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HD Video Production

http://fraserhoward.blogspot.com/

HD video production techniques are examined. Veteran film studio technician, Fraser Howard, demonstrates how to shoot and edit great looking scenes. Indexed posts give professional insight into a wide variety of topics from camera moves to lighting set-ups and sound recording. Learn how to make and use a camera dolly, mini jib, butterfly, fig rig, cinesaddle and more. See why basic photography principles apply to video. Get up-to-date information on web-video formats and how to achieve 'looks' that define the mood of your sequence while keeping costs down. Whether you're a client, an industry insider or just looking to get more out of your camcorder, this blog's for you.

• Added on: Oct 16th, 2008
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Author: Fraser Howard
• Listed in: Video Production Photo Blogs
• Tags: video production hd video corporate video web video production camera operator fraser howard

Recent Posts

• HD Real Estate Video Tour

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 00:23

• About Fraser

  Posted on Saturday October 11th, 2008 at 23:51

  Fraser has been a Toronto based studio technician since 1980. He has crewed for some of Hollywood’s leading directors including Barry Levinson, Adam Shankman, Ron Howard, Mike Newell, Gus van Sant, David Steinberg, John Landis, Michael Crichton, Si...

• Tracking Shot

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 23:21 in dolly, auto focus, tracking shot, hi-hat

  This tracking shot makes use of a tripod head on a hi hat mounted on a camera dolly riding on pipe track supported by a pair of aluminum saw horses. I pushed the dolly about 8 feet while also panning during the second half of the shot. The idea is to...

• Time Lapse

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 14:33 in time-lapse

  This 1920x1080 frame-grab is from a 24fps time-lapse clip....

• Overhead Diffusion

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 13:29 in diffusion, contrast, reflector, neutral density filter

  For this natural light shot I used a butterfly with diffusion to reduce contrast and a reflector to fill the face and provide an Obie. I also used the camcorder's built-in neutral density filter to allow for a wide-open lens to create a shallow depth...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

HD Production Company

Sounds like a great blog, Fraser. I'll recommend it to others.

I get HD production and post questions all the time at my company Saturnalia Productions - http://www.saturnaliaproductions.com/hd-production.php.

Although, I love to help as many people learn the finer points of HD Production and HD Post Production, there are only so many hours in the day.

Resources like yours are great.

Posted: November 1st, 2009 | Report This Comment

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