Oscar Stringer reckons that 60% of animation is in the audio. It's a good way of remembering that any film without a quality soundtrack is (less than) half the film it could be.
As we put together some top notch podcast and video podcast coverage for the Scottish Learning Festival I am at pains to try to make sure that the audio is of the best possible quality, something we let ourselves down on last year.
Otherwise, the result might end up being something along the lines of this, a wonderful clip posted by Big Brother a month ago but which still makes me titter with schoolboy delight and remember that sound, not image, is everything:
For non-UK readers, Songs of Praise is a flagship Sunday evening programme in the BBC.
You have got to be kidding! Oh my!
Posted by: mrsdurff | August 06, 2007 at 03:11 PM
In my Video Communications classes we have a quick ABC checklist the kids go through before each shoot.
A - AUDIO (Without audio, there is no video)
B - BALANCE (This encompasses things like rule of thirds, composition, lighting, etc.)
C - CAMERA (Make sure it's the correct tape, battery is full and lens cap is off!)
Posted by: Kern Kelley | August 06, 2007 at 03:53 PM
That is too funny! I sent this to my sister who graduated from seminary this spring. She's passing the video along to one of her professors to use as an example for a worship class about why the words of hymns need to be printed and available. Thanks for the laugh!
Posted by: Christy Tucker | August 06, 2007 at 06:47 PM
He he he, made me remember my years as a young girl sitting in church services not understanding a word that was said or sung :) but loving the bigness of it all. A bit like the voice of adults in Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Jane Nicholls | August 06, 2007 at 08:33 PM
LOL! Thank you for the laugh! Reminds me of sitting in the pew without the BCP trying to second-guess what everyone was saying. In the cacophony, I'm sure no one noticed if I changed a few words here or there.
Posted by: Quyen | August 06, 2007 at 11:20 PM