EventDV articles from October 2006

EventDV archives from October 2006

WEVA Expo 2006: don't call it a comeback.(the nonlinear editor)
October 1, 2006... Earlier this year, WEVA took a great deal of heat from some association members over the discontinuation of WEV magazine and the association's ongoing legal imbroglio with the 4EVER Group. Do the solid success and myriad innovations of its 16th...

What's cookin' in corporate media?(executive decisions)
October 1, 2006... Start with a pound of freshly ground Persistence and mix in a double dash of Patience. Place over a very hot fire, and stir constantly while pouring in raw Perseverance to taste. This is just one of my many delicious recipes for successful...

Volunteers.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... As an event videographer, I look forward to your trade-driven articles each month. I was particularly impressed with David Michael Drenk's August cover story, "Volunteer Videography (pp. 30-36)," having done so much myself. In fact, it is how I...

Get the concept.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I just wanted to add a note to Ron Dawson's most recent "What a Concept" column. This also ties into "Cracking the Cable Ad Market" by Geoff Daily. Clients place a "perceived value" on what they are paying for in a production. It always...

Get reel!(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... Regarding Elizabeth Welsh's June cover story on shooting Super8 ("Reeling in the Years," pp. 44-51), I am afraid that I just don't understand the insistence upon a pursuing a "film look" by shooting at 24p or, even worse, incorporating...

Monitors: is what you see what they get?(gear & now)
October 1, 2006... Reading some of the great tips that my fellow columnist Ed Wardyga shared in his STAGE TO SCREEN column in in August EventDV ("Event Prep," p. 42), I took a cue for this column. Ed's advice about the importance of pre-planning, site-checking,...

The reel world.(studio time)
October 1, 2006... Eric S. Model wanted to be a videographer when he was 13 years old. Back in 1988, the New City, New York native was preparing to celebrate his bar mitzvah when his mother hired Steven Bass Photography and Video to shoot the occasion. Bass had...

Do we need video? Questions for small houses of worship.(the amen corner)
October 1, 2006... Whether because of the trickle-down effect or the commoditization of technology--or just dreams of growth--many smaller houses of worship are choosing the media-centric path--forged by mega-churches and followed by medium-sized houses of...

The timeshifted wedding video goes mainstream: the most dramatic shift in wedding and event video today is time itself--the timeshift video, with which an increasing number of videographers are imposing imaginative alterations on an event's chronological sequence to create dazzling and emotionally compelling results.(BREAKING THE MOLD)(Cover story)
October 1, 2006... Back in the twentieth century, videographers largely produced linear videos, telling the story of an event in a straight line from the beginning, through the middle, to the end. Despite the widespread use of nonlinear editing tools by century's...

Cut lines: HDV and DVCPRO-HD workflow: greetings once again, fellow FCP editors! This month, you get a two-for-one HD special!(final cut pro tutorial)
October 1, 2006... I'm going to give you a quick-and-dirty outline for typical HDV and DVCPRO-HD (P2) workflows, from HD capture to SD output to DVD authoring. The only difference between the two workflows will be the ingesting, since output for SD DVD authoring...

Saturday night at the movies.(making history)
October 1, 2006... Years ago, the movie industry also owned the local movie theaters. Hollywood would produce the movies and show them in their studio-owned theaters. Each week, they would show trailers, or previews, of their own upcoming movies in the hope that...

Distributed network encoding with Apple compressor.
October 1, 2006... Ever since the anticipated release of Apple's Distributed Network Encoding, I've been dying to connect the horsepower of a bunch of G5s together to produce screaming-fast encodes. What kind of performance boost would I be able to get from using...

POST production.(what a concept)
October 1, 2006... For the past few months, we've been exploring the world of concept video production. This month we'll look at the editing process. Since most of you are already competent editors, I don't want this piece to be a basic tutorial. Instead, I'm...

Grass Valley EDIUS Pro Version 4.
October 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: EDIUS does a very good job handling multiple formats, and that may attract some interest from videographers who regularly work with different types of source footage. It also includes several fine new features, including an...

GTech G-RAID 500 and G-DRIVE-mini.
October 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: In testing, both the G-RAID and G-DRIVE-mini proved real troopers. The 500GB G-RAID enclosure performed flawlessly using both FireWire 400 and 800 connections, and I highly recommend it. The G-DRIVE-mini worked perfectly on...

Aleratec Technologies 1:4 DVD/CD Tower Publisher LS.
October 1, 2006... SYNOPSIS: For studios with multiple or complex duplication jobs, the Aleratec Tower Publisher's combination of LightScribe technology and queueing capability is a valuable asset, making it a great time-saver and a great way to impress clients....

It's Boss time!(the reel deal)
October 1, 2006... Did you know that Monday, October 16, 2006, is National Boss Day? A quick internet search revealed the following: Reason We Celebrate National Boss Day: To show appreciation to a boss or supervisor. Observance of National Boss Day:...

Some bits on audio.(the moving picture)
October 1, 2006... All of us have had audio rise up and bite us in the rear on a project or two, usually when we were focused elsewhere and not paying attention to levels, connections, and the like. Fortunately, with the right set of software tools and a bit of...