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'''Natalie Tyler Tran''' is a [[video blogging|video blogger]] on [[YouTube]] from [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], using the nickname '''communitychannel'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afsYuyaxNeM |title=Hi, parents video, that lady, caitlin |author=communitychannel |date=Nov 05, 2007 |publisher=YouTube }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Em_IDjawQ |title=those boys at parties. violin cameo |author=communitychannel |publisher=YouTube |date=Jun 22, 2008}}</ref> She is a digital media student at the [[University of New South Wales]]<ref name="smhqueen">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/04/1233423281416.html |title=How Natalie became Australia's queen of YouTube |first=Asher |last=Moses |publisher=Syney Morning Herald
'''Natalie Tyler Tran''' is a [[video blogging|video blogger]] on [[YouTube]] from [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], using the nickname '''communitychannel'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afsYuyaxNeM |title=Hi, parents video, that lady, caitlin |author=communitychannel |date=Nov 05, 2007 |publisher=YouTube }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Em_IDjawQ |title=those boys at parties. violin cameo |author=communitychannel |publisher=YouTube |date=Jun 22, 2008}}</ref> She is a digital media student at the [[University of New South Wales]]<ref name="smhqueen">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/04/1233423281416.html |title=How Natalie became Australia's queen of YouTube |first=Asher |last=Moses |publisher=Syney Morning Herald
|date=Feb 4, 2009 |accessdate=Mar 7, 2009}}</ref> and a second-generation [[Vietnamese Australian]].
|date=Feb 4, 2009 |accessdate=Mar 7, 2009}}</ref>, a second-generation [[Vietnamese Australian]], and a direct descendant of [[Adolf Hilter]].


==Popularity==
==Popularity==

Revision as of 02:44, 10 March 2010

"communitychannel" redirects here. For other uses, see Community channel.

Template:Infobox Internet celebrity Natalie Tyler Tran is a video blogger on YouTube from Sydney, Australia, using the nickname communitychannel.[1][2] She is a digital media student at the University of New South Wales[3], a second-generation Vietnamese Australian, and a direct descendant of Adolf Hilter.

Popularity

As of January 18th, 2010, Tran has 208 videos available on her YouTube channel and is the most-subscribed of all-time in Australia,[4] the 18th-most subscribed of all-time on YouTube, and the 4th-most subscribed director. She is also the number one most-subscribed for the categories of Director and Partners for Australia, and manages the 52nd-most viewed channel on YouTube of all-time. She was the first runner up in the Miss YouTube contest created by Michael Buckley of What The Buck.[5] Her first video was created on September 25, 2006.[6] Tran vlogs about her daily-life situations as a university student.

Tran is widely-watched internationally, and her popularity continues to soar, with more than 508,000 subscribers[6] and more than 182 million views.[7] This popularity has led to media coverage and appearances in The Sydney Morning Herald,[3] Western Australia Today,[8] B&T Magazine,[9] Venus Zine.[10] Der Spiegel,[11] Báo Viêt Luận Online,[12] Việt Tribune,[13] VnExpress,[14] Triple J,[15] and the Hot30 Countdown.[16] Her defence of Vegemite[17] in response to a YouTube video by Ben Going[18] was featured on the Australian television programme A Current Affair on February 2007, as part of the Vegemite wars segment.

Tran has been recognized for her creative work and popularity on the Internet in various ways. Tran was one of the Australian YouTube celebrities invited to talk about the site at the launch of YouTube Australia in 2007.[19] She is presently enlisted by The Sydney Morning Herald as a contributor and "Real World Correspondent" to their technology vlog Digital Life, [20] complementing main presenter and journalist Séamus Byrne. Although her original skits are specifically written and created for Digital Life, they are produced almost entirely in the same manner and style as her YouTube material. Tran was on the "Creative Catalysts" list for Creative Sydney 2009.[21] She made a three-minute video on what Sydney means to her as part of an event held at the Museum of Contemporary Art.[22][23][24] Tran was nominated for "Best YouTube Channel or Personality" and "Funniest YouTube Channel" by Mashable in their 2009 Open Web Awards.[25] Tran was one of the presenters at the 2010 Entertainment Gathering (EG) convention in Monterey, California.[26]

Videos

Her videos include observational and self-deprecating humour, as well as stream-of-consciousness commentary on social dilemmas, such as how much money to spend on gifts for friends[27] and appropriate telephone etiquette.[28] Other videos include multi-role skits, where (with occasional exceptions) Tran plays most roles, combining multiple takes using split-screen compositing. Examples include dialogue between the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and the Tooth Fairy,[29] and a practical joke by an ultrasound technician.[30] More serious topics have included Tran's responses to the February 2009 Victorian bushfires. Her video response to racist viewer feedback[31] has been described as "astute and scathingly funny."[32]

