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Video

The Skim

I am an unapologetic film buff. A friend recently asked what I thought was the single worst movie I have ever seen, and honestly, it was a question I could not easily answer. That was not to say that I have not seen any bad movies, but rather, that I have seen far too many bad movies to be able to pick out any one in particular. I really will see almost anything and have on more than one occasion simply showed up at a theater and bought a ticket for whatever happened to be starting next. (He knew he did not need to ask what my favorite movie was, because you need only spend a little time with me to discover my undying devotion to Joss Whedon's Serenity. In fact, you do not even need to get to know me, because I do manage to throw at least a few references to the movie or the TV show upon which it was based into every one of my books.) Given this love of film, it should be no great surprise to find that I like shooting video as well. Growing up, video cameras were too bulky and far too expensive to be anything more than a novelty to many, but today, the same factors that have pushed the astronomical rise in still photography have begun to apply to video. Cameras are smaller and cheaper than ever before and have become progressively easier to use. Android phones have, from fairly early on, included the ability to capture video, but many of today's models — and most every tablet — include cameras capable of capturing video in high definition.