Richard, Hi! As per my earlier posting to Aus-soaring, I have three gliding videos available for anyone who is interested in viewing them (I will want them back!) Cheers, Ron Baker ----- Original Message ----- From: "McLean Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Marketing Committee
> fair comment - lets collect some footage for a start & > then debate what to do with it though. As you point > out, it will take a lot of raw materiel (& time) to > get a usable product, so the sooner we start thinking > about it, the better. > > did you have microphones listening to my comments > about your wave video, BTW? =D > > > --- Mark Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 03/08/2004, at 1:44 AM, McLean Richard wrote: > > > > > If the need to use or employ professionals is so > > > 'beyond question' then why is there so much good > > > amateur stuff on the web? > > > > Well -- There isn't. Not for the purpose we've been > > talking > > about. > > > > There is plenty of stuff out there which makes > > people who already > > fly think, "Wow, that's pretty good!" but this > > thread of conversation > > has been about capturing the hearts and minds of > > people who don't > > fly. > > > > ... and, as a pilot, you lack the perspective > > necessary to judge > > whether stuff on the web is high quality or not *for > > that purpose*. > > > > > > > This is the age of 'reality > > > media' where the feeling of 'being right there' is > > > what sells - gritty, unpolished (to some extent > > > anyway) shots that show *reality* not staged, > > studio > > > polish .. and with the quality of the digicams > > > available (which I've seen firsthand in the last > > few > > > weeks at my own club) I'm perplexed by all the > > fuss > > > about how hard everything is. > > > > Getting raw footage isn't hard: it's just a matter > > of being > > at the right place at the right time with the > > suitable equipment. > > You can "stage" shorts pretty easily if you know > > what you want > > ahead of time (i.e., if you use a storyboard) > > > > The editing job, however, is bloody difficult. The > > ridge and > > wave videos I put on the web last month were the > > culmination > > of about 12 hours of editing to trim nearly 2 hours > > of raw > > footage down to 15 minutes of interesting stuff. > > (And even then > > it's only interesting to glider pilots who already > > know what > > wave flying and ridge flying is all about). Show it > > to the > > general public (or even, for that matter, a GA > > pilot!) and all > > you get is a blank stare. > > > > If you see some aerobatic footage or some close > > formation flying > > or some cockpit footage in wave, you enjoy it > > because you know what > > it involves, you respect the skill of the pilots > > involved, you may > > have even tried it before and worked out how > > enjoyable it is. You > > "connect" with the footage and have an emotional > > reaction to it > > because your experience provides you with linkage to > > whatever is > > portrayed in the video. > > > > When I show the video around my club, the emotional > > reaction I get > > from a lot of people is, "You bastard, I wish I was > > there, how come > > you flew in wave and I didn't?!" So I try to show > > it around the > > club as often as I can <grin> > > > > Give the same video to someone who has never flown > > before and they'll > > have a different emotional reaction: "Geez, I bet > > if I tried that > > I'd throw up. I wonder if it's as dangerous as it > > looks?" Then ask > > them whether a view of the instrument panel is > > interesting an exciting > > just because the altimeter is reading something in > > the flight-levels > > and they'll start to wonder if you're on drugs or > > something. > > > > That's why storyboarding, and review by someone who > > isn't a pilot, > > is important. We've all forgotten what it's like to > > see something > > like that through the eyes of a non-pilot, and we're > > not equipped > > to judge the effectiveness of the video at provoking > > the emotional > > reaction we want to provoke. We can't just throw > > together some > > raw footage and hope for the best. > > > > - mark > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I tried an internal modem, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > but it hurt when I walked. > > Mark Newton > > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: > > +61-8-82231777 ----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
