Sony PMW EX1 Xdcam Ex High Definition Camcorder Training Model

Planning to update your skills or upgrade your camera for 2010 and join part of the ever growing tapeless revolution. We can help you get up to speed and running quickly with courses and practical experience of these cameras..

HD Productions runs intensive 1 day and 2 day training courses using Sony Xdcam EX cameras. This provides a fast and easy way to learn the fundamentals and advanced features on the camcorder.

We show you how to master tapeless production workflow and recording for broadcast, event,filmmaking, documentary, corporate, webtv or IPTV sectors.

Our tuition covers all the operating and functions of the camera, from menu set-up options, shooting PAL/NTSC 1080/720, frame rates, formats, SXS card management and examine the many inbuilt options that will aid in your production.

Sony SxS cards for the EX1/EX3/EX1R and 350

This training is ideal for previous owners of Sony cameras and other video tape based camera used wanting to upgrade or update their camera knowledge, video productions units or filmmakers migrating to high definition tapeless workflow, will also suit new users, hirers wanting more familiarity and hands on user experience.

We are can also prepare you for working with the New Sony NXCAM Format and as well.

Please view our card management guide this can be found at
http://www.hd-productions.biz/wp/sony-xdcam-ex-camera-training-course-handout/

We can also offer training on the JVC HM 100 and HM 700

JVC high definition HM 700 shoulder mount

Book image of Crush It!

Gary Vaynerchuk author of “Crush It!” and founder of Winelibrary.TV a social web 2.0 media entrepreneur, puts some of the focus of his success and personal branding strategy down to understanding that “Content is King, Marketing is Queen”.

Whatever the format of your Content be it video, images, audio or text, when it comes to putting it on the internet and connecting and creating awareness this can only be done through Marketing. Work hard on the Content and be smart on the Marketing, make use of the social networks and understand how the game is changing, citing things like twitter, social networks, using online video, how using a camera and talking about wine got him noticed and how he now has the same agent representation as Oprah Winfrey.

He describes his entrepreneurial nature from young and how that led to turning the family business turnover of $3 million to $60 million in five years.

Site I first saw this video at is:
http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/gary-vaynerchuk-live-on-crush-it-tour-video-win-an-autographed-copy-of-crush-it/

The below video was shot as part of Gary’s Crush It! promotional tour and has a useful Q & A section towards the end.

Gary Vaynerchuk Crush It tour. Mesa, AZ from Jay Thompson on Vimeo.

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Elliot Evans Britains Got Talent star, talks about going solo, new charity single a Michael Jackson cover “I’ll be there” with West End Kids vocal group. Mum Estelle talks about the support the track has got from Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan.

We spoke with Elliot and Estelle backstage at the recent Africa Music Awards, that had also dedicated the event in memory of Michael Jackson.

The track “Ill Be there” with the West End Kids vocal group will raise awareness and support for British Association For Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) and National Adoption Week.

It’s seems like Jackson mania and Simon Cowell go hand in hand this year, both Elliot Evans and Shaheen Jafargholi have both performed tracks by Michael Jackson, Shaheen performed both at Michael Jacksons funeral event that was broadcast around the world and more recently at the MOBO awards in Scotland infront of Jermaine and Latoya Jackson.

This years winners of Britain’s Got Talent Diversity a dance group performed a dance tribute to Michael at the MOBO’s and live at the launch of the London premiere of this is it. Simon Cowell not to miss out with have this years X Factor finalists, will release a cover of Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The hospital is dedicated to the treatment of children, money raise through the charity exists to support Great Ormond Street Hospital so it can remain at the forefront of international paediatric medicine and continue to offer specialist, world-class care to thousands of patients every year.

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Oren Peli Israeli filmmaker made Paranormal Activity for $15,000 and shot this tale of a young couple who videotaped the strange noises they hear inside a room in a house. Dubbed the Blair Witch Project on steroids, what makes this story different is the fact it has over 1 million people will have seen it before national release in the US due to social media marketing grossed $7 million from 144 theatres over a weekend.

The film originally picked up by Speilberg’s DreamWorks, but marketing was by Paramount. Paramount tried carefully to develop and manage the phenomenon with free midnight screenings in college campus towns. Then encouraged fans to demand the movie in their town via an online petition campaign.

The “demand it” campaign was touted on the Eventful site as “The First Ever Major Film Release Decided By You”.
Founded in 2004, Eventful is the leading events website which enables its community of users to discover, promote, share and create events. see http://about.eventful.com/ for more info.

This reminds me of a film created a by team called Four Eyed Monsters that debuted on Youtube and it being the first ever feature length film to be posted, in addition to creating an online video blog, they produced accompanying webisodes and used social media to market, promote and sell the film.
They encouraged fans to buy tickets at cinemas they were touring, so they could advance book a cinema and showing the film had an audience wanting to see it. In addition they also made it available as a paid for download from iTunes and also as a mail order dvd.

Useful links worth checking up on.

