Video – Page 2 – A resurgent Liberal

Yet more video…

The newest Lib Dem video comes from Tom Brake MP and is a simple introduction to his website.

I’ve seen a few websites do this in the US and it seemed worth trying. People like to know who their representatives are and video can definitely help bring them to life.

Another video

I’ve just done another video over on Taking Power.

An almost embarrassingly cheap set-up (which perhaps you can see in the production!):

Equipment was:

Canon Digital Ixus 400
Tripod
Sony Microphone
Olympus Digital Voice Recorder
Trial copy of Adobe Premiere Elements downloaded off www.adobe.co.uk. I tried Windows Movie Maker (which comes free with Windows XP), but I found it too hard to get the result I wanted.
Hosting via Google Video (since it deliverers slightly higher res than YouTube)

The Ixus (which dates from 2004) is a pocketable digital camera and not a camcorder, and only goes up to 320×240 at 15 frames per second. Google Video currently take 640×480 at 30 frames per second so it may be time to put a higher res camera on my birthday present list. 🙂

Obvious opportunities for improvement in lighting and framing. But then I suspect the first Focus didn’t look too hot by today’s standards!

Video frenzy

Following all the other video activity on other Lib Dem blogs, I’ve been going on a bit of video frenzy to see what might be the best way to make Lib Dem videos. I’ve also used the Democracy Plug-In and Democracy Widget to set up an online poll to get your point of view.

So here goes…

First we have the mobile phone video:

Closely followed by some video on a Canon Digital Ixus 400.

I then experimented with supplementing the video with separately recorded sound using a Sony Microphone and an Olympus Digital Video Recorder.

And finally, I recorded some video on my webcam

Let me know what works best for you. Personally I think the digital camera with separate sound recording appears to deliver the best results – although the video on the webcam is higher res running at 25 frames per second rather than 15 fps on the Canon. From my own perspective, I find the better sound makes a bigger impact than having better video (although I suppose I could have done a synchronised recording on the webcam too). I’ll be interested in what other people say. The obvious missing category of video is video shot using a proper video camera, but unfortunately I don’t have one! You may need to go back to the home page to enter the poll.