Hastings 1968 standard 8 cine film transfer.
Family cine film shot in Hastings cine film transfer East Sussex in 1968.
Kodak Cine film shot by my father in 1968. Both my father and Mother are Hastings born and bred and we still have many connections to this fantastic Seaside town.
Video Image Productions also provide a personal pick up and delivery service from Hastings and surrounding towns.
For more Information about this Historic town please visit https://www.visit1066country.com/destinations/hastings
Christmas Home movies
Christmas Home movies.
Christmas is a time to celebrate and enjoy time with friends and family. As we all sit around. On Christmas day how many times does the conversation turn to the ‘good old days’ and ‘when the kids were young’?
Well this year wouldn’t it be fantastic to not just talk about those great times but to see them as well? Get the family together and share those precious Christmas home movies moments,
Show your children/grandchildren your Christmas home movies. And show them what you used to look like when you were young. Have a good laugh over what the fashions were like back then!
Christmas home movies.
There really is no other time like Christmas. To take some time out of our busy lives and enjoy those closest to us and here at Video Image Productions that’s exactly what we stand for.
As a family run business we know the joys that spending time with your loved ones can bring and have for the past 18 years been helping families archive those precious memories for our generations to come. Whether you have cine film, video tapes or slides we can transfer them onto a suitable format for you that not only allows you to watch them again and again but archives them for future generations to enjoy. And what a present that would be. Whether you sneakily find those treasured memories and have them transferred for your parents or grandparents or you have them done for your children. I for one couldn’t think of a nicer and more thoughtful gift than making sure those family memories are safely digitalised for the future and therefore allowing the whole family to enjoy them instead of them gathering dust in an old shoebox or suitcase in the attic .
So, come on, dig out your old cine films, video tapes and slides, lets share them with our family and let’s make this Christmas one to remember!
knowing your video editing codecs
Knowing your video editing codecs.
So you have decided to try out some video editing your PC or Mac. I would say that knowing your video editing codecs is essential.
What is a video codec?
A video codec is a hardware or software based tool for encoding video. Codecs apply to audio files as well as video.
What are they for? Uncompressed video requires hug amounts of storage space. Without video compression it would be close to impossible to store your SD or HD video on tapes or memory cards.
Video picture quality. The rule is normally that the lower the compression the higher the picture quality. Having said this some of the modern codecs are very efficient at compressing video without picture quality loss.
Video Bitrate. Bitrate is measured in Bits per second of picture information. Broadcast Standard (In the UK) bitrate is 50 mega bits per second. With 4:2:2 colour sampling.
H.264. Is a modern video codec. It is predominantly used for High Definition video on the Internet.
Apple Pro Res. Is used heavily within Apple video editing programmes such as Final Cut Pro.
MPEG 4. Is employed for Blu Ray HD video discs.
AVI. Is a Predominantly Windows PC video codec.
Latest video camcorders. Formats.
Sony are now employing their XAVC recording format which is dedicated to 4K video production. This format empolys MPEG 4. AVC/H encoding for very high picture quality. Content formats are listed below.
- 4K (4096 x 2160 and 3840 x 2160), HD and proxy resolution.
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression.
- 12, 10 and 8 bit colour depth.
- Up to 60fps.
- MXF wrapping format can be used.
- 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0 colour sampling.
Panasonic cameras such as the Panasonic HCX-1000 use .mov video. This makes life very easy when ingesting video clips into Final Cut Pro. This is due to the fact that FCP X uses, .mov as its native editing codec.
Video Production Sussex Bryan Ferry concert
Video Production Sussex.
Picture above of 2 professional video cameras. Filming a Bryan Ferry concert at the Dome in Brighton.
The assignment.
Video Image Productions were contacted last week by Bryan Ferry’s son Isaac. He wanted his fathers concert filmed. Originally Isaac wanted 3 video camera crews to cover the concert. Unfortunately we were only contacted in the morning and the performance was for that same evening. This limited our camera options because 2 of them had been hired out.
Video production Sussex. The Venue.
The Bryan Ferry concert was at the Dome in Brighton.
Arrival.
Once we arrived outside the Dome in Brighton. I was asked to make contact with the road manager to obtain security passes. The video equipment was off loaded, and we began setting up the cameras in the circle of the theatre.
Panasonic. The camera I used was my Panasonic HCX 1000. With its 20 X Leica zoom lens. It made a ideal camcorder for close up and wide shots of the Concert.
Camera 3 camera. The third camera operator was Ben. Ben was from a Brighton based company and shot different angles from the circle using a Sony EX3.
Close in shots.
I also bought my Canon 5D with a 70-200mm F.28 IS lens. Also 3 Canon batteries and plenty of memory cards. This was the Camera used by Issac. The only problem with this was that Isaac was not aware. Of the 12 minute continuous record time limit of the Canon. But I think he got some useful shots to cut into the main camera footage.
Sound.
We did not edit the video. But the sound for the finished video sound was to be taken from the 8 track mixing desk at the concert.
Media
At the end of the evening Isaac copied the video files. From the memory cards to his Apple Mac book Pro.
Video Production Sussex.
As well as providing video production for Sussex. We also cover the whole of the UK. We cover event videos. Promotional video and web sales videos.
16mm film conversion
16mm film conversion.
Video Image Productions is in the process of providing a 16mm film conversion to AVI files. This process involves scanning the 16mm film directly into our work station PC.
AVI.
For 16mm film conversion to Windows PC. Our preferred video format is AVI. This video format is what we video editors call a editing format. Finishing formats like Mpeg 4 and Mpeg 2 are better suited to authoring DVD’S and Blu-ray discs.
Cleaning your 16mm film conversions.
All our cine reels are cleaned before scanning. We don’t use harsh chemicals which could harm the emulsion of the film.
Advantages of 16mm film conversion to hard drive.
Once the films have been transferred to our computers hard drive. We then transfer the files to an external hard drive. Now the films are in the digital domain. Once you receive your drive we recommend copying the files to your computers hard drive.
My options.
From here you can upload the videos to YouTube. Edit the video in any video editing software you choose. Email the videos to family members. Send the videos over the Internet via services such as wetransfer.com. This is a free service that allows you to send up to 2 Gig of data over the net.
Video Image Productions also provides a video editing service. If you want to us to edit you home videos or cine film transfers. We can send you a edited version of your old movies on digital video. During editing background music, titles and colour correction can all be added to improve the viewer experience.
DVD duplication.
If you would prefer to have your 16mm film conversion on DVD then we also provide a DVD duplication service. We can provide DVD copies from 2 to 2000. All DVD copies come with Amaray professional library cases, Full DVD face colour printing on industry standard DVD-R water shield discs.