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First news story completely shot on an iPad 2 (with video)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 · 6:56 pm · 70 Comments

MacDailyNews reader Mike McNeill, who works for Fox 4 (KBTV) in Beaumont, Texas, shot and lightly edited what is likely the first news story to broadcast over the air that was completely shot and edited on an iPad 2:

Categories: News

Tags: iPad 2, KBTV

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Memetech

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:01 pm · Reply

But it’s for CONSUMING content, not creating it!!!???!!!!
- Memetech
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:02 pm · Reply
  
  Hey look at me, first post! My first first post ever on any forum.
  - @Memetech
    
    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:58 pm · Reply
    
    Welcome Memetech!
    
    Since this is your first post ever, here’s a piece of advice. Don’t post anything even remotely anti-Apple on this site. Actually it doesn’t even have to be anti-Apple. Simply praise a competitor and you will be eaten alive by some of these commenters.
    - Memetech
      
      Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 1:25 am · Reply
      
      Don’t worry I’m as rabid as rabid as the next fan. Over twenty years of apple worship, including the hard times that tested my faith.
      And not my first post, my first “first post”
      - Spark
        
        Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 10:00 am · Reply
        
        SO! You admit that your faith was tested! BLASPHEME! You are banned from MDN!!!
aka Christian

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:01 pm · Reply

And we awaken in a new world.
ZBeeb

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:08 pm · Reply

Kind of generous calling it a “News” story isn’t it?

(on second thought I guess that fit’s with the rest of Fox’s “News”)
- MacMan
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:52 pm · Reply
  
  Why the quotes around Fox “news” ZBeeb. You find the sycophants at NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN superior? Non-biased? Really? If you want news and opinions other then those copied from the State-Run media and dutifully reported, then you NEED to go to the only media outlet free of serious progressive/lib bias…. that would be Fox…
  - Spark
    
    Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 10:02 am · Reply
    
    I think the St. Patrick’s Day booze reviews on CNN offer far more nuance.
  - temprakneeoh
    
    Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 10:28 am · Reply
    
    I have this new Safari plug-in. it’s called AutoTruth. it’s very frustrating…
    
    here’s what I want to say to MacMan:
    “you’re the best! I wish I were your friend.”
    
    irritatingly, here’s what it keeps insisting I really mean:
    “you’re an idiot. drop dead.”
Sunra

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:10 pm · Reply

Gawd help us, more inanity.
J. Scott

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:16 pm · Reply

As an Apple loving, bagpipe playing, guy from Beaumont who is getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day I am thrilled to see both this story and how it was made. Way to go!
- mmcneill
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:56 pm · Reply
  
  you play the bagpipes? come on the show thursday!
  - Cubert
    
    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:24 pm · Reply
    
    This I gotta see! Post somewhere please!
Stan Winstone

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:25 pm · Reply

Add Beaumont, Texas to my list of places I never need visit…
- Cubert
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:26 pm · Reply
  
  Well, you’re either stodgy or boring. Every little town has its own certain thang.
  
  My guess is that you’re from somewhere around NYC or LA.
  - biteanaapl
    
    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:21 pm · Reply
    
    Stan’s right, Cubert. Beaumont is not a place worth visiting.
    
    Really.
    
    I’m as serious as a heart attack.
    
    That place sucks.
The Mac That Roared

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:29 pm · Reply

Indeed!
Corbinla

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:35 pm · Reply

It seems he recorded with the VGA camera…failure number one. He’s also terribly annoying, failure number 2. He used an iPad for a news story, great idea, could have been better.
- mmcneill
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:58 pm · Reply
  
  Had to use the VGA, I was one man banding, and had to know I was framed up.
  
  On being anoying, well, you sound like my mom, so I can deal.
ChrissyOne

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:40 pm · Reply

Aren’t Texans already pretty much pros at drinking*? Who’s our audience here?
- ChrissyOne
  
  Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 12:31 am · Reply
  
  * …and I mean that with respect, and my hat is off to them.
duhvinchi

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:54 pm · Reply

Shot on iPad2. Don’t know about “edited.” It’s all one long scene with no cuts. The couple of graphics had to have been added in at the TV station after the fact.

That said. Who knows. We may see TV stations completely replacing their expensive pro video equipment with iPads!
- ChrissyOne
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:03 pm · Reply
  
  It will always be hard to capture good footage on something as light as an iPad. Weight is inertia, and that’s your friend in video.
  - breeze
    
    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:13 pm · Reply
    
    Steadycam for iPad might work wonders.
  - breeze
    
    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:15 pm · Reply
    
    Make that weighted Steadycam.
    - Abdullah
      
      Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:20 pm · Reply
      
      Will that be an app?
midwestmac

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:56 pm · Reply

Didn’t see a whole hell of a lot of editing . . . good concept but I think we all know the iPad is capable of much more.
Elsic1975a

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:57 pm · Reply

Saying “edited” is exceedingly generous. I don’t usually belittle stuff, but that was just horrible.
Appelation

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 7:57 pm · Reply

Don’t get lost in the substance of the story or the reporter’s style or location.

