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*over the couple month's I'm going to attend, organize, and film robotic conventions in my area*

This is my blog to the newscasts I'm going to be releasing every couple days. If you have anything you would like me to cover in a newscast please let me know through message or comment. As DroneCafe and The Daily Cup evolve over the next month so will this blog. To show my support for diydrones.com I am going to wear a diydrones.com t-shirt in every newscast. I love honest criticism so if you have any suggestions please don't be shy! (The newscasts over time will become more professional looking)

I'm really focusing a lot on the non military aspect of drones in my newscasts. I am going to focus even harder on trying to be a daily face reminding diydrones.com members to feel obligated to inform the uniformed that drones aren't limited to destruction. Please help support me in my efforts.

Editor of The Daily Cup (Newscasts) - Joshua Johnson

Episode 3 - Good direction to move in. Much better.

It was much easier to watch, more concise, and focused on a single topic. Very good.

I agree with Bill B, you might consider a weekly episode. The end product will be better and your audience will appreciate it.

Are you familiar with Trent's Videos at MyGeekShow? He has well over 100 vids done and has improved his game to very near pro level. You can too. Watch this episode on his Polaris build. (Note: it is less than 10 minutes). He started with just his phone for a camera. Currently, if not at a flying location, his 'studio' is a section of his garage he remodeled for the show.

Your style will not be his style. You are two different people. You can learn from his progression and do just as well and reach a different audience. It just takes practice and the willingness to improve.

The same concept applies to flying RC aircraft. Except with flying, you are dealing with technology, physics, and Nature. With video information, you are dealing with humans and their attention spans.

-=Doug

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Joshua Johnson January 28, 2013 at 5:00am

The Live Assistance project from episode 5 is working great. Check it out!
Joshua Johnson January 25, 2013 at 10:50am

Let me know what you think about episode 4, the blog name change, and the fact that I created a new blog for the new episode.
Developer

Bill Bonney January 25, 2013 at 7:52am

Check out http://www.flitetest.com and http://www.rcmodelreviews.com/ for inspiration. Flitetest is a good example og high production values and a good understanding of the target audience. RcModelReviews is good example of focusing on the more technical electronics aspects of products. (He's quite quirky though)
Joshua Johnson January 25, 2013 at 7:20am

I agree 100% Doug about setting up a studio and working towards making better videos each time I release one. I will check out Trent's Video's and watch it to learn more professionalism. Thank's a lot for the Compliment on Episode 3! I definitely want to keep the DroneCafe Part because its a website and project I'm working on that will be revolutionary for civilian drones once I'm finished but I do have room for discussion on a name change when it comes to the The Daily Cup part once my video quality is top notch.
Joshua Johnson January 25, 2013 at 7:12am

For now I want to make video's often so that I can test things out and see what works and what doesn't work. Also it will help me learn editing skills faster for now. Once I gain a little bit bigger of an audience and start producing top notch videos I want to keep the videos down to two new episodes a week on the same two days each week.

Let me Know what you think Doug and please keep the suggestions coming. I'm learning so many awesome tips and tricks from everyone!
R. D. Starwalt January 25, 2013 at 4:27am

Oh.. if you go to a weekly format, to counter act the box you are in as 'Drone Cafe - The Daily Cup' you could adjust the name to 'DeCafe - A Cup of Drone Talk'. This would allow us to refer to you as the 'decaff dude'.

-=Doug
R. D. Starwalt January 25, 2013 at 4:20am

Episode 3 - Good direction to move in. Much better.

It was much easier to watch, more concise, and focused on a single topic. Very good.

I agree with Bill B, you might consider a weekly episode. The end product will be better and your audience will appreciate it.

Are you familiar with Trent's Videos at MyGeekShow? He has well over 100 vids done and has improved his game to very near pro level. You can too. Watch this episode on his Polaris build. (Note: it is less than 10 minutes). He started with just his phone for a camera. Currently, if not at a flying location, his 'studio' is a section of his garage he remodeled for the show.

Your style will not be his style. You are two different people. You can learn from his progression and do just as well and reach a different audience. It just takes practice and the willingness to improve.

The same concept applies to flying RC aircraft. Except with flying, you are dealing with technology, physics, and Nature. With video information, you are dealing with humans and their attention spans.

-=Doug
Joshua Johnson January 25, 2013 at 12:44am

Thank you sooooo much Bill! I'm going to take everything you said very very serious to try to better my videos! Once again thank you tons for all the great suggestions.
Developer

Bill Bonney January 25, 2013 at 12:01am

PS: create a new blog entry for each new episode and no update the old one. Hx
Developer

Bill Bonney January 25, 2013 at 12:00am

Great idea on the video podcasts. My suggestions are as followings

1. Quality vs Quantity. If you posted every week, I'm sure your audience would still be engaged with weekly updates. (Gives you time for point 2)
2. Plan, script (write out the points you want to make) for each episode. Rehearse to get the timing right. Stick to 10mins. After some practice you'll get to know the timing and require less rehearsing time. You can even edit the episode when it goes awry.
3. Stay focused on a particular topic, I.e. civilian drone applications, transmitter selection pros and cons, tuning, safety etc... Pick one stick to it
4. Don't talk about what you think you would like to do in the future episode, focus on the now, the topic at hand (nobody likes to hear you are going to do something and you cannot and or don't deliver for whatever reason)
5. Create a consistent view for the viewer to see, i.e us DIYDroners, with a web camera not built into your computer. A back drop of your bench or something, you can use your computer of screen so you can see the shot is framed ok, but look directly at the camera when you can.
6. When presenting an opinion, make sure to express the counter opinion to reference your own.

Good Luck.

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