Randy Cassingham's Blog

Posted by Bill, Idaho on June 4, 2007:

Is there any way to get a transcript, subtitling, or captioning on it? As a deaf reader of THIS is TRUE, I'm guessing that the video merely is a retelling of some sort of the stories on the newspaper background, but have no way to tell. I'm not sure what the black and white sections have to do with it, either.

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Here's the irony: Google Video, which was started shortly before Google bought YouTube, did have closed captioning! They're concentrating everything on YouTube now, though, which doesn't have it. My bet is they'll eventually bring that to YouTube too, but they aren't saying when.

The longer black & white sections are just the same as the shorter ones, and are just as you probably suspect: just little things of visual interest to keep the action moving along. Sometimes Katie is telling the story over the inserts, other times the inserts have their own "normal" sound effects. -rc

Posted by Rick Vandling PA on June 5, 2007:

Hey Randy, I like the video. It would be great if this was available for download to my TiVo like the Onion or Cnet.

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I've heard of that, and am sure there must be a method. I'll look into it! -rc

Posted by Stu, Coral Springs, FL on June 7, 2007:

I can barely type, I'm laughing so hard! I can't even see the screen! EXCELLENT! I'm gonna sign up for youtube just to give you the 5 stars!

Posted by Dustin in Calif. on June 9, 2007:

I just watched the video on YouTube. Very well done and fun. Hopefully this will bring True to the attention of a whole new crowd.

One thought I had was that folks who have never read True might not get the delineation between story and tag. What if you did the tag yourself? Just a thought! :-D

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I'm considering it. The logistics would be a tad difficult, but probably no more difficult to insert than the historical footage. -rc

Posted by Mike from Dallas on June 12, 2007:

I just watched your second video and I still love it! Kinda makes me wish I lived in Colorado so that I might have been a part of the production. Looks like great fun. (Denver's too tame and the weather's too cold, tho.)

Posted by Bernard in Brisbane, Australia on June 20, 2007:

Randy, I like it - although I also like the suggestion by Dustin in California that you deliver the taglines yourself. It'd make the point that it's your comment on the story, rather than part of the original story.

It might also allow you to avoid some of the classic 'misinterpretations' you've had from readers in the past.

Nah, what am I thinking? There'll always be a need for Goohf cards!

Posted by Ken, Westminster, CO on June 23, 2007:

It continues on as an excellent production.

One question - how much time do you (or whoever) spend in tracking down the historical clips that are inserted?

Does the availability (or lack thereof) or historical clips influence which stories get "promoted" to video?

OK, so maybe there was more than one question there :)

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Yeah, I think so. I don't know the answer to the first question, but the second is No -- they don't even go look until after the story is shot. I don't think there's much difficulty for a creative person to find things that fit. -rc

Posted by Wally, Philadelphia on June 28, 2007:

I've just seen the third video and they just keep getting better! I love the mixture of old TV footage and news. Keep up the great work!

Posted by Charlotte An American Living in Germany on June 30, 2007:

I have to rave over your video reports. The content with such appropriate insertions is genius level and shows a lot of dedication and planning...and Katy is perfect. She does not come across as a Hollywood actress trying to be a real person, she comes across as being a real person without any help at all! Great videos and thanks so much for your efforts on our behalf. You look real good too. Keep it up please, and thank you.

Posted by Benjamin Nelson of Digital Punch TV (Chicago) on July 30, 2007:

Nice work. We had the pleasure of working with Katie and the CleaverMedia team on episode 12 of our show Digital Punch TV. It was great. Best of success.

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CleaverMedia, eh? Does that mean your show is in the horror genre? :-) -rc