On Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:44:09 PM UTC-5, Cedric Greevey wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Alex Miller > <al...@puredanger.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I have done a fair amount of polling on this for Strange Loop and it's >> problematic. >> >> - there are a small number of interested people which thus requires high >> per-person prices for videos (higher than you think - Strata video >> compilation is $400 for example) >> > > Where are these costs coming from? The marginal (rather than one-time) > costs of pointing a consumer digital video camera on a tripod at a podium > in front of a projection screen is pennies, if that, mainly amortizing the > equipment and memory card over their expected lifetimes, plus the hydro to > recharge the battery. >
If you did what you describe, you'd have junk. Everything I'm talking about assumes decent videos you'd actually want to watch. So I'm assuming a videographer who knows what he's doing using a high-quality camera and audio source that's edited together with slides into something that looks professional. The videographers we work with bring light sources, extra mics, and a great deal of experience to the table. If you have watched any crummy conference or user group videos you'll often notice that the audio is terrible. Our videographers usually get a board feed as well as sometimes mic'ing speakers separately to get the highest quality audio they can get. > - high prices further reduce the number of people willing to pay > >> - high prices also increase the likelihood that people will simply share >> access to others, further reducing the number of people >> - any video purchase system requires a significant amount of >> infrastructure for authentication and payment that either needs to built or >> bought, either of which further drives up the cost. >> > > If video production is done cheaply enough then all this stuff does is add > transaction costs. Youtube, Vimeo, and others would host for free and > monetize themselves with ads. YOU might even monetize with ads, at least on > Youtube. > Have you tried monetizing with ads on a generic channel like Youtube? The numbers don't add up. > - knowing there is a video compilation available may reduce conference >> attendance (I think this is actually unlikely but it's possible) >> > > That's the same theory underlying the silly "blackouts" sports leagues > sometimes do when stadium tickets aren't sold out, and it's been pretty > thoroughly debunked. Even a live broadcast (let alone a tape-delayed one) > isn't competition for actually being there, as it turns out. In fact, it's > the opposite: it's advertising. Blackouts *damage* attendance, the way not > advertising a product reduces sales. > > Unless you have unusual needs regarding how the videos are initially > recorded that preclude using cheap, filmless cameras and no or little, > simple postwork, you should be able to DIY with little labor and *way* > lower marginal costs than $400 per video even, including hosting. > No, I have "usual" needs with how videos are recorded. The costs are not $400 per video. I said that Strata charged $400 for their video *compilation* - that is, access to all the videos from their conference. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
