Association of Video Professionals Blog

Choice Video Services, Inc., located in Sunny Gulf Breeze Florida, was recently nominated for the "Emerging Business of the Year" and "Small Business of the Year" awards by the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce.

http://www.gulfbreezechamber.com/awards/annual-awards.asp

Owner Dave Mungai moved his business across the country from Oregon to Florida just 18 months ago and was very surprised and honored to receive nominations like this so soon. Getting involved in the community has been both a goal and a passion" say's Mungai. "It's obviously paying off and I'm very grateful for that".

Choice Video Services can be reached at 850 934-9907 or info@choicevideoservices.com. Their website is www.choicevideoservices.com.

Choice Video Services is a member of the Association of Video Professionals. AVP is a cooperative membership organization for independent video professionals that provides quality marketing support, technical support, and on-going training through the collaborative efforts of its members. Services offered by it’s members include Video Production Services, Video, DVD, and CD Duplication, Video Editing, Home Movie Transfers, and many many more. For more information on AVP, or to find a Video Professional near you, visit www.aovpros.com.

We would like to welcome Emmett Pyatt of Chesterfield Video Services to the AVP family. Emmett runs his successful studio out of Chesterfield, MO, which is located just west of St. Louis. We are excited about the knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm Emmett brings with him. Please join the management team in welcoming him to the group. Emmett can be reached at 636.273.9355. His email address is chesterfieldvideo@earthlink.net and his website is www.chesterfieldvideo.com. We were also pleased to learn that he plans to attend the AVP conference this February in San Francisco. We will all get a chance to meet him in person and exchange ideas.

WELCOME ABOARD EMMETT!

The Association of Video Professionals (AVP) recently elected Joy Lamas, owner of Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC. to their Board of Directors where she will serve as Secretary for the next year. AVP, a nationwide network of professional video studio owners, provides Mac based software training, support & a forum for the exchange of ideas between studio owners.

In September of this year Lamas was nominated to the Board, while attending AVP’s bi-annual meeting in Atlanta. Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC. was one of several studios who presented samples of their corporate & consumer level projects such as corporate marketing videos & photo slideshows for events.

Beyond Wow Video, located in the Northland, has been serving the K.C. area for three years & has already received National recognition for their video projects. Joy’s background in advertising sales/marketing/management with AMC Theatres (NCN) & KCNW Radio, along with her organizational & customer service skills will be utilized in this growth oriented organization.

AVP members, including Beyond Wow Video, provide video production, video editing, photo/video montages, film/video transfers, CD/DVD duplication, scholarship videos & more. For more info, go to www.aovpros.com or www.beyondwowvideo.com.

Elections for the 2007/2008 AVP Board of Directors have been completed and the new Directors are now in place.

The new board consists of four returning members (Dale Tate, Jeff DeMello, Mike Roe, Rick Jones) and one new addition (Joy Lamas). Although the names remain largely the same as last year, the roles people will play has been changed somewhat.

Dale Tate will be assuming the role of AVP President and had this to say about his pending term. “It is an honor and privilege to be asked to serve as President of the Association of Video Professionals. This is a group of enthusiastic, skilled and genuinely wonderful people who not only want to be the best in their industry, but also are committed to helping each other build their businesses. I look forward to picking up where Rick Jones so capably left off, and continuing to refine and implement the vision of "being in business for yourself, but not by yourself." Dale and his wife Tracey own Tate Video Services located in Navato California.

Mike Roe who served as Secretary last year is moving into the role of Vice President. Mike owns Mike Roe Video Services located in Lilburn Georgia.

Joy Lamas of Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC is the newest member to the board and will be serving as Secretary for the organization. “AVP is an exciting organization to be a part of & I now look forward to playing a more active role in the support of our group” says Lamas. “Because I'm not involved in the technical side of our business, but have a strong sales, marketing & management background, I believe that I can offer our studio owners some additional ideas that will help them as they grow their business”. Joy and her husband Steve have been AVP members since it’s inception in 2006. Their studio is located in Kansas City.

Jeff DeMello of DeMello Video and Photo Services out of Stockton California will continue to serve the organization as Treasurer.

Former President Rick Jones has moved into the role of “Director at large” for the 2007/2008 term. Rick had this to say about his term as President and Dale Tate’s upcoming term. “It was a great honor to have served as the first President of AVP. I now place the reins into the most capable hands of Dale Tate knowing that AVP is well taken care of. While we don’t know what AVP is destined to evolve into, I do know that with Dale’s leadership we’ll get there in style!

Dave Mungai of Choice Video Services will continue his role as Executive Director for the organization.

All of the current Board Members extend their thanks to Joe Wilt of Presto Video Services. Joe served on the board last year and was instrumental in much of the success AVP achieved in it’s first year.

Peoria Arizona - Bochenski Video Services who recently won the “Award for Excellence in Video Production” at the Association of Video Professionals National Convention, helps an aspiring student athlete achieve her dream.

Bochenski Video Services won for its work producing an award winning Sport Scholarship video. The video featured (Maggie Johnson a star High School girl’s softball player demonstrating her Pitching, Fielding and Batting skills.) Bochenski Video Services was hired to film, edit and DVD author an 8 minute video that could be sent to College Coaches all over the United States. Studio owners Hank and Kathy Bochenski’s award winning Sports Scholarship video reaped its rewards today. Maggie Johnson received a full scholarship to Columbia University beginning next year. Maggie’s father Pat took the time to call owner Hank Bochenski to let him know the great news. Pat Johnson attributes Bochenski Video services Sports Scholarship video in getting Columbia to take a look at Maggie.

