Thanks so much Victor greatly apprecited On Jul 27, 2012 8:56 AM, "Victor Grigas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Wikimedia Kenya, > > The camera is shipped! > > I'd like to see the chapter document itself - that is to say that you guys > all built your chapter from the ground up and if you can document what you > are doing yourself that would be awesome. I leave it up to you guys to > document what you feel inclined to document! > > GEAR: > I am sending a backpack to David Mugo in Chicago with a Canon XA-10 > Camera, attached wide-angle lens, a Rode NTG-3 Microphone, a light, 2 power > adapters, power cable, 3 batteries, remote control, cd/dvd install discs, > consent waivers, camera rental agreements, storyteller questions and a > guide to using the camera. > > 2 things that might be useful for you to use/find that I *haven't included > * are: headphones and a tripod. > > One thing to note: when the camera is zoomed out ALL THE WAY you can > sometimes see the microphone in the upper right corner of the image, so I > typically will zoom in *slightly*, so you don't see the microphone. > > The camera operates as a camcorder, and can be configured with any number > of settings. I recommend keeping the settings as they are, but feel free to > use it as you feel so inclined. The XA-10 has a touch screen display. The > camera records onto built-in memory first, and then 2 SD cards. There is > the capacity of hours and hours of footage on the camera. When you transfer > the footage be sure that you have some hard drives with many 10's of GB of > space to copy the data to. > > STORYTELLING: > When I conduct an interview for storytelling, I'll set the camera on a > tripod, and find a quiet place with some good lighting (so we can see the > persons face) and frame the person on camera in a closeup shot. I'll keep > the camera plugged into a wall, unless there is no outlet. > > I typically talk to people for 30 minutes to an hour, and ask people about > first who they are, where they come from, and then ask about how they > discovered Wikipedia and why they are involved. > > LAW: > I just spoke with our legal department: > > Basically *anyone who uses the camera has to sign the rental > agreement*(attached in this email) that i have also printed and included with > the > camera, and *anyone who is interviewed has to sign the legal release* (also > attached in this email) and also printed and included with the camera. > > Also the camera has to be returned 6 weeks from the 25th of July. > > WMF USA will pay for return shipping - I don't think it would be fair to > send a 'gift' that makes people pay for it. > > Let me know if I haven't thought of anything and I look forward to seeing > what you guys produce! > > Victor > > > > -- > > *Victor Grigas* > Storyteller > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor > San Francisco, CA 94105 > https://donate.wikimedia.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > >
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