[opensuse-marketing] Presentation videos - How to do that?
This is triggered by this video: http://gnome.mirocommunity.org/video/234/thomas-mcguire-kmail-2 It is much better presentation then any (opensource) I've seen before. The presentation itself is not crisp clear, probably taken with camera from screen, instead and video is taken from the top of the auditorium, which puts viewer above presenter without any justification in needed overview of situation, or wanted dramatic effects, but those are minor mistakes comparing to videos that we can see in our archives. Majority of our presentation videos (talks in openSUSE parlance) are hard to follow and many are nothing more then video record that some presentation happened. We definitely need very simple guidance for those taking videos. I have some experience with photography (ditto comment about camera position), but absolutely no with requirements to take video that is able to convey the message, or at minimum to give all information that those present at the event were able to see. I can find videos that are good and those that are not, and comment what I see as good and bad, but what we need is more than that. One of ideas is to contact students that learn how to make videos and give them a chance to show what they know, for instance DePaul College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) has people that can help with advice [1]. http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/Pages/default2.aspx They have some amazing technologies in their educational process, so they can be one of educational institutions that can have people interested in helping amateurs. The only thing that we have to have before we ask anybody for help is to have clear idea what end result we want. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
Le 24/10/2010 20:26, Rajko M. a écrit :
This is triggered by this video: http://gnome.mirocommunity.org/video/234/thomas-mcguire-kmail-2
It is much better presentation then any (opensource) I've seen before.
the others may be horrible, given this one is pretty unvisible
We definitely need very simple guidance for those taking videos.
this is not a problem with videos, but with presentations. Presentation (aka powerpoint presentations) are the worst thing ever invented! Never, ever, do such thing. The best a diapo can do is to keep somwhere on the background to have an outline of the presentation itself, and the screen have to *show* the subject (and not what you are speaking just now). Simply look an any documentary in TV. Could you give this presentation to the TV? no? so don't give it to audience at all. I made an example film (to be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5CDG02cXyk, but I had to do all by myself alone, and it's too much work, this version is suboptimal and was never finished.
One of ideas is to contact students that learn how to make videos and give them a chance to show what they know, for instance DePaul College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) has people that can help with advice [1].
wy not? good luck :-) It's not difficult, it's only a very hudge work... jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://pizzanetti.fr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
On 2010-10-24 jdd wrote:
Le 24/10/2010 20:26, Rajko M. a écrit :
This is triggered by this video: http://gnome.mirocommunity.org/video/234/thomas-mcguire-kmail-2
It is much better presentation then any (opensource) I've seen before.
the others may be horrible, given this one is pretty unvisible
We definitely need very simple guidance for those taking videos.
this is not a problem with videos, but with presentations. Presentation (aka powerpoint presentations) are the worst thing ever invented! Never, ever, do such thing.
The best a diapo can do is to keep somwhere on the background to have an outline of the presentation itself, and the screen have to *show* the subject (and not what you are speaking just now).
Simply look an any documentary in TV. Could you give this presentation to the TV? no? so don't give it to audience at all.
I made an example film (to be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5CDG02cXyk, but I had to do all by myself alone, and it's too much work, this version is suboptimal and was never finished.
One of ideas is to contact students that learn how to make videos and give them a chance to show what they know, for instance DePaul College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) has people that can help with advice [1].
wy not?
good luck :-)
It's not difficult, it's only a very hudge work...
We can try for the next openSUSE conference... It would also be good to have a page on the conference site with some tips and tricks on how to give a talk/make a presentation/etc.
jdd
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jdd
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Jos Poortvliet
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Rajko M.