In recent years, there has perhaps not been anything more popular on the Internet than videos in which charismatic young guys play computer games of various directions and genres, simply let’s play. If the generation of our mothers is still wondering what letplees are, then young people and girls from 12 to 25 years old not only know the answer to this question, but also understand this topic as if they graduated from the university with a degree in gameplaying. . What could be simpler and more enjoyable - to play your favorite game, record the process on video and still earn money for videos posted on Youtube?
The definition and origins of the genre of playplay
Letsplay (eng. Let's play - let's play) is a type of video blog in which a gamer plays popular or interesting computer games, recording his reaction to a webcam or just a microphone. Back in 2006, no one knew what let’s play is, but the first video games began to be laid out right then. Initially, such walkthroughs were conceived not for an entertaining purpose, but for the sake of helping players, since text options were much less convenient. Comments in such videos were practically absent. By 2007, the genre began to take shape more and more actively: the video sequence was supplied with humorous comments so that the viewer could not only break the deadlock in the game, but also cheer himself up. Nowadays, there are thousands of playlists in the Internet media space who delight their viewers with new videos on a regular basis.
Famous playlists
In any business, no matter how unusual it may be, pretty soon its talents appear. So it happened with the let’s play genre - guys with a well-posed and emotional speech, as well as a good sense of humor began to gain views and subscribers relatively quickly. Felix Chelberg, better known as PewDiePie, Jordan Moran, who acts under the pseudonym CaptainSparklez, and even a whole team of Yogscast playlists, can be distinguished among the most famous foreign players. Among the millionaires or those approaching a million subscribers in the Russian segment of Youtube, one can distinguish Dmitry Kuplinov, Richard Chirkin (TheUselessMouth or simply Yuzya), Dmitry Karpov (JesusAVGN) and Oleg Brain (TheBrainDit). It is these guys who not only shoot high-quality and interesting video games, but also infect their subscribers with a desire to do something like that. How to shoot summer plays? Where to begin? This question excites more than one tens of thousands of fans of the genre.
How to shoot high-quality let’s play
First of all, it is worthwhile to clearly understand what letplay is. Such a video should be equipped with interesting and witty comments on the game, which means that the voice plays an important role. Diction should be intelligible, preferably without speech defects. Also, a microphone from a webcam is not suitable for shooting a summer display - the effect of a “bucket” or “barrel” will significantly reduce the interest of viewers. In addition to acquiring a special microphone, it is worth taking care of installing a special program that will allow you to visualize the summer play. Bandicam, for example, is the most commonly used tool for capturing video from a screen. Shooting a screen on a mobile phone’s camera is considered bad manners. Before you start shooting let’s play, you should go through at least part of the game in advance so as not to stop at every step and not create pauses, thereby making the video boring.
Criticism of the genre
Despite millions of fans, playlists are often criticized. Opinions on the topic “what is a playlist and how to shoot it” are often divergent - someone is annoyed by overly emotional or even screams of the playlists, for example, while playing indie horror, and for some viewers, on the contrary, the monotonous speech of the player is completely unacceptable. There is also a circle of people who, in principle, do not accept the summerplay genre, believing that the video makers of this genre do not make any effort to create a video, which means that they show disrespect for video blogging and viewers.
Nevertheless, the bulk of the online audience warmly accepts the genre of playplay, in Russian meaning "let's play." Who does not like to play, especially in a pleasant company? With the help of Youtube, this opportunity was provided to millions of people who, at least while watching a video, become happier. For any video maker, the most important and priority is not earnings and weight in the media community, but the love of the audience and a good mood, which he generously shares with them.