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Audio

Making the Y/C Connection

OK, you've decided to step up to better picture quality. You are the proud owner of a new high-quality camcorder or VCR, perhaps Hi8...

Shooting

Quick and Easy Video Projects

Videomaker

Would you like to shoot more video than you do? Could you use a bunch of ideas for satisfying programs that require very little...

Audio

Video Equipment Reviews

Videomaker

Paying Its Way AG-456UP S-VHS Camcorder Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems One Panasonic Way Secaucus, NJ 07094 ($2495) The Panasonic AG-400 series of S-VHS camcorders has set a standard...

Profitmaking

Cable TV: Leased Access

Videomaker

Leased access means one thing to the independent videomaker--opportunity. No other "institution" offers such a great outlet for viewership, profit and personal satisfaction. Finally,...

Planning

How to Create a Storyboard

Videomaker

Hitchcock is "notorious" for having done it. Spielberg has been known to hire armies of artists to do it. Now, thanks to new technologies,...

Editing

On Ramp: Digital Video Discs

Videomaker

Hold on, folks. Another "home movie" format is heading our way. The much-ballyhooed Digital Video Disc (DVD) is on the verge of entering the...

Audio

A TBC Tale

Videomaker

Your video masterpiece is complete. You shot and edited it on a high-band format such as Hi8 or S-VHS. You cut no corners when...

Profitmaking

Desktop Video: Shooting Video for Multimedia

Videomaker

You've just been asked to produce a short video training program that will be distributed on CD-ROM. Or a multimedia publisher has hired you...

News

Consumer Video Visionaries

Videomaker

Visionaries? Prophets? Geniuses? Or just people who happened to be in the right place at the right time? Whatever you call them, the pioneers...

Directing

Magic Memories: A Guide to Shooting Reunions

Videomaker

Whether you tape them for fun or profit, reunions offer video opportunities second only to weddings. What kinds of reunions? Well, high school and college,...