Danceinyourpants
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Can we talk about the elephant in the room that is GTV never uploading videos?
I don't know a single team that isn't missing some video that GTV filmed. Everybody always looks forward to performing at a competition that GTV is at, but I dread it, because I know that video is never going up. Sure, his quality is decent, and his editing is a nice touch, but why do we as a circuit allow GTV to keep coming to comps as the primary videographer if he never releases the product? I respect the work that Harjot does, but it's not like somebody else can't do it. Mithin Thomas and Alvin Alex (primarily in the fusion circuit) have comparable video quality, and they actually upload every team's videos from every comp they go to. It's really not that hard.
A high quality video, for me, is often more important than placings. Obviously I want to place, but when I'm looking back on what I did in the circuit 20 years from now, I'm not really going to care what place I got. I will care about having a video that I can clearly see my team and myself in. And I'm sure others feel the same way. Teams will go to comps just because they know GTV will be there, because a good video is that important to them. Ironically, most of these teams won't ever see that video.
At what point does our circuit and comp organizers draw the line and say enough is enough when when dealing with GTV? What good is his video quality if they videos never get posted? I'd rather have somebody with slightly less editing skill (though let's be honest, GTV doesn't do that much editing work) come to my comps if I knew they'd upload. The very least GTV could do is give teams the raw footage of what he films if he has no intention of uploading, but whenever a team asks for that, he doesn't give it. At this point, comps just go to GTV for the clout he brings to their comp. I think they're doing a disservice to the teams by doing so.
Yesterday GTV made a video on their Instagram explaining the reason for delays in uploading videos is this new website portal he's working on. I still don't see how that's a valid excuse for not uploading. He hired an artist for his new logo, and he hired a web developer to make the website, so what's he doing? Maybe he could hire somebody to upload the rest of the videos if he can't find the time to do it himself. I'm starting to think that he has been intentionally withholding videos so that once his website launches, it will force people to go through his site to watch them. Maybe that would be convenient, but I personally dislike the idea of having to go through a website other than YouTube to watch bhangra performances. Will he be monetizing this website with ads, subscription fees, etc.? Does he just want the pride of knowing everybody has to use his website to watch shit? If videos will only be available on his website, it seems like they're more of his property than the circuits. Even though he works for free, I still think that videos should belong to the teams and the circuit, not to GTV, so why should we have to go through his site to see them?
I'm guessing nobody speaks up about this problem, because nobody wants to piss off GTV and risk him having further reason to not upload their team's videos, or even risk having him take down ones that he's already posted (I've heard he's taken down teams videos in the past).
TLDR: Why do we still let GTV come to comps instead of a videographer that will actually upload videos?
Maybe if GTV is too busy working a 9-5 to upload videos in a timely manner, the circuit needs to find someone who has the capacity.
I don't know a single team that isn't missing some video that GTV filmed. Everybody always looks forward to performing at a competition that GTV is at, but I dread it, because I know that video is never going up. Sure, his quality is decent, and his editing is a nice touch, but why do we as a circuit allow GTV to keep coming to comps as the primary videographer if he never releases the product? I respect the work that Harjot does, but it's not like somebody else can't do it. Mithin Thomas and Alvin Alex (primarily in the fusion circuit) have comparable video quality, and they actually upload every team's videos from every comp they go to. It's really not that hard.
A high quality video, for me, is often more important than placings. Obviously I want to place, but when I'm looking back on what I did in the circuit 20 years from now, I'm not really going to care what place I got. I will care about having a video that I can clearly see my team and myself in. And I'm sure others feel the same way. Teams will go to comps just because they know GTV will be there, because a good video is that important to them. Ironically, most of these teams won't ever see that video.
At what point does our circuit and comp organizers draw the line and say enough is enough when when dealing with GTV? What good is his video quality if they videos never get posted? I'd rather have somebody with slightly less editing skill (though let's be honest, GTV doesn't do that much editing work) come to my comps if I knew they'd upload. The very least GTV could do is give teams the raw footage of what he films if he has no intention of uploading, but whenever a team asks for that, he doesn't give it. At this point, comps just go to GTV for the clout he brings to their comp. I think they're doing a disservice to the teams by doing so.
Yesterday GTV made a video on their Instagram explaining the reason for delays in uploading videos is this new website portal he's working on. I still don't see how that's a valid excuse for not uploading. He hired an artist for his new logo, and he hired a web developer to make the website, so what's he doing? Maybe he could hire somebody to upload the rest of the videos if he can't find the time to do it himself. I'm starting to think that he has been intentionally withholding videos so that once his website launches, it will force people to go through his site to watch them. Maybe that would be convenient, but I personally dislike the idea of having to go through a website other than YouTube to watch bhangra performances. Will he be monetizing this website with ads, subscription fees, etc.? Does he just want the pride of knowing everybody has to use his website to watch shit? If videos will only be available on his website, it seems like they're more of his property than the circuits. Even though he works for free, I still think that videos should belong to the teams and the circuit, not to GTV, so why should we have to go through his site to see them?
I'm guessing nobody speaks up about this problem, because nobody wants to piss off GTV and risk him having further reason to not upload their team's videos, or even risk having him take down ones that he's already posted (I've heard he's taken down teams videos in the past).
TLDR: Why do we still let GTV come to comps instead of a videographer that will actually upload videos?
Maybe if GTV is too busy working a 9-5 to upload videos in a timely manner, the circuit needs to find someone who has the capacity.
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