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Slow, boring piece. I worked in TV news for 12 years – we would have shot and edited that piece in 5-6 hours.
Narcissistic and aspergers all in one comment, amazing.
Ahhh, photographers. Always something to complain about: not sharp enough, composition is bad, the color is off or whatever. “I” can always do better than the rest of you losers (sarcasm intended here for those of you who take everything literally).
Regarding what I have seen so far from TV news I have to correct you: You would have done it in 30 min!
A nice view from the outside…. and stop.
They would never let you folks in to do an interview!
It really is horrible that you choose to outright criticize another man’s work without stating any valid form of feedback saying why you hate it so much. First off, it’s a short documentary, not a news piece. If it was a news piece, Philip, who worked at Sky for 17 years as the a senior camera operator, would have done the piece extremely differently. Second, according to Philip’s blog post about the film, “the bulk of the film was shot in around 4 hours”. Third, this film is obviously not intended for the target audience you belong in. You must realize that, in documentary work, the pacing of a video is determined by the subject; the way he/she talks and is perceived effects the mood and pacing of the final work. This short film did not call for fast jump cuts with massive panoramic sweeps to make it, as you say, not “boring”. The video is pure, and simple, just like the subject and, universally, the Amish. And, yes, as Jack said, they would never let you in to do an interview. Philip, according to his post, said he’s been trying to get an interview for 3 years, and finally got one after agreeing to not show any faces (which is madness in a documentary), and get approval by the main subject before being able to publish the video.
Slow & boring? 5-6 hours? Dork.
So it took them 12 years to kick you out for being a douche? That’s pretty long; I’d only need a minute!
Plumpy… you are a follower of miley cyrus vídeos … i am sure 😉
Just a few topics I would like to see more info about:
New A mount c and ff cameras.
New sensor technolgy.
Price and availabilty of Tamron 150-600.
Z-SHIFT af?
Hybrid a-e mount camera.
As usual Barry, you’re an a$$#@!e.
What is the functiion of mindlessly calling people names and offerring no opinions of your own?
If you dont like what someone says say something better than they did.
What exactly do you find wrong about my comment that prompted your comment?
And what comment do you wish to make that is so much wiser?
I gave it very little thought when I shared my opinion about you. Move along, Barry, move along.
If I make the assumption that you have a brain ( which I cannot back up with any evidence) then I would like to hear what the reason for your statement was and what usefull information you have to offer.
Perhaps you think no one is listening to you so you can just insult people at random but you now have our attention so what is it you actually have to say?
@barry – I’m picking on you because you’re such an easy target. I feel sorry for you. You have issues and don’t know it. If you’re willing to accept the fact that you and your art school drop-out quality paintings shame Sony’s cameras, maybe I’ll try to help you.
In the meantime, why don’t you grow a heart and comment about the post at hand (a video) vs. asking about crazy high megapickles. I’ve seen your work (had to look hard for it because no one buys it) and you suck.
While you’re at it, Barry the animal molester, why don’t you go f^@# yourself. Please reply so I can abuse and bash you some more. It’s fun and at your expense, lay it all out there, buddy. Let me drive the point home some more.
@barry – By the way, I forget to mention that your dumb little owl icon is way underexposed. 🙂
Much better. Clearly you have put some thought and effort into these insults.
This post is SONY TIDBITS a catch-all for those comments that concern sar readers.
It is not a “video clip” post even though it includes a video clip.
As for the icon… all my icons are details of one of my paintings. If you click on the picture to expand it you will see that it is actually a perfectly colr corrected perfectly exposed reproduction of the original art….minos the losses incurred in downsampling and jpg compression.
As for animal molester..I have no idea where that one came from..the comment about dolphins in my bathtub was a joke.
As for more megapixels.. I discuss the topics that concern me and will continue to do so…the megapixels will come…not soon enough for me but probably too soon for you.
As for my artwork… thogh many will dissagree with you..you are entitled to your opinion.
You say ” I will try to help” If this is not just sarcasm and if you are capable of moving past sensless insults then here is a legitsmate suggestion.
