Using effects, sfx, track, & graphics to spice up a Corporate Video In TV, a cold open is the first thing a viewer sees. It’s the part that happens before the opening credits — it hits the viewer cold. In Saturday Night Live, it’s the part that happens before they say “Live from New York, [...]
Can you shoot video from a helicopter handheld or do you need a gyroscope? We recently did aerial videography and photography over New York for a client who was laying cable in the Hudson River. After shooting video on the ship, we were picked up by the helicopter from the cable ship’s helipad. We then [...]
The confluence of new technology has made video is one of the hottest tools for corporate communication today. When you look at where the future is going, one of the predictions of the next 5 years is that more people will be communicating with video in corporate America than ever before. That’s because video is [...]
These are the three basic levels of service you can get from a webcasting service provider. Each has it’s benefits and weaknesses. 1. Single Camera Stream – Sometimes you just want to broadcast something live. You can do it from a cell phone these days. Even a simple web camera or flip camera to do [...]
WPRNY, an NYC Video Production Company, Sponsors a Scholarship in Video Journalism. NEW YORK, NY–( May 9, 2011) – WPRNY, a leading video production company in New York City, just announced a new scholarship for students of accredited colleges, universities or high schools in the continental US or Canada. Students are asked to create a [...]
The Customer Nothing is more compelling than seeing and hearing real customers sing the praises of your products and services. We do that with video customer testimonials, success stories, documentary case studies, and man-in-the-street Interviews. Use our creativity and experience to help you do this well. Then there is market research, focus groups and polling [...]
We recently had a client ask us if we were able to distribute their corporate video as a file that could be viewed on Blackberry Phone. Yes it is possible to view videos on a blackberry phone but it’s not as simple as putting something on Youtube. We wanted to share what we discovered.
WPRNY recently steamed three live internet events for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. The reason the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation decided to host live events, as opposed to taping the events and posting them for viewing after the fact, was so that viewers would be able to call in with real questions, which could be answered by [...]
Here are a list of definitions and terms that are used in broadcasting on the internet. SOT – Sound on Tape. This refers to what people often call a “sound bite”. It’s generally a short (8 second -30 second) moment of a person (generally a medium shot) saying something apt. Butted SOT – This is [...]
WPRNY does not charge our customers for bandwidth because the cost of bandwidth is included in our fixed bid fee for full service broadcasting of live events in the New York area. But we do buy bandwidth from Content Delivery Netorks (CDN) and are happy to share our thoughts on the matter. In January 2010, [...]