tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35445435936091654612024-03-13T19:20:57.147+00:00Behind the CameraTV and Film Technican, Kevin McMullin's Blog.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02848871253801681720noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544543593609165461.post-87784158715816799812013-07-08T19:01:00.000+01:002013-07-08T19:04:32.748+01:00The Perils of the pit lane.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Right, I've seen now the incident that put a camera man in hospital at the German grand prix ( </span>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23220189 )<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">. And felt sick. As a marshal who's worked and also filmed in pits, not pleasant. But it does highlight a few things.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Firstly, always try and keep an eye up the pit lane or have someone else to do it for you (Overdrive nearly always works in teams of 2 for this reason). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Secondly, wheels are bloody dangerous - and that one was going relatively slowly! imagine what would have happened at race speeds...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The chap with the gold belt is HRH the Duke of Glouster. The others are RAF/ATC officers and cadets... except of course for me and the bald chap in the bad suit... Air cadets are easier to film than dukes... they don't have bodyguards!</div><br />
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Since January I've been part of the Skillset Apprenticeship in creative and digital media and working with Pencoed based production company <a href="http://www.itsmyshout.co.uk/">It's My Shout Productions</a> - It's going really well. This is the first time that this scheme has been run, and I really feel that it is the best opportunity that I've had of getting into the industry properly.<br />
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Below is a press release from Skillset with a photo of all the apprentices. I'm the one with the bright red nose due to a particularly nasty cold that has left me talking like a Dalek!<br />
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This does not stop me from working on projects like Overdrive, so keep watching for more stuff from me soon!<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 36px;">Skillset Cymru launches Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media Industries at the Senedd<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The apprentices... from left to right, Alyn Luker, Ephraim Lewis,<br />
Amanda Evans, James Morgan, Huw Parry, Roanne Bardsley,<br />
Iwan Thomas, Leyla Pope, Me, Liam Williams and Rebecca Davies</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Skillset Cymru held a reception to celebrate the Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media at the Senedd this morning (Thursday, 10 February).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The event was addressed by Lesley Griffiths AM, the Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills, and Chair of Skillset Cymru, John Geraint. A selection of apprentices who are working with some of<st1:country>Wales</st1:country>’ biggest media companies also gave their view on this new scheme, which is forging a new direction for apprenticeships in <st1:country><st1:place w:st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Lesley Griffiths described the Apprenticeship as an important boost for the Creative Media Industries in <st1:country><st1:place w:st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country> and a great opportunity for young people interested in forging careers in this field.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“It is particularly pleasing to launch this initiative during Apprenticeship Week Wales when we are promoting the value of apprenticeships for both employers and individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“The Welsh Assembly Government’s <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Delivering a Digital Wales</span></i> strategy highlights the role of the creative industries sectors in developing a thriving and competitive digital economy. To achieve this, we have to ensure employers have access to the skill sets they require and initiatives like this from Skillset Cymru support the ongoing success and growth of this dynamic sector.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The Apprenticeship is a brand new way for young people to find their way into the exciting world of the Creative Media. Roles are available in a range of areas within creative media including Production, Interactive Media, Camerawork, Editing for Sound and Video, Interactive Multi-Media, Web Authoring, Animation and Digital Content.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">There are currently 11 young people from South Wales taking part in the 11-month programme at some of <st1:country><st1:place w:st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country>’ most exciting media companies, including ITV Wales, Ceidiog Cyf and CC4. The Apprenticeship, which leads to a Level 3 Certificate in Creative and Digital iMedia, is also set to be rolled out in <st1:place w:st="on">North Wales</st1:place> during forthcoming weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The Minister also announced that one of the apprentices currently on the programme, Huw Parry, was the 1000<sup>th</sup> apprentice recruited through the Welsh Assembly Government’s Young Recruits Programme. The Minister visited Huw at his workplace, multimedia production company</span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Telesgop, in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Swansea</st1:place></st1:city> yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Chair of the Skillset Cymru national board and creative director of Green Bay Media, John Geraint, said: “These Skillset Apprenticeships present an excellent opportunity for the Welsh Creative Media Industries. They will open up a whole new pool of young local talent, allowing businesses to grow in a targeted and affordable way, while creating the next generation of Welsh Creative Media professionals.