{"id":191,"date":"2013-06-30T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T16:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marktaylorhursley.wordpress.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2013-06-30T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T16:30:01","slug":"being-producerdirector-for-someone-elses-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"Being Producer\/Director for someone else&#8217;s material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hit sessions at this year&#8217;s Impact was not listed in the agenda. A bit like an off-off-Broadway show, it was given to a select few groups. This was the snappily-titled &#8220;MQ Workload Distribution in a Sysplex&#8221;, given by Lyn as part of the z solution suite activities. It talks about how different systems may process different amounts of work, and how this can be changed to more balanced distribution if you need to.<\/p>\n<p>Since the initial run, she&#8217;s been asked to repeat the session for a bunch of customers, and there&#8217;s probably more requests than available time. So when she was visiting the UK recently, we took the opportunity to record the session and it is now available on youtube as a <a title=\"MQ Sysplex  Distribution\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9N7JP2yU3T8JycrCOvEPM8c-0UdE97VT\">three-part playlist<\/a>. (I quite like playlists, as it makes it easy to replace individual pieces without modifying the published URL.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more See more about the presentation--><\/p>\n<p>My job was to drive the equipment, direct the performance and produce the videos. A <a title=\"Show, don\u2019t tell. MS0P education on\u00a0youtube.\" href=\"http:\/\/marktaylorhursley.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/19\/show-dont-tell-ms0p-education-on-youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous blog entry<\/a> talked about the hardware and software I use, but this was the first time I&#8217;d had to work with someone else.<\/p>\n<p>This turned out to be more a recording of a live performance than specially-constructed material but it still seems to work. We basically just used the original powerpoint charts, although I did go back afterwards and add animation to some of them. An unmoving chart is OK when you can see the presenter, but a bit dull on its own. There was no script, as we didn&#8217;t have time to write it and Lyn already had done the presentation several times. One useful thing about the presentation was that it split naturally into three sections, and I made each of them a separate video so I didn&#8217;t hit length limits and it gave convenient breaks for people watching,<\/p>\n<p>I think we&#8217;ve both learned some lessons for next time. And I suspect there WILL be a next time. On the technical side, I&#8217;ve already made some adjustments to microphone wiring and levels &#8211; it&#8217;s always odd hearing and working with your own voice so an alternative is good. And I&#8217;ve learned more about Camtasia possibilities. (Version 8.1 introduces colour removal so I might play with green-screen backdrops and real video). For content, I&#8217;ve got more ideas about how best to show some features. And I think someone who claimed to be uncomfortable working to a microphone may get more used to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hit sessions at this year&#8217;s Impact was not listed in the agenda. 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