MinTech.org » count down timer http://mintech.org Where Ministry and Technology Meet Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:14:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Do we need a Count Down? http://mintech.org/2009/03/29/do-we-need-a-count-down/ http://mintech.org/2009/03/29/do-we-need-a-count-down/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:46:57 +0000 servant http://mintech.org/2009/03/29/do-we-need-a-count-down/ Count down video segments are useful for coordinating the showing of a video with another event. In the motion picture industry, they were originally used to synchronize the sound with the picture (i.e. when they were on separate media.) Here is an example of a 10 second count:

Is there any point in including this type of segment in production video clips? Or is it just an annoyance? What do you think?

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