I have done immense advocating for solo-journalism, a style of multimedia journalism which sees only one person doing everything, basically a one-man-crew. He or she will handle the camera (both stills and video), do the visual editing, write the scripts, appear in front of the camera, write the article… EVERYTHING!
I’ve conducted workshops and lectures on it, written about it and practice it myself.
I’m not a technical person. I don’t care about the latest cameras, video editing softwares, lenses, apps, and all that bull! But I do keep up with technology that helps me be a better solo-journalist.
The gear that I normally carry with me is a small JVC HM100 HD broadcast camera, a small Canon 350D DSLR (I know! It’s ancient! But it gets the job done! I’ve even sold a photo-essay to Esquire and The Malaysian Insider using that camera!), and my MacBook Pro with FCP installed. Last week, I finally bought myself a brand new spanking DSLR so I can now shoot stills and video by only carrying one camera!! BOOM!!! Hahaha!! Late into the game…. but only equipment wise!!
So I got excited when I saw this video by Glen Mulcahy, who demonstrates his entire iPhone workflow for producing news packages. Inspiring is the least I can say about it!
I have used my iPhone too on many occasions. Below is a 30min TV documentary I shot in Myanmar with my iPhone. However, I edited it on FCP with my MacBook Pro. But I’m definitely going to experiment with how Mulcahy does it by using an iPad.
