Archives for August 2005
Bush wouldn’t pay for or watch his own vlog
Scott Wolf writes for the LA Daily News, Heisman hopefuls keep vlogging away:
“In 2004, Matt Leinart got all the Heisman hype. For 2005 tailback Reggie Bush is part of a major promotional effort by USC for the most famous award in college football. This season Bush and Leinart are compiling a weekly video log available for viewing over the Internet.
Bush was surprised to learn Monday that fans wanting to watch he and Leinart on USC’s Web site will soon have to pay $9.95 per month to do so.
“I hope I get a cut,” Bush joked.
When asked about the vlog, Bush said: “I probably wouldn’t buy it.”
“I haven’t even watched it yet. I’m just doing it.”
It’s not even a video blog. See for yourself at MattReggieTV.com
It’s just video on a web page. No permalinks, no comments, no RSS 2.0 feed.
Published by Steve Garfield on August 16 .
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Tips and Tricks
Magic happens twice every day
If you want to capture warmer and more dynamic colours, shoot as much as you can around the magic hour of sunrise and sunset. The light comes in at a more unusual angle at this time of day and will directly affect the look of your final image.
For some unknown reason, I tend to end up shooting more often in the evening sun, although you certainly feel like a hero for the rest of the day when you actually get up early enough to shoot that morning light.
Published by Graham Walker on August 16 .
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Bringing the world closer together
Corey Boutilier of independentfilm.com interviewed Chuck and me at the recent Woods Hole Film Festival. We had a great time sitting out by the water, eating lunch and being interviewed.
VIDEO INTERVIEW: Steve Garfield and Chuck Olsen - Video Bloggers
TRT: 10min
In the interview we talk about “What is Video Blogging”, “Examples”, and “How to get started”
After the interview, we swapped stories about independent documentary film making. It was great fun.
Published by Steve Garfield on August 16 .
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Life Caching is trendy
TRENDWATCHING.COM Newsletter reports on Life Caching:
“The LIFE CACHING trend is approaching mainstream appeal: every day brings consumers even more powerful cameraphones, even bigger memory cards, and even more streamlined do-it-yourself or serviced story-telling tools.
Some of our latest learnings? LIFE CACHING is enabling GENERATION C to become a generation of true storytellers, helping them to visually and compellingly share their experiences with friends and family, which makes them stand out and feel special. In fact, sharing an experience may become as valuable if not more valuable than the actual experience itself.”
via [ Buzzmachine ]
Published by Steve Garfield on August 15 .
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Video blogs are inane
InformationWeek writer Mattew Yeomans proves that he didn’t watch many video blogs when he wrote about web video in Taming the Wild Web:
“Video over the Web isn’t going to win any Academy Awards. The quality is only OK, and the programming available ranges from the compelling, such as NASA or the Live 8 concert, to the inane, like some video blogs.”
Please.
Published by Steve Garfield on August 15 .
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GeoVlogging = Videoblogging + GeoTagging
Virtual travels of experience
The “geotagged” tag has been implemented for both del.icio.us and Flickr, but I am proposing that we start using a more specific tag called “geovlogged“. Using the specific geovlogged tag along with geo:lat=X and geo:long=Y allows us to represent a video post with a geographical location.
Check out the new VlogMap GeoVlogged Video Map I just launched today.
And for all you lucky Windows users, be sure to downlaod the new VlogMap GeoVlogged Google Earth Data.
Published by Matt Savarino on August 15 .
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Only connect. Live in fragments no longer.
Vanessa Hua covered a recent Meet the Vloggers gathering for SFGate.com. Hua writes, Poetic, Political & Personal, Video blogging can get an individual’s version of the truth out there immediately:
“It’s a bit like leaning over the fence to talk to a neighbor, or to a stranger next to you at the bar. But here, geography and time don’t restrict the conversation. And perhaps that is what video blogging, and text blogging, and podcasting are all about.”
Get out there and meet some vloggers. Or better yet, become one.
Published by Steve Garfield on August 15 .
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Tips and Tricks
I have been getting a lot of comments about the quality of the video that I have been posting on my vlog TravelVlog and was asked if I could explain a little about how I get to my final product to look the way it does. While I am no master shooter/editor, I have learned a trick or two that I think might be worth sharing. So I will be sharing these tips and tricks over the next while. The most important thing to remember though is that the work you put into the entire process from shooting to editing to compression all directly have an effect on the quality of your final output. The second most important thing to remember is that nothing that I will say is any sort of rule, just my perspective on what you may want to consider to get better quality images
Limit the cross zoom transition. A dead give away of a novice editor is the overuse of the cross-zoom transition. In editing argot, it is mainly used as a device to show the passage of time and not as a way to deal with a harsh edit. Instead look for natural transition points. Often only a hint of movement at the end or start of the footage is needed to provide a more natural cut. People walking into frame, cars passing by, someone turning their head, even that crazy camera twist as you bring your camera down when you turn off the record button can give you that slight movement you need make a more seamless and organic transition to your next cut.
Published by Graham Walker on August 14 .
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The Future of Radio and TV
Doug Kaye writes about The Future of Public Radio:
“Radio and TV are going to have to adjust to a new economy: the economy in which the long tail plays a major role. The music industry is painfully making this transformation now. The movie business is fighting the change in classic innovators-dilemma style. TV doesn’t know what to do. Its viewers are leaving in droves, and the three major networks’ reaction so far is to reduce not only the cost but also the quality of programs through the reality-TV and tabloid formulas. Those are just that industry’s way of denying the inevitable trap it’s in.”
Published by Steve Garfield on August 14 .
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Videoblogger Video Conference: Quicktime 7 - Hot ot Not?
Today’s Flashmeeting video conference stirred some passions as several people debated the pro’s and con’s of using Apple’s Quicktime 7 with videoblogs. The participants also discussed the general topics of high definition (HD), making money with videoblogging, the new Mefeedia video thumbnails “hack”, the Webzine 2005 event and podcasting video with iTunes.
The picture above shows new member Kunga sharing his passion for HD with the group. The picture below shows each participant’s physical location. Note how many of the participants now have “cams”. Click either picture to enlarge.
You don’t have to have a camera to participate in these conferences, however. You can also use audio or even take part via the chat if you like.
Here is a link to an archive of the conference and here is a link to the schedule, notes and archives for all the video conferences.
Published by Markus Sandy on August 13 .
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