If you have LEGITIMATE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM about my art and how I can make it better I may or may not agree with you but would be interested in hearing it.
If you try having constructive coments and discusions you might actually enjoy it. If not..well I tried.
A single interview, and some b-roll… GENIUS!
Lets see you drive out to Elkhart County in Indiana and do better.
Well the background gives insight to each of the sentences and explanations he spoke about. the no car {horse} land {farmland]. It was more about speaking a story to someone who didn’t know about the Amish & he did that successfully.
Where is the info on camera, lens, etc.?
https://vimeo.com/78864945
Tech info 3/4 down in description (hit more)
http://philipbloom.net/2013/11/09/anamishman/
Lovely interview.
It was enjoyable and I watched it all. Thanks for sharing!
So weird, people complaining here.
It is a wonderful video
A very well done doco, bravo
It’s unfortunate that people on this forum read an opinion they don’t agree with, and instead of intelligently stating their own counterpoint, they resort to name calling and personally attacking the poster — disappointing. As a veteran broadcaster with multiple IMDB credits in television and film, winner of seven Emmy Awards, having worked for and/or launched TV shows for CNN, MSNBC, CBC, NBC’s Today Show, ABC/Disney, TV Guide Network, The CW Network, AMC cable channel, and Discovery Channel, having served for years on several nonfiction Emmy judging committees for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles (17-year member), having hosted the Realscreen Factual Entertainment Awards, hosting and working most of the major film festivals in Southern California (Los Angeles FF, Palm Springs FF, Santa Barbara FF, Angelus FF), I feel I am qualified to state my opinion here. And I stand by my opinion. Any time you build a documentary piece on one single interview, it’s a risk. If that single voice doesn’t connect with viewers, you’re dead in the water. Not to mention you only get one person’s point of view. In this case, the single interview subject was slow talking, monotone, lots of ums and uhs, false-starts, long pauses, and what he had to say was just informational and not compelling IMO. So as a stand alone doc, I personally would not vote in favor of making it an official FF selection. But in Philip’s defense, that was not the purpose of this piece. I believe the purpose was to showcase the capabilities of the Sony F55 — and it succeeds admirably in that regard. I am a big Philip Bloom fan and read his site regularly (i wish he would post more frequently), and Philip’s review is why I purchased two JVC GY-HM100s. What would I have done differently in this piece? That depends on myriad variables on the ground during the shoot which I have no way of knowing, but the first thing that comes to mind is doing an interview with the daughter, and then telling the story from two different generations. Does the daughter view the Amish lifestyle differently than the dad? What do she and her father disagree on? What are her plans, dreams, and goals? Do they conflict with the Amish lifestyle? I understand that access to videotaping the Amish is severely limited, so this may not have been possible… but then again the daughter does appear in the piece.
SensorX, Chandler, SonyMonster, Harv, Zeiss… just curious, what are your credentials? Of course, no one needs legit credentials to state an opinion, and the opinion of someone with credentials is no more valid than someone’s without. But when you have no credentials and you resort to petty name calling and personal attacks on someone who clearly has way more qualifications that you, well, you just look foolish.
OK. Show us your work. Talk is cheap!
I can’t confirm your statements about what your credentials are, so I won’t comment on that. But, thank you for clarifying your original post. What you said actually does make sense, and your version of the video sounds like a very, very interesting piece that I would love to see. Also, it does sound more interesting and would cover a larger audience than Philip’s video. However, you being an avid reader of his blog (as am I, but you have been for longer I assume), I would think you would not be so harsh towards one of Philip’s videos. That was my original concern, that you were so harsh towards the video without stating any understandable reasons why or how you would do it better, and, now with the knowledge of you being a fellow reader of his site, it is even worse that you denounced his work without any proper feedback. But, now that you clarified, your statement makes much for sense. Thank you!
I have no credentials … I just like the vídeo !
I like Philip Bloom.
And I like to see more rumour posts regarding Sony’s video cameras on this site, so this was nice.