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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. 1. Johanna L. Gribble

    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. 2. Jeff Beeler

    Excellent work Tobias!

    I am passing it along.

  3. 3. JeremyT

    I highly recommend you pick up a cheap tripod.

  4. 4. Eugene

    This is really excellent! Nice work.

  5. 5. Alex Avriette

    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. 6. Steve Buchheit

    Wow, very cool.

    I like the handheld look, gives it that rough edge feel.

  7. 7. tobias s buckell

    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. 8. Mdean

    Great work!! That was fun to watch. Just curious what software did you use for editing?

  9. 9. tobias s buckell

    iMovie, it comes with the Mac.

  10. 10. Angela Whitacre

    This was really great. I’m passing it on to my writing friends as we speak.

  11. 11. Jim Hines

    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. 12. Chris Gerrib

    Cool – nice job!

  13. 13. tobias s buckell

    Thanks Angela, Jim, watch it with sound damnit.

    Chris, thanks man!

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