VidCon 2016

This past weekend I got to experience VidCon for the first time! VidCon is a convention that has been going on for seven years, quickly growing year after year. After starting off in a small rented out area its first year, now in its seventh year, VidCon has grown to over twenty thousand attendees and is hosted at the Anaheim Convention Center. This gathering of YouTubers, Viners, film industry members, and fans was created by John and Hank Green (Yes, that John Green) when they decided they wanted to bring the reaches of the internet into one place, so the community could interact in person.

VidCon allows fans of online video creators to meet them in real life. Beyond that, there are a plethora of activities to do. Besides being in sunny Southern California and being only a half hour from the beach, VidCon has set up activities within the vicinity of the convention center from eight in the morning running all the way until past six at night. There were food trucks lining the outside streets, stages for musical guests to perform, lecture halls filled with famous YouTubers for panels ranging from beauty to gaming to mental health and everything in between. Inside the center, hundreds of sponsors set up booths to promote their products. There were booths to buy merchandise, but also booths from sponsors like HGTV, The Food Network, Nyx Cosmetics, and Nickelodeon providing free video games, free makeup, free food, the list just goes on, but you get it. Lots of free stuff. It wasn't uncommon to run into one of your favorite YouTubers as you got something to eat or walked through the sponsored booths.

Because I was at a convention for video creators, obviously I had to create some content of my own! Check out my newest YouTube video here to get an inside look into VidCon and how it all works. Check out tons of videos and pictures from the weekend! Watching this video back, I definitely need to work on transitions and being a better "narrator" or "storyteller" throughout the video. The vlog gets choppy sometimes because I just jump from one moment to the next! I got a nicer camera than my phone or computer though, so the quality is already much better!