A good livestreaming setup is a well-tailored suit
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A good livestreaming setup is a well-tailored suit
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Re: A good livestreaming setup is a well-tailored suit
#2See also Ed Zitron's how-to set this up for yourself or your clients (he's a PR guy):
https://thefuturebuzz.com/2020/08/06/how-to-make-your-zoom-c...
Re: A good livestreaming setup is a well-tailored suit
#3I took a picture of myself using my videoconferencing camera, then set it up as my meeting background. The effect is hilarious when people see you, then see you again moving into the frame :)
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#4What point is the author trying to make in comparing the two iPhones? There was a setup but no payoff.
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#5What point is the author trying to make in comparing the two iPhones? There was a setup but no payoff.
It this wasn't on substack I would have guessed someone paid to have this article written on Fiverr.
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#6What point is the author trying to make in comparing the two iPhones? There was a setup but no payoff.
I also felt like the article hit pretty weak in a lot of places.
In the part where they compare Bill Gates to the Bloomberg anchor, it just says "Her self-presentation is overawed by Gates’ setup." with no clear explanation as to why. And it's not actually clear to me when I look at the pic.
Maybe I just don't have the "technical expertise to understand how colour temperature, shutter speed, aperture, and ISO conspire together to form a beautiful picture".
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#7I expected to read about studio setups for live-streaming, e.g. on twitch. There are some musicians on twitch that have really awesome setups where one can discover so much visual detail while listening. I would have loved to read about some of those, perhaps even with a bit of advice how to build my own.
Instead I got a luke-warm analogy of business attire and videoconferencing backgrounds. Mildly disappointing.
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#8What point is the author trying to make in comparing the two iPhones? There was a setup but no payoff.
As they say, it's the skuomorphism. The original iPhone aimed to replace various existing things - instead of TV, we've got YouTube! Instead of a notepad, we have the notes app! No need to carry around paper maps with charming little pins stuck in anymore! This is equivalent to dressing up nicely as one would for an in-person meeting and plonking oneself down in front of a laptop webcam, according to the author.
In the newer iPhone, and in Bill Gates' setup, it is understood that the framing is the important part, it is not enough to pretend to be in a normal meeting.
Of course the whole thing is a bit silly
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#9I expected to read about studio setups for live-streaming, e.g. on twitch. There are some musicians on twitch that have really awesome setups where one can discover so much visual detail while listening. I would have loved to read about some of those, perhaps even with a bit of advice how to build my own. Instead I got a luke-warm analogy of business attire and videoconferencing backgrounds. Mildly disappointing.
Given that the analysis seems far removed from mainstream livestreaming, I'd say very disappointing.
Re: A good livestreaming setup is a well-tailored suit
#10I expected to read about studio setups for live-streaming, e.g. on twitch. There are some musicians on twitch that have really awesome setups where one can discover so much visual detail while listening. I would have loved to read about some of those, perhaps even with a bit of advice how to build my own. Instead I got a luke-warm analogy of business attire and videoconferencing backgrounds. Mildly disappointing.
The point of the article is not "how to do it", but rather to observe that this kind of thing, previously a (relatively) niche concern, has become important to a general audience. The article even suggests that there's a business opportunity for fashion businesses to create tailored videoconferencing spaces, which is predicated on the notion that most people lack the time or inclination to set up their own bespoke setup (including lighting, cameras, audio, and so on).
The takeaway is meant to be that videoconferencing has reached a point of cultural importance where it has become hard to take a public figure seriously if they have a poor setup, in much the same way that it would be hard to take a poorly-dressed person seriously. Much as people experiment with clothing as a means of signalling status and personality, one's videoconferencing setup becomes a new way of signalling these things. It's all fairly obvious, but it's still not something that I have spent much time thinking about, and a how-to guide would probably not prompt me to think about the social and cultural aspects nearly so much.