Archive for January, 2008
January 21, 2008 at 4:48 pm · Filed under Equipment
Up until December of 2007, I had been a vocal opponent of making the switch to HD - especially for those solo video journalists who were dedicating their craft specifically for the web.
The idea of shooting HD with the end product being a 480×270 pixel end product just didn’t seem practical in my opinion.
Of course I have made the jump to HDV - Why the change now?
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January 11, 2008 at 7:23 am · Filed under The Business of VJ
I’ve been doing some research on Home Theater PC’s and how it will affect content being viewed and distributed.
We as Solo VJ’s need to come to terms with the fact that, at least here in the states, viewers are going to become even more connected to the Internet, and less to the traditional broadcast venues of content distribution.
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January 11, 2008 at 6:57 am · Filed under Creative Process, Video Journalism
I realized that I have used this term throughout my blog postings without giving any sort of a definition to this term.
Working as a multimedia journalist is a unique concept - one that is constantly being redefined as this point in time, but to be a “Jack Of All Trades, Master Of Them All” requires having a swiss army knife skillset.
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