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

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

I can't believe you got so much done so quickly. No I just
have to get the rewrite done on the bid doc!

The Amano Demo looked rather wild from where I sat behind
the set with the helpers or or Tomoko usually blocking the
line of sight to the demo tank. And as the demo progressed,
the crowd began to move in like a Dead concert.

I can't wait to see what actually happened during the demo.

I wonder if there is any better way to deal with all the
photo-shooting? So far, I guess it's only been an issue
with Amano demos.

Did you cut the "cat" reference? ;-)

sh
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> 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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