If you are an editor you have heard one of these questions. Can you write 20 minutes of an uncompressed QuickTime video onto a data DVD? If you have 5 minutes of video can you compress it and email it? If you have an original program shot at 720p, 24fps can you master that program to D-5 tape? If you have a 4:2:2 master can you create a master that is 4:4:4? Can you put multiple frame rates on one tape? Rocky and the Accord Production Editors stage a satiric game show to answer all of your client’s questions.

Digital Audio recording is often done during video interviews, testimonials and corporate meetings. We show you how to record audio with timecode on a separate channel and FTP the large files to a transcriptionist.

The Spider Pod is a 2’ portable video camera tripod riser and separate operator platform. The camera operator can move freely without shaking the camera. The Spider Pod designed by one of Crews Control’s own Directors of Photography Charlie Kendall. It is the perfect camera riser for corporate meetings and live events for any location production crew or freelance video crew.

Crew Control believes sharing information with our network of high definition video and digital cinema producers, camera operators, directors and media managers is extremely important to ensure each project is of the highest quality. Crews Control has teamed up with the leading video camera manufactures and resellers like Able Cine Tech, Sony and others for Crews Control University classes nationwide.

Chat with Ted Schilowitz from RED Digital Cinema Camera Company at NAB 2008 about the Red One. The Scarlet and Epic prototypes in the video look very different from their final release in 2011. Digital Cinema Technology has eclipsed film cameras and the Red One was one of the first cameras to usher in the industry switch.

What is Crews Control and why are we sharing professional video production tips? Crews Control is the leading location production staffing company for HD video, film and digital cinema crews. Scheduling professional video and digital cinema productions is our business. We love bringing technical information about professional HD video cameras, corporate video productions, tapeless workflows and new video production gear to our subscribers.