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Archive for 2007
Portable hard drives, HDVs, miniDVs and Indies
Monday, October 8th, 2007Thought I’d pass along something interesting that’s been happening more and more of late. Several of my frugal independent producer clients (is there any other kind of indie?) have been sending me either a portable hard drive containing their program or a HDV or miniDV videotape to which they outputted.
Is there generation loss in Digital Betacam?
Friday, September 28th, 2007Yes, but not noticeable until the 6th or 7th generation … The video signal degrades slightly every time it passes in or out of a device that processes the signal. Generation loss can be avoided by making an exact copy of the digital video file recorded on the tape. The dub, or “file transfer” will [...]
What is 24P?
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Heard of 24P? Ever wondered what it was? Essentially, it’s a technology that allows video to look more like film. Cinematic film is run at 24 frames per second (fps), essentially 24 single images pass through the camera (or projector) every second. The perceptual process of the brain holds these individual images on the retina [...]
Shooting with P2 – Horizon Entertainment’s experience
Monday, September 24th, 2007Horizon Entertainment crew in Alaska shooting Weatherventures Todd Easton is the owner and CEO of Horizon Entertainment in Rockville, Maryland. The company produces programming for a variety of cable networks. Their longest running series, House Detective, ran for over 100 episodes on HGTV. They have also produced documentary programming for Discovery Health and The History [...]
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