Jeff Breuer
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Kevin, I saw that promo and was considering it too. What was it about the conditions that looked fishy?
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Clever. Have you tried it?
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[walter biscardi] “We’re still using these same chairs from COSTCO in our edit suites.”
Walter, I know you have used the adjustable edit bay desks for a while so you can avoid sitting all day and do some standing. Just getting out of the chair for a while can be great for the back. How is that situation working? Are people using the feature, do you like it?
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George,
You are off to a good start. Always start with strategy. Secondly, yes it is great to see what works out there and discuss why. Another great resource is to learn more about the process from the pros. My favorite book on this that was given to me by my mentor was “Hey Whipple, Squeeze This!” By Luke Sullivan. This goes through that process with you.
Another recommendation, creative collaboration requires a safe environment for bad ideas and support from each other. Improv is great to address this. You should be able to find a good improv group in your area that does corporate events. They can come in and help your team get on the same page, break through the early discomfort and learn to support each other’s ideas.
Hope that helps.
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Greg, in terms of prioritizing the questions, I know it is going to be tough to get the client to trim his questions down further. What would be great is if he could highlight the burning questions, or at least rate the importance of a question from 1-5. There is a good chance you will be in the position of what can realistically be accomplished and have to make a judgement call on what questions cannot be asked. That might help make the difference in the edit when some starts screaming, “We need to shoot another interview!”
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Is it three hours with setup and everything? If it’s just for the interview, I hope the guy gets a couple breaks. My Grandfather is 93, I know that would be a lot for him. I hope the paper they sent you is more of a list of questions to choose from than anything else. The number of questions you can ask varies on a lot of things, in particular how long winded the interviewer is. Again, if he is anything like my Grandfather, you are going to have a tough time getting through five questions in three hours. You also need to account for followup questions. That is a big thing for me. An interview is always a discovery and you need to leave some room to follow up on some of those mysteries.
If the client sent you that long laundry list of questions, it might be best to have them prioritize them for you and just grind through as many as you can in the time you have.
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Haha! Great. Can’t wait for a client to ask about this software. I have a feeling it is not going to help me with the stand up comedy show I shot.
…CSPAN…Hahaha Mark!
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In case anybody stumbles upon this post, the folks at BMD were able to help. I did not realize that you could not do an audio only connection. I plugged in my my camera to the HDMI port and set it to HDMI video/Analogue audio and everything worked fine. Here is the official word from BMD:
Are you trying to capture audio only by just sending audio and no video signal? If that’s the case then the UltraStudio Express will not detect an audio only signal. All of our devices need a video signal in order to work. You can simply send black or color bars and strip the audio channel out afterwards but the signal needs to have video as well.
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I have heard webcast and for video specific, vodcast. One thing that always gets me worked up is the legal fights going on over the term “podcast.” In ’09 a company called Personal Audio filed for a trademark on the name and has actually taken out lawsuits with big “podcast” shows like The Adam Corolla Show. For a little light reading you can check this out:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/podcasting-community-faces-patent-troll-threat-eff-wants-help
Though for a small show, I would imagine you would be safe.
I would also contend that syndicated webcast content is booming. I am a part of a small podcasting network and we distribute to probably five different outlets like Stitcher and Spreaker along with iTunes. There is a lot of really fantastic stuff out there too. We have been getting involved with a resurgence in the radio drama. If you haven’t checked out the We’re Alive show, I highly recommend it. It is a syndicated episodic radio drama about zombies. Very well done.
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That is a good idea. Just started to build some for the project, thanks!