I want to be more like Chris! Also, I’d love to get a shot of his camera rig…  I’m guessing that it’s shot on a Flip HD, but it looks a bit too steady for being hand held…

When the average viewer looks at video – they don’t think about the cuts, music selection, or graphics (or the lack there of). Unless there’s something wrong with the video – then everyone will notice it.

Editing (in terms of media production) is the juxtaposition of time and events
(the rearranging of events in time to tell a different or more compelling story).

What does that mean?

Have you ever seen or heard the old adage, “Commas save lives!”  We here it is…

Let’s eat Grandpa!

Let’s eat, Grandpa!

Both have the same exact text – but without a pause in the right place you say something all together different! The same is true with media production (audio and video) you place, or remove a pause at the right place, remove the audio with a bleep sound and you can have a totally different video.

The other day I found this post on TheNextWeb.com – this shows a video posted my microsoft to show the public how easy it is to host a house party for the upcoming Windows 7 Launch.  First off, why is it that it is way too much fun, and way to easy to make fun of microsoft!? Not that I’m a PC guy, have been for year – I don’t own a Mac (but would love to).

Here’s the orginal video:

Here’s the edited version
Note that nothing is said, but may not be safe for work – as a lot can be implied!

This is how editing can portray a negative image of the original message (that’s easy) as any one can take things out of context and make them say anything! People have been doing that for years – what can you do as a producer, video blogger or business owner to make better media with the the help of editing?  When you realize that you don’t just have to shoot a video and post it in it entirety you will see video in a completely different way! Some vloggers will hate me because of that last statement – but I’m okay with that.  ^~~^

My challenge to you – find a video that due to editing has a deeper impact, or more compelling message.  Use the feature in the commenting tool to embed a Youtube video, and tells us all why it is this video has merit, or re-cut it and show us the before and after!

Photo credits:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kichigai/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

The superficial friending of everyone is pointless – the truth in this video released more than a year ago still rings true.  If you have a million “friends” but no one really has your back – what’s the point!

My family gave me the gift of pocket video in the form of a Flip Ultra HD.

You’ll see in the coming days the fruits of this new prized possetion as I embark on a new journey of video blogging.  Today, I picked up some more kit that I’ll be talking about that soon enough (camera support systems that will allow me to posts

Gary Vaynerchuk hits it on the head – I know that I’ve been guilty of this in the past and will watch my aditude in the future about this!  How has the numbers game effected what and how you look at things?

Today’s vLog – Letting a Dream Die, Not always a bad thing – it’s allowing me to be more focused on what’s ahead!

Dealing with the vacuum of social media, how do you over come this? Is it just me??!

]]> http://poweredproduction.com/video/my120-9-14-2009/feed/ 0 http://poweredproduction.com/video/my120-9-14-2009/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoweredProduction/~3/xemV6JrgBQA/ http://poweredproduction.com/video/why-i-always-have-my-flip-with-me/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:38:09 +0000 Brad http://poweredproduction.com/?p=739 http://poweredproduction.com/video/why-i-always-have-my-flip-with-me/feed/ 0 http://poweredproduction.com/video/why-i-always-have-my-flip-with-me/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoweredProduction/~3/V7Q-LAQWksI/ http://poweredproduction.com/featured/unofficial-user-generated-conference-guide/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:12:06 +0000 Brad http://poweredproduction.com/?p=614 I’ve been to a few BarCamp.org styled User Generated meetings in my time, and I’m by no means an expert in this field. (I wasn’t at the 1st official BarCamp – nor have I been to any “official” camps). I have been involved in the planning of a few of these camps and hope that this post will serve as your unofficial guide from my observations at past events.  At the heart of the issue these are User Generated, yes by attending them you become a user – but semantics aside let’s take a look at these 5 points that will make sure your not “That Guy” at the next camp!

1.) These camps are not about you, they are not about your company!

At some point you need to learn to leave your soap box at home – come to share, but not to preach or pitch! Even if your company is a sponsor of the said camp – no one is there to hear about you! Pitching your company or hard selling your widget is a cardinal sin that will (or should) get  you booted from most of these meetings.

These camps are all about the community, if you feel that you can help someone with your widget – you should ask them to talk about that at a later date, get their contact information and tell them you can talk sales later.  The important thing is to talk about the topic – and you can do this without selling your product!

2.) These camps are not for you to show off your power point skills.

These camps are about starting public discussions and not a place for you to talk to the back wall as you show your slides.  Community is the focus and public conversation is key – you’re not leading a talk, but shaping the conversation as a discussion facilitator.  If you have screen shots of what you know is going to be brought up or if you’re talking about a case study and have slides that’s one thing – but please don’t just talk along with your 20 – 30 slides and not involve the room with discussion (especially after lunch – as it will become a snooze fest!)

3.) Tweet, Live Blog & Interact on the meetings Live Stream
(take Photo & Videos too)

Most people show up to these events and they look like they have no clue as to what’s going on outside of that little room they ended up in.  I keep saying this but it’s about community – so while at an event, become the live blogger for the rest of the world (who’s not in that room) and tell us all what we’re missing out in.  Many of the break out sessions that I’ve been involved in evolved as people would join in via Cover-It-Live or Twitter with other questions an comments.  Also if you’re taking photos – don’t just shoot crowd shots, be sure to get in close and make sure that you tag your photos so people can find out who was there.

4.) Bring your business cards

I’m always shocked at the amount of people who come to networking events and don’t bring any means of sharing their contact information with those that they meet.  This seems rather old school, but it’s still a necessity! There’s nothing like trying to land a client or make a meaningful contact by writing down your contact information on a scrap piece of paper!  Is that really the best way to transmit your brand?!

5.) Stay on topic with the conference

If you are attending a conference that is central to a specific topic you have to remember that everyone else is there to talk and learn about that topic – please don’t focus on tangents that can could lead to you being able to pitch your business.  User generated conferences work best when there is a central vision and goal, a singleness of thought and everyone can add their perceptive to – if you come with a hidden agenda to talk about something else (i.e. yourself or your business) you will stick out like a sore thumb and hopefully asked to leave the event.

So there it is, my 5 tips to get the most out of user generated conferences (BarCamps). Follow these tips to make your experience and the experience of those around you a pleasurable and worthwhile!  I know that this is a short list and there I must have left something out – please add to the conversation by making a comment here on the post…  Please don’t hold anything back (except for profanity – my Mom reads my blog so keep it clean).

Additional Resources

Link to great stuff concerning BarCamp:

BarCamp.org – Find upcoming camps in your area / in your country
The Rules of BarCamp – A must read page – don’t follow these, and you’ll be “That Guy”
The Pocket Guide to “Organize A Local Bar Camp”

Photos used in post:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/franzlife/ / CC BY 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monsieurlui/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lox/ / CC BY 2.0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/ / CC BY 2.0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmcneill/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71737580@N00/ / CC BY 2.0