EventDV articles from May 2005

EventDV archives from May 2005

Getting in tune.(the nonlinear editor)(Cameron Crowe's works)
May 1, 2005... if you've ever doubted that Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous was as much personal family history as paean to the early '70s rock scene, check out the director's commentary on the deluxe edition DVD, in which Crowe and his mother reminisce about...

Blurring the line.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... David Robin makes some excellent points in February's MAIN EVENT, "Crossing the Line" (p. 18). Being unobtrusive while shooting a wedding and utilizing a videojournalistic style is an approach that can certainly yield very creative and pleasing...

Looking forward.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... I appreciate your mention of the Fast Forward Club as an alternative resource for wedding and event videographers in "Former WEVA Insiders Regroup" (February, pp. 9-10). However, I wouldn't call the cancellation of our first Expo a...

Tenacious HD: Apple, Sony, Panasonic, Avid, and Adobe highlight early NAB news.(current events)
May 1, 2005... NAB starts on different days for different people. For vendors and expo attendees, the real action kicks off on Monday. If you're a journalist, most of the high drama has already passed by the time the expo floor opens. If you're in town to...

My kind of town: WEVA Town Meeting: Chicago, March 2005.(Wedding and Events Videography Association Town Meeting)
May 1, 2005... I attended my first WEVA Town Meeting in Arlington Heights, Illinois, on March 23, climbing aboard the WEVA train for the third stop of their annual five-city whirlwind tour. This was actually my second WEVA event--I attended WEVA Expo last...

Now we are six: Sony Media Software debuts Vegas 6.(Sony Vegas 6)(Sony Media Software)
May 1, 2005... One of the great things about twenty-first century magazine publishing is that location doesn't matter in the way it still does in, say, real estate; with a phone line and broadband Internet connection, you can get the job done just about...

Survey says.(current events)(Illustration)
May 1, 2005... Each week, EventDV's EventDV Spotlight e-newletter surveys its 14,000 readers on topics related professional event videoraphy. Results are reported here and in the newsletter. To subscribe to EDV Spotlight, visit www.eventdv.net/Newsletters....

HDV: what you NEED to know.(continuing eduction)(High Definition Video)
May 1, 2005... by Douglas Spotted Eagle and Mark Dileo Not since the introduction of the DV format and the FireWire interface has there been so much talk about a new technical development in video as there has with HDV. Since the introduction of Sony's...

Event calendar.(current events)(Calendar)
May 1, 2005... 4EVER Group www.4evergroup.org Ken Ehrhart STORYteller Workshop * Norcross, GA MAY 23, 2005 NECC (National Education Computing Conference) www.centeruoregon.edu/iste/necc2005 Annual Convention ...

Storyteller Wedding biographies.(the inside story)
May 1, 2005... Storyteller Wedding Biographies offer a unique opportunity to the artists who choose to produce them. They are able to give the bride and groom--as well as their family, friends, and children--a gift that is more than just a one- or...

All the right notes.(studio time)(Luisa Casasnovas and Jery Winters)(Biography)
May 1, 2005... The greatest thing about that first encounter with a new song is that you never know where it will take you. It might start out slowly and softly, and then pick up speed and volume, or it can come at you with an intensity that never lets up....

The upscale wedding video: Part 1 pre-wedding productions.
May 1, 2005... As wedding videographers, we're all shooting for higher--end clientele; besides the bigger paycheck, working upscale weddings generally means we get to break out the expensive gear and shoot with bigger crews. But acceding to that rarified air...

Converging streams: rough waters ahead.(main event)
May 1, 2005... a few years ago at NAB, the theme was "Media Convergence." Since then, the term "convergence" as faded into the slogans of yesteryear. But in some fields, ours included, the concept is alive and well. Now I'm beginning to see signs of products...

Batteries and battery chargers (part-1).(Gear & now)
May 1, 2005... Supplying battery power on a DV shoot can be dangerous business. The ingredients in some batteries make a very toxic soup, like cadmium in NiCad batteries. Proper use and disposal is a personal, professional, and environmental concern for us...

Echoes from the backyard.
May 1, 2005... Dear DJ, I recently shot a wedding where the photographer was a real pain to work with. Every time I got set with a shot, the photographer planted himself in front of my camera, forcing me to move to get the shot. What would you do?...

Shooting under the knife.(management of videographers)(Cover Story)
May 1, 2005... For those wedding and event videographers who are having a difficult time filling the virtual abyss between week-end work, delving into the medical videography field might just occupy the mid-week void. Before you jump off the couch and call...

Ghosthunting.(using Panasonic AG-DVC30 MiniDV camcorders by Buck Productions)
May 1, 2005... how many times have you worked a video shoot during which--for some strange, unexplained reason--a piece of equipment went down? It shouldn't surprise you. As we all know, or should by now, video gear is unnaturally affected by...

The ROI of streaming: the time to ask yourself whether or not you should add online video to your toolkit has long passed. Streaming lets you reach potential clients quickly and easily, and can prove to be a boon to your bottom line.(return on investment)
May 1, 2005... We all know that technology advances quickly, but sometimes the speed at which one application is usurped by another still takes us by surprise. About a year ago, it surprised Ron Priest, a videographer who had just mastered the science of DVD...

Direct delivery.(hd today)
May 1, 2005... there's been a lot of talk in magazines about distribution of HD content, focused primarily on a few select pieces of hardware. But there are rumblings of change that will cause a dramatic shift in the way video gets distributed. Are you ready?...

Presentations and the video producer.(class act)
May 1, 2005... the thoughtful process that goes into creating a good wine is similar to what it takes to create a great lecture, resulting in a good body, rich and bold yet playful and lively. A key ingredient to achieving lecture greatness is the use of a...

[G.sup.2] Interactive Director's View.(product introduction)
May 1, 2005... SYNOPSIS: Director's View provides a quick and efficient way to leverage Flash video on your Web site and deliver samples and other content to clients without fear of player conflicts. It's ideal for the producer that has only the one...

Ulead DVD MovieFactory 4 Disc Creator.(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 1, 2005... SYNOPSIS: Ulead DVD MovieFactory 4 is the best entry-level Windows DVD authoring tool on the market: it's also the one to use if you want to produce simple to moderately complex titles fast. While it lacks some of the capabilities of...

Epson Stylus Photo R800.(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 1, 2005... SYNOPSIS: Though it won't set any speed records and costs more than Epson's popular R300 series of printers that combine photo and other paper-printing capabilities with direct CD/DVD disc labeling, Epson's Stylus Photo R800 is nonetheless...

To stream or not to stream?(studio streaming)
May 1, 2005... it's been something of a recurring theme in Studio Streaming that getting your video on the Web and to potential clients is more important than how you go about doing it. And that's certainly true, at least from the perspective of a viewer, who...

Avid at the apex.(The Moving Picture)(Avid Technology Inc.)(Column)
May 1, 2005... at the high end of digital video editing, Avid Technology clearly is the market leader and has been for some time. After all, it's pretty impressive that all five Best Picture Oscar nominees and roughly 98% of primetime network television...