Phil Begnett » Iphone

Off on a Road Trip!

Phil — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:50:33 +0000

Im “On the Road” as of tomorrow for 9 nights, filming some Caravan Parks up and down the west side of the UK.

This vid also covers the reason’s why my last Optimistic Monday disappeared as well….

Expect lots of Evening Tweets, and perhaps the odd Audio Boo from me, and maybe some text only blog posts as my only companion will be my Iphone for the next week or so!

a website inside a video..

Phil — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:16:55 +0000

..Not a video in a website!

(Sorry for the auto play! something I normally don’t support but cant seem to take this out of the code)

Thats the new marketing message from Veeple, an American based “Interactive Video” platform that I have been keeping my eye on for some time now, and I must say im very impressed by it. With more and more people accessing the Internet from mobile devices, this really is an efficient way of using video on a small screen, and making it the most effective with tracking stats.

No go for iphone yet

One of the biggest gripes of the most popular mobile device - The iphone is that they cannot play “flash video” apart from You tube videos. Im sure with the emergence of the HTML 5 video player, which does at least allow the ipad to stream videos from websites this will just be a slight hiccup in the overall “switch” to non keyboard, non mouse video interactivity as shown in the video above.

Please add your thoughts, views and comments below as usual, but if this kind of “Interactive video” idea really does get you excited and you want to use it in your web marketing, then get in touch via email or phone and lets sort something out! I’m getting to get involved in a project for this platform!

Steadi-Cam Shoot

Phil — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:49:47 +0000

I recently worked with Olly Lawer (seen left) who runs an online video production company called opl productions over in Norwich. He asked me to be his “production assistant” for the day, helping with client communication, and supporting him and another camera operator as they both worked on a “web video” shoot for one of his clients.

I was totally in my element, with 2 amazing cameras, and two focused but relaxed guys who loved their work.

David Crute

Using the power of Google, Olly hired the talents of David Crute (above) with his amazing Steadi cam rig. With 20 years experience in broadcast filming, including large film productions, pop videos and tv adverts, it was really great to work with a seasoned pro, who was very friendly, very focused and just loved talking about his work!

I spent most of the day “shadowing” Dave, making sure he didnt bump into things as he used his Steadi-cam rig for some lovely sweeping shots of the people in the factory hard at work. As the floor was slippery in places, and he does a lot of “walking backwards” it was important I was right behind him just incase he lost his balance.

I don’t know the make of his camera, but lets just say it was extremely expensive! To put it into perspective, his “view finder” cost more than my camera does!

The great news is that we are all meeting up again next month for another day’s shoot at the same location, where perhaps even more “toys” will be used, and Dave has also promised me that I can wear the Steadi-cam rig to see what it feels like! (Im definitely going to do a video blog about that!)

I have started my own Flickr account, so if you want to see the rest of the pictures I took of this film shoot then please click on the picture below and you will be taken to the Flickr website to view them.

Blogging from my iphone

Phil — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:08:38 +0000

I was thinking, wouldn’t it be great of If I could blog from my iPhone… Would probably get alot more communication out there.

So I tap in WordPress in the app store and hey presto, it’s there. And it’s free!

So here I am, blogging from my iPhone!

I feel kind of dumb not realizing that it’s probably been available since I started blogging 5 months ago. Although it’s obvious it will be easier, I won’t have the multimedia experience I use normally in blog posts….. Hmmmm though maybe there are apps for that too!

Optimistic Monday Video – 13/11/09

Phil — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:15:18 +0000

This video contains tips on social media, and online video news from WTV Media and some of the clients I’m currently working with.

Heres the links to the business or people mentioned in the video above :

AudioBoo.fm - Audio Blogging Software for the Iphone

Blistering Success – Internet and Business Marketing Tips

Presentation Works – How to deliver better presentations.

Caravan Sitefinder - Online Listings website for caravan parks

The Inspired Group – Business Building, Inspired Workshops by Ann Hawkins