Comments on: Newspaper video: Expensive kit is an ethical issue(apparently)

By: gazete oku

gazete oku — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:13:58 +0000

thanks

By: Top this and that by andydickinson.net

Top this and that by andydickinson.net — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:53:43 +0000

[...] Newspaper video: expensive kit is an ethical issue apparently [...]

By: Andrew H

Andrew H — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:08:28 +0000

From links on the front page, I came to this thread a few months late . . .
My (UK) local paper has two kits of Sony A1 cameras, mics, tripod, lights, etc etc for journo’s to go filming.
All very nice, but when you also have to carry Nikon stills camera kit on the other shoulder, together it’s all a killer.
So I’ve shot a number of videos now using a Ricoh R6, and Fuji F31fd, compact cameras. Shoot the right angles and shots (remembering the zoom and sound limitations) and after a quick edit in Avid, the results were perfectly adequate for online video playback. In fact one video (of a car crash) was the most viewed of all our videos, proving it is the content more than the technology that gets viewers.

By: Will Sullivan's Journerdism » AP to fingerprint content; $500,000 for those under 21; How iPhone threatens newspapers; My new career

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:30:11 +0000

[...] Newspaper video: Expensive kit is an ethical issue(apparently) “And his point is that you need good kit to do that. I got some news. No you don’t. I thought we had this discussion already. It would be nice to have all the greatest kit in the world but you do not need it.” [...]

By: onlinejournalismus.de - Das Magazin zum Thema » Blog Archive » Video-Starter-Kit für Zeitungs-Redakteure

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:26:40 +0000

[...] Ergebnis der Diskussion ist noch offen, aber Andy Dickinson hat ganz gut zusammengefasst, worum es eigentlich geht: Newspapers are professionals and want to produce professional content. [...]

By: Teaching Online Journalism » Blog Archive » Basic kit: Gear for the multimedia reporter

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:13:31 +0000

[...] else will have to fill your ear with the looong debate about video cameras. Andy Dickinson recently summarized it — and offered sensible wisdom [...]

By: Some get lower quality gear, some high quality | News Videographer

Some get lower quality gear, some high quality | News Videographer — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:04:08 +0000

[...] I agree with Andy Dickinson that it’s quite a stretch for two Digital Journalist articles to indicate that using low-quality video equipment raises ethical issues. The articles are extolling the virtues of high-quality camera gear, and in a nutshell, Andy thinks it’s not necessary for news orgs to start out with all that expensive stuff. Newspapers are proffesionals and want to produce proffesional content . An expensive video camera or edit suite doesnt do that. By that argument I could be a millionaire just by putting some fancy pants on. [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:43:13 +0000

Color! Color. Try color.

I used final touch a few times so it will be nice to see how it fits in with the rest of the apps.

By: PF Bentley

PF Bentley — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:40:04 +0000

I feel like a kid on Christmas morning, who doesn’t know which new toy to play with first!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:38:52 +0000

Believe me the managment attitude is the most frustrating part for me to. If they would just butt out and leave us to it…well you know what I mean.

Election coverage using disposables - I see a mash up in the distance.
Ive yet to get my hands on the new FCP. Ive just updated to a mac book pro so that I can run Avid on windows for my training gigs but Im sooo looking forward to getting my hands on Studio 2. Sad isnt it.

I hear great things about this prores stuff so it will be nice to run some tests.

Having said that the latest video stuff from adobe looks pretty exciting to. All these tools, so little time!