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10 years ago
So I've been shooting 16mm film at furrycons since 1997 (MFM-1, my first furry con). (Furthemore 2015 was the first one on video.)
My nominal policy has been to never post the footage I've shot to the internet at large so I can assure people that my stuff will never show up on MTV, and make them have to Answer Questions. Instead I have shown it in a panel or whatever at other conventions. IE: my "Film at 11" event in the MFM video room, which is half con footage and half random stuff off ebay.
But more recently talking to people at cons, the normal question has not been "where is this going" to worry about Answering Questions, but more "where is this going" to download and watch it.
So I'm pondering my distribution (or lack there-of) policy again.
Plan A: Continue the current policy, some stills on Internet, show films and video at cons.
Plan B: Post low-res versions on my webserver. Also show films and video at cons.
Plan C: Post full-res versions to my webserver. Maybe show at cons.
One place it is not going is you-tube. Its not going anywhere where I would have to agree to any more terms of service. I'm sick of contracts, I Do Not Agree. Oh, and I want to keep my copyright too.
Any opinions, or better ideas?
My nominal policy has been to never post the footage I've shot to the internet at large so I can assure people that my stuff will never show up on MTV, and make them have to Answer Questions. Instead I have shown it in a panel or whatever at other conventions. IE: my "Film at 11" event in the MFM video room, which is half con footage and half random stuff off ebay.
But more recently talking to people at cons, the normal question has not been "where is this going" to worry about Answering Questions, but more "where is this going" to download and watch it.
So I'm pondering my distribution (or lack there-of) policy again.
Plan A: Continue the current policy, some stills on Internet, show films and video at cons.
Plan B: Post low-res versions on my webserver. Also show films and video at cons.
Plan C: Post full-res versions to my webserver. Maybe show at cons.
One place it is not going is you-tube. Its not going anywhere where I would have to agree to any more terms of service. I'm sick of contracts, I Do Not Agree. Oh, and I want to keep my copyright too.
Any opinions, or better ideas?
Big Blue Fox does not post on YouTube. He puts his videos up on his own server and password protects them. He gives out the passwords within the fandom.
I hadn't thought about passwd protecting things. I'm sure a password would eventually get out, but its sufficiently difficult for the unwelcome that they would go to other lower-hanging fruit.
Here's a few seconds of the MFM-2012 fursuit parade: http://www.bobdbob.com/~protius/misc/mfm_2012.mkv Can everyon handle matroska files?
Anyway, I have no trouble viewing the video, it opens perfectly fine in Windows with VLC Media Player. There's one thing I miss, though... the chatter of your Pageant projector! If I ever end up at your place again can I arrange a little recording session? (if you decide not to do it yourself) I found a sound effect online and while that kinda works, it's not quite the same as knowing that it came from your own equipment.