Technology and Innovation

Break yourself of the habit of putting the camera at eye level. Your eyes are stuck at the top of your body, but your camera isn’t. Today’s lightweight and inexpensive camcorders can go places that cameras of only a few years ago couldn’t go without very expensive equipment and oftentimes large crews of people.
By considering a scene from many angles when you first sec it and thinking of innovative and unusual ways to show things to your audience, you’ll engage and entertain them while telling your story.

Creating a video for an organization is a good start, but you should also consider providing additional copies to be given out to the public. Make sure to drop your business card in each video case. Let your work and your name be seen.

“I hope you don’t think I am being too critical but your vidcast shows up on my 17-inch screen about 4 X 2-3/4 inches, which is really small. Is there any way to get a bigger screen for your vidcast?” – Greg Hawkins
Episode 68:
• Video Bits & Bytes: Mark discusses Matthews’ M25 tripod and Blackmagic Designs’ Intensity Pro. Derek talks about icaught.com and flektor.com.
• Tips & Tricks: Andrew and Mark focus on lighting for chromakeying.
• Take 20: Jennifer and Charlie review The Duel by James Miller.
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Are we listening? You bet’cha! For instance. Greg, we’re working on delivering a bigger 1 ID version of the show for iTunes. and Joel, yes. we know. We often did appear nervous in the beginning. Most of us are behind-the-scenes techniques and techno-geeks. not on-air faces! But we’re having a lot of fun doing the show, and we hope you’re enjoying it, too. Please watch for future episodes as we grow and evolve.

“Siskel and Ebert would give it two thumbs up! I especially enjoyed the Tips and Tricks’ segment. As a videog-rapher. I can never stop learning new ways of shooting video.” – Dan Banks
Episode 66:
• Video Bits & Bytes: Mark points out the Smartsound collaboration with Sony Creative Software. Derek talks about the US military’s decision to block MySpace and YouTube. He also examines vpod.tv
• Tips & Tricks: Jennifer interviews documentary filmmakers Andrew Burke
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“In vidcast #47 Bits & Bytes, the itemized listing indicated ‘LG plans a dual Blu-ray/HD-DVD compatible HDTV display.’ I was disappointed that the lead-in wasn’t followed up in the CES report given in vidcast #48.” – Art Fumarolo
“I am a pretty big fan of the show; you used some of my videos in previous episodes. You did very fair reviews; 1 agree with everything you guys said.” -Jonathan Harchick

So you got something to say about the show? You gotta watch to critique!
We’ve received tons of feedback from our weekly vidcast and want to share a few of our readers’ and viewers’ comments (good and bad… maybe ugly. too!).
“I can identify well with your current cast and would only like them to relax a little. Realize that your audience is mostly geeks like you, no need to be nervous.” – Joel Longie