Adventures of making a Udemy video
December 12th, 2011
- Buy big, really bright lights and a reflector screen.
- Get tripod.
- Arrange to pickup microphone from craigslist guy.
–> Craigslist guy changes his mind and wont sell. - Arrange to get microphone from eBay.
–> Microphone arrives but won’t turn on. - Contact eBay seller.
–> Seller won’t respond.
- Open a case for arbitration with eBay.
–> Seller wants you to pay to ship defective item back and pay 15% restocking fee. - Craigslist guy changes his mind and wants you to buy microphone. Arrange to get it.
–> Craigslist guy informs you he has sold it to someone else. - Try to make a test video.
–> Camera is missing. - Look for camera for days, retrace steps, call everyone you talked to, put up posters.
–> The camera’s gone, Jim. - Get brother to ship his camera down from Portland.
–> Camera records on Digital8 tapes. - Record on MemoryStick.
–> MemoryStick is limited to 15 seconds and has terrible quality. - Connect camera to computer with USB.
–> Camera won’t connect with USB. - Connect with FireWire.
–> Computer has the 4 pin instead of 6 pin FireWire plug. - Buy different FireWire cable.
–> Computer won’t recognize FireWire device. - Update Driver.
–> Still won’t work. - Arrange to use another computer…….
–> (We’ll see!)