Sometimes its hard not to rage against the 'world as it is' against the 'world as it *should* be'. More and more I find I'm becoming the 'old guy'...
Take YouTube.
I have a large number of available film clips available. At current counting there are 25 in total. (See my 'channel' : DarrellatWareham )
Of those the breakdown is:
Iron Smelting - 8
Blacksmithing Work - 13
Viking Age Work - 7
Fluff - 1
(some double up in those categories)
Now, what *bugs my butt* is people complaining about the video / audio quality:
Film Critics: PLEASE READ BEFORE COMPLAINING ABOUT VIDEO / AUDIO QUALITYWhat I see here is people who can NOT get their simple brains past the intent of the film series in the first place - INFORMATION.
Please realize that I am an ARTISAN BLACKSMITH not a FILM MAKER.
Deliberate choices have been made to record information details, and the nature of the events depicted is effected by limited equipment.
Sound is recorded as 'ambient' - as I feel the sound of hammer on metal is a critical piece of information. This means problems with shifting volumes and background noise like fans and blowers sometimes intrudes.
Almost all camera systems use some form of infra-red focusing and what is depicted is hot metal. So of course focusing often shifts.
Cameras 'see' a different range of light than the human eye. The result of this is a flaring and inaccuracy when recording hot metals.
I deliberately choose to narrow the view to the working tools. The intent is not to display myself, but my work methods.
The video segments presented here are intended to be Educational - not Entertainment.
Yes I realize (St McLuhan) that the 'Medium is the Message'. But I get pissed off at weenies who feel its their goal in life to bitch about trivia like focusing, rather than paying attention to the CONTENT. And then feel it is appropriate to preserve their feeble opinion with posted comments.
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I totally understand what you mean. I sometimes find myself acting as the "cranky old guy" when I see how small and critical some web comments can be.
So in the interest of being fair and balanced, I find your web and blog to be a great inspiration. I'm an SCA member with a persona of a Saxon circa 1,000. Through reading your stuff I've decided this coming year to get into blacksmithing and iron smelting, wanting to recreate a forge and bloomery appropriate for the period.
So, continue to write your blog, update your website, make your informational videos and tell the critics to "P--s off!"
I value what you do, and please continue.
Stuff the bloody critics; when they start posting valuable and interesting youtube clips, we'll be happty to piss all over their efforts.
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