This is the presentation that accompanied my Android Mobile Journalism Workshop at MoJoCon Ireland in Dublin, 30 April 2016.

1. Welcome to the
#Android #Mojo #Workshop
with Bernhard Lill
#Android #Mojo #Workshop
with Bernhard Lill | @MojoconIRL, 30 April 2016
Photo: Rob Bulmahn, cc by 2.0

2. What we’re up to today
1. Why Android? - PROs and CONs
2. Mojo Apps
3. Mojo Gear
4. Tips and Hands On: Filming with Android
Devices

3. 1. Why Android?

4. You can have stylish
phones …
Photo: Samsung

5. You can have modular
phones …

6. You can have phones
with a stylus …
Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns, cc by 2.0

7. You can have outdoor
phones …
Photo: CatPhonesPhoto: CatPhones

8. … phones with
exchangeable batteries
Photo: LG

9. … and with expandable
storage (SD Card)

10. … and even a Fairphone
Photo: Fairphone

11. 1. Why Android?
Because you can choose
from lots of different
phones which cater for
individual needs.
And many are fit for MoJo.

12. 1. Why Android?
You can install alternative
operating systems.

13. Some Alternative
Operating Systems

14. 1. Why Android?
2011: Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread)

15. 1. Why Android?
2011: Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) 2016: Android 6.0 via CyanogenMod

16. 1. Why Android?
→ Alternative operating systems can keep even older phones up to date.

17. Are there drawbacks?
The main drawback in the
Android world is called
fragmentation.

18. Fragmentation: Devices
Source: http://opensignal.com/reports/2015/08/android-fragmentation/

19. Fragmentation: Brands
Source: http://opensignal.com/reports/2015/08/android-fragmentation/

20. Fragmentation: OS
© Google

21. Fragmentation: Screens
Source: http://opensignal.com/reports/2015/08/android-fragmentation/

22. Fragmentation
„Device and OS fragmentation are the
two most challenging aspects of
Android development. They add many
layers of decisions, compromises and
then design and redesign.“
Kevin Buonagurio, FilmicPro

23. Camera FV-5
Field Recorder Storehouse
Soundcloud
PeriscopeAdobe Premiere Clip
Legend Foundbite
Recforge Lite
Cinema FV-5
Videoshow
Twitter
2. Basic Mojo Apps

24. 3. Mojo Reporter Kit (A)
Rode Videomic Pro
L Shaped Grip
Shoulderpod S1
TRSS Adapter

25. Rode VideoMicro
L Shaped Grip
Shoulderpod S1
TRSS Adapter
Audio sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP84IgKpUc8
3. Mojo Reporter Kit (B)

26. 4. Filming with Android
Devices
Photo: Crafty Dogma, cc by 2.0

27. Switch your Phone to
Flight Mode

28. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxZghn1Y2uQ
Don’t Produce a Theatre
Play

29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mezD2j-R2Y
Edit your Footage

30. What? Who? Where?
Over the Shoulder Joker or Wow Shot
Use the Five Shots

31. film here
don’t film here
line of action
Respect the Line of
Action (180º Degree Rule)

32. Respect the Rule of
Thirds

33. Get close! Don’t zoom!!

34. Do you have any questions left?

35. Then let’s have some Android action …
… and try some apps now.

36. Thanks for joining my
Photo: Rob Bulmahn, cc by 2.0
#Android #Mojo #Workshop
Bernhard Lill | @ dermedientyp | @MojoconIRL, 30 April 2016