Gday Ron - I'm probably not in a position to do much with video at this stage, but I am keeping all these emails as I would like to make the DVD "my little project" .. perhaps I can take you up on that a bit further down the track? It would be useful even just to see what kind of camera work has been done.
Cheers, Richard --- Ronald E Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! 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