Geoff from geoffmobile.com talks about how Toastmasters has changed his life, and how he is currently working on controlling how much he blinks while on camera.

Geoff is a member of two different Toastmasters clubs: TM Club 59 tmclub59.com and Best Run Toastmasters.

Geoff is currently on his 9th speech in the Competent Communicator manual (CC) and is looking forward to trying out the advanced manuals soon.

Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Geoff
geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:
Camera: Canon EOS T2i (550d) with Canon 18-200mm IS lens, manual white balance, Magic Lantern Unified, Technicolor Cinestyle.
Audio: Sennheiser lapel mic plugged into camera.
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
Color correction: Saturation increase using Fast Color Corrector, added blue tone to shadows using 3 way color corrector, and fixed contrast using RGB Curves (Technicolor Cinestyle preset)
Audio processed in Audacity using Split to Mono, Normalize / DC Offset removal, SC4 compressor, and W1 Limiter.

Geoff from geoffmobile.com shows how to use a Constant Power cross fade to crossfade between audio on two different tracks in Premiere Pro CS5.5, and explains the difference between a Constant Power crossfade and a linear crossfade.

The constant power crossfade is useful for connecting two audio clips which have the same level of background ambient sound in each clip. You don’t want the audio to appear to “drop out” or there to be a blip in the ambient sound, so instead of using a linear crossfade (such as through gain automation in the timeline), try using a Constant Power Crossfade on each ends of the two different tracks.

Yes, it’s possible to do a Constant Power crossfade between two different tracks, by just applying the crossfade to each track’s beginning or end. This way you can ensure your ambient sound (room tone or ambient track) doesn’t have a distracting drop out or noticeable decrease in volume at the crossfade point.

Any questions about audio crossfading in Premiere, please feel free to leave comments and I will try to help!

Cheers,
Geoff
geoffmobile.com

Filmed on a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V and edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Geoff from geoffmobile.com asks whether doing jump cuts in video blogs is a good idea.

Tech notes:
Recorded with a Sony HX9V and Zoom H1 with lapel mic.

Yopo Cafe
1122 Homer Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada
phone: 604-609-9676
Restaurant web site: www.yopocafe.com/

Geoff from geoffmobile.com visits Yopo Cafe in Yaletown.

This is yummy Great Chinese food in Yaletown, downtown Vancouver BC Canada.

Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Geoff

Technical notes:
This is a very “mobile” video: it was filmed and edited entirely on a Google Nexus S Android Smartphone (on the Wind network) using the “Movie Studio” app available in Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). No desktop computer or separate video camera was used for the creation of this video!

The Power of the Video Language
by Geoff Peters, Feb 9th 2012

geoffmobile.com

Presented to Best Run Toastmasters club in Vancouver BC Canada.

- The power of video to communicate ideas

Intro:
Youtube:· 8 years of content uploaded every day, Over 3 billion views of videos /day
But what’s significant about Online Video?
Why should you get involved and learn how to create it?

1. Visual culture and language
2. Communicate complex ideas quickly
3. Scalable to time and place.

1. Visual culture and language
-We’re a visual culture: younger generation, TV watchers, a visual language of film.

- NyTimes: – Average American: 34 hours of television each week (2010)

- Canada: around ½ that.

- 2-6 hours /day of TV compared with 30 minutes of reading.

2. Communicate complex ideas easily:

- Documentaries have power to change real world (Super Size Me).

- Example of my new website for instant mashups to idea to reality in 1 week, developed by someone I don’t know.

Combine sound and still or moving images, capture reality or show something abstract.

3. Scalable to time and place
– Anyone can watch a video, jump traditional hierarchies.

Godfrey’s video idea gets noticed by directors.
– Can reach a large audience, video player does the work for you (Youtube).
– People watching don’t have to be located in the same place or time as you.

(Sharing my videos with virtual friends in Berlin Germany, Vietnam, Japan, Australia).

Conclusion:
- Ability to create, communicate in video, and interpret the language of video

- will become an important part of literacy.
Video language – power to communicate complex ideas quickly,

and scale across the globe or across an organization.
Technology for making video is getting cheaper – through TV and Youtube we already know the language, so let’s get comfortable speaking it!

References:

www.newmediatrendwatch.com/markets-by-country/11-long-haul/45-canada

www.tv.com/news/how-much-television-do-you-watch-per-week-24833/

Other notes:

Idea in your head to Words to Interpretation to Thoughts in another person’s mind.

