Personal News Production
A couple of summer ago, hubby and I visited his parents in Atlanta and we took our friends from South Africa. While we were there, we visited CNN. Great tour! One of the best parts was when I was able to try my luck at being a news anchor. Okay, so it was a green screen and only for the people in our tour group, but nonetheless, I still had the opportunity to read from a teleprompter and be projected onto a screen. What fun!
Now, thanks to my Twitter friends, I have been introduced to a home news production program. This is from Mogulus website:
A Revolution in Live Television
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Mix Videos In Real-Time To Create Your Own Live Broadcast
th Mogulus, you can blend your webcam, video clips from YouTube, and your own original content into your own unique TV program – and you call all the shots. When you’re not broadcasting live, turn on the auto-pilot and let it drive your playlist.
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Animated Television Graphics
Make your channel look like a major network broadcast using our graphics library. Mogulus gives you a wealth of broadcast graphics including ticker, bumper, lower third name, and logo bug. Additionally, you can customize these graphics using your own logos and colours. Best of all, you don’t need to be a designer to style your channel – you’ll be amazed how simply Mogulus operates.
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Multiple Producers, Multiple Locations, One Channel
The Mogulus studio is a true multiuser application. Invite your associate producers from anywhere in the world to login, and you can mix with them in real-time. You can even broadcast their camera on your show, or they can broadcast yours. Let your imagination flow – brainstorm new ideas, invent a new television format, or just fine tune your broadcasts. You’ll be in complete control.
The ideas I have are flying. Is this something our kids could do for a school broadcast? What about ballgames – can’t the kids do reports on ballgames like they did the podcasts last year? I’m definitely going to have to look into this – the possibilities are endless! Does anyone have experience with student broadcasts? I’d love to hear your advice. When I taught in Kentucky, I did work with 8th graders for a semester on producing a newscast. Hopefully, this could be something we could begin in our schools. What a great way to keep parents (and relatives that live outside of our town) informed.
Until next time ~ Danita
