Interactive (sort of) quiz video feature, and Zoom H6 notes
Arran Frood (BBSRC, SO)
Hi all
It’s been a while since I shared something with the group, so here’s a fun 3min video and feature I made that’s framed around a quiz you can play along with…
How can you tell if an animal is happy or sad?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pg0PvarQhA
It’s about animal welfare research, with a focus on new technologies. We asked our BBSRC-funded researchers for examples of ‘happy’ vs ‘sad’ animals (yes, of course it’s not as simple as that), and depending on what we got I put this together. The full feature you can also see on BBSRC website, but I prefer the mobile-friendly version on our Medium channel.
Technical stuff: for the first time for sound I used the Zoom H6 recorder. Lots of people who make video are fans of the H4, which I used for ages, and also the H1 is just about good enough and fits in one’s pocket.
The H6 I’m very pleased with, and we didn’t even use a lapel mic! For comparison, I also recorded on a Zoom H1 with lapel mic, and the H6 without one won hands down. In a noisier room I think you’d still need a lapel mic, but if you can control your setting you can get great results without.
The narration was done by a colleague here at BBSRC, Nicole Wallace, who I think did a great job.
Feedback welcome!
Best,
Arran.
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Arran Frood (BBSRC, SO)
Hi Mun-Keat
Glad you like the video, and yes that’s a really good question on pushback. Here’s a few notes, bearing in mind some listees here may see things from the other side!
I was expecting it might get a bit tricky, but at first everything was going really smoothly for a subject like animal welfare. Nearly everyone (that’s 4-5 universities, plus a couple of organisations in the area) seemed to ‘buy-in’ to the idea that this was a fun, simple way to get people to engage with the topic. Then one org felt that they hadn’t been properly consulted, even though they got the draft video and feature at the same time as everyone else. They also thought it was too simplistic and ‘dumbed down’ etc.
On this latter point, I can’t really argue a defense. It has simplified the science and the background to a massive extent, so they have a point there. But then if one got into the details of what, if, and how much animals feel, and if they are conscious of their own welfare, then it would be a very different project. They were very good in that they still said they would help us promote, send tweets etc., so that was good.
No-one objected to any of the words in the feature, so that all went smoothly. One researcher didn’t like me using the footage as ‘normal’ so I replaced that with some SPL footage.
Overall feedback has been great, and overall the researchers seemed to really enjoy the engagement. But it’s a tricky area, so I’ll definitely think again and be careful with my approach on future, controversial topics similar to this. I don’t like to offend anyone, and I guess an approach that makes light (?) of a serious issue just isn’t going to impress everyone.
Arran.