A "weekly" documentary series about YouTube. To donate £3 ($5) to the Syrian refugees, text BEN to 70066 or visit http://oxfam.org.uk/syria Texts cost £3 plus your standard network message charge. £3 per text goes to Oxfam's Syria appeal Please ask permission from the person who pays the bill. Every donation doubled! Until 27 February 2014, your gift will be matched by the UK government.
Becoming YouTube is written, directed and edited by BENJAMIN COOK (http://youtube.com/ninebrassmonkeys). Twitter: http://twitter.com/benjamin_cook
Thanks to everyone involved! In order of appearance:
JACK HOWARD (http://youtube.com/JackHoward)
BENJAMIN COOK
JUDY BUXTON*
RYAN O'CONNOR (http://youtube.com/PleasantRyan)
Director of Photography:
CIARAN O'BRIEN (http://youtube.com/FunnyCatVideos)
Additional Camera:
ALEX ODAM (http://youtube.com/TheAlexFrom1994)
Translator:
SHEREEN ZOUMOT
Sound:
CIARAN O'BRIEN, with ALEX ODAM
Sound Editor:
OLLY NEWPORT (http://youtube.com/OliverNewport)
This video uses some sounds from FREESOUND (http://freesound.org), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Music:
PAUL TYAN (http://paultyan.com), KEVIN MACLEOD (http://incompetech.com), TOM MILSOM (http://youtube.com/hexachordal), CHAMPAGNE MORNING (http://champagnemorning.com), WHITE TREES (https://facebook.com/whitetreesband), ALISTAIR GRIFFIN (http//alistairgriffin.com/), JOSH WOODWARD (http://www.joshwoodward.com), and RICK C (http://youtube.com/5K1TZ2006). All tracks used with the kind permission of their respective artists. Kevin MacLeod and Josh Woodward tracks licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Champagne Morning and Alistait Griffin tracks licensed by CueSongs.
Track list:
"Waltzer Piano" -- PAUL TN, 2013
"Umbrella Pants" -- KEVIN MACLEOD, 2009
"Baltimore" -- TOM MILSOM, 2012
"Miracle" -- CHAMPAGNE MORNING, 2012
"Company Oud" -- WHITE TREES, 2011
"New Beginnings V1" -- WHITE TREES, 2011
"Fine" -- TOM MILSOM, 2013
"Film Music 2" -- TOM MILSOM, 2007
"Buildings2" -- WHITE TREES, 2011
"Wish" -- ALISTAIR GRIFFIN, 2012
"Birthday Swing" -- WHITE TREES, 2011
"Waltzer Melodica" -- PAUL TN, 2013
"A Thousand Skins (Part 1)" -- JOSH WOODWARD, 2010
"Better Day" -- RICK C, 2011
"Mechanolith" -- KEVIN MACLEOD, 2011
Full "25 Facts About Me" video: http://youtu.be/SET3VqYBh4Q With thanks to ALFIE DEYES (http://youtube.com/PointlessBlog). And yes, of COURSE the opening sketch was a joke. Alfie is a total gent.
Full "Syria in Five Minutes" video: http://youtu.be/exrqMPJ1Bts With thanks to HANK GREEN (http://youtube.com/vlogbrothers).
JacksGap's Rickshaw Run web series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCz4fqxNcuDmmA-Z_m1F6BJ3IXC5hQwdR
*Oxfam employee Judy is played by an actress. She doesn't really work for Oxfam. Oxfam wanted me to point that out.
Becoming YouTube merch: http://becomingyoutube.bigcartel.com