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The Apprenticeship is part of a project which is supported by the Welsh Assembly Government's Sector Priorities Fund Pilot (SPFP) programme that also receives additional support from the European Social Fund.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">For more information about the Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media, visit: <a href="http://www.skillset.org/walesapprenticeship" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.skillset.org/walesapprenticeship</a>.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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With that in mind, here's some photos of my street and car in the snow today - an enforced day off beckoned. Now the downside is that I've just prepared 2 videos for the air cadets who meet tonight, and I doubt strongly that I'll get there to show them now.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30420841@N02/5268678506/" title="More pics of snow by KM-TV, on Flickr"><img alt="More pics of snow" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5268678506_9c88ba7967.jpg" width="375" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30420841@N02/5268068749/" title="More pics of snow by KM-TV, on Flickr"><img alt="More pics of snow" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5268068749_2920764a3b.jpg" width="375" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30420841@N02/5268068591/" title="More pics of snow by KM-TV, on Flickr"><img alt="More pics of snow" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5268068591_6e8783c592.jpg" width="375" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30420841@N02/5267813957/" title="I did have a black car, now it is white! by KM-TV, on Flickr"><img alt="I did have a black car, now it is white!" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5267813957_7b4cc96037.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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And because it's snow... here's what happens when a dogcam, a racing driver, 2 skis, 1 snowboard, and Tamworth come together with some appropriate music<br />
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A friend of mine asked me to transfer video of their granddaughter's nativity play on to DVD. Fine, no problems - just run it through Final Cut Express, grab the out put and put it onto a Disc. Easy.<br />
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Errm... No.<br />
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It was filmed in LP mode, and although I've used the camera that they used to film it to capture it, I've had all sorts of problems sorting it out.<br />
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My Final Cut Express set up is usually optimised for working with the Sony Z1/5 or PD150 cameras. So I had to change a lot of settings to suit the little JVC camcorder that was used. Only 12bit sound first, which caused a bit of a surprise when you're used to everything being in 16bit at least. No problem, quick setting change and off we go again.<br />
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Now it's out of sync! Nearly a whole second out with the image in front of the soundtrack. No problem there either, just cut the offending difference off the front of the vision clip and shuffle it forward until it matches the sound. Great. Hit Render.<br />
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And it comes out Green. Not just green tint, but Green. Solid Green. Green and nothing else. I like Green, but the video shouldn't look like that!!<br />
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Fiddle with settings, now I've got random visuals. The same still keeps appearing and rapidly flashing with another one like bad stop motion.<br />
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I've got no idea at all what's going on with this. Usually when I capture something there are none of these problems! I'm sure it's something to do with the LP mode but I've no idea what. Any suggestions, Cyberspace?<br />
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Update : Managed to re-capture it using the DV-Convert setting but it still came out out of sync. I've never known this sort of problem to happen before, so suggestions very welcome.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Hello everyone! I'm back! Firstly, what do you think of the new look? The main site has changed to a simpler, cleaner, more attractive version, and the blog has had a bit of a makeover too. Other changes around here include a new button to a new project that I'm trying out. It's called Overdrive UK, and it's a monthly motorsport video magazine programme which you can watch by visiting this blog's sister site, www.overdrive-uk.com, and I'd very much appreciate your comments on it too.<br />
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Filming wise, well there's been Overdrive of course, and I've also spent some time with the Air Cadets filming a training video for their flying trips. This involved an aeroplane, a land rover, and some very obliging chaps who gave chase to the former in the latter with me in the back pointing a Sony Video Camera out of one of the side windows. Land Rovers have many uses, it seems.<br />
