While at FantastiCon I had the opportunity to interview a few people. The obvious are the featured guests (in this case the “Comic Book Men”). I also thought about talking to an independent artist who’s daughter is also an artist (didn’t get her age but she was younger than 10). She makes her own art and sketch cards and sells them at conventions. Her father does watch the transactions, but for the most part she runs her own booth.
I used to do interviews at events. I stopped doing this because the videos were not getting many views or interaction. People are more interested in the “b-roll” style videos focusing on cosplay and other footage vs interviews with people and any commentary I have about the events.
I was also doing vlogs about events as well. Again I do not feel they were getting many views. I also feel that the vlogs can come repetitive. If I don’t have anything special to the event to say/do at events I tend to repeating the same things. If I had a second shooter and I did more talking points during the events, that would improve the vlogs. However when I am at an event the cosplay/highlights video does have priority and I do spend most of the time focused on getting footage for that. I am hoping these blogs do not become receptive for the same reasons.
For Man on the Street interviews (interviewing people on the street, or MOS) we mostly see people using handheld microphones. This makes sense. The pick up the speaker and can easily be pointed to another speaker, and the range isn’t big enough to pick up a ton of background noise.
For me the big question is do I want a cardioid pick-up pattern or an onmi pickup pattern, that usually depends on the microphones I have available and if I am going to be inside or outside. It is nice to have some background noise so the viewer can hear the environment without being too distracted by it.
Hear are some recent videos I did experimenting with microphones on the street. For more videos please check out the categories on the website or my Youtube channel
Your Comic Con is becoming known in the Detroit (Michigan) area for small comic conventions. This convention was Halloween theme and even some of the venders were dressed up. It is a rarity to see venders dressed up during the day at a comic con. Normally since the venders are at shows every-weekend they just dress normal.
This was a very small comic con and that is not a bad thing. What you get with small comic cons is that you meet everyone. The 2 costume contests were the first costume contests at a comic con that I participated in. I was a judge for the kid’s costume contest and I participated as Mario in the normal costume contest.
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