VidFest UK is dedicated to anything and everything related to online video and social media including YouTube and its users (both content creators and viewers), amateur film and animation, Vine and other Video hosting services or apps/services that have a video sharing feature, vlogs, web series, comedy sketches, music, geek culture, livestreaming, gaming, and more. Its programming is similar to that of other online video conventions such as VidCon, Summer in the City, Playlist Live, and others.
According to the organizers of VidFestUK, entertainment industry and communication methods have changed greatly in recent years. Online video has become accessible to a wider audience which gives vlogger a chance to become real celebrities. For example, American YouTube personality Tyler Oakley originally used YouTube to keep in touch with his high school friends who were attending different colleges. Today, his channel has over 8 million subscribers. Tyler wrote a book, made a documentary, hosts a show on Ellen DeGeneres’s online video platform, and is an outspoken social activist.
VidFest UK is dedicated to all kinds of online visual media and designed for a wide audience which includes lovers of online video, viewers, YouTubers, independent content creators, animators, and companies from all over the United Kingdom and abroad. Its program includes panels, Q&A sessions, autograph sessions and photo-ops featuring famous YouTubers.
Along with the opportunity to meet content creators, VidFest UK offers many exciting events and activities such as music and comedy performances on the main stage, presentations and previews of fanmade films and web series, lectures and discussions on various topics such as crowdfunding, the basics of directing and editing, development and promotion of a YouTube channel, the use of music in online video, etc.
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