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Work wise, there's been... um... none. I'm currently working for Cardiff Council as a so called Records Clerk which means I live underground and file things. Not that interesting if I'm honest, but hey, it's something. With any luck it'll be full steam ahead in January into Telly Production... if everything goes right.<br />
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Quick reminder that you can follow me on Twitter - and I update that much more than I do this blog - by going onto the respective site and looking for @kevinmcmullintv (or use the gadget thingy on the left hand side), and of course I'm still on Youtube (youtube.com/kevinmcmullintv)<br />
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Right. I'm off to do some Christmas Shopping and dodging the snow!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Meantime, enjoy the latest Showreel!<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/11920659">Showreel 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/kmtv">Kevin McMullin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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You can watch the programme <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rvz9q">here</a>. It is a great insight into what happens to the children left behind when their parents are sent to prison narrated by Matt Lucas. It's been doubly interesting for me as I've seen lots of the material that was left out of the film, as well as lots of the footage that did make the cut.<br />
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All in all, a great way to kick start my TV production career! I am already working on some production ideas, so we shall see where the next one will be coming from.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Still, good on them for giving it a go - Bang goes the Theory certainly seems to be a big success for the BBC and the Open University in bringing science and engineering to the masses. and stunts like this will only help to reinforce that position... Won't be converting my Peugeot or Polo to coffee power yet though...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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I wonder how much they cost, but selling the area as development land will almost certainly mean the end of a pair of WWII Hangers that at one point were full of Spitfires. And that would be a shame when you consider just what you can do with a great big hanger full of nothingness...<br />
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I'd love to use that area as a studio come exhibition centre come autotesting venue... but I think it's probably out of my price range somehow, and they do need a bit of work.<br />
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Anyone want to buy a pair of aircraft hangers? My birthday is coming up, would make a nice present!<br />
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That was a joke. Hah Hah. Fat Chance.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<a href="http://wheelnutsjournal.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a5145462970b01310f84d58f970c-pi" style="color: #032d83; display: inline; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Final Cover Issue 1" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0120a5145462970b01310f84d58f970c " src="http://wheelnutsjournal.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a5145462970b01310f84d58f970c-800wi" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" title="Final Cover Issue 1" /></a><br />
<a href="http://issuu.com/flood1/docs/the_journal_issue_1" style="color: #032d83; text-decoration: underline;">http://issuu.com/flood1/docs/the_journal_issue_1</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In case you're wondering, I write the WRC articles for this!</div></div></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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I know about HTML. That is straight forward enough, but what I'm not sure about is how you take a picture made with photoshop and make it work as a website. This project is going to run a bit I think.<br />
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Also as part of the new design you can see the new logo, which shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone. and there's fewer buttons. About Me is going to be a pretty simple profile about yours truely, Services is what I can do for your video production [it occurs to me that I've never actually said on my website what it is I can do or that I'm available to do it!], Portfolio is going to take over the numerous pages with the videos on and hopefully be a lot easier to mainatain, the Blog is not changing, and M&W will be all the stuff me and <a href="http://www.ulrichwehner.com/">Ulrich</a> have done over the last few years. It should be pretty good once it's all worked out and in place. I've got a seperate design for the M&W website so watch this space.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/The_STIG_album/KMTVLogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/The_STIG_album/KMTVLogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Some production news for you. On BBC 2 (once they've sorted out the digital switchover around here, there will be a programme which I worked on broadcast on the 20th of March (Saturday) at 11:30am called "My Life : Children of Prisoners". I spent a couple of weeks logging rushes for this programme with Boomerang in Cardiff, and I'm quite looking forward to seeing how the finished programme looks after it's all been edited. Oh yes, and it'll be nice to see my name on the end credits for the first time on broadcast! Other productions are currently rather thin on the ground, but there will be a new showreel going up soon once the new music is attached to it, and there's a couple of small test videos in the pipeline once I get a few moments to myself. There may even be some flying with the Air Cadets to show you, meaning that once again my DogCam gets called into action. Aviating Dogcams... whodathunkit?<br />
