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film schools have helped produce some of the greatest filmmakers of all time — Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, to name a few. But, in many ways, they’ve also been restricted to a select few. Which is why I’m pleased to report that today marks the start of a partnership between YouTube and the Vancouver film School to make film school accessible to up-and-coming filmmakers all over the world! Aspiring directors, actors, animators, screenwriters even sound designers in all of YouTube’s 19 countries are invited to step up to the challenge in order to win one of three scholarships to any of Vancouver film School’s 14 outstanding educational programmes. After Vancouver film School whittles down the submission pool to top applicants, the YouTube community will vote for the three scholarship winners. This is your chance to continue the democratization of filmmaking and to determine who some of our brightest future film stars might be. Check out the competition and visit our FAQs to confirm your eligibility and pick up tips on creating a top-notch entry. Happy filmmaking, Sara P. YouTube film

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The YouTube Awards Are Back!
In 2007, we witnessed an explosion of ideas and creativity on YouTube. You showed us that online video is not just a way to share pet and baby videos (though it is certainly good for that, too), but rather it can be so much more: a showcase for aspiring artists, a megaphone for everyday people, a way to learn new skills and even to change the political process. In recognition of all of these vibrant uses of and communities on YouTube, we expanded the awards this year to include five new categories — Best Short film, Best Political video, Best Sports video, Best Eyewitness video, and Best Instructional video for a total of 12. Each category now has six nominees instead of 10 (a special nod to those of you with short attention spans). You’ll also notice that the structure of the awards and the way voting works look a little different this year. Every time you refresh the page, the order of the categories and the featured thumbnail change in a random order so there can be no bias in the way the content is viewed or presented. As you might imagine, whittling down any category to six videos was a gargantuan task and already we’ll say we’re sorry to the hundreds/thousands of deserving content creators who didn’t get nominated. But you can’t exactly blame us - you made these videos memorable and helped them rise to the top of the YouTube charts. The nominees reflect some of the most buzzed-about videos on the site, particularly the ones you bookmarked to watch later (and presumably again and again). So head over to the YouTube video Awards channel to start watching and voting for some of the videos that defined ‘07. You can vote once per day (though you may not change your vote on the same day) and you have until 11:59pm PT on March 19, 2008, to do so. Winners will be announced on March 21, 2008, at which point we’ll feature them on this page as well as overnight them a trophy like no other (and believe us when we say this). Winners will also get a special invitation to a YouTube event later this year. Good luck and have fun! The YouTube Team

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The Iraq War, Five Years On
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War. Though YouTube did not even exist when American missiles first struck Baghdad five years ago today, it has since been used by hundreds of thousands of people to document, discuss, and debate the most controversial war of this century. U.S. soldiers have used YouTube in unique ways. Some have filmed holiday greetings to send back home to family members. Others have documented what life is like on the ground, and a more creative lot have filmed music videos or raps like “Lazy Ramadi”, which has gained hundreds of thousands of views. Still others have posted videos taking a more poignant look at what’s taken place in the Middle East, like this video reflection posted by a defense contractor who shares pictures of his experience in Iraq. Protest videos have of course been popular, too, as regular people who wouldn’t otherwise have a voice have used YouTube as their personal soapbox. And not to be outdone, the coalition forces have their own YouTube channel, where they’ve gotten great attention for the riveting pieces they’ve uploaded straight from the battlefield, like this one on Baghdad’s Haifa Street that has over 2 million views. Perhaps the most touching video we’ve seen came in a very unlikely form: an opera. For seven full minutes in this must-see clip, Baritone Andrew Garland softly sings the words from the last letter that Private Jesse Givens ever wrote to his wife Melissa, his five-year-old daughter Dakota, and his unborn child Carson. There are more videos than we can acknowledge here, but check out this playlist for a look at more of the best. Yours, Steve G. YouTube News & Politics

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YouTube videos in High Quality
You may have noticed that we’re now giving you the option of watching some YouTube videos in higher quality. We’re making these streams available on certain videos, based upon the source file uploaded to us, and over time you’ll find a greater percentage of the library is available to view in higher quality. This feature applies to all eligible videos uploaded from the YouTube community, and is not restricted to partner content, so everyone can enjoy this upgrade. How do you watch higher quality videos? On your Account page you’re now able to choose “always show me higher quality when available” or “never show me higher quality.” We suggest you select “always show me…” only if you have a fast internet connection, otherwise you might find that videos don’t play as quickly or smoothly as you’re used to. Higher quality videos also have a link right below the video player which will allow you to select between the normal or higher quality settings. We want to help everyone understand that YouTube will continue to evolve with the videos you’re creating. We’re especially excited about offering this upgrade in video quality to our community of filmmakers and animators, who have been requesting this feature for some time. As more of you guys produce great-looking videos, we want to make sure they can be seen in all their glory. So we’ll continue to increase quality behind the scenes and make tweaks to support your uploads. (Remember, we can now support uploads up to 1GB in size.) You may also wonder how video quality is chosen. Our general philosophy is to make sure that as many people as possible can access YouTube and that videos start quickly and play smoothly. That’s one reason why you don’t see us racing to call this “Super Duper YouTube HD,” because most people don’t want to wait a long time for videos to play. Right now the Help Center information is pretty basic, but ongoing we’ll be making more specific details available for those content creators who really want to tune their videos for YouTube. Keep creating and watching… The YouTube Team

YouTube Awards — Winners Announced!
And the results are in! Hundreds of thousands votes were cast during the week-long voting process, and 12 videos emerged victorious in their respective categories. Head over here to see the winners or click here to review all the nominees, which were largely defined as the videos you favorited to watch again and again, that generated the most discussion or views, and/or made some kind of societal impact. Tell us what you thought about this year’s awards experience and how we could make it better in the future. More community involvement is definitely on the top of the list, as is giving the event more of a real-world presence (beyond the the mammoth trophy winners will receive). Meanwhile, upload those videos and start building up an audience for them. Anything could happen in 2008… Best wishes, The YouTube Team

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