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With continuing advances in digital video, technology is allowing low-budget filmmakers greater opportunities to make their movies a reality. Digital video has had a long path to acceptance. For the [...]

Permits, stages, and locations are your next step in shooting your own film. Once you have your budget and production schedule firmly in hand, the next step is to plan [...]

Welcome to Tech Talk. This column will be a monthly tutorial in everything you need to know about the technical aspects of making your own movie, from the idea stage [...]

The Agency Producer On Digital: Is It Worth It? Is the current digital diatribe driven by client demand or technological oneupmanship? Industry publications, professional meetings, trade shows and conventions are [...]

If The Shoot Fits...Take It To Orlando Florida is everywhere being touted as 'the third coast.' Perhaps no part of the state has been hyped as much as the newly [...]

In-House Production Units: Lifting The Iron Curtain Another year has passed and executives at agency in-house production units are more optimistic than ever about their current state of affairs and [...]

Casting The Comedy Spot George Burns, the star of the latest spot being shot by 25-year veteran comedy spot director Harry Hamburg of Johnston Films, had this to say on [...]

Teleproduction Survey: It's A Mixed Bag For New York's Tape Facilities Ask a dozen video industry executives to comment on what's happening in teleproduction in New York and you will [...]

Post Houses Look To The 90's: The Format Wars As post houses once again make an appearance at NAB--to check out the latest in new technology, confirm decisions on proposed [...]

Lighting isn't for amateurs. Trying to do it yourself or assigning the task to someone who's inexperienced may be the worst mistake you can make, no matter how low-budget your [...]

It's time to shoot your movie. But, first, you have to answer a very big question: Do you shoot in film or video? A few years ago, shooting in video [...]

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1.25 million grant to the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance. The grant has been awarded to achieve strategic goals of the [...]

Quality Of Hispanic Production Rising To Meet Clients' Demands NEW YORK--The world of Spanish-language advertising has grown exponentially over the last few years, testimony to the marketplace's recognition of a [...]

East Meets Midwest: Video Distributor Opens NYC Office Midwest Communications Corporation, a major distributor of industrial and broadcast video equipment in the Midwest, South and West Coast regions, has this [...]

CVC Goes On-Line In Connecticut Connecticut's newest one-inch on-line edit suite was unveiled Wednesday, November 16 at Corporate Video Center in Stainford. The opening was hold in CVC's production studio, [...]

Gramercy Broadcast Opens Its Doors In New York City Gramercy Broadcast Center had its official opening in Manhattan on Wednesday, May 24, after informal operations for the last six months. [...]

NAB '89: Post Houses Say They'll Look Before Leaping If a recent survey of a dozen post production houses around the country can be believed, most post houses will be [...]

Easy-Writer Music/Hot Tracks Adds Composer-Arranger Schwartz After Studio's Move New Faces, Larger Spaces Highlight Company's Growth New York-based Easy-Writer/Hot Tracks has added composer-arranger Stanley Schwartz to its ranks. The addition, [...]

O&M + WPP = ? NEW YORK - Ogilvy & Mather may be a symbol of the more-established creative agencies, but it seems to be holding its own despite a [...]

New York's VideoWorks Expands, Adds New One-Inch Editing Suite NEW YORK - A multi-million-dollar expansion at VideoWorks' was completed recently when a new one-inch room went on-line here at the [...]

Video Expo N.Y. Draws Large Crowds For Diverse Show NEW YORK--The Javits Center here was the site of this year's Video Expo New York, which took place September 25-29. The [...]

LRP Adds Digital And Graphics In Major Facility Expansion NEW YORK--LRP Video, a midtown production and post production facility here, is in the process of completing a million-dollar upgrade into [...]

Special Effects As a Vital Component Of Spot Production: Now You See It, Now You Don't Special effects have long been an important component of spots in the advertiser's continual [...]

Abortion Supporters And Opponents Take Their Case To Public Via TV Campaigns In an aggressive media campaign that began this past April, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) gained [...]

N.Y.'s Palestrini Film Editing Goes On-Line-With Music NEW YORK--Palestrini, a film editing house operating here for the past 15 years, is currently undergoing a major expansion in square footage and [...]

Colorists, Facility Owners Ponder New Telecine Picture Introduced Via Rank's URSA NEW YORK--An entirely new-generation telecine--URSA--has just been introduced by Rank Cintel in a two-day demonstration held here for post [...]

Lee Garfinkel & Sal De Vito What is the synergy--the special magic--that transforms a good bet into a winning proposition? The creative partnership of Lee Garfinkel, senior vp, creative director, [...]

AF Associates: One Of The Building Blocks Of Teleproduction Teleproduction is a high-profile industry. Which stars grace which stages are the common headlines of trade publications. But among the silent [...]