XO,
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On Jun 28, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Peter Van Dijck wrote:
<x-tad-smaller>I'd love to hear more advice about that...</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> For example, to interview people. I like the organic approach, but I</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> freak people out by holding the camera in their faces..</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> p</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> On 6/28/06, Jan McLaughlin <</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>> wrote:</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Hehehe. Spot on, Mr. Dedman.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Learning to trust one's handling of the camera has a learning curve.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Remember? It's a new instrument the holder has to learn to play. My</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > best advice to folks who learn guitar from me is to attach the damn</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > thing to your arm(s) for a year or until your body becomes one with its</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > shape, weight & responsibility. Go nowhere without it. </lesson></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > A finger crosses the lens of the cameraphone when turned to hit 'off'.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > It's difficult to hit 'stop' when in classic self-filming mode. That</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > move will require practice, practice, practice. Glad to have had the</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > immersion course in shooting with cameraphones. Will try to attend</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Saturday's flashconference to speak about what I've learned about</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > shooting with cameraphones in depth rather than texting a vlog entry.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > The MSM will get it. That's my bet. And if we're lucky, in the process</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > consumers' bullshit meters acquire a gleeming polish.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Announcers traditionally invoke 'Announcer Mode' when speaking rather</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > than 'Conversational Mode' which works better in this most intimate of</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > viewing situations.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > CLOSING DISTANCES::Discussed with a few folks at Vloggercon the idea</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > that the computer screen is about a breast-to-eye's length away from</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > the viewer. Think of the distance between a nursing infant's eye to the</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > mother's eye. This distance equation warrants consciousness when we</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > consider the powerful influence of the computer generally and the</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > videoblog, specifically.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Related to western culture's strong nipple taboo, no doubt.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Enough.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Making media.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > XOX,</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > Jan</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > --</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://fauxpress.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>blogspot.com - motion</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://blog.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>urbanartadventures.com - sound</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://the-hold.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>blogspot.com - poetry</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://dagnyhemingw</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>ay.blogspot.com - machinima</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://vlogpresskit</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>.blogspot.com - media</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > .</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > On Jun 27, 2006, at 11:40 PM, Jay dedman wrote:</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > On 6/27/06, Joshua Kinberg <</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>com> wrote:</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > Just found this amazing vdeo:</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > <</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://fireant.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>tv/directory/episode/1276695></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > Once you get through the corny intro sequence its actually quite</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > amazing. Raw footage of CNN correspondent Nic Robertson in Darfur,</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > Sudan. He even does his fair share of holding the camera and</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > speaking</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > directly into it (this seems to be a smaller personal camera, not</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > his</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > camera-person's larger camera for broadcast).</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > Its really quite amazing to see the techniques pioneered by many in</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > > this group now being used by CNN.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > this is pretty incredible. this could be anyone of us.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > imagine when CNN realizes that the corny intro isnt needed.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > One thing: Nic needs to stop looking at himself in the view screen.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > Jay</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > --</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > Adventures in Videoblogging</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > <</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://www.momentsh</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>owing.net></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > <</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://FireAnt.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>tv></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > <</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://node101.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>org></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > > Cell: 917 371 6790</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> > ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> ></x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> -- </x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> find videoblogs: </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://mefeedia.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>com</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> my blog: </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://poorbuthappy</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>.com/ease/</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller> my job: </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://petervandijc</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>k.net</x-tad-smaller>
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