Thursday
Nov022006
The ScobleShow
Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 10:12AM
Just noticed that Scoble has posted a show on Google Reader and interviews some of the Google Reader team. Excellent, I'm a big Google Reader fan (props to Scoble for making me look a bit closer at the app after initially first dismissing it). But that's not the point of this post.
Just some observations on the PodTech/ScobleShow thing as constructive criticism, I'm not Scoble bashing :-)
Look, I'm no brilliant editor myself but Robert is sorta high profile and I don't know but I tend to expect high production values on his output, especially video stuff. Audio can hide a multitude of sins but Video, well it's kind of in your face.
The actual video quality is great, but I would have expected better user of the format? Or is it that new media shouldn't worry about production values?
Perhaps it shouldn't!
But there are still people to convert to new media and there needs to be some compromise between raw content and a final semi-polished version? People are used to high video production values and we can't just dismiss that fact.
Would it really hurt to turn this into a two camera shoot? 30 minutes on a fixed frame shot is really not that interesting to watch. Why not a couple of close ups, a couple of inserts, etc.
Yes, it makes it much more complex to shoot and it increases both the cost and the production time but without it, you may as well just listen to the audio. Technically it's really not that difficult, even in the editing process in FCP. You can virtually do it in real time.
It may just be that Robert is gearing up and I know there is a new editor coming on board so we may see more sophisticated episodes further down the track? I hope so.
And as for sponsorship by Seagate, I've really no problem with that. The more major league sponsors that move into the podcasting space the better - heck, I'd love a major sponsor for my show :-)
But you just need to be a bit more careful with how you position them...
"without them I couldn't bring you what I'm doing here tonight.."
Hmmmm....I seem to remember that Podtech received $5.5 million in Series A funding funding back in March so I'm sure he could actually do a show without them. Perhaps he couldn't due to the setup within Podtech but I'd be really surprised if he wasn't able to do a show without a sponsor!
Just a minor point, but it just grated a bit knowing the background. It probably wouldn't even be picked up the majority of the viewers. Again, I'm not bashing the show but just offering up some suggestions. More power to your elbow Robert, as the more you can popularise the medium the better for all of us working in the same space.
Anyway, I'd better get on with recording my show for this week!
No $5.5 mill funding for me but at least I'm making a living doing this new media thing full time!
Just some observations on the PodTech/ScobleShow thing as constructive criticism, I'm not Scoble bashing :-)
Look, I'm no brilliant editor myself but Robert is sorta high profile and I don't know but I tend to expect high production values on his output, especially video stuff. Audio can hide a multitude of sins but Video, well it's kind of in your face.
The actual video quality is great, but I would have expected better user of the format? Or is it that new media shouldn't worry about production values?
Perhaps it shouldn't!
But there are still people to convert to new media and there needs to be some compromise between raw content and a final semi-polished version? People are used to high video production values and we can't just dismiss that fact.
Would it really hurt to turn this into a two camera shoot? 30 minutes on a fixed frame shot is really not that interesting to watch. Why not a couple of close ups, a couple of inserts, etc.
Yes, it makes it much more complex to shoot and it increases both the cost and the production time but without it, you may as well just listen to the audio. Technically it's really not that difficult, even in the editing process in FCP. You can virtually do it in real time.
It may just be that Robert is gearing up and I know there is a new editor coming on board so we may see more sophisticated episodes further down the track? I hope so.
And as for sponsorship by Seagate, I've really no problem with that. The more major league sponsors that move into the podcasting space the better - heck, I'd love a major sponsor for my show :-)
But you just need to be a bit more careful with how you position them...
"without them I couldn't bring you what I'm doing here tonight.."
Hmmmm....I seem to remember that Podtech received $5.5 million in Series A funding funding back in March so I'm sure he could actually do a show without them. Perhaps he couldn't due to the setup within Podtech but I'd be really surprised if he wasn't able to do a show without a sponsor!
Just a minor point, but it just grated a bit knowing the background. It probably wouldn't even be picked up the majority of the viewers. Again, I'm not bashing the show but just offering up some suggestions. More power to your elbow Robert, as the more you can popularise the medium the better for all of us working in the same space.
Anyway, I'd better get on with recording my show for this week!
No $5.5 mill funding for me but at least I'm making a living doing this new media thing full time!
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