A creative outlet for your art

Hello Vimeo

‘Vimeo’ is the original video sharing website where users can upload, share and view videos.  ‘Vimeo’ was founded in November 2004 (3 months before ‘Youtube’) by filmmakers and video creators who;

 “wanted to share their creative work, along with intimate personal moments of their everyday life”’.

The name ‘Vimeo’ is an anagram of the word ‘movie’ as well as a play on the word ‘video’ where the word ‘me’ has been placed in the middle.  This play on words is a clever reference to the sites focus and dedication to the “user-made videos”. 

When compared to its rival ‘Youtube’,

attracts 65 million unique visitors per month

490 million unique users worldwide per month

 VS

Vimeo may appear the weaker video outlet but…

Vimeos’ community is largely built up of indie filmmakers- possibly portraying vimeo as the more respected website- and it promises to be;

“A respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make”

And also;

“Provide the best tools and highest quality video in the universe”

This is a pretty bold claim which personally I can't be sure is true considering 'Youtube' is more a a household name.  However, this could be the whole point and emphasises the fact Vimeo isn't for just anyone and a home for nonsense,

such as:

but rather a devise used by creative minds to express themselves.  

This programme has even been used by many filmmakers who have found themselves on the 'Glasgow Film Festival' line-up for example the 2012 Scottish category award winner (mentioned in an earlier post) used vimeo as an outlet. 

Ultimately it is up to you to judge which website comes out on top and where you would like to showcase your work.