Wer seinen Rechner öfter an fremde Videoprojektoren anschließen muss, steht oft vor einem Dilemma: Es gibt eine Vielzahl von Verbindungen und Kabeln, die man nicht immer dabei hat. Clickshare ist angetreten, dieses Problem zu lösen. Mitgebrachte Laptops werden über einen Dongle via USB an das audio-visuelle Wiedergabesystem im Raum angeschlossen. Das klappt meist hervorragend. Nur auf manchen Apple-Rechnern gibt es ab und an Schwierigkeiten, die aber leicht zu beheben sind.
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Internetvideos auf dem iPhone speichern (2021)
Das Speichern von Internetvideos auf dem iPhone ist für viele Benutzer immer noch eine große Herausforderung. Vor vier Jahren habe ich darüber bereits einen Beitrag geschrieben, der sich nach wie vor großer Beliebtheit erfreut. Inzwischen geht es jedoch deutlich einfacher. Wie, zeige ich in diesem Tutorial.
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DIY: So baust du dir ein Smartphone-Stativ
Immer wieder werde ich gefragt, welche Fotoausrüstung man unbedingt braucht, um wirklich gute Fotos schießen zu können. Die kurze Antwort darauf ist: So wenig wie möglich. Die etwas längere lautet: Setzte dich mit dem auseinander, was dir zur Verfügung steht. Lerne, deinen Fotoapparat richtig einzusetzen. Und schau, was dei Smartphone als Immer-Dabei-Kamera leisten kann. Vermutlich wirst du überrascht sein, was die kleinen Geräte für eine Bildqualität abliefern können. In diesem Beitrag erkläre ich dir, wie du mit Hausmitteln ein einfaches Stativ basteln kannst, um noch mehr aus deiner Kamera herauszuholen.
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Virus spreader microphone
Dear Vloggers, Podcasters and Videographers: Please remember that your microphone can be a virus spreader. A simple plastic cover will provide protection. Here is a test recording:
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App recommendation: GoPro Quick
Quick from GoPro lets you quickly create incredible videos from a few photos and/or video sequences. And all this with just a few clicks and automated as far as possible. You can export the result in the usual landscape format, but also in square form, for example to post it to Instagram. And best of all: Quick is available for Android and iOS for free, ready-made videos are exported without watermarks. The result is impressive. All in all, Quick is an excellent app that allows you to quickly create videos for social media. (more…)
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External microphones can also be connected to gimbals
If you are looking for additional accessories for smartphone film equipment, you will end up with a gimbal. In short, this is an external camera stabilizer, which, compared to the steadycam, balances movement electronically rather than mechanically. So you can also shoot super-fluent videos and professional camera-drives out of your hand. Unfortunately, however, there are two major problems: With most gimbals, the phone-holder covers the power connection of the smartphone. Therefore, it cannot be loaded during recording. In addition, current iPhones no longer have a jack connection. Microphones must therefore also be connected via the Lightning port. If it is hidden, it is impossible. (more…)
Armenien
Report about my Mobile Journalism Workshop in Armenia published
My trip to Armenia was really tough. In only five days I saw an incredible amount and fell in love with the country and its people. On the fourth day of my trip, I also gave a workshop in Mobile Journalism, for which several articles appeared in Armenian media. This one is in English.
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How to create videos for social media
Online videos are booming. Up to eight billion films run daily on Facebook alone. And the web is becoming increasingly visual. According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index, video will finally dominate data traffic over the next five years. It goes without saying that the big companies have long jumped on the bandwagon and are starting to set up social media video teams. But even with a smaller budget, considerable results can be achieved. In this article I’ll introduce ten tools you can use to create videos for your social networks – without a film team and at a manageable cost. (more…)
360° & VR
The ultimate app list for journalists 2018
The smartphone has long since become a universal tool for journalists. Meanwhile, complete contributions are filmed, edited and finally put online. In this post I list the best apps for the Iphone and Android. It includes apps for recording videos, editing and publishing your movies, recording audio interviews, taking photos and editing your photos, sharing data between your iPhone and other devices, and streaming live. (more…)
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Right in the middle of it all: storytelling in 360 degrees
Virtual reality will change journalism: Whether police action at the G20 summit in Hamburg, diving with hammerhead sharks in tropical regions, or as a prisoner in the Stasi prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen – with 360 degree videos you catapult the viewer into the centre of the action and can accompany him to places he could never enter in reality. The technology for this has long been mature, the costs for the hardware are relatively low. So it’s high time to think about storytelling. Because filming in 360 degrees differs fundamentally from conventional film techniques. So how do you tell a story in 360 degrees? This is a question that we (the Hamburg filmmaker Matthias Sdun and I) also had to face in our project Lostfriesland and in the development of the corresponding apps (available for Android and iPhone). I summarize the experiences made in this article. (more…)