| Thanks for your feedback. We never claimed that our style is best or that our sense of aesthetics is best. We do claim that filming documentary style yields the best picture and sound quality based on our technical constraints and our goal of filming a large volume of founder stories. When you introduce more subjects in the interview it requires a wider area view. You can achieve this by having a wider lens camera or being further away from the subjects. In our case, we do NOT use a wide lens camera and we want to be up close and personal to the subject. We use a low-tech microphone that comes standard with our $200 camera. You have to be very close to the subject to ensure that sound quality is sufficient. Thus we film documentary style. These are examples of technical constraints that can hinder quality. Prior to filming these interviews, we had no idea the breadth of variables that can affect capturing good quality footage via video camera. Because we often film in suboptimal lighting conditions, we want to deliver the best picture quality. We use Vimeo player because their algorithms render picture quality brighter than other video players. We distribute on Youtube, iTunes, and most video platforms. You can find all of our videos on Youtube. For our purposes, filming documentary style reduces variables and aligns with our mission. At the end of the day we had to make hard and fast decisions 80/20 and produce something. We have been operational for 1.5 months and filmed 80 founder stories. We have received feedback from many founders and we have consulted a few professional filmmakers to improve our product. Things may change in the future and we are always open to suggestions. We hope you enjoy our founder stories : ) |