Richness of mediums:
-In Person – one on one
-Phone (one on one, voice only, not rich, real time)
-Video (scalable)

Broadcasting to many

Advantages:
Vlogging
Abstract vs discussion
Editing is needed?

Easy:
Need: Tripod, camera, computer (iMovie or Windows Live Movie Maker = free)

Advantages of video blogging.

Recorded with:
Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V (camera)
and Sony ICD-SX712 (audio recorder)

Geoff Peters from geoffmobile.com talks about the idea of “Quality” and the act of creating.

Articles mentioned:
The New Creative Class:

techcrunch.com/2012/01/29/the-emergence-of-the-content-creation-class/

Twitter Interesting Stuff Finder:

www.gpeters.com/twitter/explorer.php?startuser=gpeters

Britney Spears Circus (amazing Cover by Dirty Loops):

Thanks for watching! Please rate, comment, and subscribe!

Cheers,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

A Birds in the House Production

birdsinthehouse.com

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V
Sound: Sony ICD-SX712 with lapel mic, processed with Audacity
Sound synced with video using Pluraleyes from Singular Software.
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (legal) on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
Colors were tweaked and image tone levels were adjusted using the Fast Color Corrector in Premiere.

Geoff from geoffmobile.com coins and discusses the concept of Repeatability in media, which he defines to be the number of times you can repeat a piece of media before you get totally sick of it.

Synopsys:

-definition of repeatability in media
-online repeatability
-Repeating on Youtube
-Benefits of repeating
-repeatability in music (e.g. radio)
-low repeatability
-giving things a chance
-The Medium affects repeatability
-my favorite book is repeatable
-Music is very repeatable
-are movies designed for rewatching?
-what is your most repeatable song/book?
-the ability to repeat easily is the gift of the digital age
-History: Early attempts at repeatability (Classical Music)
-Music/Jazz: The vinyl record and other recording mediums legitimized improvisation in music.
-How does repeatability affect you?
-Designing for repeatability
-Case study: Video game music

Thank you! Please rate, comment, and subscribe

Other links from Geoff:

youtube.com/geoffpeterstrio

twitter.com/gpeters

birdsinthehouse.com

facebook.com/geoff.peters

Hope to see you next time!!

Cheers,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:
-Filmed with a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V in 30p MP4 mode. “Adult” face detection mode, manual white balance set to 18% Gray card. No color correction was done to this video.
-Audio recorded into a Sony ICD-SX712 using the built-in mics in the unit.
-Audio was compressed with a 4:1 compression ratio in Audacity and normalized to -0.2 DB
-Audio was synced with the video using Pluraleyes by Singular Software
-Video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (5.5.2) – legally licensed copy – on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Geoff Peters from Vancouver BC Canada geoffmobile.com discusses “Does Viewcount on Youtube matter?”

Summary:

What is viewcount?
-On Youtube, it is the number of times people around the world have watched the video.

Why is it important?
-art / media is only active when people are seeing it.

Is more better?
-Not necessarily. To have an impact, it depends who is watching, not necessarily how many.

Making Money?
-More = Better for advertising / monetization.

Niche vs mass appeal
Also, target to specific interests, regions, or demographics

Thank you!
Hope to see you again on geoffmobile.com
If you like this video please subscribe and check out some of my other videos on my channel =)

For technical details on how this video was shot (lighting, camera, and sound), please see the “Behind the Scenes Video” here:

Thanks and have a great day!
Cheers,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

Geoff geoffmobile.com tells two jokes – one about consumerism health and one about Occupy Shakespeare.

He then also talks about the digital video production program (digital film program) at Langara College. langara.bc.ca

langara.bc.ca/continuing-studies/programs-and-courses/programs/digital-film-production/index.html

Filmed on Canon EOS T2i with Sigma 30mm F1.4, Technicolor Cinestyle, Magic Lantern. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC with Intel i7 and USB 3.0.

A live jam / electronic music performance.

Electronic Drums – Jason K. youtube.com/jasonknightfilms

Korg MS2000B synth – Geoff P. geoffmobile.com

Here Geoff and Jason do an improvised jam recorded in Jason’s living room. Recorded on December 27th 2011 in Vancouver BC Canada.

Free MP3 download of this jam:

gpeters.com/tracks/jason%20geoff%20electronic/

Recorded with a Sony ICD-SX712 and processed with Audacity and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.