A View From Olan's Bedroom (Video Aesthetics)

I've been and Olan Rogers fan since the days of Balloon Shop, before he became a one-man show. While we used to see him in many skit-based videos, he now does essentially "Story-Telling" videos from his bedroom, using a new set of techniques. My area to focus on are these new techniques, and how Olan uses them to present himself to his target audience.

There are several things that help to make Olan's show what it is. First let's talk about the setting, and why he prefers to do the videos in his room. When we watch Olan in his bedroom during a video, it's as if we've stepped into his own little world. It's as if we're more in the mind of Olan Rogers as he gives us insight into his world through whatever story he is telling. This setting is casual, inviting, and low-energy.

Olan's editing techniques are similar to a rising collective of other youtube channels, where the video is simply a person talking to their audience. The style these people use takes many short clips and phrases of the person talking and essentially stacks them together. This creates a high-energy atmosphere since the video can cut at any time and Olan could be doing anything in a moment's notice. This style works for Olan because of how goofy and spontaneous he can be.

The last thing I'd like to talk about is how Olan presents himself not through the aesthetic elements in his videos, but in his personality and character he plays during these videos. Olan Rogers has several main things going into his presentation. For example he uses a very interesting set of vocabulary, using many "quirky" words. His emphasis and annunciation of these words draws lots of over-the-top high energy as well which makes the video funny and keep them moving forward and not boring. He keeps the energy very high in his face as well, being a dynamic reader. Lots of silly faces are certain to be seen through his videos.

Overall Olan's videos are like taking a quick walk through his world, as he spills the bright and various colors of his mind out for us to do with as we please. I choose to laugh, and I think that there is something to take away from his videos. He seems very happy and excited in his videos which is contagious and makes us happy and excited about whatever he is talking about. I also do know that Olan plans to do more complicated videos in the future (if he can scratch up the money for it) which is exciting for me.