Third Revelation: Smartphone Video

So, if you want your revelations in order, start with the post, "First Revelation."  
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Third -3rd- Revelation

OK, so now it's a year later, May 2015 (man am I good a keeping up with my blog or what?)

A small tornado struck Broken Arrow, OK.  Once again, I called the Weather Channel. Now, I knew a national news organization would use video shot with my smartphone.  

I still can't believe it, but this year there is a twist.  Only last week, I started learning how to use Dropbox (only two years behind my daughter who was a senior at UCO).  Now could I send bigger, higher-quality files faster?  If I did, where would they go?  If they went there, how would anyone else find them, let alone put them on the air?  I still don't know the answer to these questions.

My first job was to be on the air a few times doing phone reports for The Weather Channel.  They introduced me as an NBC producer, since NBC owns them.  I guess that's not a lie, since I work for NBC as a freelancer.  But it made my head quite big until I thought, "Now can I pull off getting them the video?"

After clicking around on my iPhone's sending capabilities and Dropbox's mysterious tabs, I found the right combinations to send and receive videos.

Cover video:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f37ob5ikwsrzx06/CoverVid2-Cole.MOV?dl=0

Interview:  Yes, if you have four walls to block the wind, stand close and cup your hands around the phone, you, too, can get decent-tolerable audio.  It is even better if you have a roof, which this lady did not.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fsoao779gxbcgev/INTV-Carol%20Cole.MOV?dl=0