Video-making

Video and photo content from Get Bent! and other events is safe and sound

Admin | Wednesday 5 February 2014

Someone is spreading the rumour that I maliciously “deleted all records of any materials” I had in my possession from the events Get Bent!, Queeruption and Reclaim the Scene.

Audio for video, microphones and a home-made windshield for the Zoom H2 recorder

Admin | Saturday 14 November 2009

As we filmed in the canal cruising area in Ancoats last Saturday afternoon, there was a rather funny moment when I had my hand up David’s shirt. Nothing untoward was going on, I was putting a tie-clip microphone on him.

Making MP4 files stream

Admin | Tuesday 6 October 2009

Mp4/H.264 files give great quality for online video in web players such as the free Flowplayer. But they must ‘stream’. In other words they need to start playing before the whole file has loaded (which may take several minutes).

How the BBC plants a seed of doubt regarding G20 footage

Admin | Sunday 19 April 2009

The BBC reports on the latest video footage that has emerged, showing G20 protesters being hit by police. The video, by Camp for Climate Action, shows IT worker Alex Cinnane being banged with a shield on the side of his head. In a second incident a man is punched in the face by a police … How the BBC plants a seed of doubt regarding G20 footage

The highs and lows of film-making and why relatively few good videos get made

Admin | Tuesday 14 April 2009

Watching the G20 protests on TV it seemed that every other person had a camera. Yet only two video clips of the Ian Tomlinson incident have come to light so far. One was shot by a member of the public, the other by a broadcast news team and despite professional cameras being outnumbered by ‘activist’ … The highs and lows of film-making and why relatively few good videos get made

More4 News presenter attacked live on air following G20 protests

Admin | Thursday 2 April 2009

Last night as Alex Thomson presented More4 News live from the City, a man pushed his way in front of the camera.

Speaker of the US House of Representatives infringes rights of music composer

Admin | Wednesday 18 March 2009

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is one of a list of people who have used a Creative Commons music track, but give no credit.

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