Re: KFest 2006 report


"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Eric Shepherd wrote:
: > On 2006-07-21 16:18:38 -0400, "Kirk Mitchell" <kirkmitchell@xxxxxxxxx>
: > said:
: >
: >> Still, Sheppy may make them available for downloading, but most likely
: >> quite a while after KFest is over. No one wants to do all that much
: >> work while here, when so much fun stuff is going on. B-{)
: >
: >
: > I don't know yet what I'm going to do with the tapes I have. They're
: > not very good -- the lighting in the room we did the presentations in
: > wasn't conducive to decent video of the projected screen, and with all
: > the echo in the room, you can only marginally make any sense of what the
: > speaker is saying.
: >
: > Pretty lousy, in general. I hope we get a better room next year.
:
: WRT this year's tapes:
:
: Although it's a lot more work than just copying to a DVD recorder, most
: video editing programs (like Pinnacle, Adobe, etc.) offer tools to
: correct brightness, contrast, and color balance, which can do wonders
: to improve bad "exposure". The audio DSP options can also remove some
: of the artifacts of "cathedral reverb" etc., but only within limits.
:
: WRT future years:
:
: Lighting is always an issue. Reducing the room lighting is generally
: required when videotaping a projection screen.
:
: But the audio can be remarkably improved by using a wireless clip-on
: microphone and connecting the receiver to the camera's "mic in". Of
: course, the standard "please repeat the question" protocol must be used.
:
: I realize that all this makes it slightly more of a "production", but
: I assume that "editing in the camera" is the norm, and that copying
: DV tapes to DVD has been made quite easy with most DVD recorders.
:
: Once a "master" DVD has been made, computers make copying for
: distribution pretty fast and easy.
:
: Still, at 2 or 2.5 hours of presentation per (single-layer) DVD, the
: presentations could easily add up to 3 DVDs per day... But it seems
: like a good way to make the 'Fest accessible to more people.
:
: And with the cost of recordable DVDs now regularly at or below 20 cents
: per disk, the costs are quite reasonable (not counting disk-swapping
: time during duplication ;-).
:
: The sessions could even be put up on a web server for viewing, as long
: as the resolution was good enough to read the projection screen.
:
: My own experience with making such videos suggests that with a single
: camera, zooming between a frame-filling screen shot and a wider "2-shot"
: with the presenter can be very helpful in making the screen readable
: while adding interest. Of course, if there's a physical object being
: demoed, then getting "up close and personal" is usually required to
: make it worthwhile on the video.
:
: This kind of thing is best done by someone who is fascinated with both
: the topic of the presentation and the making of videos, since there is
: value in the "director" being able to make relevance decisions.
:
: As with most things in the Apple II world, the making of 'Fest videos
: would be a labor of love, so the joy would be in the journey.
:
: -michael

When will we learn not to mention video and audio around you, Mike? :o)

Bill Garber



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