MRH introduces TrainMasters TV - 9
camera motion makes you seasick, or the poor lighting makes
it hard to see, or the cat runs through the picture, those kind
of things.
Barry:
I know we’ve done our job if you watch a 12-minute
video, and it felt like it was only four minutes, because you were
immersed. If you get engrossed in the story, time just flies!
It’s been surprising to me that I put together a 20-minute video
on the Ottawa Expo show, and someone said that it was great,
but it should have been longer. My first reaction was, “Wow! I
thought 20 minutes was too long!”
Joe:
What you say is true about a lot of YouTube videos. I’m
watching along and keep looking down at the progress bar.
When is he going to get to the part I am interested in? Come
on already!
Barry:
I don’t want to just be critical of YouTube videos. With
the democratization of media it isn’t that everybody
can
be on
YouTube, it’s that everybody
is on YouTube!
How do we know
the video is accurate? Does anyone ever challenge what’s in a
YouTube video?
We’ve had some Backshop Clinics where Clark has said, “Well
I’ve heard a different perspective,” or “
I have
a different per-
spective on this.” On TMTV, there’s always an opportunity to
say, “Well, there’s more than one way to do something.”
Joe:
We certainly don’t want to say there’s nothing good on
YouTube.
Barry:
No, that’s not what we’re saying. I’ve found very useful
information there, but I often spend time looking for it. There’s
no way we’ll be able to do everything on TrainMasters that you
can find on YouTube. We would have to do a show every day!
Joe:
To me, they’re complementary. It’s not an either/or.
Barry:
Let me remind everyone we’re making a TV show here.
There is a big difference between a YouTube video and a televi-
sion show, quite frankly.
Joe:
How about turning the whole price concern on its head? The
typical model railroading DVD price point is about $30. Blu-Ray
disks would cost even more.
9: Sooner or later, every layout-building project comes to
an end. This summer Bob Helm dismantled his HO-scale
Norfolk and Western railroad to make way for a new proj-
ect. Share his experience in a TMTV feature story, “When
the layout came down,” coming soon.
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