The Non-Broadcast Production issue is filled with many great stories and techniques spanning a wide range of productions, including in-stadium sports television on massive HD screens, archiving 14 terabytes of classic Elvis video at Graceland, museum five-screen projections with dioramas, working with XDCAM HD at England's Wembley Stadium, creating the stage show for Journey's latest world tour, making cutting edge medical videos, creating top-notch real estate productions and many other projects. This issue's bonus feature is Creating HBO's The Wire, with a look at camera and shooting tricks and strategies -- along with many other techniques that went into creating this five-season HBO masterwork series.
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Art of the Edit | Surgical Video: The Cutting Edge
Creative Cow leader Mike Cohen has been working on the cutting edge of surgical video for years. In this expanded version of his article in the Cow Magazines Non-Broadcast Production Issue, Mike answers some of the most frequently asked questions about these techniques from the Cow forums. Its fascinating stuff, but seriously, maybe have some breakfast before you take a look.
Feature 12/30/2008
Author: Mike Cohen |
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Lighting Design Pros | Westward Ho!
A wild ride of an edit: shot on film, projected onto five screens. In this Creative COW Magazine article Mike Sullivan discusses some of the problems such as lighting and color interaction he faced in a project he did for National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming.
People / Interview 09/03/2008
Author: Mike Sullivan |
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Sony EX Series XDCAM | On Stage with the Sony XDCAM HD
When your corporate clients are as big as Wembley Stadium, a small camera will not do. Besides, Rick Bronks was not interested in HDV or in tapeless shooting that cost more than tape. Enter XDCAM HD.
Feature 08/19/2008
Author: Rick Bronks |
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Broadcast Video | In-Stadium Sports Television
In this article from The Creative COW Magazine, Matt Montemayor gives a behind the scends look at BravesVision, the in-house video production team for the Atlanta Braves baseball team. Matt describes the parts and process that makes the whole show happen from the switchers and software to the stats display and the largest HD display in the world.
Feature 08/18/2008
Author: Matt Montemayor |
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Business & Marketing | Real Estate Video Production
In this article from The Creative COW Magazine, George Cohn discusses his real world experience in real estate video production and how 'No' gave way to curiosity - and then to profit.
People / Interview 08/11/2008
Author: George Cohn |
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Broadcast Video | 14 Terabytes of Burnin' Love
Elvis Presley Enterprises took its video production in-house - into Graceland, one of the most famous houses in the world. But with 14TB of archived film and video, they're already running out of room...
People / Interview 08/11/2008
Author: Bevin Baddorf |
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Live & Stage Events | Journey - Anyway They Want It
Three weeks to build 90 minutes of world-class video and animation for a one-of-a-kind performance by one of the world's legendary rock bands.
People / Interview 08/11/2008
Author: Bob Bonniol |
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Adobe After Effects Techniques | Ask Bob and then stand back
If you don't want to know, don't ask. Bob Zelin is one of the industry's straightest shooters, and he'll tell you how he's seen things work during his 30+ years in the broadcast trenches.
Feature, People / Interview 08/03/2008
Author: Bob Zelin |
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Cinematography | Inside HBOs The Wire
Set in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire will begin its fifth and final season in January 2008 on HBO. As different from standard TV as it gets, the show has received the highest levels of critical acclaim, being referred to by multiple reviewers as the best show on television. In its last issue of 2006 Time Magazine ranked The Wire first on its list of 10 Best TV Shows. And Finally recognized as the best series on TV. Sorry, Tony (Soprano), was Newsweeks description. Creative COWs Nick Griffin spent time on set earlier this year and interviewed one of the shows Producers. Heres his inside glimpse into The Wire and its production.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview 12/12/2007
Author: Nick Griffin |
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