Home Video Hints: Home Video Distribution
There are more options for getting your video seen than ever before.You've finally finished editing that tape you shot at last month's family reunion. You've made sure to include good footage of all your relatives, from Uncle John to Aunt Clairmae to your mother's 90-year-old grandfather who came all the way from Budapest. It's a job well done and it's time to sit back and relax, right?
Wrong.
You forgot the final piece of the puzzle: how are you going to get your finished video into the hands of everyone who might want to see it? Professionals call this step in the process distribution, a word that conjures images of Wal-Mart warehouses, forklifts and semi trucks. But don't let the word intimidate you; we're only talking about ways to get your video into the hands (and in front of the eyes) of its intended audience.
In this column, we'll cover the three main ways people deliver their videos: tape, disc and the Internet. We'll also take a look at the ways in which thrifty consumers can use all three of these media in an easy and cost-effective way. We'll assume that your finished video is either sitting on the hard drive on your computer, or on a tape in your ca…
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