(Clearwisdom.net) After I read the article "Feedback for Fellow Practitioners Who Filmed the Video for 'Fa-Teaching Given to the Australian Falun Dafa Practitioners'" by an Australian practitioner, I had quite a similar feeling. I don't know much about the techniques of videotaping, so I would like to share with fellow practitioners from another direction.
I work in a Japanese company that has hosted several academic conferences every year. They video recorded each conference, then burned it onto CDs. The company is pretty small, so there are no professional cameramen, only one or two amateurs. They made surefire arrangements for the audio, camera, and seats on the stage. That's because, in handling things, the Japanese like to "confirm, confirm, and confirm again; cooperate, cooperate, and cooperate again." They take any flaw in dealing with personnel from other companies as a major incident that would damage the overall image of the company. Consequently there were always quite a few people who arrived at the conference venue a few hours early to check the room, its audio effects, and the position of the camera. Before the conference started, I always saw them quickly step into the conference room. They teamed up to check the front, rear, left, and right sides of the room to confirm the quality of the audio and video, and then they got into their positions. Once the conference ended, their first sentence when they greeted each other was: "You worked hard; we did it with no problems at all today." Then they relaxed.
Although this is a small company with no professional video photographers, with just a few people they can professionally manage the whole conference that is then available to all of Japan. And these are not practitioners. We practitioners should likewise "confirm, confirm, and confirm again" when videotaping the lectures given by our great, compassionate Master. Moreover, those around the camera(s) who are not doing the video recording could cooperate with those doing the videotaping.
I recalled seeing Master's lecture in the US Capital on July 29 of this year. When Master stepped onto the stage, there was a table and a chair covered with golden cloth right in the center. The main light high-lighted the table that was set up especially for Master. In the Australia lecture recording, I was sorry to see that, when Master arrived on the stage, the microphone was still on the podium, which had been set for practitioners read their papers. The lighting was quite dark. Moreover, there was nothing special set on the table at which Master taught the Fa. I was wondering if we could improve in showing our respect for Master and the Fa. Everything that is supposed be on the table for Master should be confirmed and managed by one or more practitioners from beginning to end.
This is my personal view. Suggestions and advice will be appreciated.