She has also made several music videos, such as the "We Just Touched Awkwardly" song.[33] Tran is an amateur violinist who has joked that no one is surprised when they learn an Asian plays a musical instrument.[34][35] She displays her violin in many videos and has played it in one.[36] She has recently asked for "challenges" for her to perform. The first challenge was for her to dance the Hoedown Throwdown from Disney's Hannah Montana: The Movie. Tran has not used her vlog to discuss religion or politics, and has said that although she does not drink it is "not because of any beliefs," but because she dislikes the taste and effects of alcohol.[37]

Tran's vlog features frequent pop culture references and insider jokes, such as describing the soundtrack to her summary of user feedback as "porno music/comment time" and picking an "ugly word" and "attractive word" for each video. Tran's vlogs also contain elements of blue comedy. She currently ends every video with "YOUR MUM RATES ME," a reference to the frequent "your mum" jokes she uses, as well as wanting her subscribers to rate her movies as 5 stars.

See also

References

  1. ^ communitychannel (Nov 05, 2007). "Hi, parents video, that lady, caitlin". YouTube. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ communitychannel (Jun 22, 2008). "those boys at parties. violin cameo". YouTube.
  3. ^ a b Moses, Asher (Feb 4, 2009). "How Natalie became Australia's queen of YouTube". Syney Morning Herald. Retrieved Mar 7, 2009.
  4. ^ communitychannel. "All channels, Most subscribed, all time". YouTube. Retrieved Dec 16, 2009.
  5. ^ What the Buck (Apr 22, 2009). "Miss YouTube 2009!". YouTube.
  6. ^ a b communitychannel. "communitychannel". YouTube. Retrieved Mar 25, 2009.
  7. ^ "Channels—Most viewed". YouTube. Retrieved Dec 16, 2009.
  8. ^ Moses, Asher (Feb 4, 2009). "Natalie Tran - Australia's queen of YouTube". WAtoday. Retrieved Mar 7, 2009.
  9. ^ Moses, Asher (2009-03-04). "Social Media and YouTube". B&T. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  10. ^ Van Deven, Mandy (2009-02-13). "If Flight of the Conchords were an Australian woman..." Venus Zine. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  11. ^ Patalong, Frank (2009-02-09). "Top-Girls auf YouTube: Festival der schönen Unbekannten". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  12. ^ ""Nữ Hoàng Úc" gốc Việt". Feb 6, 2009. Retrieved Mar 7, 2009.
  13. ^ "Natalie Trần: Nữ hoàng Youtube Úc Đại lợi". Feb 20, 2009. Retrieved Mar 8, 2009.
  14. ^ "Nữ sinh gốc Việt và kho video thu hút 65 triệu người xem". Feb 22, 2009. Retrieved Mar 8, 2009.
  15. ^ Cannane, Steve (Sep 22, 2008). "My Face— Will you end up regretting what you reveal about yourself online?". ABC Australia. Retrieved Mar 7, 2009.
  16. ^ Hot30 Countdown. "Natalie Tran Hot30 Countdown Video Chat". Austereo. Retrieved 2010-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ communitychannel. "Re: The Australians are fooling us". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  18. ^ "The Australians are Fooling Us All!". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  19. ^ Jansen, Dave (2007-10-24). "In Pictures: YouTube down under". Australian PC World. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  20. ^ "Digital Life". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved Apr. 26, 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  21. ^ Catalysts
  22. ^ Three Minute Sydney
  23. ^ Review: Three Minute Sydney – Nat Tran
  24. ^ Review: Three Minute Sydney wrap-up
  25. ^ 500 Leading Nominees in Mashables's #openwebawards
  26. ^ EG 2010 Presenters
  27. ^ Natalie Tran, If you're good mates, why not?
  28. ^ Natalie Tran, you didn't say goodbye
  29. ^ Natalie Tran, Easter Bunny breakdown with santa and the tooth fairy
  30. ^ Natalie Tran, the ultrasound
  31. ^ Natalie Tran, my seeds & your grandchildren...exotic
  32. ^ Retrieved Mar. 7, 2009.
  33. ^ Natalie Tran, the "We Just Touched Awkwardly" song
  34. ^ YouTube - Ruin my Moment
  35. ^ YouTube - Hi, parents video, that lady, caitlin, and... hi :s
  36. ^ YouTube - those boys at parties. violin cameo!
  37. ^ YouTube - the usual
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