The fact that this was shot on an iPad and processed on an iPad is huge. This is a watershed moment.

Holy Cow!
- Cubert
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:28 pm · Reply
  
  That was shown on mainstream media. Just to clarify a little.
ruprecht

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:06 pm · Reply

that was awesome. it’s obvious that it will change broadcasting… tell me you can’t see Anderson Cooper doing the same thing?
- ChrissyOne
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:13 pm · Reply
  
  Yeah, this is going to be big with field reporters, I think. If an iPad is all they need to have, they can be more agile and post their stories right away. Just don’t expect it to replace the broadcast quality cameras quite yet…
- Childermass
  
  Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 6:36 am · Reply
  
  Hey, Ruprecht, how’s the eye?
HandsomeSmitty

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:15 pm · Reply

Jeez, liberals are like cockroaches, come from from everywhere when the lights go out. But turn on the Light, say “vote” and watch ‘em scatter to Illinois!
- justified
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:52 pm · Reply
  
  Dumbest. Post. Ever.
- writingdevil
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:26 pm · Reply
  
  not really sure what this post is saying…more like a weak poitico trying to be cute, i guess….sounds like a couple of my pop’s drinking buds..loud, spew words but don’t have a clue…neway..the video…thumbs up for giving it a spin and getting it on air..and lighting in an all night 7-11 kind of place isn’t easy at all, having done a few shoots in that environment myself…
jmmx

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:19 pm · Reply

Cool. But not sure that much editing was done. Look like a single shoot job.
Mike McNeill

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:36 pm · Reply

You all make good points… I did use the VGA.. I was by myself, so need a monitor. I wish the front side cam was a little better.

The substance…well, you go where they send you.

They style…hey, part of my charm

Editing… not much, but did trim things up and take out a few dead spots.

Nevertheless, it’s a good start, and shows the potential of the device. It’s going to take practice to get really good at it. But this was a first attempt on a 90 mins deadline. You do what you can do… and in that situation, you do what you can. And in THIS situation, and no photog around, I grabbed the iPad and went with it. No prep, and little planning.

Now, with more them and an extra body there in addition to the reporter, sky is the limit.

Mike
Fox 4, Beaumont TX
- Bud
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:29 pm · Reply
  
  Mike, I think it was cool, and I’m not even a beer drinker. It certainly worked better than the old cell phone videos we see from time to time on networks. And the ability to frame yourself with an iPad opens things up. You are the innovator, so don’t worry about the couch potatoes trashing you from their parent’s basements. . . Too bad for the camera guys at your station. The GM will try to replace them all with iPads )
- Magin
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:30 pm · Reply
  
  Congrats on the first known newscast made with iPad 2! I’m sure it’ll get better with time but it seems like you’re off to a good start.
  
  P.S. The jerks that posted above are not representative of the readers of this site.
- leodavinci1
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:07 pm · Reply
  
  MIke, how did you get the shot so steady?
  
  From the steadiness of most of the video, I’m assuming you had the iPad mounted to something.
  - mike
    
    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:28 pm · Reply
    
    Just held on w both hands!
- Steve
  
  Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:47 am · Reply
  
  Mike,
  Great job! It’s amazing that it could even be done that way.
bbock

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:39 pm · Reply

Apple needs to create a way for the camera app on the iPhone to transmit it’s stored video to an iPad without having to sync it to a computer. Can you imagine sending out people with iPhone 4s to capture video and then drawing it all into an iPad and editing it. It could change video journalism. I suggest shooting on the iPhone just because it’s camera is so much better and it’s easier to hold than an iPad.
- WetFX
  
  Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 11:59 am · Reply
  
  It is called Photo Transfer it is great. It does need to be in a WiFi hotspot. Not a Apple product, but who cares.
Sol

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:56 pm · Reply

Fox 4?

Booooo!
Laughing_Boy48

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:48 pm · Reply

Sorry, but you can’t create content on an iPad. You have to use something like a Windows Slate to do that. iPad is only useful for consumption of content and not even good for that because it doesn’t support the world’s most important plug-in on the internet, Flash. No consumers or businesses will ever use an iPad and Apple will soon give up selling tablets and build netbooks instead.