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By Barry Braverman

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One-man Pipeline 

By Michael Goldman

While most of the attention paid to James Longley's documentary film Iraq in Fragments understandably revolves around the project's political nature and critical acclaim (the film won three Sundance Film Festival awards in the Independent Film and Documentary competitions), the technical hurdles the project grappled with are also significant. Longley directed, co-edited, co-produced, scored, shot, and recorded all audio for the documentary....

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Nonlinear Acquisition 

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Considering the number of years since editing systems became predominantly nonlinear, I find it fascinating that we are still using tape-based cameras and acquisition. There are, of course, very sound reasons why tape has been retained as an acquisition medium...

Shoot Review — Canon XL H1 

By D. W. Leitner

Of the first crop of professionalized HDV camcorders with 1/3in. sensors, only the latest, Canon's XL H1, can claim to have been created by a lens manufacturer. This is a meaningful distinction. With fixed-lens HDV camcorders retailing for less than $5,000 ...

Apartment + Musician + Laptop + HD Camera = Music Video  

By Lee Rickwood

In the video production world, tales of music videos and other projects shot with ultra-low-budgets in some guy's apartment, using borrowed equipment, and edited using off-the-shelf software — aren't exactly new. Such stories might even make you might shrug your shoulders and politely stifle a yawn....

Shoot Review — JVC GY-HD100 

By Steve Mullen

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Camera Confusion 

By Bill Miller

I'm a videographer. I've made a decent living at it for more years than I'd like to admit. And as the years go by, the job gets more and more confusing....