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Tobias Buckell videocast, ep 0

This was my first attempt to take video off my camera that I took in November while at Windycon and stitch into a coherent videocast. I like the effect, I think I may do a few of these a month or so if people seem to like them (the audio levels aren’t perfect, I’m still playing with that) and they get passed around.

The hard part is keeping the camera with me and going. The battery life isn’t so hot, it’s a dinky little Samsung.

Filed under the topic Journal, On Writing on February 6th 2007 at 7:09 pm. You can subscribe to the RSS feed for this entry to keep track of comments. You can also use to trackback.

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13 Responses so far

1. Johanna L. Gribble on Feb 6th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Very cool!
Lemme know if you’re ever in the Baltimore/DC area. I know where the books are at. Have you thought about Balticon this spring?
2. Jeff Beeler on Feb 6th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Excellent work Tobias!
I am passing it along.
3. JeremyT on Feb 6th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
I highly recommend you pick up a cheap tripod.
4. Eugene on Feb 7th, 2007 at 1:02 am
This is really excellent! Nice work.
5. Alex Avriette on Feb 7th, 2007 at 1:18 am
You know, I’m not normally one for video, uh, casts (what’s the proper term?). However, I did enjoy and did watch this. My only comment would be that in a couple cuts the music was a little overpowering (the drum-and-bass in the sped-up part wandering about the con in the beginning for example). I’d watch it again, certainly.
6. Steve Buchheit on Feb 7th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Wow, very cool.
I like the handheld look, gives it that rough edge feel.
7. tobias s buckell on Feb 7th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Thanks. re: tripods, I do have one. It’s awkward to carry around and it’s tough to stage shots out in the wild. But I’m also checking into a camera steadycam rig that’s affordable that should help.
8. Mdean on Feb 7th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Great work!! That was fun to watch. Just curious what software did you use for editing?
9. tobias s buckell on Feb 7th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
iMovie, it comes with the Mac.
10. Angela Whitacre on Feb 7th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
This was really great. I’m passing it on to my writing friends as we speak.
11. Jim Hines on Feb 7th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Man, I had no idea my hair had gotten that thin!
That was fun! I have no sound here at work, but it makes for an interesting silent film! I kept waiting for Mike to emerge from the revolving Borders door as Superman…
12. Chris Gerrib on Feb 7th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Cool – nice job!
13. tobias s buckell on Feb 8th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Thanks Angela, Jim, watch it with sound damnit.
Chris, thanks man!

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