Paranormal Main site
http://www.paranormalactivity-movie.com/trailer.html

Eventful
http://eventful.com

Can we do YES WE CAN 1 million tickets sold
http://eventful.com/performers/paranormal-activity-/P0-001-000212499-6/competitions

Oren Peli interview at Dread Central with mp3 download
http://www.dreadcentral.com/interviews/peli-oren-paranormal-activity

CNN Showbiz article

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/12/paranormal.activity.movie/index.html

Mashable article

Paranormal Activity Rides the Social Web to Millions
http://mashable.com/2009/10/13/paranormal-activity-success/

Four Eyed Monsters

Main site
http://foureyedmonsters.com

Youtube site
http://www.youtube.com/user/foureyedmonsters

You hits 1 billion views

On Youtube viewers were greeted with a 1BN daily views logo, I knew it was coming but not sure when. I can remember when Myspace was creaking when it was nearing to 70-80 million user accounts and had to spend time temporarily undergoing maintenance to expand and manage the traffic.

In words of Chad Hurley from the Youtube blog he credit the success of Youtube’s achievement being down to the following factors.

No doubt it’s not without it’s detractors, this has been a year to really test Youtube and it’s ability to handle traffic.

Barack Obama’s inauguration, Michael Jackson’s death, Usain Bolts new world record, and Susan Boyle mania have crashed many sites.

Both Google and Twitter crashed when search for Michael Jackson was entered.

see

http://news.icm.ac.uk/technology/google-twitter-crash-at-news-of-jackson’s-death/2322/

No doubt this will cause even more overcrowding and opportunities in the marketplace for those viral specialists and video marketing companies seeking to effectively gain and enhance client exposure.

We at HD Productions use and embrace online web video marketing and media production,
understanding the impact that video can bring to a client, their brand, product and service.

Businesses not considering a video strategy are seriously shooting themselves in the foot and
hampering their own web marketing and company development efforts.

Like saying goes, you’ve got to be, in it to win it.

There is also plenty of other sites commenting Youtube’s 1 billion views and are worth having a look as well.

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Great news for Sony Xdcam EX1 and EX3 users, Apple Mac’s Snow Leopard Sony SxS express card bug now fixed and is available for download from Sony site. Previously the SxS card caused a kernal panic on both the Macbook pro laptops with the express slot.

Now users who have upgraded to Snow Leopard and Final Cut Studio can now use this application with less of a concern and worry prior to this fix.

Download link for updated Sony SxS driver can be found here:

http://www.sony.ca/promedia/drivers.htm

The new release of Final Cut Pro 7 part of the Final Cut Studio. While FCP 7 has updated the log and transfer interface to work directly with P2, RED and AVCintra, plus an automated import mode as soon as the card/drive mounts.

This is not the same for the Sony Xdcam EX cameras, the workflow for FCP 6 is identical to FCP 7 and will consist of installing the called Clip Browser software from Sony and the SxS card drivers. In addition you will need XDCAM Transfer utility to playback the video clips, read/amend the clip metadata, create subclips, and re-wrap them into MOV files for editing with Final Cut Pro.

More information about our Sony EX1/ EX3 training courses can be found at:

http://www.hd-productions.biz/wp/sony-ex1ex3-xdcamex-hd-camera-training-updated/

Today I had a look at the new Final Çut Studio as it now simply called, not version 3 as expected. I was invited courtesy of MacVideo to have a look at the new features demonstrated by Apple Staff, specialising in Video market.

Whilst it boasts over a 100 new features native transfer support in Final Cut Pro 7, one of them is log and transfers for XDcam Ex,you still have to use Sony’s own Log and Transfer Utility. But if you are using Panasonic P2, AVCintra or RED no problem and can be set to locate and ingest a mounted card.

We had a brief overview of the new Pro Res Codecs of which there are three including
Pro Res 4444 that carries an alpha channel as well another for multicam use and proxy version of suitable for offline laptop editing.

New speed change or time remapping features, plus i Chat theatre integration, background transcoding with ability to cluster or network distributed encoding in the background whilst you still edit.

Motion 3 supports shadows, multiple light reflections as well plus loads of other stuff already featured online or commented about. But a reminder this version is only Intel compatible and will not run on a G5 or G4 processor.

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HD Production tapeless video training and seminar handout.

Sony PMW EX1/EX3 XDcamEX powerpoint training material updated as for seminars,workshops and courses. Ideal for Sony EX1 or EX3 users, owners or hirers. Simple reference for end user on managing their card settings and how to maintain format options, for easier tapeless video production workflow management.

This updated powerpoint deals with disk formatting to maintain drive name integrity and the correct method for file deletion to avoid wiping the disk back to it’s original state.

Information suitable for RED One, Panasonic P2 or JVC HM100/HM700 users as well.

Levi Roots, Reggae Reggae Sauce, Dragon’s Den slayer and cookbook writer talks about the importance of a mentor, when running a business or becoming an entrepreneur.

This is another video clip from the Black Boys In Business event shot during Global Entreprise Week, commissioned by Building United Communities for BUC TV.

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Produced, shot and edited by HD Productions for Building United Communities.