Monday, June 19, 2006

A Very Special Edition Of YouTube

You may have heard the news last week that one of the more popular contributors of original content for YouTube, Brooke Brodack, has been signed by Carson Daly to a talent and development deal.

Brookers' videos have been noted for their professionalism, with multiple camera cuts and very good use of archival clips and music. Brookers herself is an amazingly good performer. Skimming through her oeuvre, I'm most struck by this video, which combines a fake commercial for Herbal Essences and a audition tape for "America's Next Top Model", which is inexplicably played back at twice regular speed and is frequently interrupted by her dog. Is this intentional? With Brookers, who at the age of 20 already has the skill of a filmmaker twice her age, you can never tell....

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