ToddO

Member since: Sep 8th, 2006

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Moviefone SXSW Sweepstakes: Win a $100 Movie Theater Gift Card! (Moviefone Blog)

Mar 24th 2010 12:45PM I wish I had time to see a "greatest hits" of the best movies of all time.

Produce your own semi-professional videos - Part 1 (Download Squad)

Sep 8th 2006 5:44PM Nice, very basic instructions but...
"Gee, let's do a cool video!" can be the death nell of successful communication. And that's your point, right? To win over this customer? I didn't see the planning part of the video production equation.
Every video person will tell you that they spend about 20% of their time shooting and maybe 30-40% of their time editing what they shot. The rest of their time (40 - 50%) for a project is planning and figuring it out. And that all happens before the fun shooting and editing part.
The electronics giants would have you think that you just charge up your batteries, load up a tape and BAM! You gots yerself a professional-like video!
But doing media is like cooking. Anyone can throw an egg in a hot pan and get something roughly edible. With practice you can make a tasty omelet. Or you can go out to eat and have a chef cook up their best frittata with aioli pesto dribble.
"Making a video" is all about how appetizing you want it to be to your audience. With planning and practice it can be pretty tasty!
So, I sound like Mr. Killjoy. But I think EVERYONE should understand... No, that's wrong: everyone should actually KNOW how to make a video or a podcast or a simple webpage. We all consume media everyday. We all "eat" so why not learn how to "cook" some too?
p.s. Ditto on the duct tape. Gaffer tape is the only tape you want use. Besides it not all shiney.
p.p.s. The blog link above is not really started but my comment is the kind of stuff you'll start finding there.
Todd