And of course there will be some motorsport filmed this year, that's inevitable. I'm keen to hone my skills of filming on board cars and tracking. Prehaps I can use the Peugeot for that? Hmm...<br />
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Motorsport diary wise, it's a busy year for me and my orange romper suit. All kicks off later this month at Pembrey, then I spend my Birthday at Gurston Down hillclimb. Both Goodwoods are on the menu too, which is great, and I've even got a date at Donington. That is, if it's all been put back together after lots of well documented problems this year.<br />
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As Ever, Watch this space...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Yesterday was interesting. Vision mixing for Glam TV's live coverage of the Chinese new year celebration. Whilst there were a few problems (not least with the computer that does the streaming failing to spot the vision mixer that had been hooked up to it all morning and that had worked faultlessly up to an hour before we were due to go live.) In the event, the whole thing went very well.<br />
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Today was Pembrey for the first time this year... it's shaping up to be a great year of motorsport in the UK, and also the international series keep me interested. Other projects have included writing WRC previews for USF1 Journal, so keep an eye out for those.<br />
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And I'm still looking around for work. Someone has suggested specialising in vehicle mounted camera systems, and it's a possibility, but I'd like to keep my options as open as possible. I've got Job applications in already, and plenty of programme ideas to develop, so we shall see what happens with them.<br />
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Meanwhile, I'm glued to the Winter Olympics. I love my winter sports, and I hope that the UK can bring back something shiny!<br />
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Bye for now.<br />
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P.s. Got a surprise today in my e-mail box from the latest twitter follower...<br />
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<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 60.0px; text-indent: -60.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From: </span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> twitter</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 64.0px; text-indent: -64.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Subject: </span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sir Stirling Moss is now following you on Twitter!</span></b></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 64.0px; text-indent: -64.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 64.0px; text-indent: -64.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Crikey! If you're reading this Sir Stirling, I shall see you at Goodwood no doubt.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</div><div>Except that the people who own the aeroplane don't want to do it with the dogcam, they want to do it handheld instead.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Now, that asks an interesting question. Whilst I can't see any problem with using a handheld camera inside an aeroplane whilst it's flying along quite nicely and above all straight, What on earth happens when it turns?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Not sure what I'm talking about? Well put it this way, when you corner in your car, if you do it slowly then you don't really notice much. If you are a bit more enthusiastic and do track days, you'll note that anything not bolted down gets thrown from one side of the car to the other when you try and go around that chicane. The question is, if an aeroplane does a tight turn, which way does the force go on the camera? Is it likely to produce a force large enough to remove the handheld camera from the hand, so to speak? What about Aerobatics? In short, how do you film inside an aircraft with a hand held camera?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Mounted cameras, easy - I've seen plenty of videos done that way and it's the way I'd nominally do it. Hand held asks so many questions. Sure, if it was a big airliner then handheld is no problem, but a little light aircraft?</div><div><br />
</div><div>So I'm stuck. Any suggestions? Anyone done it?</div><div><br />
</div><div>And yes, I have seen this : Isn't life easy with mountable cameras?</div><div><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h5eY2oEg0Rw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h5eY2oEg0Rw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br />
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At least I've got a whole year of teaching air cadets, and even better is the year of motorsport I've got lined up, Including a 24 hour race. I'm quite looking forward to that.<br />
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More plans - well I'm currently working on some programme ideas (again) and there's the 3 minute wonders to work out. Hopefully they'll go somewhere nice.<br />
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Other than that, trying to figure out where all my website visitors come from (some from twitter, lots from USF1 Journal and some who just seem to turn up, welcome to you all!) Things are rather quiet.<br />
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I therefore leave you with the last of the time lapse experiments.<br />
