EventDV articles from March 2009

EventDV archives from March 2009

The price you pay.(the nonlinear editor)
March 1, 2009... A recession economy takes its toll here, there, and everywhere. Independent video studios and other small business owners know this as well as anyone. When your customers feel the pinch, so do you. "Free" trade magazines experience the ebb...

LEDs and fluorescent bring new lighting options.(gear & now)
March 1, 2009... The creative options for in-studio or fixed-location lighting for professional videographers will expand tremendously this year, as new LED and fluorescent fixtures become available. We will see new and enhanced products that offer extra...

Marketing with social networking sites.(strictly business)
March 1, 2009... A few years back, who could have predicted that adult conversation would be laced with words such as Twitter, Tweets, Facebook, Ning, and Plurk? Social networking websites are, many event videographers say, the newest and greatest thing. Here's...

Weddings, Super 8, and the BMX factor.(studio time)(Cover story)
March 1, 2009... The mid-1960s saw the advent of revolutionary film format Super 8--nowadays a medium used to conjure up memories of the "old days" our parents keep cocooned in cobwebbed basements and cold attics. In the '70s, boys racing their bikes on dirt...

Panasonic AG-HMC150.(in the field)
March 1, 2009... As I write this article, it's a cold January day in Oklahoma. I'm listening to one of my favorite jazz artists, Marcus Miller, on Pandora Radio. I can't help but draw comparisons between musical artists and media artists. We are all creative...

How to get good and consistent event audio.(sound decisions)
March 1, 2009... Video conveys information; audio conveys emotion. As wedding videographers, we are in the emotion business, so one would assume we'd always strive to get the best results using the best equipment available--and using it correctly. Sadly, this...

Matrox RT.X2 LE.(in the studio)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nonlinear video editing has come a long way since I started editing on Adobe Premiere in 2001. Version 6 was my first purchase. I remember the pain of having to render even the most basic of transitions, the...

Primera PTProtect.(in the studio)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One of the issues I have wrestled with ever since starting my video business in 1988 is the need to copy protect my work. When I was giving out VHS copies of my productions it was not as much of an issue, because...

Graphic thoughts: follow the star.(tutorial)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I'm not really sure if this idea came to me when I was listening to "Stars" by Switchfoot (one of my favorite bands), feeling the heartache of yet another Dallas Cowboys season with no postseason play (you know, that...

Cut lines: working with sound.(tutorial: final cut pro)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Someone recently asked me about managing soundtracks in Final Cut Pro (FCP), and I realized this is a subject of great interest in my classes also. This month, I'll focus on the various ways to manage soundtracks and...

Deconstructing the demo.
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do, compiled by Samantha Ettus, is based on the premise that often "the simplest things are the hardest to master." The simplicity of no-brainers such as...

Mistakes and all.(the moving picture)
March 1, 2009... Every spring I speak at Streaming Media East in New York City. Usually, I do a 3-hour, tech-heavy seminar on streaming production or the current state of the codec market, plus a 1-hour discussion on an equally weighty topic. This year I...