During recent discussions regarding the “Multitask de Ville” vision for local video production combined with learning spaces, startup hangouts, streaming conference rooms, and rent by the hour office space etc…. the question arose “who is doing video production now in the region”… as well as are there local facilities to “work with” or rent, or share with a government or NGO etc.
We are still keeping in mind a someday tour of some local video production facilities, including La Fe in El Paso, and local HS, and others. Today, through sheer happenstance, as I was checking the google map of my area here because of water discoloration issue…I noticed some “local businesses” showing up on the google map. Hadn’t been aware of that before. Maybe through “Google Plus” new feature?
Anyway, came across this “video studio” or mobile video studio, located in what looks like just a regular old house. Their website, if I have the correct one, is not especially impressive, and the wife is doing music lessons in the same house…yet they say they can do a broad range of productions. Would have to confirm the quality before doing anything with this “level of production company”, but it’s a “model” of one way to get certain video needs accomplished.
The bigger idea here is that video production is likely entering into a “everybody’s doing it” much more “mom and pop” operation… than a few hugely expensive professional facilities situation… because the means of production are now much more affordable, and the needs for hours of video for streaming and online learning, healthcare etc are probably insatiable.
Also, if video is going to be part of everyday DLE, it will be something that “everybody” does, at least in part. Yet, some level of professionalism would likely still be involved. Like you “could” cut your family member’s hair, but it’s “better” most often, to let your local barber/ hair dresser do it. The price point is crucial, but most people decide they can afford a professional hair cut. AFAIK. (don’t know the % breakdown of DIY haircuts versus “pro” haircuts)
It’s not like one couldn’t imagine putting a video studio in, or at, one’s own residence. Say a second story at 600 Dyne with a nice big (relatively) space over the two car garage.
In the Fall of 2013, I called WESST in Las Cruces and talked with the Program Coordinator and Trainer, Jo Ann Garay. I asked Jo Ann if WESST offered a video production studio to assist Las Cruces clients. Jo Ann responded that clients are referred to the state of the art WESST video studio in Albuquerque. We may want to talk to Jennifer Craig, the Regional Manager in Las Cruces about the need for video production studios in Las Cruces.
I think the enterprise experience may be relevant here – low, low cost and improving quality of consumer/prosumer technology and services offer too much value to ignore of long.
It was only a few years back where corporations were installing 6-figure video conferencing rooms to support executive, sales and learning applications among remote locations. As internet video began and desktop video conferencing gained some limited acceptance at the lower levels of the organization (it was tough to book the expensive conference rooms), the vendors (think Cisco and Polycom) pushed higher quality “telepresence” as justification for their increasingly more expensive products.
Well, so much for that plan. While there are still some new telepresence installations for the “high rollers” who write-off their facilities on cost-plus paying customers (think lawyers and government contractors), the rest of the market has tanked and the vendors are scrambling. Today you can buy an “adequate” video conferencing setup (tilt&zoom camera, acoustic mic & speaker, encoding/decoding hardware and a LCD screen for something like $1,500 and now even the executives are not using the conference rooms.
My point is “good enough” at a low price point will win out in most applications.
Right, it’s not just that all this technology can do so much that couldn’t be done before, but it’s that it can be done cheap enough to create a whole new market and “use” for it.
But of course, the “low price point” keeps moving, and what was cheap enough yesterday, can seem way overpriced, as you point out, tomorrow. Tech tends to become a commodity, until a new version comes out.
Would never have thought 3rd world would have so many cell phones, and hand me down smart phones from 1st world, and all that implies for big step up in education, healthcare, jobs, and access to services that were previously just a black hole at best. (still plenty of black holes, but some light is escaping)
What else that we couldn’t possibly anticipate is coming from new communication tools? Speculating that a wave of DIY using cloud tools will create a new way of doing education healthcare job creation etc… maybe. And then there’s the “share” or “rent” a tool cloud distribution of resources that could greatly affect lifestyle of US middle class. And US poor.
Do I really need to own a car if a “shared” model would give me the transportation I need, when I need, reliably, comfortably, and for greatly reduced costs? I don’t know. I like NOT sharing my house on an ongoing basis, but I might not be averse to sharing an office space.
Then there’s the distributed employment model of “job sharing”. Time share has gotten a bad connotation for scams and outrageous sales maneuvers, but a model of how one can have a pied a terre in Paris…on a reasonable cost just pay for when you use it basis… (okay, maybe that part is wishful thinking?)
And “just in time” software rental is also a possibility/ probability. And all those iPads that LA PSD bought for students, uh, should those be considered rentals with a deposit for return at the end of the year?
Some sharing already done in 3rd world by necessity, where few can own much of anything, except apparently a mobile device.