production elements awareness of the on-line self another language beth miklavcic jimmy miklavcic
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Production Elements
Awareness of the
On-Line Self
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Beth MiklavcicJimmy Miklavcic
Video Components
Beth MiklavcicUniversity of Utah CHPC
Multimedia Specialist
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Points Covered• Camera Angles• Lighting• Frame Simplification• Performance Applications
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Variety of CameraAngles in a Meeting
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POV
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Cameras
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Panasonic Mini-DVCamcorder PVGS50D
iSight
Lighting
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Lighting
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Natural Light One Key Light
Lighting
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Lighting
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Overhead Lighting Desktop Lighting(Simplified Background)
Desktop Lighting
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Performance Application of
Lighting Principles and Camera POV
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Tea Party April 17, 2003
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Tea Party Oct. 10, 2003
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Audio ComponentsJimmy Miklavcic
University of Utah CHPCMultimedia Specialist
Department of CommunicationsAdjunct Assistant Professor
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Microphones
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• Onboard Mics – No echo cancellation
• Headset Mics – Work well when used properly
• Echo Canceling USB Mics – Best solution so far
• Large Room Mics – Table, ceiling, handheld,
lavelier (lapel or clip-on mics)
On-Board Microphone
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Headsets
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$50
Motorola H500Bluetooth ®
$80 - $130
Skullcandy Bluetooth®
$8 - $15
Genius w/EC
Echo Canceling USB Microphones
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$129$149 -$199
Duet PCS or Executive
Polycom Communicator
Chat 150
Chat 50
ClearOne
$129 - $199
Echo Canceling Microphones
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ClearOne AccuMic PC
$550
Large Room Microphones
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Table
Ceiling
Handheld & lavelier mics
ClearOne XAP800 EC Unit
Microphone Placement
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On side
Directly in front of you
Headsets
Microphone Placement
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Directly in front of you
On side
Near noise source
USB Mics
The mic is placed to the side of the laptop,away from the laptop’s exhaust fan.
Microphone Placement
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Table top mics - directly in front of participants.
Handheld – best used for questions in class room setting, turn off before handing to next person.
Lavelier (lapel) mics – locate the mic on the sternum.
Large Room Mics
Speaker Placement
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Speaker Placement
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Audio Etiquette
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Sharing head sets – Mute audio before passing.
Chattering in background – If you have guests conversing in the background, please mute their mic or your audio.
Playing music in background – Don’t do it unless you are having an AG beer fest. Hmmmm......
Eating – Not only should you mute your audio, move out of the frame of the camera.
Miscellaneous noise – Typing, coughing, ringing phones, barking dogs, etc.
Conclusion
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Improve camera setup (where you put your camera is where you put your audience).
Find the best lighting setup.
Simplify the background.
Find the right microphone for the meeting.
Find the best microphone and speaker placement.
Create a quiet environment.
Practice good video & audio etiquette.
Acknowledgements
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University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing
Supercomputing Global 2006
Another Language Performing Arts Company
Everyone in attendance
Contacts
[email protected]@utah.edu
www.anotherlanguage.org artgrid.chpc.utah.edu
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InterPlay: Nel Tempo di Sogno
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March 30 – April 1, 2007
ArtGrid
AIDS Awareness Day:A Day Without Video
December 1, 2006
Live Demonstration
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