Bus Uncle

Hi everyone,

I would like to share my experience about Youtube and Bus Uncle.

Bus Uncle, a clip on Youtube four years ago, had created a huge discussion in Hong Kong. It is first spread on the internet, after reported on TV news, Hong Kong People trying to find out the clip and started the discussion, about the clip, about the pressure of Hong Kong People and the impact of Youtube. The clip now has more than two millions people watched, but due to the different version of the video, there should be more than two millions people watched it.

Then talk about the video. It is taken by a mobile phone. Four years ago, the mobile phone didn't have any High Definition quality video. It is just a low quality video, we can't see the people in the video very clear. Also, it is just a video shot with a peep angle. The reason is, this clip is taken by a people who sit beside those two who are disputing. Therefore it is not a video with any aesthetic of angle or camera movement. Although Bus Uncle is not a very good quality video, its content and the meaning behind the video is which we most focus on.

We are more concentrate on what the Bus Uncle said in the video. Bus Uncle said that "I have pressure and you have pressure", he had said the feeling of most Hong Kong People. That's why this video created such a huge discussion. This has raised the attention of the social problem. Hong Kong People have pressure during their daily life, after they saw the Bus Uncle clip, they feel the same feeling of Bus Uncle, this kind of sketch, give Hong Kong People a topic to discuss and get some relax of daily pressure.

Another impact is the clip raised the attention of Youtube. People wanna search the clip then they started to use Youtube. This is the first time that people feel the power of Youtube. When one video post on Youtube and spread from mouth to mouth, then this will be a public topic in the society. Also this video enhanced the discussion of the usage of the mobile devices and the internet. If this video is aim to expose someone's privacy and got the same viewer of Bus Uncle, then this will be a very grave result. So the correctness of using mobile devices and Youtube is very important when we use this kind of new technology.

Wai
08-10-2010