EventDV articles from July 2006

EventDV archives from July 2006

Hero with a thousand faces.(the nonlinear editor)
July 1, 2006... In the world of Major League Baseball, which commands an inordinate share of my day-to-day attention once the season gets underway, most of the media focus thus far in 2006 has concerned two players, one long dead and the other severely...

Sounding off.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... I eagerly read Anthony Burokas' April cover story on portable audio recorders (pp. 22-28) since I have looked hard at all three models, and have some experience with the Marantz rackmounted recorder (PMD570) and the M-Audio Microtrack. While I...

NAB 2006: 12 new products to watch.(current events)
July 1, 2006... This year's NAB delivered the usual mix of hype, new and nearly new technology, and exciting prototype products not quite ready for prime time. Even with four full days to roam the show floor, there is still too much for anyone to take in. That...

WEVA presents: video education to other wedding vendor associations.(WEVA at AFWPI)
July 1, 2006... This year, WEVA is reaching out to other wedding professionals within the bridal community to educate them on the various video services videographers can provide. WEVA will also discuss how they can help them market their services through the...

Philips 23" LCD monitor.(Technology Update)
July 1, 2006... Being someone who has always edited with dual 17" CRT monitors, the switch to a large, single LCD screen presented quite a change. But for the sake of conservation--both space and power bill relief--I was willing to give it a go. The new...

On-the-job training: with Mark and Trisha Von Lanken.(continuing education)
July 1, 2006... Mark and Trisha Von Lanken, award-winning videographers, same-day edit pioneers, and masters of the moving camera, recently decided to extend their acclaimed educational efforts beyond the familiar confines of the training DVD and tradeshow...

In defense of tape.(hd today)
July 1, 2006... Much of the online NAB coverage I read this year has espoused the tapeless workflow and disparaged tape, which has served us rather admirably for 50 years. Let's examine some of these claims. Gone are the failed shoots due to condensation...

Microphones and more, Part two: from lavs to windsocks.(gear now)
July 1, 2006... Some sharp-eyed correspondents questioned the assertion in last issue's GEAR & NOW (pp. 14-15) that more than two billion microphones are produced annually--with more each year! Admittedly, this figure may seem a little outrageous until you...

Business matters.(studio time)
July 1, 2006... Michael Kolowich has succeeded in business, but not without trying. It's been 32 years since he graduated from Harvard with a degree in engineering and applied physics, and 26 years since he earned an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard's...

Learning channel.(class act)
July 1, 2006... i was watching television with my children when their favorite yellow-square-porous character came on. During the episode, the irrepressible SpongeBob was frantically trying to hold on to his boat while being towed behind like a water skier. In...

Cracking the cable ad market: Part 1: in part of our two-part series on cable, we'll explore how to size up opportunities in your local market and tap this revenue stream where it's available. Next month, in part two, we'll look at production challenges and how ad production differs from event video work.(GAINING A FOOTHOLD)
July 1, 2006... For most EventDV readers, the majority of business falls into one of two categories: personal or corporate. Personal videos include the standard wedding/ mitzvah/party fare along with the increasingly popular category of retrospective photo...

The road to financial freedom.(the reel deal)
July 1, 2006... are you part-time and dreaming of going full-time into videography? Do you want to move into a store-front location? What is holding you back from fulfilling your entrepreneurial dreams? Is it the money? There are only a lucky few who never...

Devils' advocate.(field of vision)
July 1, 2006... Videographer Mark C. Lowe, owner of Dallas-based arkAge Video, describes a recent shoot: "One woman's son, wearing a Piglet outfit, was chased around by a guy wearing a psycho-killer mask." No, Mark wasn't filming an open-bar reception that...

Cut lines: ceremony multiclip tricks.(final cut pro tutorial)
July 1, 2006... Hello again, FCP editors! The heat of southern Louisiana summers is knocking at my door with its tropic-zone humidity and soup-tick stickiness. So this month we'll start getting into a sticky problem: Multiclip editing of long shoots like...

For videographers, by videographers: creating and marketing productivity tools.
July 1, 2006... Who better than videographers to develop timesaving templates, plug-ins, and other "productivity tools" for their videographer peers? PixelPops and other independent studios have led the way in developing products for the videography community....

Role models.(executive decisions)
July 1, 2006... "The best way to predict the future is to create it." Peter Drucker, 1909-2005 When I was growing up, my childhood hero was baseball player Rusty Staub of the Houston Astros. I think I liked him mostly because he was a famous person from...

The gadget bag.
July 1, 2006... most of us use the Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports on our computers for two purposes: external data storage and printing. But thanks to an ever-growing range of gadgets designed to take advantage of USB connectivity, your USB port may help you...

Apple MacBook Pro 15.4".
July 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS The first-generation MacBook Pro meets expectations for a mobile editing platform, although truly mobile battery-powered editing sessions still require at least one additional battery, given the MacBook Pro Core Duo's power...

Panasonic AG-HVX200 and Focus FireStore FS-100.
July 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: The VX2000 and PD170 may be the kings of wedding videography, But for industrial, commercial, indie film, and other types of work, they don't hold a candle to the Panasonic HVX200, which is as close to a "digital film" camera as...

The art of video noise removal.(the moving picture)
July 1, 2006... all writers get queries from readers who are attempting to fix one problem or another, and it always feels geat when you can actually help them out. This column describes one such occurrence, relating to a noisy HDV frame grab. While on the...