In 2006 I moved from Olean, New York to Austin, Minnesota. For some reason, it was not until after that move that I became more Internet savvy. I found a bunch of Lion King fan sites on Freewebs (now just Webs) and joined them by making my own. Not long after, I mentioned in the guestbook, which we used as a chat room, that I wanted to watch The Little Mermaid but my mom wouldn't let me because she thought the mermaids didn't wear enough clothes. XD Someone in the guestbook told me I could watch it on YouTube. I'd never heard of YouTube so I looked it up, liked what I saw, and wanted to make an account, but couldn't because the age limit was 13 and I was only 12... and didn't want to lie about my age either. :P So I decided to make an account right on my 13th birthday - but ended up making it the day after because I had friends over the night of my birthday and forgot about it.
So after that I wanted to put up videos of my own but I had no idea how to make them, so I asked another friend of mine that I knew from Freewebs for help. She showed me how to install Windows Movie Maker, and when I was done she told me to import videos into it to get started. I didn't have any videos, though... and I didn't want to look stupid by asking how to get them. XD I'd been asking enough questions already. As a result, my first video was a slideshow instead, because I knew how to put pictures and music together.
I figured videos out on my own from there. My brother had a file sharing program called LimeWire, which I used to download some Disney movies (I now know it's illegal but back then I had little knowledge of copyright and the YouTube laws weren't as enforced). The first one I did was The Lion King 1 1/2. I had the DVD, but didn't know how to transfer from it to the computer, so I downloaded the digital copy and used it to put up a couple of scenes that I and others wanted on YouTube.
Eventually I taught myself to make music videos and spoofs as well, and I also learned other ways of collecting material. Today I don't use LimeWire at all anymore, but use mostly YouTube Downloader for material I find on YouTube, and Fraps for recording from DVDs, and I make YouTube Poops instead of random spoofs from random cartoons.
A lot of people asked me how to do things like make certain types of videos, acquire material, etc. My mom thought this blog would be a good idea for me to write about how to do that, and I'll also write about the little adventures of video making, share videos that inspire me, and rant about copyright laws and the people who enforce them. I have a LOT to say about copyright.
So let's hope all goes well with this blog. :) I look forward to sharing all my thoughts here.
