[Frameworks] crowd sourced work?

Sat Sep 22 11:17:26 CDT 2012

what a great idea cari. i might just do that! :)

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Cari Machet <carimachet at gmail.com> wrote:

> wow - you should try contacting the guy he would love to hear that i
> am sure - i have had some minimal contact with him and he is great
>
> On 9/22/12, victoria waghorn <vic at punk-monk.com> wrote:
> > mpeg streamclip has saved my life so many times....
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Cari Machet <carimachet at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> + 1 on what flick wrote
> >>
> >> but i would ad that you can use mpeg stream clip to transcode bizaare
> >> files
> >>
> >> http://www.squared5.com/
> >>
> >> and i like much more than yousendit - which screwed up my mac so i had
> >> to kick it off -
> >>
> >> we transfer - is great - it is web based
> >>
> >> sorry i cannot get the link i am in russia and google is routing me
> >> some weird place when i try
> >>
> >> On 9/22/12, victoria waghorn <vic at punk-monk.com> wrote:
> >> > hihi
> >> >
> >> > so i run a crowd sourced film festival in australia [15Mb of FAME] and
> >> it's
> >> > all onsite so we deal with physical submissions over the lead-up
> >> > duration
> >> > of a couple of days of footage which is then collated and edited over
> >> > 48
> >> > hours or so... it's a rather mammothian task as the festival while not
> >> > enormous involves well over 5000 bodies. thankfully not that many
> >> > submit
> >> > footage...
> >> >
> >> > we deal with raw files [mpeg4/mov files] from mostly phones and it's
> >> just a
> >> > direct upload of data via USB etc with a team of uber punk monk peeps
> >> > managing it onsite. it's all rather hectic.
> >> >
> >> > looking forward to seeing/hearing about your project further.
> >> >
> >> > here's what we did in the first year...
> >> >
> >> > http://www.15mb-of-fame.tv/
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:35 AM, flick harrison
> >> > <flick at flickharrison.com>wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Interesting question.
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. GETTING THE FILES
> >> >>
> >> >> Yousendit or Dropbox might be good ways to get the files, the size
> >> limits
> >> >> are better on dropbox.  But any files you get from other people add
> to
> >> >> your
> >> >> own quota so you'd have to be really organized to get everything
> >> >> happening
> >> >> without maybe confounding your senders.
> >> >>
> >> >> I would think a self-hosted blind-drop FTP server, i.e. a one-way web
> >> >> interface so they could send you raw files.  Never set one up but
> I've
> >> >> seen
> >> >> them.  In any case - if web interface is too hard to do then you have
> >> >> to
> >> >> expect the shooters to understand FTP.
> >> >>
> >> >> You could ask people to post full-quality versions on youtube and
> then
> >> >> rip
> >> >> the files with some sort of youtube downloading plugin.  This would
> be
> >> >> clunky and usually results in (BIG!) quality loss.
> >> >>
> >> >> Vimeo would work, since there's an option to leave the full-quality
> >> >> file
> >> >> as a download link for anyone who sees the video.  You can
> >> >> password-protect
> >> >> videos there so they aren't available to the general public.  But
> then
> >> >> folks would have to sign up for a vimeo account and understand how to
> >> get
> >> >> a
> >> >> reasonable-quality file on there (max 1 HD upload per week, 500Mb
> >> >> total
> >> >> files per week, thus more headaches).
> >> >>
> >> >> But, for instance, can shooters on an ipad really send you the
> >> >> full-quality master footage?  Or are they limited to BS options like
> >> >> "Share
> >> >> -> Youtube, Facebook, etc" which bypass the file system altogether?
> >>  It's
> >> >> the result of the War on General Purpose Computing.
> >> >>
> >> >> 2. USING THE FILES
> >> >>
> >> >> This is trickier - I've done BYO gigs with kids, where everyone and
> >> >> sundry
> >> >> had a different file wrapper and codec and frame rate and file size
> so
> >> >> on.
> >> >>  Premier or FCP should probably eat them all and crap out a movie but
> >> >> I
> >> >> did
> >> >> encounter the odd Chinese kid with an .mtv format or something no one
> >> had
> >> >> ever heard of except them.
> >> >>
> >> >> AND if they are sending the files, better hope they understand the
> >> >> file
> >> >> structure for stuff like AVCHD, and get them to send the whole
> >> >> "PRIVATE"
> >> >> folder and that kinda thing.  Etc etc.
> >> >>
> >> >> The deal is that even with good pre-production discussions between
> two
> >> >> people, surprises crop up - so sending out a call to the general
> >> >> public
> >> >> is
> >> >> asking for trouble.  But I'm interested in the same kinds of projects
> >> >> so
> >> >> please let me know how it develops!
> >> >>
> >> >> Good Luck!
> >> >>
> >> >> -Flick
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
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> >> >>
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> >> >>
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> >> >     victoria waghorn
> >> > --------------------
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> >> > a.   the corner shop
> >> >     144 henderson rd
> >> >      alexandria. NSW
> >> > e. vic at punk-monk.com
> >> > m. +61[0]412 534 384
> >> >
> >>
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> >     victoria waghorn
> > --------------------
> > founder // filmmaker
> > punk monk propaganda
> > a.   the corner shop
> >     144 henderson rd
> >      alexandria. NSW
> > e. vic at punk-monk.com
> > m. +61[0]412 534 384
> >
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    victoria waghorn
--------------------
founder // filmmaker
punk monk propaganda
a.   the corner shop
    144 henderson rd
     alexandria. NSW
e. vic at punk-monk.com
m. +61[0]412 534 384
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