DISQUS

Matthias · 2 years ago

I love the people walking into the picture. You need a camera assistant who would film, and cordon off the area!

Dom · 2 years ago

"Not at all."...huh?

Emon · 2 years ago

Thanks for the video. It looked like Cory waited to shake your hand as the interview finished.

chris fedde · 2 years ago

I loved the cinematography of this piece. Good framing. The long shot worked well to set the mood and location. The walk on roles were excellent. The female lead from the first half helped generate an air of suspense that grabbed my attention till the main plot built enough captured my interest.

Bravo!

One minor nit: The credits at the end were unreadable.

Andrew Denny · 2 years ago

Interested to hear (2nd hand)Cory's word on Nielsen.

I hate Emperor Nielsen's clothes, I find them mostly unwearable and pretty ugly to look at. I don't care if he can prove he's right; he's wrong.

Jamie · 2 years ago

Ahh, he really did want to shake hands!

Great vid and in theory such simple, helpful information. I've found that my blog posts with the most descriptive headlines or certainly ones with 2-3 key words close to the heart of the matter are the ones that generate the most traffic.

Will bear in mind for future...

Thanks

Nicol · 2 years ago

great, informative vid, thanks.

out of interest, how did you record the sound? I couldn't see a radio mic on Cory, yet it came through crystal clear, with a lot of potential background noise to compete with.

Eric · 2 years ago

Nice video!

Just wanted to let you know that your "about me" and "archives" are giving error messages.

Bryan King · 2 years ago

good thing your cam wasn't stolen during the shoot. XD

Mark Lennox · 2 years ago

Nice points - thanks for that! It reminds me of some of the advice from 'Dont Make me Think' by Steve Krug - keep it simple, don't bury the lede, make it scannable.

I love the idea that you treat your headlines / summary by using the notion of 'attention conservation' - allow your readers to skip it if it doesnt tickle them.

p.s.: You should have shook Cory's hand after the interview!

Bill Streeter · 2 years ago

ok now you've had a blogging lesson, now for a videoblogging lesson. I understand what you were trying to do by setting up the camera from across the room, but it didn't really work. When people watch web video (especially Youtube) they want to see faces. They can't see faces when the camera is that far away. That shot would look great on a big HD tv not in a little youtube screen. So get close. In their face. Look at how ZeFrank used to do it--close in the face. Also think about what you are showing people. If you aren't really conveying new or more or different information in the video (even if it's the facial expressions of the speaker) ask yourself how video serves your subject and question why you are doing video in the first place and not just text or audio. Also don't shoot 16x9 if your final product is just gonna be 4x3. If the video you post is gonna be square, shoot in a square aspect ratio.

Hope you don't think I'm picking on you. I really thought that there was some great info here. I just wish it was better presented.

Yeben · 2 years ago

You don't let that woman out very easily, huh.

thomascrampton · 2 years ago

Thanks for all the commments!

As for the sound, I recorded it using a pair of audio technica wireless mics.

I was aiming for the long shot to give the scene more action. I do, however, appreciate the critique that this shot robs the video of the interaction that comes with close-ups.

Any further thoughts are most welcome.

PJorge · 2 years ago

I like the long shot. I think it works great. It's different.

Andrew Denny · 2 years ago

It was a very useful video, thanks! The long view was OK for me, except I'd have preferred more light on the figures and darker in the background.

Wayne Tully · 1 year ago

This type of advice goes against the grain of what I have learnt previous, but I may just try it to see if it will work and not be just some sort of gimmick that some blog promoters swear by to throw us blogging wannabes off the real deal of blogging successfully.

Darren Cronian · 1 year ago

Loved this video, great job Thomas.

Great point about headlines and keeping things simple for the reader.

Hoping to see more videos.

Alex Costa - minimizeme.tv · 1 year ago

Very nice interview, direct to the point. You learn more from this interview than surfing on the net and trying to find some tips.
I don't mind to have the camera static but you should chose a better place to put your camera and closer to the person that you are doing the interview because it's cool to see their expressions

Tony · 1 year ago

WOW, some great tips. I've been doing things a little backwards and what Cory says makes a lot of sense.

Thanks for the post!

Natalie - The Liquid Muse · 1 year ago

I would love to watch a video like this per day! I felt as though I were part of a "around the water-cooler chat" on blogging. I like this casual approach (versus a lecture) and found it informative, with good ideas and great examples. More! More! More!

Jodith · 1 year ago

I think this was the single best advice I've seen for improving your blog. He talked about all of the things that totally piss me off as a blog reader and that I try to avoid on my own blog.

I knew I liked Cory Doctorow for a reason, and not just because I read "Little Brother" in one sitting.

*laughs* and I sound like such a fangirl, there, but I really did love the interview. Thanks for bringing it to us.

Darlene Tooley · 1 year ago

Thanks Cory, Nice clear video, good info.

dee yan · 1 year ago

Great tips, thanks.
In the last conversation cory said " you shouldn't .........."