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The Joys of Multi-Cam Shooting and Editing
Gary Kleiner, Mobile Pro Video
Thursday, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
From simple seminar shooting, to weddings, to complex theatrical productions, some events REQUIRE the use of two or more cameras to produce a truly professional video.

WEVA multi-year Creative Excellence Award recipient and WEVA Hall of Fame inductee Gary Kleiner shows you what it takes to shoot events with multiple cameras and edit the footage quickly and creatively. What are your positioning options? What should each camera shoot, and how can multi-cam editing be used more efficiently? Plus, the great advantages of multiple-angle DVDs and how they can keep your sales figures climbing.

Battle of the Videographers: Editing Styles
Presented by WEVA International, Moderated by John Zale
Thursday, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Discover how you can add an extra 33% (and up) to each of your current wedding packages. In this new "Battle" segment editors will compete, using the same raw content, to produce a Wedding Video Product that can be offered as an add-on to any current, future or past client.

After viewing each entry, learn how the editors came up with their unique styles. Then discover how the content provider went from ZERO sales of this product over a 4-year period to an 80% close ratio in just the past few months.

Video and Stills:
Collaboration for Profit, Creative Inspiration and Seamless Production

Sara Frances, The Photo Mirage Inc.
Karl Arndt, The Photo Mirage Inc.
Thursday, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Collaboration rather than aggravation with a great still photographer can help you edge-out competition in any market. Retail and commercial clients love one-stop shopping. Everyone saves time and hassle on location and during post-production, boosting customer satisfaction and referrals.

Sara and Karl's shorts and clips show how they inspire each other to new approaches, making each finished video unique. Innovative use of stills in a variety of ways within each production has established their profitable market niche.

Learn how to build profit with stills, animation, iPod productions, same-day slide shows, scene-setters, personal portrait sessions, sound bites, custom boxes, and more.

Shorts Sell... The Shorter The Better!
How to Make Money Promoting Movie & TV Projects

Joe Micalizzi, The Motion Picture Co.com
Thursday, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Getting the "Green Light" in Hollywood used to mean finding the green - lots of it. Today's cheaper digital technology has changed the formula in favor of smaller budgets capable of producing a big budget look. A typical WEVA member producing wedding movies already owns 90% of what's needed to produce screenplay shorts and Motion Picture/TV pitches. Find out how you can produce (for a profitable and reasonable fee), screenplay shorts that still have a "High-End" look.

Those with script ideas can now get their foot in the door and get past the "Suit" guarding the gate to the "Green Light." Discover the massive, untapped customer base across the country just among would be screenwriters. A screenplay short is less likely to be "Round filed" then handing over a thick script that may or may not, be read by a low level assistant. To get movie productions rolling all you really need to apply is just some... Action!

Thursday, 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Shoot It Once, Sell It For Years
How To Produce Special Interest Videos for Residual Income

Rick Smith, Panorama Studios
Thursday, 2:50pm - 3:50pm


Special Interest Video (SIV) can include educational, how-to, biography, documentary, travel and a wide range of topics and styles. SIV veteran Rick Smith will show how diversifying into this market can be profitable and the steps necessary to achieve it.

Learn how to research and select topics with good sales potential using dynamic online tools that have a high market demand. Wedding videographers are not typically accustomed to working from a script, but it is indispensable for many SIVs, so learn the necessary steps needed to writing and working from a production script, finding and retaining qualified subject matter experts, shooting in the field and studio and how to package a DVD for commercial sale.

Panel Discussion: Digital Imaging
Presented by WEVA International
Thursday, 2:50pm - 3:50pm
The convergence of Digital Video and Digital Imaging is creating all new opportunities and potential profit centers for today's entrepreneur. Learn which new digital products will allow you to monetize your current workspace and offer the best ROI for your business. Find out how to reach new clients who can bring you repeat business and boost your bottom-line income even during your "slow season." Learn how to turn your video stills into cash from a multitude of new imaging products and premiums .

Mind Your Own Business: Think Different!
Carlito Frias, Imacron-USA
Thursday, 2:50pm - 3:50pm
What does it take to make real money in professional videography? See how major change results from thinking differently about your video business... as a business. Discover new opportunities in a world without borders when your primary focus shifts to the business side of conducting your business. Discover how a lucrative business depends on the volume it can handle.

Is it possible for a wedding video business to fund a dream vacation home in the Bahamas? Only if you understand concepts like "Marketing is not a battle of products, it is a battle of perceptions." Break away from the traditional ways of running your business, dare to think outside the box. Only then will the opportunities open up for you. Learn how a Marketing Plan can used to generate more video business. Plus, how to find and hire the talent you need to increase your bottom-line exponentially.

"Mejorando el audio de la ceremonia a un nivel mas alto"
Jorge Jaramillo, Jorge Jaramillo - Videografo
jueves, 2:50pm - 3:50pm
¿Que tan importante es el audio de tu ceremonia?

En esta persentacion aprenderas a mejora tu audio, y los clientes los dejaras mas que impresionados al contar con una produccion realmente profesional. El audio puede ser dificil para muchos pero aqui aprenderas que es mas facil de lo que piensas, veras los mejores secretos para quitar el ruido, los niños llorando, silbidos, frecuencias, etc.

Todo esto utilizando Adobe Audition y Soundbooth como herramientas en nuesta post produccion, logrando una edicion de audio realmente facil e impresionante con tan solo unos clicks.

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