On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Alex Miller <a...@puredanger.com> wrote:
> > > 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>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 > I think you underestimate what modern consumer-grade cameras can do. > that's edited together with slides into something that looks professional. > And consumer-grade video editing software. > 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. > Or you could have the presenter wear a lapel mic that's BlueToothed to the camera. > 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 didn't say that clearly. And that's even more ridiculous. Charging people to view videos from open source conferences?! Not very open. -- -- 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.
