If you are interested to know how each Tech Conclave episode is done, whether you are planning to contribute a segment in one of the future episodes or you just want to know out of wild curiosity, this page explains the full details of the video-making process. It helps us appreciate our outputs by looking back at the amount of work we pour in to come up with a quality episode.

OUR CURRENT AUDIO AND VIDEO SETUP

Each contributing tech correspondent and geek has his own unique skills and possesses computer, audio, and video systems individually used for initial video capturing and basic editing. While that is the case, their systems do not represent the output of work. Most audio and video editing and processing work is done through the systems owned by our producer (who happens to be our news anchor and video editor as well).

The following is the current video and audio production setup that we have:

Computer System

• Computer Type: Mobile (Laptop)
• CPU: 2.26  GHz Intel Core i3
• RAM: 4 GB DDR3 @ 1066 MHz
• Hard Disk: 500 GB SATA
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• Display: ATI Radeon 5470 1GB DDR3

Audio System

• Mic: Behringer Studio Condenser Microphone C-1U sponsored by Brad of Tech Webcast

Video System

• Camcorder: CD-R King HD video gadget camcorder (works like Flip camera)
• Green Screen: Yes
• Teleprompter: None

Lighting System

• Desktop and Fluorescent Lamps

Software

• Video: Sony Vegas Professional
• Images: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Paint.NET
• Audio: Adobe Audition 3
• Utility: CamStudio

While apparently his setup is amateur-level for video production which presents many technical constraints, he tries his best to produce quality episodes by squeezing the juice his systems can offer, and relying on direct influence of the team’s audio and video editing production skills. Likewise, here are the usual steps we follow for each episode that we produce.

PLANNING

• John Raul Joven II, the news anchor and video producer, announces the fixed date of the upcoming episode release. This is done through our official Twitter account. If you haven’t done so, follow us at http://www.twitter.com/techconclave
• During this phase, segment invitations are sent to desired tech correspondents and geeks. The video producer finalizes the storyboard of the episode by getting the headline titles per correspondent. Each episode may present something new but follows a familiar format from previous episodes.

SHOOTING

All confirmed tech correspondents who will contribute for the upcoming episode are closely communicated.

• Tech correspondents capture their own video and do basic editing using their own systems.
• Raw video reports from tech correspondents are received. This is done through file sharing websites like Rapidshare, Skype transfer, or any other means. This takes a lot of time due to Internet connection speed constraint.
• News anchor shoots his own videos and take necessary scenes that will weave the videos submitted by tech correspondents.

EDITING

• Video submissions are joined, edited, formatted, and enhanced to form a unique episode of Tech Conclave with familiar program flow.

RENDERING

• Rendering is done using Sony Vegas professional audio and video editing software. A fifteen-minute episode of Tech Conclave using the current system setup mentioned above takes around 4 hours to render. Each rendering is an all-or-nothing attempt is as the software may succeed or crash in the process.

UPLOADING

• Rendered episode video is uploaded to popular video distribution website like YouTube. Due to constraint with Internet connection and the fallacy of unlimited hosting, it takes up to 6-7 hours to upload a full episode.

If you liked our video episodes, there are many ways to support us for our future episodes. You can also contact us if you have questions or suggestions.