[TheForge] videotaping (was: Abana conference)

[Jerry Smith]

Bruce,

Many years a go I ran a video van for a Cable TV
company, it's best to have two or three camera people
to follow the speaker and the action goin on. I hear
the digital and direct DVD recording camcorder are
getting really to afford ability. There is also the
simple thing of renting the equipment.

Jerry
--- Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com> wrote:

> 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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