Tag Archives: Technology
Marathon weekend
By Kristina (Scorsese Group) Two days and five hours of footage later, the Scorsese team has filmed the filming of the Birch Bay Marathon north of Bellingham. Our objective: Capture the process of creating a film using consumer technology (specifically … Continue reading
Flip Video Vlog: A Tale of Two Formats
The eternal question: how important is the equipment when you tell a story? When I was in the fledgling stages of photojournalism I would blame my equipment alot.
Flip Video: DIY Windscreen + DIY No-Tripod Stabilizer, AWESOME!
Ran across this today as I searched for anyone online who had hacked the Flip Video to allow some kind of external microphone. Unfortunately I have not found such a hack as it would be tremendously useful to us. On … Continue reading
Flip test run
Today, I decided to take the camera on a test run – literally. I was curious what kind of quality video I could get if I ran with the camera. Conclusion: not very. A warning if you watch this video … Continue reading
Audio and the Reuters “MOJO”
Some of our class discussion last night focused on the audio limitations of the Flip. Unfortunately, you can’t attach an external mike to the Flip (and many mainstream camera manufacturers such as Sony and Canon are also dropping those connections … Continue reading
MCDM – Spreading the Word
We had a meeting this week at Microsoft for people who are interested in the MCDM program. As part of this presentation we told them about our Storytelling class and the use of the Flip camera. I captured our introductions. … Continue reading
Putting it all together: an argument for using the Flip Video
Today I wanted to take my HD shooting skills and apply it to the Flip Video camera.
So easy…
Well everyone, I just upgraded our WordPress account so that you can all upload video directly from your hard drives to the blog. Just make sure you click on the “Videos” option below your edit box to upload the video … Continue reading
