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Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Glen
 It was a beautiful summer day to help out some great people from Germany on a music video for Peter Fox, a musician well known in Germany. We shot in 3 locations in Greensboro with 4 drummers who had been with the North Carolina A&T drum line. The DP who shot the segments also shot the “soon to be famous” internet piece, “The Ramp Movie”. If you haven’t seen it, take the time to watch because it is very funny. See www.TheRampMovie.com . Thanks also for the nice comments from the producer,”Dear Glen,it was nice meeting you. We really appriciated [sic] your help and work, highly professional. Thanks again. Best Wishes, Markus Bruns Berlin Germany”
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Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by Glen
It is hard to believe, but the HVX200″A” model is only 6dB slower than a late model Sony, full-size, broadcast camera. Even more unbelievable is the fact that at 6dB gain, the HVX is as fast with comparable noise characteristics to the broadcast camera at 0dB. So, add a 35mm adapter to the HVX and you have a device that blows away most cameras on the market today.
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Glen
Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Glen
“Hi Glen–The stuff you did for us in Charlotte and Greensboro turned out great. You are a wonderful shooter and I loved working with you guys. Can’t wait for another opportunity to collaborate!Thanks so much–Julie Julie Harman Senior Producer Ironbound Films, Inc.” Thanks a lot, Julie!!!
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Glen
 This is a wonderful device that would have cost thousands years ago. It is perfect for audio transcription and would even serve as a usable recording device with better than CD quality stereo sound, a great back-up to a wireless link to camera! I have used it for transcription purposes in the MP3 mode for very small, “e-mailable” files. You can record up to 96khz / 24-bit if you like!
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Glen
Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Glen
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Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Glen
Looking for a true, free-lance camera person specializing in field production? Experience is key here…book someone who shoots on a regular basis and hires ancillary crew people regularly. One way is to google “video crew” and use one of the national crewing services that shows up…one stop shopping! Another route is to get a referral. If that isn’t an option, the internet is a great resource. Google “video crew + the city and state you are looking to shoot in”. If you are looking to book a video crew in North Carolina or anywhere in the world, the best type of crew is one arranged by a free-lance camera person. That may seem obvious to some, but some people, including seasoned video producers, seek out production companies and that may not find you the right personnel.The reason is that you aren’t looking to “build a house”. You are looking for someone to “craft and install some beautiful counter tops”. A crew that regularly goes into the field and shoots in a variety of situations is what you are after. You want a crew that can walk into an environment and feel at home in almost any location, probably even, “been there, done that.” Whether it be a hospital operating room or a board room videotaping a C.E.O. of a major corporation.Production companies may be able to fit the bill, but if you are going into an unfamiliar city your best bet is to use a DP (Director of Photography / camera person) who specializes in field production. A specialist will always have more experience than a company or group that claims expertise in multiple fields like web design, editing, shooting and whatever else they claim to be that month. Years of experience is not something you can use to gauge the quality of a company. Years of experience is an individual thing specific to a person. Make sure you hire the right person and not the oldest company.The bottom line is the person behind the camera does it all the time and does it for a living…he or she has a vested interest in making you happy so he can continue to grow his business with satisfied customers. Also, the sound person and any other crew members will be people the DP chooses to work with and not some staffer that didn’t have an edit that day - the whole crew will be professionals who do this type of very specialized work for a living.All that being said, the first choice of a crew service usually yields good results but isn’t for the producer who wants to have a more hands on approach. Crewing services are a terrific and easy way to get a crew anywhere fast but with a little leg work you can find an excellent crew yourself.
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Posted on May 17th, 2008 by Glen
As a free-lance camera person, I’m always looking for new ways to help out traveling producers. Whether it is supplying time coded audio files or wireless video links for hand held b-roll, or accommodating any other special requests. While still shooting a great deal of tape on jobs, especially for out-of-town producers, some producers “walk away” with hard drives at the end of the day. For those traveling producers that still shoot tape - still the majority - it amazes me that they HAVEN’T been asking me to ship a hard drive at the end of the shoot so when they arrive back home they can go straight to edit. When shooting in DV, DVCAM, DVCPro50/HD, a great service I can provide would be digitizing services…a hard drive arriving in the morning FEDEX with Quicktime files ready for import.
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Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Glen
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