I say edit it in double-time and overlay the Benny Hill theme (Yakkity Sax)
to it.

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:52 AM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us> wrote:

> “poor planning on their part doesn’t constitute and emergency on mine”
>
> I have a sign that says exactly this posted in my office for all to see as
> they enter the room.
>
>
>
>
> Richard Kasson wrote:
>
>>
>> That kind of stuff really burns my butt. Not so much that I would be asked
>> to do it, but that they expect me to do it and do it now. I’ve stopped doing
>> that kind of thing all together because the privilege was being abused. I
>> got really tired of one or two teachers dropping the camcorder on my desk
>> with “I need these on DVD by tonight so I can grade these skits” messages If
>> the teachers want to do something with video, I show them how Movie Maker or
>> Pinnacle Studio works and how to connect the camcorder and let them have at
>> it. They all have the privileges they need to upload anything they want to
>> their I-Bay. If they want me to do it, then they are at the mercy of my
>> schedule and “poor planning on their part doesn’t constitute and emergency
>> on mine”>
>>
>> I do like David’s idea though. The White Album or Led Zepplin IV dubbed
>> backwards.
>>
>> *From:* tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:
>> tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *Kenny, David
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:51 PM
>> *To:* 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List'
>> *Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] video editting rant
>>
>> Personally, when I get a drop everything and do it now kind of thing with
>> little or no direction, I like to apply a little creativity to the
>> situation. Make some kind of cacophonous blurred composite of all six
>> streams, and dub some clips from the Beatles White album over the audio.
>> “Number 9… Number 9…. Number 9…”
>>
>> It may (or may) not teach them an important life lesson. But it will be a
>> relaxing way to end your day. ;)
>>
>> David
>>
>> *From:* tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:
>> tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *McKay, Curtis
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:45 PM
>> *To:* 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List'
>> *Subject:* [tech-geeks] video editting rant
>>
>> Came back from lunch today to find a video camera on my desk with a note
>> saying, “here’s the video we recorded to be played next week. Please edit
>> and put on the server.” How am I suppose to know what to edit?? There’s 6
>> clips filmed today on this camera. I have no idea what goes where. Arggg.
>>
>> Curtis McKay
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Belleville Township High School District 201
>>
>> cmc...@bths201.org <mailto:cmc...@bths201.org>
>>
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