5Takes Vlog

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This is the first of many videos I will be posting from the 5Takes series. This is a vlog, intended for quick turn and online only. This is not a finished, polished for air clip. As soon as the series airs, I will post material from there.

In this business, networks execs often ask to screen a rough cut of a work in progress. You have to be responsive to their demands, as they are paying the bill, but I am always hesitant to do so. Even if they say “I am used to seeing rough cuts”, they are not.

So I post this first one with a caveat: This is not for on air broadcast. It is supposed to be fast and rough.

When you go to the website, you will see lots of other vlogs. Most of these were made by our travellers, people who have never held a camera before. If you watch them, please bear that in mind.

If you want to see technical perfection, go here for now. More to come.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.