You Tube

You Tube is a video sharing website where people can upload, view and share video clips. You Tube was created in mid-February 2005 by three former Pay Pal employees. The site uses Flash software to play its videos including movie clips and music videos, as well as amateur content from around the world.

Personally, I think it’s a fantastic resource for multimedia and film students. It is easily accessible if you need to research a particular film or music video new and old, You Tube is the answer.

For example, I always wanted to see the Turkish delight advert from the 1980’s, I found it on You Tube with ease. I would also use this site for training tutorials and to watch American shows that you would not be able to see in the UK.

Any project that I would work on I will use You Tube for research. Not only is it great source of video footage, you could use it for a video portfolio as anyone across the world could access your work . I have recently uploaded my video footage on You Tube which is perfect for me to access it if I need to show somebody my work.

The key to any good website is how easy it is to navigate around it You Tube is one of those websites that is 'dummy' friendly.