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Editing Technique

Editing: It’s the Pace, Ace!

Okay - I admit it, I have a problem. I walk fast. I don't know why, I just do. If I get out of...

Lighting Design

Digital Video Lighting : Enhance Video with Light & Color

Who needs colored lighting for your video these days, since your digital post system lets you dial in any hue you want? Digital color...

Composition

Home Video Hints: Common Shooting Mistakes

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What's one of the differences between a professional and an amateur in any endeavor? A professional has either learned or been taught to avoid...

Composition

Digital Cinema: How to Make Your Mini DV Look Like Film

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The 14th Annual Films Arts Festival of Independent Cinema screened the very first video I ever shot on Mini DV. When I went to...

Lighting Design

Light Source: On Location with Gaffer Tom

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Dear Goldilocks, You say you don't believe work is keeping me too busy to write and what's a gaffer anyway, some job on a fishing...

Technology

DVD+R Format Now Includes 2 Layers

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DVD+RW Alliance Demonstrates Dual-Layer DVD+R In a move to double the capacity of recordable DVDs, Philips and MKM (Mitsubishi Kagaku Media)/Verbatim have announced a version...

Audio Recording

Sound Advice: A Listening Ear

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Raise your right hand and repeat after me: "I promise to always keep headphones in my camera bag and to use them on...

Composition

Shooting Sports: The NFL Films Model

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The editors at NFL Films are masters of the art of film editing and have changed the way that TV, film and video crews...

Camera Settings

Home Video Hints: In-Camera Effects

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Take a moment to cast your mind into the recent past. Remember the last big Hollywood movie you watched? Remember the characters? How they...

Camera Equipment

New Gear

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Lil' Fella Panasonic's SV-AV100 is a compact SD Card camcorder that records JPEG photos, MPEG-4 video and DVD-quality MPEG-2 video. The unit features a 10x...