Quality or quantity. You’ve heard these words used to describe plenty of things; work, products, food and even people. In the world of digital media production, they are often used to describe one very important element; light. Yes, light. Brightness. Radiance. Illumination. Without quantity, it becomes a project for radio. Without quality, it becomes an average, ordinary, just like everybody else looking video.
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When working on a video project, the sound or audio portion of the project often becomes a “stepchild” and gets neglected. What you need to realize is that audio is 50% of your final product. Why spend extra money on an awesome location with professional on-camera talent, and then record the audio with a cheap microphone on the camera? Recording quality audio in the field is just as important as making sure your video looks spectacular. Read the rest of this entry →
It’s the end of a long 12 hour day of shooting. The producer yells,”Who has all of the tapes?” Dead silence. No response.
Suddenly, laughter erupts on set with claims of “Remember the good ol’ days?” and “Do people still use that tape stuff?” Read the rest of this entry →
More and more, video crews have started to use different camera filters, lenses and attachments to give their finished program a certain look. One of the more popular devices as of late is called a depth of field adapter. This adapter enables the camera operator to use 35mm prime film lenses on any type of video camera. It attaches to the front of the camera and houses a small rotating piece of ground glass. These adapters help you to control what subject matter is the main focus in a particular scene.
“HD” is a general term and it refers to High Definition. As you may be aware, it’s quite the buzzword these days. It seems that you can’t go a day without hearing about the latest in HD televisions and program broadcasts. But when it comes to your company’s specific video program, what should HD mean to you? Read the rest of this entry →
Camera movement is an element of film and video production sometimes highly overlooked today. With the invention of the zoom lens, the physical movement of the camera and tripod location has changed and evolved. Often it is easier and less labor intensive to simply “zoom in” rather than moving the camera itself. Read the rest of this entry →
Greetings from PentaVision!
We hope this e-mail finds you well. We would like to take this time to let you know that PentaVision Communications is embarking on a new venture designed especially for you.
We would like to introduce a quarterly newsletter, entitled, “What’s Your Vision?” The first edition will be sent out via e-mail to you tomorrow. The newsletter is an informative tool for you to better understand and/or to inquire about the video production or digital media process. Our newsletter is designed to address the three key areas of the process: Pre-production, Production and Post-production and will include short and easy to read articles with additional links to other articles if you desire more knowledge on the subject.
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We thank you so much for your support and look forward to hearing from you!
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