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Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley

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Re: Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley

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Post by mynameishere »

Great cinematography there. Really. I mean, just point that fucker at random shit. Maybe the wall. Maybe your pants legs. Maybe the desk. Maybe some people who are focused on their diet sodas. Maybe just shake it around a bit. No, wait. Shake it around the whole time. Whatever you do, don't do this: Focus the camera steadily on the person who is speaking. Cripe.

Re: Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley

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Post by Psyonic »

mynameishere wrote: post #3

Great cinematography there. Really. I mean, just point that fucker at random shit. Maybe the wall. Maybe your pants legs. Maybe the desk. Maybe some people who are focused on their diet sodas. Maybe just shake it around a bit. No, wait. Shake it around the whole time. Whatever you do, don't do this: Focus the camera steadily on the person who is speaking. Cripe.

Agreed. I couldn't even keep watching it, though I might try to listen.

Re: Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley

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Post by njohnw »

Psyonic wrote: post #5
mynameishere wrote: post #3

Great cinematography there. Really. I mean, just point that fucker at random shit. Maybe the wall. Maybe your pants legs. Maybe the desk. Maybe some people who are focused on their diet sodas. Maybe just shake it around a bit. No, wait. Shake it around the whole time. Whatever you do, don't do this: Focus the camera steadily on the person who is speaking. Cripe.

Agreed. I couldn't even keep watching it, though I might try to listen.

The camera man is definitely a bit shaky in the beginning, but he stabilizes eventually and the content is valuable.

Re: Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley

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Post by koko775 »

mynameishere wrote: post #3

Great cinematography there. Really. I mean, just point that fucker at random shit. Maybe the wall. Maybe your pants legs. Maybe the desk. Maybe some people who are focused on their diet sodas. Maybe just shake it around a bit. No, wait. Shake it around the whole time. Whatever you do, don't do this: Focus the camera steadily on the person who is speaking. Cripe.

If you want to complain, I'd advise you to email us and say so, or volunteer to do the camera work. The CSUA doesn't have to film this, but does. This is strictly extra, using (last I checked) a flipcam, and an unpaid student who's mainly watching. As far as I know, we have $0 budgeted to recording.

--CSUA member and former president

Re: Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley

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Post by uggedal »

jlm382 wrote: post #8

This is just the start of many more videos we'll be posting... sorry for the shakiness, this was our first! - Current CSUA Pres

Any chance of getting mp3s of the videos? I don't really have time to watch video, but could listen to these while I'm doing manual labor.

Re: Drew Houston of Dropbox (YC S07) speaks at UC Berkeley

#10

Post by koko775 »

koko775 wrote: post #7
mynameishere wrote: post #3

Great cinematography there. Really. I mean, just point that fucker at random shit. Maybe the wall. Maybe your pants legs. Maybe the desk. Maybe some people who are focused on their diet sodas. Maybe just shake it around a bit. No, wait. Shake it around the whole time. Whatever you do, don't do this: Focus the camera steadily on the person who is speaking. Cripe.

If you want to complain, I'd advise you to email us and say so, or volunteer to do the camera work. The CSUA doesn't have to film this, but does. This is strictly extra, using (last I checked) a flipcam, and an unpaid student who's mainly watching. As far as I know, we have $0 budgeted to recording. --CSUA member and former president

P.S. Sorry if I came off as rude, I was really only trying to make a suggestion.
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