widening the experience

Caffè-Scienza Firenze

Franco Bagnoli and Giovanna Pacini

Widening the experience

Science Café

Widening…

• During the event (recording, streaming, distant participation)

• Before (preparation)• After (podcasts)• Parallel (radio)

Audio mixer/amplification

• Two microphones, one wireless

• An audio mixer + amplifier and speakers

• Possibly with digital output (usb) for easy recording and streaming (less noise)

During the event: record & streaming

Example: livestream.comwww.livestream.com/caffescienza

chatVideo

Scicafe WebTvwww. scicafe.eu/webTv

Video Recording (and streaming)

• With a camera (higher quality, zooming & panning)

• With a webcam (while streaming)• Best solution (not yet implemented): – One or two motorized webcams (panning and zoom)– Software video console (switching, picture-in-

picture)– Possibly capture also slides (send desktop to

projector)

Video mixer

Audio streamingwww.radiospin.poloprato.unifi.it

Remote experts (skype)

A complex arrangement

Audio arrangement

• Audio sources:– Fixed mic (experts)– Wireless mic (public)– Pc (skype, movies)

• To audio mixer• From mixer to amplifier and pc (for

recording/streaming)

Video arrangement

• Sources– Webcam 1 (experts)– Webcam 2 (public)– Pc (skype, slides, movie)

• To video mixer (pc)• From pc to projector• From pc to recording, streaming

Video podcasts

Tv on demand

Audio podcast & digest

Before

• Website• Flyers, posters (qrcode)• Press• Mailing lists• Social nets– Twitter– Facebook– Google+

Website

Google analytics

Mailing list (google group)

Not easy subscribing

Twittertwitter.com/caffescienza

Facebook pagefacebook.com/caffescienza

Google+

Posters and flyers

Posters and flyers per event

Posters and qrcode

Qrcode

Web address Event

Qrcode by hand

Dynamic Qrcode

RadioMoka

• In season 2010-2011 we produces 9 episodes 45’ each (every 15 days, at 20:00 on Sunday)

• In season 2011-2015 we are producing weekly 15’ episodes (at 10:00 on Saturday). We have just released episode 16

• Some of them (9 up to now) have been used for setting up a youtube channel

Structure of an episode

Imovie

RadioMoka Youtube channelwww.youtube.com/CaffescienzaFirenze

The SciCafé European Projectwww.scicafe.eu