Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Interview at SCALE 11x

Hi :)  
I thought you were fine.  

It is difficult with a single camera.  I think professional camera workers make sure the camera is 
positioned so that the interviewee is looking directly, or rather, nearly directly at the camera so 
that it's easy for the interviewee to look directly into the audience's eye.  

The interviewer is not the main person.  Also it's usually easier to do a separate continuous shot 
of the interviewer reading all the questions from a script and then cut&paste in brief shots at 
moments when the interviewee has a wobbly moment.  

It is quite a lot more work though.  A few simpler things might have made a big difference.  If the 
camera had been positioned lower so that people loomed over it like rock-stars rather than having 
such a big gap between the interviewees and the banner.  The interviewer might have been better 
sitting or all 3 people standing to keep everyone on much the same eye-line as each other.  It can 
work well to break that though and hindsight is wonderful for spotting issues like that.  If the 
drape at the back had been spread out more then it might have hidden the Heath Robinson-ish bits of 
string and tape holding the banner up and made it look more like a professional studio.    Again 
hindsight is great.  

I'm not sure i would have thought about any of those things on the day either and anyway they were 
all pretty much outside of your control especially given the time constraints.  

I really like the way you "tipped your hat" at OpenOffice, ie just mentioned it and moved on 
swiftly without getting bogged down.  It is part of LibreOffice's history so it would be odd to 
censor out any mention of it but it is ancient history now so no point dwelling on it either.  So, 
nicely balanced there imo :)  


The main things were handled well.  Everyone was clear.  No mad rambling or quiet muttering.  
Rapport was good.  The place looked busy, even hectic.  People buzzing and exited even though 
clearly tired near the end of the show.  Very positive atmosphere and good interview.  

Congrats and regards from
Tom :)  



--- On Sat, 23/3/13, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>
> Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Interview at SCALE 11x
> To: "Marc Paré" <marc@marcpare.com>, marketing@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Saturday, 23 March, 2013, 0:16
> IMO I don't interview very well
> (especially on 1 minute's notice), but
> here it is. The other person is J. David Eisenberg.
>
> LibreOffice at SCALE 11x
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkM7VElTpOM
>
> --Jean
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