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
