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Articles By Elizabeth Avery Merfeld
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Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Steve and Laura Moses have been called the "prom king and queen" and "model husband-wife team" of wedding video. But forget the awards and accolades for a moment, since they're not what define this couple, nor do they tell the whole story of their lives in this business, or this business in their lives. Here's a brief review of their road to success and what they saw and learned along the way.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Steve and Laura Moses have been called the "prom king and queen" and "model husband-wife team" of wedding video. But forget the awards and accolades for a moment, since they're not what define this couple, nor do they tell the whole story of their lives in this business, or this business in their lives. Here's a brief review of their road to success and what they saw and learned along the way.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | A look behind the garage door into the world where "A Sin City Love Story" was created
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | A look behind the garage door into the world where "A Sin City Love Story" was created
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | We asked 5 award-winning studios--all of whom have won international awards specifically for their demos--to demystify the process of producing an award-winning demo and help you master the making of your own.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | His maxim--Adapt or die!--is what turned BMX legend Joe Simon into a four-time Telly Award-winning artist and owner of Joe Simon Productions, an Austin, Texas-based studio specializing in cinematic high-definition and vintage wedding films.
January 2009 EventDV Table of Contents
Elzabeth Avery-Merfeld | Kevin Shahinian was rushing out his door, on his way to shoot a musical number at a library on the outskirts of Los Angeles, when we first spoke to him about the Bollywood "mini-epic" he was making for a couple from Southern California...
November 2008 EventDV Table of Contents
Posted 01 Nov 2008
By
Anthony Burokas
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Dan Lewis
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David McKnight
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Ed Wardyga
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Elizabeth Avery Merfeld
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Jan Ozer
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Joe McManus
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Kris Malandruccolo
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Lance Gray
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Lee Rickwood
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Stephen Nathans-Kelly
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Steve Yankee
Elizabeth Avery Welsh Merfeld | When the time comes to put his legacy in order, Lee Bakogiannakis wants to be remembered for his contributions to the Greek wedding video industry. But for now he'll settle for being known as the guy who "made Bon Jovi cool again."
Elizabeth Welsh | The rise and fall of (well, OK, only the rise of) Hollywood spoofmaster Loyd Calomay of Red 5 Studios
August 2008 EventDV
Posted 01 Aug 2008
By
Jan Ozer
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Lee Rickwood
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Todd Gillespie
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Tim Siglin
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Steve Yankee
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Lance Gray
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Elizabeth Avery Merfeld
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Joe McManus
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Philip Hinkle
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Stephen Nathans-Kelly
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Patrick Moreau
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Marshall Levy
Elizabeth Welsh | Is there an unwritten rule that wedding videographers should stay on their own turf? Are videographers lured by more lucrative markets—whether a neighboring metropolis or a faraway town with a rich reservoir of brides willing to pay top dollar—seen as furtive interlopers? We found four videographers who actively seek out business in other markets in lean times.
Elizabeth Welsh | While corporate video producers are notoriously tight-lipped with their tricks of the trade, here four studios who've successfully crossed over from wedding and event to corpporate provide a road map from the altar to the boardroom.
Elizabeth Welsh | Studio 26 Productions' Ryan Bodie thrives in wedding video and religious-themed feature film
Elizabeth Welsh | One of the most interesting new trends in wedding video is the "new documentary" style, which eschews the pomp and grandeur of cinematic video with quicker cuts, more ambient audio, and less reliance on orchestral scores. Six leading practitioners explain what the new doc is all about, and how it's set their work apart.
Elizabeth Welsh | If it's forward-thinking, technologically superior, and luxurious, then newly minted EventDV 25 honoree Cloud Nine Creative--a boutique wedding video studio and pubisher of WedLuxe, Canada's luxury wedding magazine--is probably first out of the gate with it.
Elizabeth Welsh | As they modestly described their respective crafts—Amina's photography represents the "Still" of Still-Motion, and Patrick's videography provides the "Motion"—it became clear that the pair more than just balance or complement one another. Their synergy defines Still-Motion—that, and the way they approach their work: as an ever-evolving process.
Elizabeth Welsh | In the 5 years since Kristen* Souders began Bliss* Video Productions in West Hollywood with the bluntly stated goal of creating wedding video "that doesn't suck," her self-described "couture" approach--heavy on film--has earned her top dollar and attracted an elite clientele.
Elizabeth Welsh | Since 1987, Rudy Childs' Spero's Video Broadcast Team (SVBT), based in Rockland, Massachusetts, has produced more than 250 television boxing shows that have aired up and down the east coast on dozens of networks. Childs credits the shows' fast-growing popularity to SVBT's success at self-distribution.
Elizabeth Welsh | Roller derby's cleaver-brandishing mascots and skaters sporting “blood”-splattered aprons over pink minidresses are definitely not your run-of-the-mill event-video subjects, but self-described “roller-skating videographer" Mark Lowe wouldn’t have it any other way.
Elizabeth Welsh | Super 8 film can add beauty and nostalgia to your your productions. Here, five videographers consider whether Super 8 can transcend what they can create with digitally produced film-look effects, and share how they utilize film to achieve stunning results.
Elizabeth Welsh | Mike Nelson's Remember When Videos
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