Media Turning Social

Media

Social

By Bee Jones

@Getting Artsy With Tech How newer tech has affected the media being put out, process of film, and ease of growing a following.

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Kingsley (ClearKingsley) Taylor is a streamer on twitch. He streams and plays games as a hobby, and said that although most people don’t consider it, a lot of hard work actually goes into streaming and the making of video games. “The algorithm on twitch is they want you to stream for a while, and they want you to do it multiple times a week,”. Taylor said. “And I believe if you get Twitch Partner you have to stream 200 hours a year, probably more than that.” Taylor stated that there are some struggles to streaming, such as finding time to stream and figuring out how to work technology. He said having the right technology makes streaming much easier, as does having someone more knowledgable to help you. Taylor has improved his technology since he first started streaming and shared that it is much better with the right equipment and tools, like a PC. Picturing social media, with photo courtesy of Samuel Aardema.

Photo from Gold’s social media, courtesy of Zucci Gold.

Taylor also shared that platforms such as Streamlabs play an important part and make the streaming process much easier. “ I’ve been using stream labs and its a lot more organized.” Taylor stated, “I can just play music at the start of my streams instead of getting my phone, putting it up to the headset of my playstation, and then whenever I want to stop playing the music I don’t have to pause it and put back on the headset and stuff.” It’s not only streamers who face challenges, though. Zucci Gold, a cinematographer, speaks about his own problems and experiences with technology. “The major struggle is negotiating with clients because there may be disagreements about the cost of the production,” Gold said.

Gold says his social media does help him a lot with his job, though. “I mostly communicate with clients on WhatsApp,” Gold said, “It has really helped. Most of my jobs and clients I get from social media - some from twitter but most jobs come from instagram. It is a great source for me.”

Gold knew he wanted to go into film since he as a whole. was a kid. He’d see movies and was captivated. Gold “This generation already has the technology decided he wanted to be able to capture something like and I believe they will be the ones to delve into it, and that. make it better, and have an impact on the world.”

Though he didn’t stick to wanting to create Gold believes social media will positively movies, it did cause him to grow up with an interest impact society, but thinks there may be negative effects in film and he soon found work doing photoshoots as well. with fashion brands, “Virtual reality drinks, sometimes has skincare an effect on the brands, and models in “This generation already has kids, because once they have general. the technology and I believe they this virtual reality the real As Gold will be the ones to delve into it, world is absent has gone along his and make it better, and have an from them and it can cause a bit equipment has also impact on the world.” of drama, the detachment from gotten more advanced. - Cinematographer Zucci Gold reality can cause a breakdown” Taylor “I started agreed it would in 2018 largely impact with just society, and my mobile already has. phone”, Gold “I think said, “Now I use a camera, a gimbal stabilizer and it greatly affects it,” Kingsley said, “ I feel like when microphone. Usually I rent the lighting when I need people see others streaming on twitch they think ‘Oh I it” could possibly do that’” Gold also stated that he thinks newer He also tells his own story of how he got technology and social media will change society a lot into streaming, “I remember, it was like a year ago,

Photos from a few of Gold’s collections, such as his Love Series, advertisements, and his graduation picture. All pictures Courtesy of Zucci Gold.

Some of Kingsley’s advertising in real life. Photo courtesy of Kingley Taylor

A photo from Gold’s “BLACKNIFICENT” series on his instagram, photo courtesy of Zucci Gold.

watching Wilbur Soot’s YouTube videos, and then finding out that all of this is streamed live, I thought ‘This seems pretty fun, I could do this!’”.

Taylor believes that younger and older kids are influenced by social media since it is becoming more and more common.

Gold is very passionate about his film and photography, making it more than just photos. It’s art, and Gold said he is inspired by the beauty around him every day, whether in nature or in humans.

He said his inspiration comes from helping people see their own beauty, as well as being able to see that beauty himself and having a sense of fulfilment. “The ability to make someone feel special and then have them see how beautiful they look and how special they are,” Gold said. “It’s priceless and gives you immeasurable joy.” Though Gold didn’t go to college for film, he says it is his passion and it will be his life-long career. He gets joy from his art and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Gold actually didn’t have much social media as a child because his parents were against it. Now, as an adult, he says social media is a large part of his job, both where he contacts clients and where he posts his work. This shows that even if you aren’t expposed to it as a child, it is still a helpful tool that can even be used for a job.

Though Taylor mostly streams for fun with his friends and doesn’t consider streaming a career, it’s still a big part of his life, something he works very hard on, and a way to show creativity, which is the very definition of art. “I consider it some type of film. I consider it art to be honest.” Kingsley said “Because film is art, it’s some form of entertainment, just longer than movies and stuff.”

“The ability to make someone feel special and then have them see how beautiful they look and how special they are, it’s priceless and gives you immeasurable joy.” - Cinematographer Zucci Gold