This is a brief foray into video journalism, posted here for your amusement but actually created for an exciting new web site launching next month — ottawatonite.com
I am not affiliated with this production of Noises Off at all. The show’s publicist invited me to the media call to help spread the word about the show, and I was happy to be able to go and to put this together. If this video gives people a peek at the show and helps spread the word, everybody wins. We owe it to ourselves to help each other this way — and as it happens, ottawatonite will be looking for savvy contributors who like helping people in this way. Hint.
The video is not technically brilliant, but I think it holds up reasonably well considering I shot it all on a point-and-shoot Sony digital still camera (!). I’m still learning. One of the side benefits of my offering to do this kind of thing is that it teaches me a lot about video production: while editing this beast, for example, I spotted a few things I could have done while shooting that would have made my life easier. All of it will help me with other work, down the road.
The total cost to me for putting this together: about three and half hours of my time (mostly in editing). Imagine what I could do if I had equipment and skill…! Imagine what you can do if you have only as much as I do… or less!
