In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:26:27 -0400: Hi, >This search string lists all of New Energy Institute videos: > >http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22new+energy+institute%22&hl=en > >- Jed I watched http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1214733147725965006&q=%22new+energy+institute%22&hl=en and was very disappointed with the sound and with the clips of the screen. In this video, Pamela became almost inaudible every time she turned her back to the camera. Steve in future, would it be possible to get your sound pickup by plugging directly into the sound system of the auditorium? Since the speaker usually carries a microphone, you would be picking up that signal directly, i.e. by wire, rather than through the air. I was disappointed in the screen shots, because frequently when Pamela turned toward the screen to point something out, the camera only caught the right hand side of the screen, thus missing half the content. That made it totally useless. You need to get the entire screen, even if only briefly. We the audience, can always click on pause to freeze the video long enough to read the whole screen, but we do need to see the whole image. In fact, you could have left the camera pointed at the screen the whole time. The message is far more important than the messenger.
Another thought: These scientists are prepared to spend time and effort doing a talk for a room full of people ( probably a few hundred at most). You might consider asking them to do a dedicated rerun just for you, under circumstances that are ideal for you to record, since the video you create is going on the web and is likely to be viewed by thousands rather than just the few in that room. Furthermore, they themselves can then refer others to the web video, which saves them time and effort otherwise wasted in lengthy explanations. Since it's a dedicated "performance", they can also review if with you when it's done, and perhaps redo bits that came out poorly, which you can then edit in later, resulting in a better overall product. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition (capitalism) provides the motivation, Cooperation (communism) provides the means.
