This Week In Web Videos: ‘The Middle Ages’

I made my first comedy video just over three years ago. Watching it again just now, a few things are apparent. Thing one: The script holds up. I wrote it in a UCB sketch 101 class and it still makes me laugh. Thing two (shitty sound) and three (my bad acting) make me cringe but I’m still really glad I did it and I’m really glad it’s forever online. It started me down a path that’s led to doing something I love: making more, gradually better videos, and watching it every once in a while reminds me of the transformative power of filming something you created.

This week’s selection is an ode to that power and a celebration of new, talented filmmakers like Chelsea Catalanotto and Jesse Brenneman. In three years, they’ll likely look back on Middle Ages, viewed just 172 times, and think “The sound’s a little shoddy” and “The color’s kind of blown out.” Then they’ll watch it again for the great idea, for the writing, for how fun it was to just do something they really wanted to do and they’ll think “That was one of the ones that started it” and they’ll be as proud as they should be.

Luke is a writer for CollegeHumor and a watcher of many web videos. Send him yours @LKellyClyne.

This Week In Web Videos: ‘The Middle Ages’