It's not a huge deal and obviously it makes sense that spur of the moment stuff like RT Life would be, but what about planned stuff like the Magic LP and other AH stuff that they film live action stuff for?
Posted Jul 29, 2015, 7:17 AM UTC
Honestly, this is like my one and only gripe with AH content. The audio and video in their live action stuff is just subpar since they use iphones for everything. For short live videos like Go, it's whatever, but for stuff like the MtG video, the heist intros, and really all longer form live action content that isn't AHWU (since they use a real camera and mic, and it looks and sounds great), they need to use something better. Hell, even the gopros have better video quality than the phones. Not to mention, when they're using different kinds of phones (even between gens of iPhone) the quality jump is really obvious and kinda jarring. Then you have stuff like their need to swap out all the cameras in the MtG video... It just seems amateurish.
Come on dudes, I know you can do better, RT just made a movie FFS. Get an HD Handicam or use the AHWU camera or something.
I was just watching the old shorts and early video podcasts and it made me miss how good all their live action stuff used to look.
Actually, I was doing the same thing just the other day. The quality is fantastic, and this stuff was made years ago. We've got even better shit now, why not use it?
That's because they used their shorts are shot with the red camera. I'm not sure why you think the old video podcasts looked good. The video podcasts now look way better.
The set looks way better, but the image itself looked better back then imo.
Of course, it also wasn't live streamed which I imagine makes a big difference.
I honestly don't notice the difference. If it's easier for them, it's fine by me.
Really? I can see the quality jump in the MtG video between gopro and iPhone using the app on my phone. It's really obvious.
Yeah, see, I don't even notice that.
I want your eyes. :(
Can back him up, I also don't notice.
iPhone cameras are good enough? I mean, the camera quality is just fine. And, they use external audio equipment, so, it's not like they're doing everything on their phones.
In the magic LP they said they were using the iPhones on the table as audio records, with the go pro as back ups.
that, and there's a certain aesthetic to stuff recorded with phones, that I personally don't have a problem with and what to me, feels more spontaneous/relatable.
I get that they're good enough. I'm just curious if all their other good cameras are tied up in bigger projects or something.
What phones can do today is incredible, but a proper camera can still do better. Perhaps phones are just more convenient.
It might be a matter of the editing programs they use work better/easier with the iPhones video format. I know nothing about AV editing so it's just a thought.
Because it's not an important enough shoot to set up proper lighting and good cameras, the iPhone is good enough
A good camera could do the same shoot with the same lighting. The more important factor is that just about all of them have a iPhone. So if one breaks they can just use someone else's. If a real camera breaks, probably only gavin could fix it.
Also, an iPhone is in their pockets. A real camera is down the hall. Which is so much farther, especially when they need to record something immediately.
Yeah which explains RT life, but i was thinking for things like MTG, but like i said, the quality is totally acceptable, and it's so much easier