Comment on - Youtube "Bus uncle"

1. How many viewers are estimated to have watched the youtube video?

According to Youtube website , there are many different versions for the video . One of the videos have 1,061,535 viewers . It is estimated over 2 millions people from all over the world have watched "Bus uncle" .

 2. How would you rate the video?
(a) Is it of high quality in technical terms? Is it interesting aesthetically eg camera angles, use of light, the narrative, and so on?

The video was clipped by a passenger who sat nearby the "bus uncle" . It was recorded by a mobile phone's camera . Therefore , there is no professional technique inside . The camera angle just come from the position of the passenger's seat . There is no spot light or other light effects because we can hardly see the focus of the light . Since it was clipped on the bus , it is very noisy .Also there is no post-modification of the video so no narrative could be added and could hardly be high quality in techincal terms at all.



(b) Does it raise interesting socio-cultural issues?

Yes , it does . The video inspires strong debate within the city including lifestyle of grass-root people,foul language and social manner .For example , the"bus uncle" performed the  impolite manner and used some foul language to talk with the guys  . However , those passengers did not help the guys .We can see the citizen's awareness is not much high . Also , the pet phrase of bus uncle"You have got pressure , I have got pressure" have became widely known phrase . One of the reason for it becoming popular maybe it creates a resonance among our society . It reflects some certain level of stress problem facing among Hong Kong people .

3. Do you think it deserved the attention that it received from the internet community?

No , I don't think it deserved . Actually , this kind of events happen in Hong Kong everyday . The reason for it to become popular is that it was put in the internet . As we know most of the netizens are youngsters , they regard this accident as a "reality show" . They laugh at the guy and think that he is a coward. But I think the youngers only see the superficial layer instead of reflecting the accident .I think the netizens have exaggerated the accident .