External Mic for tonights meeting?
Hi all. I'm bringing my camcorder along tonight to film[1] the speakers & presentations. Has anyone got a suitable external microphone they can bring along? The socket in my camcorder appears to be 3.5mm (my headphones fit in there) Lee [1] Well, feed it straight into the Mac, and save messing about with tapes etc.
Re: External Mic for tonights meeting?
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Blackwell, Lee [IT] wrote:
> I'm bringing my camcorder along tonight to film[1] the speakers &
> presentations.
You'll need to ask each of the speakers if they want you to do this.
Mark.
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Re: External Mic for tonights meeting?
Blackwell, Lee [IT] sent the following bits through the ether: > I'm bringing my camcorder along tonight to film[1] the speakers & > presentations. I don't think videoing speakers is useful. It's much more useful to have the speaker's audio and their slides instead. Combine them in a flash presentation (or regular movie file) for added onlineness. That at the fact that it's hard to film someone in low light with a bright light just behind them ;-) Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ scribot.http://www.scribot.com/ ... Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else
RE: External Mic for tonights meeting?
> > I'm bringing my camcorder along tonight to film[1] the speakers & > > presentations. > > You'll need to ask each of the speakers if they want you to do this. I mentioned this earlier this week (when you sent out the reminder). At least Celia and myself (Lee sits one desk over from me, it's his camcorder, but this was my idea/fault) want to do this, because it's a good way of improving our presentation style. If anyone else wants to get immortalised on to hard disk, I'm more than happy to edit the resulting files and either put them up on a web site somewhere, or mail them out on CD to the speakers. N -- 11 2 3 4 5 6 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 05 -- The 75 column-ometer Global Messaging, A: Top posting 120 Cheapside, x83331 Q: What's the most annoying e-mail habit?
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> I don't think videoing speakers is useful. It's much more useful to > have the speaker's audio and their slides instead. Combine them in a > flash presentation (or regular movie file) for added onlineness. Thats kinda the idea :) We use the film & audio along with slides etc. > That at the fact that it's hard to film someone in low light with a bright > light just behind them ;-) Dammit... I'll just have to hire a 'proper' film crew next time ;-) Lee
RE: External Mic for tonights meeting?
> > I'm bringing my camcorder along tonight to film[1] the speakers & > > presentations. > You'll need to ask each of the speakers if they want you to do this. OK. I'll be the guy wearing a sling, and floating about with a Mac and a DV camera. I'll make myself known to each speaker. Lee
RE: External Mic for tonights meeting?
> I don't think videoing speakers is useful. It is if you're speaking, and want to see what needs improving in your presentation skills. > It's much more useful to > have the speaker's audio and their slides instead. Combine them in a > flash presentation (or regular movie file) for added onlineness. That too. I've been getting quite proficient with iMovie recently :-), and I'm happy to do this for any speaker that wants it. N -- 11 2 3 4 5 6 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 05 -- The 75 column-ometer Global Messaging, A: Top posting 120 Cheapside, x83331 Q: What's the most annoying e-mail habit?
Re: External Mic for tonights meeting?
* Clayton, Nik [IT] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I don't think videoing speakers is useful. > > It is if you're speaking, and want to see what needs improving in your > presentation skills. > I think this is a myth put forward by school teachers and trainers. The best help I have ever had for technical presentation is MJD's slides on the subject, I think if you read them and think about them a little, every year or two, it is much better than grimacing at a video of yourself. However please ignore the bit about the cute picture in his slides. Also letting people see your slides in advance and give you feedback is another good idea. imho, ymmv, hth, yaatbr, Greg -- *** *** *** Email address has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Please *** *** update your email address book. *** *** *** Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.org.uk/~gem/ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: External Mic for tonights meeting?
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 15:15, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Clayton, Nik [IT] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I don't think videoing speakers is useful. > > > > It is if you're speaking, and want to see what needs improving in your > > presentation skills. > > > > I think this is a myth put forward by school teachers and > trainers. The best help I have ever had for technical presentation is > MJD's slides on the subject, I think if you read them and think about > them a little, every year or two, it is much better than grimacing at a > video of yourself. However please ignore the bit about the cute > picture in his slides. Where are these please ? There's nothing quite like a video to show you the subconscious things that you do while presenting. Like "umm"ing for Britain (in my case :) or hopping from one foot to another or running your hand through your hair. Once you're made aware of them it is easier to control them in future. > Also letting people see your slides in advance and give you feedback > is another good idea. Indeed useful but that doesn't necessarily help with your "style". S.
Re: External Mic for tonights meeting?
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:24:15PM +, Simon Wilcox wrote: > There's nothing quite like a video to show you the subconscious things > that you do while presenting. Like "umm"ing for Britain (in my case :) > or hopping from one foot to another or running your hand through your > hair. Totally agree! For most people, until you see yourself on camera you really have no idea, unless you have some buddha-like self-awareness. If you get a chance, I'd say go for it - you'll be amazed, if not shocked, heh :) Paul -- Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/ "What is the point of a rhetorical question? It's a cinderella story on the tumble of the dice." -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/
RE: External Mic for tonights meeting?
> > I think this is a myth put forward by school teachers and > > trainers. The best help I have ever had for technical > > presentation is MJD's slides on the subject, I think if you > > read them and think about them a little, every year or two, > > it is much better than grimacing at a video of yourself. However > > please ignore the bit about the cute picture in his slides. > > Where are these please ? http://perl.plover.com/yak/presentation/samples/ and http://perl.plover.com/yak/presentation/samples/notes.html N -- 11 2 3 4 5 6 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 05 -- The 75 column-ometer Global Messaging, A: Top posting 120 Cheapside, x83331 Q: What's the most annoying e-mail habit?
Re: External Mic for tonights meeting?
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Simon Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 15:15, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > MJD's slides on the subject,
>
> Where are these please ?
Conference Presentation Judo:
Slides: http://perl.plover.com/yak/presentation/samples/slide001.html
Notes: http://perl.plover.com/yak/presentation/samples/notes.html
MP3: http://www.perl.org/tpc/2002/audio/mjd-conf-judo/
Video: http://www.perl.org/tpc/2002/movies/mjd-conf-judo/ (quicktime)
Mark.
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Re: External Mic for tonights meeting?
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:24:15PM +, Simon Wilcox said: > > I think this is a myth put forward by school teachers and > > trainers. The best help I have ever had for technical presentation is > > MJD's slides on the subject, I think if you read them and think about > > them a little, every year or two, it is much better than grimacing at a > > video of yourself. However please ignore the bit about the cute > > picture in his slides. > > Where are these please ? http://perl.plover.com/yak/presentation/
RE: External Mic for tonights meeting?
> I don't think videoing speakers is useful. It's much more useful to > have the speaker's audio and their slides instead. Combine them in a > flash presentation (or regular movie file) for added onlineness. Which is exactly what happened :-) http://people.freebsd.org/~nik/AxKit-App-Gallery.mov N -- 11 2 3 4 5 6 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 05 -- The 75 column-ometer Global Messaging, A: Top posting 120 Cheapside, x83331 Q: What's the most annoying e-mail habit?
