Awesome Motion 3 demo

[Sean Oneil]

If it’s the one with the red motorcycle, yeah I saw it at the convention. Very cool.

[J. Tad newberry]

very cool indeed! Motion 3 looks like an entirely new program! hopefully FCP 6 and DVD SP 4 will be just as cool.

[Ben Holmes]

Nice to see the NAB demos, shame Apple didn’t post the keynote as video so we could all see it.

BTW, if you want a laugh, take a look at the same site’s IO-HD video. Dumbest questions (as reporter reads spec off card on stand): “this does uncompressed SD?” or my personal favourite “what’s the weight on that?”

The look on the AJA rep’s face? Priceless.
😉

Ben

PS – reporter Kendel, try a) to keep the mic under your mouth until you have finished your question and b) try to occasionally look at the interviewee. And yes, I know it’s a portable product, so the weight might me relevent – it’s just the way it’s asked…

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[Walter Biscardi]

[Ben Holmes] “And yes, I know it’s a portable product, so the weight might me relevent – it’s just the way it’s asked…”

Quite important really, I mean if someone is about to mug you, you really want to know if you can swing that box around quick enough to hit the assailant. Guess wrong and you’re doing down…….

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[Ben Holmes]

lol

Funny, some of the other stuff is quite well done – the Color demo is nice enough. Probably worth doing a little research before the interview on this one….

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[Lighthousemedia]

Hey guys,
Glad you enjoyed our podcast some for education and some for humor. Allow me the chance
to respond.

1. Ben, well actually I wasn’t reading the specs on the AJA card as they weren’t around it was a new product and I was just asking the questions I personally wanted to know, as a shooter and potential user of the unit I honestly wanted to know how “mobile” the unit would be, and therefore weight mattered to me. I also didn’t have time to prep for alot of the interviews because they were new products that the sales reps themselves didn’t 100% know.

2. As far as my interviewing goes I’m happy to learn and improve, this was the first time I had a chance to do this and never with a mic this directional which was a good thing but as you saw I often forgot to bring it back to myself. So anyways I guess I’m glad you found my attempts at leat shall we say “entertaining”. Thats the risk about willing to do something like this is you have to vulnerable enough to be yourself in front of the world, and well you get ripped trying sometimes in the process.

“Reporter Kendel”
Or Kendal as its actually spelled…

[Ben Holmes]

Hi Kendal

Kudos for the reply. I think you may have stumbled across the biggest problem you face in your particular job – your audience are video pros, who love to criticise, erm, video.

I spend a great portion of my time editing interviews with sports/showbiz types, and have worked with many many reporters – some great, some awful. This puts me in a group that may be considered ‘tough to impress’. I hope my (somewhat glib, after a beer) comments might be taken constructively.

One thing to note is that ANY interview benefits from basic research. A brief chat with the rep before the interview (and yes, I know how busy NAB is) or a look at the datasheet or web (where we all read about it) would have certainly helped. It never ceases to amaze me how informed reporters have to be. And yes, your mic technique was bad – you were moving the mic over before you finished your questions. Most reporters have at least one bad mic habit. At least you know what yours is now.

As I said, I thought some of the other video pieces were fine – and you were the only place I have seen the Apple demos, which I am grateful for. I just wish someone had posted the Apple press event – although I am sure video crews were not welcome. One final note – I thought the intro to your NAB pieces, although nicely put together was over long, at around a minute. I would have thought few hour long doco’s have a title sequence over 30 seconds.

Other than that – oh, eye contact is important – keep it up. You have a nice manner speaking to camera, and a good voice. That’s pretty much all you need to go forward.

Ben

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