EP121 Max Duncan on story & narrative in filmmaking.mp3

SHOW NOTES:

Max Duncan talks story and narrative and takes us behind the scenes of his award-winning film Down from the Mountains 

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

• Down from the Mountains
• www.chinafile.com/multimedia/video/down-mountains
• www.maxduncan.com
• Minka: A farmhouse in Japan - NYT Opdocs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uG-LuykjMo
• UNICEF Guidelines for journalists reporting on children
• https://www.unicef.org/eca/media/ethical-guidelines
  

RELATED EPISODES: 

• EP56 - Jonah Kessel & Online Video Journalism 
• EP69 - Steve Sapienza Multimedia Journalism At The Pulitzer Center
  

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EP120 DJ talks gear

DJ goes solo in this episode to discuss a recent live broadcast from Seoul in Korea as well as a roundup of new gear from NAB.

In this episode he talks about,

A live broadcast on street food from around Asia - https://www.facebook.com/chinadailyhkedition/videos/324478491572605/ & https://www.facebook.com/chinadailyhkedition/videos/829440387436495/

Wowza APP - https://www.wowza.com

Wirecast - https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/

GoPro7 with mini stand - https://shop.gopro.com/APAC/mounts-accessories/shorty/AFTTM-001.html

Insta360 1X - https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-onex/

Rode Wireless Go - http://www.rode.com/wireless/wirelessgo

Sony XA50 - https://youtu.be/ZWkK3FuA-_A

Sony RX0 II - https://www.sony.com/electronics/cyber-shot-compact-cameras/dsc-rx0m2

Huawei P30 - https://consumer.huawei.com/en/phones/p30/

I did not discuss ProRes Raw which was a big NAB announcement as it is something for the future for single operator shooters, but I will cover it in a later episode.

EP119 Where is Shangri-La?

DJ talks with Simon Chapman about a recent documentary made in London and southwest China.

Here is a link to the documentary.

Below is the picture DJ refers to in the second half of the podcast.

Here is the review of the Parrot Anafi drone

The behind the scenes videos are being published HERE

The clip DJ raved about (the one in the picture below) is the Peak Design Capture camera clip.

And more pictures of DJ working on the doc.

EP118 Adam Westbrook Operation Infektion.mp3

• Operation Infektion 
• Parallax - A five-part series of video essays by Adam
• Field of Vision - A visual journalism film unit co-created by Laura Poitras 

RELATED EPISODES: 

EP117 Mobile Journalism and When Things Go Wrong

DJ and Christine discuss the advantages and disadvantages of mobile journalism. They also talk about what happens when things go wrong as DJ describes one recent assignment that went belly up when his equiopment stopped working.

You can see the MOJO manual here ...http://www.mojo-manual.org

You can see the film DJ describes as having problems shooting here ...https://www.facebook.com/AsiaFeatured/videos/242184486358281/?t=8

EP116 - Online video and NAB news

DJ talks with Christine about current trends and monetisation of online video.  The conversation was inspired from a seminar with Chang He from Pear Video during the intensive week at CUZ campus in Hangzhou on the University of Bolton's MA of visual journalism. 

Links: 

Pear Video: www.pearvideo.com

NAB news: https://www.newsshooter.com/2018/04/17/nab-2018-megathread/

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EP115 - Markel Redondo, Sandcastles and the DJI Prize

Photographer Markel Redondo talks about winning the DJI/BJP prize and how he is using the drone and award to work on his Sancastles project. In the news there are lots of new lenses as well as a couple of new cameras and a few gadgets.

EP114 - Repacking my Kit and Underwater Drones

In this episode DJ goes solo and talks about a few things on his mind. He talks about rethinking his equipment and how he carries it. Plus an insight into a recent drone test DJ did with an underwater drone as well as another test looking at the new Mavic Air.

Ep113 - The Image Junkies Podcast

In this week’s podcast we talk with BBC VJ Christian Parkinson about his new Image Junkies podcast, the latest version of his book Camera Confidential, his current work and workflow plus a short discussion on Matt Allard’s recommendations in the previous podcast.

You will find the Image Junkies website at http://www.imagejunkies.net

A link to Camera Confidential book - http://amzn.to/2ER4zpb

Here are some recent films by Christian:

A rare example of me working with a reporter - looking for grace Mugabe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badVRMDTPmw

Making a living from e-sports - http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-42027196/gamer-predicts-that-esports-is-going-to-be-bigger-than-soccer

Zimbabweans share hopes under President Emmerson Mnangagwa - 

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-42111668/zimbabweans-share-hopes-under-president-emmerson-mnangagwa

EP112 - Matthew Allard ACS

ACS Accredited Freelance DP and Filmmaker Matthew Allard talks to DJ this week about his career as a cameraman, DP and filmaker as well as offering tips for up and coming video journalists. They also discuss some technical tips and a little insight into newsshooter.com.

You can find Matthew's work at https://vimeo.com/user2932471, newsshooter at http://www.newsshooter.com. In the podcast DJ talks about a film about ice hockey in India which Matthew filmed. You can watch that at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mObPguQpSA