Blue Sky Video Bloggings
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
It's been two years since I posted my last blog. Many things have happened.
Stay tuned to get the inside stories of filmmaking, video production, post-production editing and running a small business.
Labels: I'm Back
Friday, February 10, 2006
The WEVA community is gearing up for the 100 camera wedding shoot on Feb. 15, 2006. In addition to your standard videographer with a camera combo, there will also be micro cameras placed in the bridal bouquet as the bride walks down the aisle and another on the groom. There will also be a "flying camera" placed on a wire that will get a bird's eye view of the ceremony and reception. If you're picturing a circus set up in a church, that's not how this is going to be staged. The event is taking place at the Library Galleria in Sacramento. It's a large expanse of a room with a balcony circling the main floor. About 90% of the cameras will be on the second floor balcony covering the wedding in 360 degrees. The other cameras will be set up in traditional locations in the front and back of the room. Out of the way the proceedings.
Both my partner, Sue, & I will be there covering the event for the WEVA News Minute. For more on this record breaking event go to www.weva.com.
Friday, August 05, 2005
The 15th Annual WEVA Expo begins on Monday August 8th. Blue Sky Video Productions has been hired to produce the daily video blogs for WEVA.com.
I've already have been producing the WEVA News Minutes which have featured news, info and product demos from 2005 NAB, Chicago HD Expo and Wired's Chicago Nextfest.
Producing daily video blogs raised the bar by requiring us to record, edit and post video clips in a matter of a couple hours.
Stay tuned
Bruce
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Video coverage of Chicago Nextfest 2005 has been posted to WEVA Industry News at weva.com.
This week's clips include a "Walk-Through" video screen, New Psssion for Power in Fashion and a Step into Panoscope's 3D World.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Video coverage from Chicago HD Expo has been posted to WEVA Industry News.
We covered the new and the old. From a tapeless video card reader to how to store old video tapes.
This week's video clips include a close up look at Panasonic's 5 slot P2 drive and a helpful tip from the guys at The Tape Company on how to make your video tape last.
For more info watch our tip of the week. But, hurry, it'll only be up for this week.
Sunday, July 10, 2005
This past weekend was even busier than normal. Sue Lawson & I edited "Love Hurts!" as part of Chicago's 48 Hour Film Project (48hourfilm.com). Director Stacie Hawkins (Like A Woman Should) also co-produced & co-wrote "Love Hurts!" a comedy based on the guidelines set up in the competition.
Friday at 7:00pm, 22 teams were given a list of key elements that each short film must contain, and then drew a variety of genre from a hat. Genres that included, Mystery, Horror, Crime, Foreign, Mocumentary and Comedy.
17 teams, including ours, made the 48 hour deadline to qualify for competition. All completed film will be screened tomorrow at the Landmark Theater in Chicago.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Blue Sky Video Production purchased piece of new technology this week. The Focus FS-4 is a portable hard drive that connects to the digital video camera and records video directly to the hard drive. The FS-4 is ideal for shoots that require immediate editing such as corporate golf outings that show the edited clips at the evening banquet or other special events where the video needs to be edited and shown the same day. It is just a matter of time before VHS and other tape formats are replaced by the FS-4 and other reusable disk drives.
