[AGA-mcm] Amano Demo Edit -- done!

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Well, that wasn't as bad as I'd thought.  Only about a week of evenings 
and sneaky time during Thanksgiving weekend to get the demo finished. 
Compared to 2001, it was SOOO much nicer to have the three cameras left on 
the entire time, and I think we got better shots as well.

I never really perceive just what was going on during the event until I 
get into (and sometimes past) editing... and suddenly I finally get to see 
what everyone in the audience got to see that night.  It's quite cool.

One thing I noticed very clearly, though, was just how many people were 
spending the entire demo snapping off picture after picture.  It never let 
up, just constant flashes, pre-flashes, red-LED pre-focusing, cameras held 
in mid-air, etc.  I suppose it's the whole mentality of "it's digital, so 
I can shoot the entire thing and throw what I don't want away", but on 
looking at the tape, it really detracts.  It was ironic that one of the 
LEAST distracting folks was our official photographer, who spent most of 
his time in the back of the room.  I notice this also happened during 
Amano's talk -- there was a guy shooting almost every one of his 
powerpoint slides off the screen, and his red pre-focus light 
distracted..well..maybe just me (who knew it was a red pre-focus light). 
I don't much care about quality loss on the talks, as the material is 
nearly all replaced digitally, but maybe some others did notice.

Anyway, the demo was a little less than two hours realtime, edited down to 
45 minutes video time.  Might have DVDs mastered in less than a week at 
this rate.  Cheryl, might want to get those preorder addresses ready for 
me. :)

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
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