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• Tutorials - Choosing the Best Lighting Equipment for Your Documentary
  April, 2011
  Good lighting defines the difference between great looking footage and poorly made home movies. Knowing the lighting technology and gear, such as fixture…
• Tutorials - Finding the Best Microphones to Capture Audio for Documentaries
  March, 2011
  A good audio kit includes more than a microphone. The best kit will have a good field mixer, external capture device, headphones, and cables and adapters…
• Tutorials - Finding the Best Video Camera to Shoot a Documentary
  March, 2011
  With thousands of camcorders to choose from, finding the one most suitable for your project can be frustrating. To help you sift through the hype, we'll look…
• Tutorials - Tripods, Dollies, and Other Essential Accessories for Documentary Shoots
  April, 2011
  Though shooting, audio, and lighting gear are incredibly important, they're not the only items that make make your documentary look great. That's why we'll go…
• Tutorials - Dollies, Pans and Other Types of Camera Movement
  January, 2011
  There is all sorts of fun equipment that can help you move the camera. Tools like dollies, stabilizers, and boom arms have been giving us unique perspectives…
• Tutorials - Best Practices for Using a Tripod to Stabilize your Shots.
  July, 2010
  How to set-up a tripod to capture professional level video. Learn the step-by-step process for setting up and stabilizing your tripod.
• Tutorials - How to Conduct an Interview for Documentaries
  July, 2009
  Tom Benford's jib is a quick and easy-to-build device that anyone who knows how to turn a wrench and place a drill can build. Tom's JVC DF550U camcorder is…
• Tutorials - How to Build a Do-It-Yourself Crane for Making Video
  July, 2009
  Cranes are usually bigger than jibs, and they can carry not just the camera, but often the crewmembers operating it. Brian Peterson's crane was designed to be…
• Tips and Techniques - Select Tripod, Microphone and Camera for Web Video Production.
  February, 2009
  Yes, you can use a web cam to produce a choppy online video with horrible sound, but you're likely to lose credibility in the first few seconds. You can get a…
• Tips and Techniques - Make Halloween Monsters with Green Screen
  October, 2006
  In our News & Technology segment with Mark & Derek, we discuss Adobe's acquisition of "Serious Magic," makers of such software as "DV Rack" which we…
• Tips and Techniques - Best Tripod Tips and Techniques for Steady Camera
  September, 2006
  In our News and Technology segment Andrew and Mark usher in International Home Movie Day with a fun camcorder modification, and talk about "My Hero" film…
• Tips and Techniques - Coiling Video Cables to Avoid Kinks & Tripod Tips
  August, 2006
  News and Technology with Andrew & Canon delivers a one-two punch announcing a new high-definition and a new dual-layer DVD camcorder. JVC…
• Tips and Techniques - Video Safety Tips, Indispensible Grip Kit
  August, 2006
  News and Technology New Canon camcorders New Kata bags Newspapers with camcorders Sonic Toast 7 adds BD support AMD buys ATI $5.4b …
• TV Show - Computer Upgrade for Video
  January, 2000
  Mark and Matt discuss upgrading Mark's PC.
• TV Show - Dr. Doug's Helmet Cam
  January, 2000
  Dr. Doug demonstrates the advantages of using a helmet cam.
• Tips and Techniques - Can You Send a Single MPEG to the Printer?
  April, 2006
  Letters from Readers
• Tips and Techniques - How to Start a Wedding Video Business
  May, 2009
  Key things videographers should consider in order to succeed in the wedding video business.
• Tips and Techniques - How to Record Audio Outside the Studio with Field Mixing
  May, 2008
  Mark covers the basics of field mixing.
• Tips and Techniques - Shoot Underwater Video on the Cheap
  May, 2007
  In our Tips & Tricks segment, Jennifer and Andrew goes pool-side with a couple tricks to shooting underwater video without breaking the bank for expensive…
• Tips and Techniques - Power management for lighting. Secrets of story telling.
  November, 2006
  In our News & Technology segment, Derek and Mark look at a couple of "Off Shore Sightings" from Japan... JVC has a new Everio prototype while Panasonic is…
• Tips and Techniques - First Steps to Starting a Video Business
  November, 2006
  In our News & Technology segment with Mark and Derek, JVC's announces a new pro HD camcorder, AJA introduces a miniature converter for H-D-M-I as well as…