during the festival. As well, Lucasfilm is presenting the Star Wars Fan Films Showcase at Buffer Festival, offering an exclusive sneak peek into the return of the Star Wars Fan Film Awards. New short films by YouTubers Vidal, WheezyWaiter and Olan Rogers will premiere at the screening, along with fan films from around the world. YouTube is a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment mix, and some of Hollywood’s finest have taken notice.
Clash at the Cantina was shot on the Lucasfilm lot at the Disney studios in Burbank, California.
One of the festival’s biggest highlights is the black-tie gala and red carpet event. Fans will get a chance to take pictures with and get autographs from YouTube stars as they walk the red carpet. A collection of the best videos shown throughout the festival will be played during this formal event. Yes, black-tie and YouTube do belong together in the same sentence!
The festival comprises themed nights highlighting YouTube content across broad genres, from LGBT+ to Animation. The remainder will focus on the works of some YouTube celebrities, including Shay Carl, Charles Trippy, Charles McDonnell, Toby Turner (Tobuscus), Rhett and Link, Epic Meal Time, VSauce3, among many others.
Be sure to visit www.bufferfestival.com for more information or to buy tickets.
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