[TheForge] videotaping (was: Abana conference)

[Tod Estes]

How bout putting the camera on the demonstrator and getting the 1st person view.
I was thinking small wireless camera on bill of hat, earpiece of safety glasses.
Not duct tapeing a handycam to the persons head... However.. Naaaa.
Quoting Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>:

> For what it's worth, I read about a camera that followed the
> speaker/demonstrator automatically.  The speaker wears a clip-on mike that is
> in radio or optical contact  with the recorder.  The camera is robotically
> directed to the signal from the mike.  I was under the impression these were
> commercially available, but have no contact or price information.  Wouldn't
> be cheaper than volunteer cameramen, but might be cheaper than professionals.
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> sos at alum.mit.edu 3/3/2007 8:24 AM >>>
> Chuck, I don't see the equipment being the issue. You have to have
> people who are willing to run the equipment and people to edit the tape
> into something useful. To make a good video of a demo, I think you need
> two cameras and tripods, two people on those cameras, an extra person
> capable of setting up the sound and running errands. If instead you duct
> tape a camera to a spare anvil, what you'll end up with is a video that
> nobody watches. Just my opinion. For an example of the best conference
> videos I've ever seen, get one from Rocky Mountain Smiths. The budget
> won't break (much), but finding the volunteers is tough.
>
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Tod Estes

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