EventDV articles from March 2007

EventDV archives from March 2007

Jacksonville skyline.(the nonlinear editor)
March 1, 2007... The wedding and event video industry has had a handful of "were you there?" moments over the years--pivotal events that happened relatively quickly in the presence of relatively few, but grew into legend over subsequent years with many more...

Mouth to mouth.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2007... Regarding David Bauers' letter to the editor, "World Weary" (January, p. 7), I would have to differ with his argument that the "bridal attitude" is the "core problem" in our industry. I have been in the video business almost 20 years, and I...

Fifth dimension.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2007... The process described by Robin, Hopper, and Sessions in "Creating 3D Animated Photos" (January, p. 20) was intriguing, but lacked one important point--the URL of their sample movie: http://www.boulevardvideo. com/dapa/dapa.html. This sampler is...

Editing HDV.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2007... Ben Balser's January article, Editing HDV" (pp. 24-29), was one of the best explanations I've seen of the HDV editing process for those contemplating the move to HD.

Mother of invention.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2007... I have three comments on Mike Nelson's January MAIN EVENT column, Overcoming the Stereotype of the Part-Time Industry" (p. 13). First, the mother of the bride is mentioned as having experience planning a wedding, which is largely...

Mics, part one: wired for on-camera--and no-camera--audio recording.(gear & now)
March 1, 2007... In this, the first of a two-parter on mics and audio gear now available for pro videographers, we'll look at some new products for on-camera and "no-camera" audio acquisition. The need for a "no-camera" audio recording solution is driven...

From Manila to the O.C., the world is flat.(studio time)
March 1, 2007... Continuing our expansion of Studio Time's global sweep, this month we profile the work of Dominic Velasco and Imacron Digital, his Philippines-based video production and video editing company, and its stateside outsourcing offshoot, Imacron...

HDV today, AVC-HD tomorrow?(hd today)
March 1, 2007... On May 11, 2006, Panasonic and Sony announced specifications for AVC-HD, a brand new HD digital video camera recorder format the two companies jointly established. The AVC-HD format allows for recording and playback of high-resolution, digital...

Be PRE-pared.(the main event)
March 1, 2007... The single most important concept in the growth and success of my wedding business over the last 24 years is what I call the "PRE-Wedding Meeting with Your Director of Videography." This is a meeting I have with the bride sometime after she has...

Hindu Weddings: The Videographers Guide.(continuing education)
March 1, 2007... Twelve years ago I attended the wedding of a cousin who'd been raised as a mostly secular Reform Jew. Four years before she got married, she joined an ultra-orthodox Chabad temple, got engaged, and threw a wedding that seemed cultish,...

Nightsong Productions' Wedding and Event Series Vol. 3.(continuing education)
March 1, 2007... Michael Aiken first released his Wedding and Event Series Volume 1 CD, geared specifically toward wedding and event videographers, in 2004. Volume 2 was released in 2005, and was favorably reviewed in the August 2005 issue of EventDV (The...

Upcoming educational events.(continuing education)(Calendar)
March 1, 2007... Event Video: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer (April 17) All-day workshop with David Robin (Boulevard Video Productions); King of Prussia, PA; $175 www.gpva.com/DavidRobin1.pdf Cinematic Shooting and Editing (March...

Creating loop-based soundtracks in Adobe Audition.(tutorial)
March 1, 2007... Loop-based music creation is a technique that is being used in a lot of the programs that you see (and hear) on broadcast television today. Loop music is created when repetitive parts of a piece of music are made into single pieces that the...

The perceived value of video.(op-ed)
March 1, 2007... Perceived value is the intangible factor that can make or break a business. It's all about image. Image, image, image! As wedding videographers, that's what's hurting us as an industry at this point in time--we have a poor image and what we do...

Who needs remote control? Grizzly pro and the videographers who use it.(event dv FEATURE)
March 1, 2007... At his WEVA Expo seminar on multicamera shooting, Minneapolis videographer Ron Schmidt claimed an unofficial (and possibly uncontested) world record: 45 seconds to deliver a three-camera wedding video. How did he do it? Using remote-controlled...

Have consumer video products reached a tipping point?(the amen corner)
March 1, 2007... With the advent of the MiniDV format, consumer video tools began to exhibit qualities more in line with their professional siblings. A company I'd founded began exploring the use of consumer equipment at about the same time, for inclusion in AV...

Dare to stream: so you've decided to get your demo tapes and even some client deliverables online. Great. This article will help you choose a compression technology (or two), encode your videos, and decide how to distribute them from a website.
March 1, 2007... Let's get started. CHOOSING A DATA RATE I'll start by addressing the most significant concern most wedding and event videographers have about streaming. You spend upwards of 40 hours shooting and editing the perfect video, the last...

Canon's XH A1 and next-generation HDV: Canon's new XH A1 and G1 camcorders have a chance to push the boundaries of what a compact HDV/DV camcorder can do. They go head to head with features in the existing HDV mainstay, the Sony HDR-FX1/Z1U. But Sony is not resting on its laurels and has introduced the paradigm-shifting CMOS-based V1U camcorder. How does the new Canon A1 compare to the handheld HDV camcorders by Sony?
March 1, 2007... As an event videographer for over 17 years, I've used most everything from a two-piece camcorder and 3/4" tape system with 20-minute tape loads, to a Sony DSR 250 that shot more than 270 continuous minutes and ran a camera-top light and...

MacroSystem Renommee Plus.
March 1, 2007... SYNOPSIS: The Renommee Plus is MacroSystem's newest and most powerful standalone NLE. While capable of spreadsheets, word processing, web surfing, etc., with an optional Windows XP hard drive, it never shares any of its processing power or...

MF Digital ScribePC 9602.
March 1, 2007... SYNOPSIS: ScribePC is ideal for networked, high-volume shops with DVD-only or mixed CD/DVD duplication and printing jobs, especially those needing to serialize or otherwise customize their disc labels, and those whose workflow may be...

Matters of light and depth.(the moving picture)
March 1, 2007... Most of my shoots are on-location events like concerts, ballets, and weddings, where I use on-scene lighting or, at most, an on-camera light. When I've done training videos and other similar shoots where I had more control, I've used "ad hoc...