On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Tristram Wyatt wrote:
> We're also putting short talks* up on the web - like the others sent round earlier. Are they best done to camera or by recording a lecture with an audience? What do people think?
>
> We got some feedback from a person with a broadcasting background:
>
> "..... you were (sensibly) talking to the audience in the lecture theatre in front of you, rather than to the camera as you would have done if recording especially for this medium. While I can see why it makes economic sense for them to make iTunes items directly from lectures, they will inevitably have this 'problem'. "
My first reaction is that they are very good lectures, but I can see what
he means. The problem is that I expect that you are videoing lecturers who
will probably perform a lot better to an audience than a camera.
Part of the problem I think is that you have picked a shot which looks
like TV so you expect the lecturer to be doing it straight to camera and
when they don't it feels all wrong. You almost want a bit of the audience
in some of the shots, so it makes sense. Possibly a funkier angle than
just a camera at the back of the room, as in a lecture theatre that size
it looks wrong. Have a play see what works. Though I am not a video person
so I am probably wrong.
good luck
Dave
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