Thursday, March 22, 2007

Yonkers IDA Meeting of March 22nd 2007 You'll see this Only on YonkersTV

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Posted by Martin McGloin at 3:26 PM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yonkers TV is a great idea, but what is the point if you cannot hear anything, and McGloin just cannot stopp fiddling with the camera. He has a cheap camera, stop panning, and moving it. You get seasick watching the video.

This isnt NBC, keep it simple and stationary. And get a remote microphone!

March 24, 2007 at 8:41 AM
Martin McGloin said...

I thank you for your comments, especially those of a technical nature.

Firstly the sound is cranked up as loud as it can be, without dirtortion.
The whole point is that this is Cinema Verite and with all of the other distractions in the room,it is how the City of Yonkers conducts its official business. The windows are left open and all ambient sound is picked up by the camera including the traffic and sirens. The characters often whisper and even when in the room its hard to hear. Sometimes members of the audience (those doing business with the YIDA in this case) are often talking and as a spectator it's hard to hear.

On the panning and moving: All of this video is unedited unlike that of NBC, it is raw footage, hence me calling it Cinema Verite. It is also compressed down to under 100megs to qualify for uploading to YouTube. The lagging you experience on YouTube is an artifact of compression, especially when the camera is panning or zooming.You are more than welcome to help me "finish" the final video before uploading.

The camera while consumer has a resolution of over 480 lines, that is twice that of vhs or the cable signal you get.

Since YonkersTV is a volunteer service I am more than willing to accept any equipment that you may see fit to supply including a less cheap camera and remote microphone.You are also welcome to join me down at City Hall to videotape these proceedings.

You can contact me at yonkerstv@verizon.net to discuss this or any other matter regarding YonkersTV. You identity will remain safe with me.

Martin McGloin

March 31, 2007 at 1:01 PM

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