YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion are three video sharing
services which bring a display that’s created to accommodate the landscape
videos. However, there are still many people who prefer to shoot videos in
portrait/vertical position.
Actually there is nothing wrong with the vertical videos,
but this layout will look disproportionate if uploaded on YouTube platform,
since basically it's designed for landscape videos. If you insist to put those
videos on YouTube, there will be black block on the right and left sides of the
vertical videos.
So does it mean that we have to stop recording videos in vertical
position? Not really, because now there is a special place to share those vertical
videos. The service is called Vervid, and as the name implies, it is a
combination of two words: Vertical and Video.
Basically, Vervid wants to become the 'YouTube' of vertical
videos, or if seen from the technical side, the videos with the aspect ratio of
9:16. But unlike YouTube, Vervid is more reserved for mobile devices users,
where the vertical videos will look fit with the smartphone's screen.
Because all the videos are made in portrait form, then the
scrolling on Vervid application takes place horizontally. Interestingly, the
profile picture of each user is not presented in a photograph, but in a short
video that's lasted about 8 seconds, so that other users can get some idea
about certain user they want to follow.
Editing function within the Vervid application is quite
complete. In addition to recording a new video, you can also import the videos
that are stored in the gallery, or the videos you've shared to Periscope.
Besides being a home for the vertical videos, Vervid is also
potential as the Twitch of the mobile gaming world. As we know, not a few
mobile games that are played in portrait position, Monument Valley for example,
Vervid can be the right place to share the videos of that puzzle game.
If you are interested, Vervid application can be downloaded
by users of iPhone and iPad through the App Store.