Every year I join the spring pilgrimage to Las Vegas and worship at the shrine of unaffordable and unavailable equipment. Every NAB I’m impressed, inspired and frustrated; sometimes all by the same vendor... »
"The word Zoic comes from the Greek — it’s a suffix that means‘of life, or being,’" explains Loni Peristere, co-founder, CEO and creative director of Zoic Studios. In... »
I have here on my desk the remains of a V-Lite VHS videocassette. It was sent to my wife a few years ago, a promotional piece encouraging people to raise money for and run in a charity marathon.... »
Nice Shoes isn't just experienced with HD, they are HD evangelists. The New York post house has not only been working with high definition for at least six years on high-end commercial spots for such clients as MTV, Pepsi, IBM and Kodak but the facility has also taken HD on the road-literally.... »
I’m in a dealer’s showroom, stuffed with equipment used by Hollywood DPs—ARRI cameras, DigiPrime lenses, etc. The owner shows me a prototype HD camera so new it’s still in an unopened box. ... »
Not many people would admit to being a "Vidiot," but two brothers, Anthony and Michael Amoia, actually made it official, christening their New York City-based video post production/music composition company just that... »
In addition to the usual "get taxes done earlier" and "exercise more" resolutions we all set at the beginning of each year, let me suggest a few video-specific goals for 2006. The first few... »
You’re about to graduate from high school, and you want a career in video production. What do you do? If you choose the academic route, you could go to a high-profile film school, such as NYU, UCLA or USC, with the hope of standing out from the crowd. That’s assuming you’ll be accepted and can afford the tuition.... »
Traditionally, post-production facilities bring projects online only for short periods because of the amount of space that uncompressed media occupies on a disk. Each additional step in the post process then requires a layback.... »
We spend a lot of money on our tools. So my bank account and I are always eager to find inexpensive items that let me solve real production problems, sharpen my craft or make nice year-end gifts.... »
You can’t build a house without the right tools. We all know that, but in this business, if you don’t know how to use the tools well or have the vision of what the house should look like, well, you’re screwed.... »
Today’s drastically lower barrier to entry for video production means every dude with a camcorder is a Director of Photography, every computer jockey with a purloined NLE is an editor and every loud mouth... »
For one mid-western company, creative success has been a matter of combining the right ingredients in the right amounts. At Gasket, a new animation, design and VFX company in Minneapolis, MN, it's talent spiced with technology.... »
Compiled by Bryant Frazer, Alison Johns, Beth Marchant and Linda Romanello
Remember what DV did for standard-definition video acquisition? Ostensibly a consumer format, it opened the door for more than just accelerated home-movie production. Now HDV, which was also introduced as a consumer format, is catching on.... »
WHAT’S THEIR GIG? Unless you’re a wizard, it’s hard to be in two places at once. That is, unless you have a business with studios located on both sides of the country. Bob Giammarco, partner of the New... »
