Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social

BBC trainer. Apps, kit, mojo workflows; mostly on BlueSky or Threads. also Wedding Present & Arsenal. RT = worth reading. Sharing apps ≠ endorsement

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

I’m not abandoning this place entirely - I still get value from the tweets of brands such as tech accounts & some personal ones even though most people rarely post now.
But I’m here a lot less these days & you’re more likely to find me on BlueSky - https://t.co/1xcmH28SUN. 💙🦋

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@ReallyEpicTuts But it’s only a 7th order when I’m really after at least an 8th. And as for 108 MEMS microphones…is that all?!

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@Yoshi_TWP I raised that with them too

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@blake_calhoun of course - silly me, I should have spotted that

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This clearly AI generated image from Walmart looks bad enough and THEN you spot the fact that the phone doesn't have any lenses...which makes mounting it on your head like this even MORE ludicrous.

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

There are some useful mojo pointers here from one of the early pioneers.

[Dougal Shaw @dougalshaw]

Want to learn how I film multi-camera interviews as a solo journalist, using mobile phones?

All is explained in my personal newsletter this week.

#mojo #videojournalism #journalism

https://t.co/ReP9Snr5Eq

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@pitchfork True: Larson’s Law of Lists: The 1st reaction to any list is to point out what’s not on it. You’ll scan this list & your primary impulse will be to think of an album that’s not here.

Also true: Not including a single album by peerless indie rockers @weddingpresent is a big miss.

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@photojoseph I often say in training that the most valuable and useful iPhone 'accessory' is a microfibre cloth.

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@photojoseph The iOS nudge to clean your lens is hit & miss. It came up for this perfectly still sea, despite a perfectly clean lens. It appeared after I made the lens REALLY dirty but my line in training is that at *this* point, no-one should *need* the nudge that their lens needs cleaning.

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@stephenrobles Not many creators are quite as altruistic as you then! I’ve been sharing it with colleagues at the BBC - it’s great it keeps the frame rate intact (we record and edit at 50fps…)

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@weddingpresent To be fair, when have you NOT been on tour in recent years…?

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@ConorMcNamaraIE @WeAreTheFSA I think your “it’s about to go BOOM…the Arsenal cannon fires again” line might stand you in good stead

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@dinosofos

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@englishhistpod great to see/hear a new episode is out. It continues to be my favourite podcast.
I wonder if you’re aware of this recent arrival…? https://t.co/eu0zK1QKsO

There are 300+ episodes even though the first was on 27 Sept!!

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@mythicStallion First @tim_cook and now you as well?!
Thank you for Filmic and then your work at Apple. Your knowledge - which you kindly shared - was legendary, even if I struggled once you went deep into gamut mapping and debayering . I’m honoured you continued to reply to me.

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@LucasGageX @ADL @StopAntisemites @canarymission Thank you for writing this.
Your measured, decent post has (of now) had barely 1k retweets.
Screaming “Jews caused the Spanish train crash!” or similar gets 10 times as many in minutes

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@brttbmn Having 1m followers here probably helps with the popularity of the app!

[iPhoneographers @iFilmmakers]

Yes, been thinking the same thing! A lot of these updates we wouldn’t even know about without people testing it and finding out on their own.

[Marc Blank-Settle marcsettle.bsky.social @MarcSettle]

@stephenrobles Ferrite remains the best audio editing app on iOS by a LONG way