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The irony was that a week afterwards we got a LOT of snow, and I was out when it started! Bother!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</div><div>Over Christmas I made a mistake, and took part time night work at Sainsbury's. This was a mistake because working in the night proved to be able to drive me insane. I don't mind hard work, but hard work which goes unappreciated and accompanied by a system of bullying is enough to really drive me nuts.<br />
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</div><div>But enough about that. Christmas was great with some interesting presents (you'll see one of them in a moment), and for once was white. Before Christmas I may have mentioned I was on work experience... I was logging rushes for a company called Boomerang, and their programme called "Children of Prisoners". It's on from Feburary 10th, and I should be very grateful if you watch the series, and look out for a familiar name on the credits. I've still got some work to do on that, so once again, watch this space.<br />
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</div><div>Now, there's snow around, so that means it's time for the timelapse experiments again... Attempt one was set up in the hope of snow, and is 24 hours around here, Unfortunately, Autofocus in the dark is not a good idea...<br />
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</div><div>Then snow finally turned up - right when I wasn't expecting it to - so turn on the timelapse camera quick! Caught 12 hours of snow melting.<br />
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</div><div>There's a third part to this, and I'll show you that later.<br />
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</div><div>So, to 2010. One of my Christmas presents was a new car - a VW Polo to replace my reliable, but aging Peugeot 106. I took it down to Southerndown (bad wolf bay, for you Dr Who fanatics) for some pictures and to enjoy the drive and mangaged to get this shot of the sunset. I wonder where these wheels will take me over the next year, and are there better times over that horizon*? We'll see<br />
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</div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">*actually over that horizon is Devon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Stopped off in a radio studio earlier and managed to avoid getting on the air myself, but it's something that I may be doing more of in the near future, particularly with the addition of a couple of cameras to the studio</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I've actually been in Cardiff today in a production office logging rushes, after 45hours of working in a supermarket, it's a relief to be back doing a proper job, albeit for no money! I feel as if I've got two jobs at the moment, One I like but doesn't pay me, the other I hate but it does pay me... the conundrum is that I can't get rid of the one I hate. I know I haven't actually told you where my unpaid work is yet: All in good time though.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">A fantastic Christmas present would be something a little bit more permanent though.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">So, sorry for the confusion earlier. Carry on!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Oops.<br />
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I certainly can't tell you that my part time job in Sainsbury's is driving everyone mad because of a refit at the store, but I think I probably can get away with telling you that the shop is shut this week. Not that <i>that</i> makes any difference to working there. Apparently though, I can't tell you about the brand new ******* or even the new ******** because if I do, this post will probably be censored.<br />
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But I can tell you that the work's very hard, it's very pressurised, and that now my knee has packed up completely, so when dressed in a leather jacket, according to mum I walk and look rather like Herr Flick of the Gestapo.<br />
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Setting that up, then also add a remembrance Sunday parade to sort out radios for, attempt to do something on the subject of air cadet motorsport, find myself making 3D models of aircraft hangers on a whim (maybe it'll come in useful? I still want one of those hangers!) and try and keep my Grandfather mobile.<br />
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And I still find time to get to see a bit of Ice Hockey (first game in 3 years!). Devils were on top form last Sunday, although Belfast had the audacity to turn up 2 hours late then take the first goal!<br />
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Also, I've been thinking of experimenting with 3D... suggestions for subjects please.<br />
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So, Having been to a roadshow with the BBC's commissioning editor speaking, I am now working on 2 new documentary style programmes and updating R.S.T-UK with a new look and title. That's the idea anyway, hopefully someone will like them!<br />
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It occurs to me that I've never actually put any services that I can offer on this site. Prehaps it's time that I did!<br />
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Incidentally for any Motorsport website editors or broadcasters reading this, I have worked out how much it costs to offer a video news reporting service from all the rounds of the WRC to include interviews from mid day service, the end of day press conference, coverage of the ceremonial starts and finish, and anything else I can point a camera at.<br />
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We can dream, can't we?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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