Hi Please see below request from shirish.
Particularly, it would be useful to clarify on the wikis or places where volunteers are asked for, if teams are looking for full-time volunteers only or if part-timers will do (aka a time-requirement per day/task). This should be clarified at the very beginning. > Some thoughts on the videoteam - > > For the videoteam form whatever mail archives I was able to read, > there seem to be 3 rooms in which there would be cameras. Now I do not > know how many cameras you have but as have viewed many videos of > debconfs of number of years have enjoyed the most those which had 2 > cameras, one focused on the speaker and the other which had slides, so > the best would be to have 6 cameras and 3-4 people recording it. The > one which would be on the speaker would need some sort of mount/lever > especially during the Q&A to cover 180 degrees between the speaker and > the audience. This would need good reflexes as well as smooth > transitions, somebody who knows the camera intimately (not me), while > the other camera needs to be looked once in a while to see it has not > shifted from the slide place. Any sudden jerks/vibrations/nudges near > the camera could off-set it but it wouldn't need to be constantly > looked through as the one put on the speaker. > > Now there are 3 parts as I understand to how the video shoot will happen :- > > a1. Maybe 2-3 days before the debconf people would be seeing how the > cameras are functioning and training interns or volunteers as to how > to shoot as well as tips of what not to do. > > a2. Doing all the wiring and testing that both audio and video works, > live streams at least to the adjoining halls/rooms if and when the > rooms are full, fixing what doesn't work or hiring stuff locally if > needed. I did read that some audio gear would need to be hired/sourced > locally. > > b1. During the conference just seeing that the locally as well on the > web the chanels are working properly and if something breaks down > either to fix it or to pass the message to whoever can fix it. > > b2. Making sure everything is recorded onto tape or whatever media is > being used and checking once in a while that it is going good. I am > sure there are tools/scripts which already do this sort of things, > > c1. Editing and post-processing - This would be probably be the > hardest of all. Somebody would have to do the unenviable job of > editing, polishing so all the important interactions are recorded > while cutting away which is unnecessary while maintaining small sizes > for the final output. > > c2. If there are two cameras in the main conference room, then making > sure those video streams are synced properly along with the audio > stream. > > c3. Upload it the archive site. > > Now I'm guessing you would be looking for full-time interns/volunteers > for a. and b. while c. would take the month, month and a half it > usually takes for viewers like me to enjoy. > > Now, if I'm selected for the travel and accommodation brusary without > conditions , as a first-time attendee I wouldn't want to be there > full-time on the video team. I could dedicate sometime say 2-3 hours > but somebody would need to train me as I have no clue about video > cameras. I don't know if that works for the video team or not. In > your shoes, you would probably be looking for full-time interns or > volunteers and I would probably be a bad choice. So it would be good > if you clarify if you are looking for full-time volunteers only or > part-timers will do ? In fact this should be clarified at the very > beginning by all the three teams who are on that page. This is not > told/known anywhere. > > There is another thing if some sort of volunteer training program is > put up would be helpful to not just people who are volunteering now, > but also people who would volunteer or try to record mini-debconfs in > their own country after going back to their country. If somebody from > the subtitling team would be there, s/he could guide those who want to > help put up subtitles. This could be named as "Video recording, > streaming and subtitling 101" or something similar. > . > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
