Next Day Video

We watch the videos we make because we are interested in what we video. The point of a technical presentation is to educate the attendees. We extend that goal to the viewer of the video: we focus on things that will increase the educational value of the video as much as we can given the budget constraints of the event. Watching people talk conveys more information than just listening. It also makes it easier to understand what they are saying, for instance if they are speaking in a language you are not fluent in. We want the videos available within days of the event. Not weeks, or months. We don't want to disrupt the event by imposing restrictions on the presenter. Examples of things our competitors require that we don't require : We don't require that slides must be MS Power Point - This will not go over well with many presenters, especially at Open Source events. We don't require that a presenter laptop is supplied by the conference - most tech speakers have software on their laptop they want to demo. We don't require you to wait for us to configure your laptop to work with our equipment - no presenter is going to want to risk their system being broken right before their talk. We don't require you to collect files from the presenters. This is a noble goal that we still encourage so that attendees have as much materials to review, but it is not required for the video production. The above requirements are removed by using a Frame Grabber Device. Whatever is projected can become part of the video; this sits between the laptop and the projector. We integrate transparently into existing AV (or we can supply) - our equipment is not disruptive or obtrusive. We have developed a work flow tailored around achieving the goals. It maximises the productivity of the staff so that we get the best results in a minimal amount of time. Editing takes place as the talk is going on. This means the editor is in the room, watching the talk and everything going on. This gives them an advantage over someone who only has the raw footage to work with. Once the talk is over, a significant amount of work has already been completed. The post production is not labor intensive. We make sure the video starts and ends at the right place, maybe remove large blocks of dead air. The titling, encoding and upload is done with automated workflow software we wrote. The gets a great quality video ready for viewing in a minimal amount of time.