http://www.nathangibbs.com/2008/10/30/guide-to-shooting-video-or-taking-photos-at-the-polls/ border life, art, photography, cultural critique Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.nathangibbs.com/2008/10/30/guide-to-shooting-video-or-taking-photos-at-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-102287 Noella Grimmer Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:32:35 +0000 http://www.nathangibbs.com/?p=298#comment-102287 Video blogginging is an exciting way to share your daily experiences with your family and friends. I have just started video blogging.;; Video blogginging is an exciting way to share your daily experiences with your family and friends. I have just started video blogging.;;

]]> http://www.nathangibbs.com/2008/10/30/guide-to-shooting-video-or-taking-photos-at-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-42976 John Pemble Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:21:57 +0000 http://www.nathangibbs.com/?p=298#comment-42976 This is another grey area that has emerged thanks to the shrinking size of our communication tools. I more than understand why the initial rule of no recording in the voting zone was set up. It keeps pesky or distracting activity away. Now that a typical cell phone can make a video for distribution on multiple platforms how does this no recording rule apply? While I was in a supermarket this week I wanted to take a video of something with my Flip Video camera. It occurred to me that had I brought in an obvious video recording device like a big camera (even a GL2 is a big camera compared to a Flip) this would have caused a problem. As it turned out, nobody knew I was recording video. As we make recordings with our small video cameras where will we be bringing up more grey areas? This summer while I was in Los Angeles I recorded footage with my Flip for a video blog. Although I was only using a Flip camera sometimes I frame the shot, do a few takes, run through a moment and other set ups big film / TV people do but on a much smaller scale. Usually they have to get a permit to record, but do I need to get a permit? Is a video blog just as important or judged to be as significant as a network produced television segment? A Flip Video can tell the same story as a big TV crew and potentially reach more viewers. It's interesting to see where the grey areas pop up when we take our new small communication devices with to record video in a voting booth, a supermarket, or the LA streets where many a 70's television series was shot. This is another grey area that has emerged thanks to the shrinking size of our communication tools. I more than understand why the initial rule of no recording in the voting zone was set up. It keeps pesky or distracting activity away. Now that a typical cell phone can make a video for distribution on multiple platforms how does this no recording rule apply? While I was in a supermarket this week I wanted to take a video of something with my Flip Video camera. It occurred to me that had I brought in an obvious video recording device like a big camera (even a GL2 is a big camera compared to a Flip) this would have caused a problem. As it turned out, nobody knew I was recording video. As we make recordings with our small video cameras where will we be bringing up more grey areas? This summer while I was in Los Angeles I recorded footage with my Flip for a video blog. Although I was only using a Flip camera sometimes I frame the shot, do a few takes, run through a moment and other set ups big film / TV people do but on a much smaller scale. Usually they have to get a permit to record, but do I need to get a permit? Is a video blog just as important or judged to be as significant as a network produced television segment? A Flip Video can tell the same story as a big TV crew and potentially reach more viewers. It’s interesting to see where the grey areas pop up when we take our new small communication devices with to record video in a voting booth, a supermarket, or the LA streets where many a 70′s television series was shot.

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