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Join in with our 20th birthday celebrations - share your video messages

Hello Friends,

We're gearing up to celebrate Redgate's 20th birthday in October. To honour our milestone year, we are hosting a special birthday edition of SQL in the City Streamed on Wednesday 4th September. 

As you're all such an important part of our community, we'd love you to get involved by filming a birthday message. All videos will then be shown during the live stream.

If you'd like to take part, all you need to do is a film a short message to wish us a happy birthday and send it to friends@red-gate.com by Monday 19th August. This can be filmed using your phone, webcam or any other recording equipment. 

Just in case you need some help with filming your message, we've included some top tips below:

Video:

  1. Raise the camera to eye level or slightly above – this is easy if shooting selfie-style; if you’re recording from a webcam it might mean putting your laptop on some books
  2. To avoid being a silhouette, make sure the main light source is in front of you rather than behind you – eg shoot so that you’re looking out of a window, and the camera is facing away from it
  3. It’s tempting to look at the screen while you’re recording, try to look straight at the camera
  4. If you’re recording on a phone or tablet, shoot horizontal rather than vertical

Audio:

  1. Try to find a quiet space away from background noise
  2. Smaller rooms will sound less echo-y than big rooms
  3. A room with soft furnishings (carpet, sofas, blankets) will sound less echo-y than a room with hard surfaces (tiles, wood, glass,)
  4. If you have access to one, an external mic or headset will sound better than the microphone built in to your laptop / phone / camera.
If you have any questions, let me know. 

Thanks so much in advance. We're looking forward to seeing your messages.

Roseanna 
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  • Roseanna
    Hey Friends,

    Thank you to those who have already sent us your birthday messages - we loved watching them and can't wait to share them during next month's SQL in the City Streamed. 

    If you'd like to get involved, there's still time. Simply film a short happy birthday video message and send it to friends@red-gate.com by Friday 23rd August.

    Cheers,

    Roseanna 

    Roseanna
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  • KamilN
    Damn it! I missed it out. All because I have been on (too long) holiday...
    KamilN
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