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Zoom can eat it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to live streaming shows, everyone sucks pretty bad. That’s a bad thing for audiences, but a good thing for you if you’re just starting out. You can be a big fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A long time ago, I wrote about THE 5 ELEMENTS OF A GREAT LIVE SHOW<\/a>. This was when “live show” generally meant IRL performances. Now, there’s a lot of people entertaining via web video. There’s a big difference. Below are a few of my patches, but really I encourage creators to think completely differently about this medium and reinvent what a live show can be on camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Detail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is a lot of detail missing from the experience of a video show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • The viewpoint is limited to whatever direction the camera is pointing<\/li>
  • The camera pixels send only so much info to the viewer<\/li>
  • Audio and video are compressed for transmission<\/li>
  • There’s no smell. There’s no feeling the air. There’s no bumping into others.<\/li>
  • There’s no depth. It’s 2D<\/li>
  • The audio is best limited to only the thing that an audience came for unlike in a IRL show where you hear everything in the room and your brain picks out the important stuff<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    PATCHES:<\/strong> You can’t completely fix everything, but you can adjust a little bit for this lack of detail. Use the tricks that TV and movies use. You can’t turn video 3d, but you can move your camera and use lighting to clarify the depth of what people are seeing. In real life you can wiggle your head to understand perspective. You can do the same with the camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You can pickup more detail of important subjects by zooming in and pulling away or moving them closer and further from the camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Don’t be limited to just the audio of the thing you’re doing. Bringing in sound effects can be cheesy, or they can be helpful, or both. Throwing in a little pre recorded vid with audio can make the world you’re creating fuller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Include interesting props and set decorations to make things visually stimulating. You could even mail things to the attendees ahead of time so they get more of a sensory experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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