“We couldn’t be more happy and pleased that our Sports Scholarship video was instrumental in getting Maggie Johnson into Columbia ,” says Hank Bochenski, Bochenski Video Services owner. “We strive to produce the best work for our customers and it’s nice to hit a home run.”

Pat Johnson, Maggie’s father, was very excited, proud and happy in the outcome for his daughter. “It’s been a lot of hard work and effort to reach this place and it was great to have Bochenski Video services “The Best Sports Video services company in the country” to help us."

Bochenski Video Services provide more than two dozen video services for individuals, businesses, organizations and schools. They range from video editing, photo/video montage keepsakes, home movie transfers, legal video services, duplication, international conversions, to sports or music scholarship videos.

To contact Bochenski Video Services call 623-878-2215. For more information visit their website at www.bochenskivideo.com.

The Association of Video Professionals just completed their Fall 2007 Member conference and training in Atlanta Georgia. By all accounts, it was deemed as a big success by it’s members. “The instructors were ‘top notch’, and the content really hit the mark of what our members need in their businesses” states Dave Mungai, Executive Director for the association.

The conference featured a line up of nationally and internationally renowned instructors like Larry Jordon (Final Cut Guru extraordinaire), Frank Dorritte (two time Grammy award winner), Clay Asbury (Director of Training at MTA Atlanta), Larry Weaver (SEO Optimization Expert) and Bill Eveleth (ActionCoach Master Licensee).

Members took advantage of technical classes such as Advanced Final Cut Editing techniques, Soundtrack Pro, Improving audio in your video productions, and Photoshop for video. There were also several business related classes focused on supplying AVP members with tools they can use to grow their businesses and increase profits. Patricia Greene of Greene Video Services in Phoenix AZ states “It was a fantastic overall training session and the instructors were great!”

In addition to the great training provided, members also enjoyed many social benefits at the conference. “Our members are spread across the country from California to New York. We meet just twice a year so typically communication between members is done via our forum or over the phone” says Mungai. “One of the biggest benefits of these conferences is the opportunity to share ideas and interact with each other face to face”.

Pictures are available on the AVP Events Web Page.

With this conference behind them, AVP will now begin planning it’s next conference which is slated for February 2008 on the west coast.

The Association of Video Professionals is a cooperative membership organization for independent video professionals that provides quality marketing support, technical support, and on-going training through the collaborative efforts of its members. As a community of video professionals, AVP members are in business for themselves, but not by themselves. Services offered by it’s members include Video Production Services, Video, DVD, and CD Duplication, Video Editing, Home Movie Transfers, and many many more. For more information on AVP, or to find a Video Professional near you, visit www.aovpros.com.

Attached are some great free resources for stock images and other elements you can use royalty free in your projects.

http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/100-legal-sources-for-free-stock-images/

Please see the attached link for a quick tutorial on creating a gutter (space) in your scrolling titles. Maybe some of you know about this but I didn't and thought it would be a good topic to share. The clip is only about 60sec!

http://www.fcptips.com/tips/12705.html

We hope you find this helpful!

AVP welcomes Ken Padyjasek of Sweetwater Video Services to the roster. Ken and Sweetwater bring a wealth of experience and expertise to AVP.

Sweetwater Video Services is located in Longwood, FL and Ken can be reached at 407.682.4455 , or toll free at 877.442.3844 and at www.sweetwatervideoservices.com.

Contact Ken for a complete list of his video services.

WELCOME ABOARD!

The Association of Video Professionals has finalized their Autumn 2007 Training Conference, which is being held September 11-16, 2007.

"We are fortunate to have signed an excellent instructional staff for Atlanta.", states Dave Mungi, Executive Director. "They bring a wealth of video, audio, and business knowledge to the table, which should be well received by our attendees".

Larry Jordan, one of the Top 100 Corporate Producers in America, will cover Optimizing Final Cut Pro Workflow, in which he'll show you how to understand and optimize your daily editing workflow, along with Setting Up and Troubleshooting Your Hardware in which he'll cover all sorts of aspects of video and processing hardware for your studio. Larry will also be presenting on Growing Your Video Business, a must see overview on how to excel at your video business.

Clay Asbury, an Apple Certified FCP Trainer and Adobe Photo Shop Trainer, will be teaching classes on Sound Track Pro, Intermediate and Advanced Final Cut Pro, Photoshop Elements for Video and Photoshop CS2 for Video.

Larry Weaver, Director of Internet Marketing Services for Cii Associates, Inc., will be teaching Fundamentals of Search Engine Marketing, will provide many tips on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM).

Bill Eveleth, ActionCoach, will cover 6 Steps to a Better Business and a GrowthCLUB Workshop to help attendees map out plans for their business.

And returning for his second AVP conference will be Frank Dorittie, 9 time Grammy nominee and 2 time Grammy winner, and current Chair of Recording Arts at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, CA. Frank will be teaching two sessions on Improving Audio Quality in your Video Productions.

The AVP Training Conference is free for AVP members, and for non-members: $295/day or $1,095 for the entire conference.

Current information on the training conference is available on the AVP Events web page.

The Association of Video Professionals is proud to announce that the Days Inn Downtown Atlanta has been chosen for our Autumn 2007 Training Conference, which is being held September 11-16, 2007.

"The Days Inn was chosen due to its location in beautiful downtown Atlanta," says Jeff DeMello, conference organizer, "along with their excellent conference support. Our members are looking forward to another excellent training conference, following our well attended conference earlier this year in San Francisco".

AVP will be providing training on subjects such as Final Cut Studio, Advanced Video Production Techniques, Advanced Audio Techniques, Video Business Management, and Advanced Photoshop.

Current information on the training conference is available on the AVP Events web page.

Apple, Inc. Sunday announced to a packed house Final Cut Studio 2, with major upgrades including Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, SoundTrack 2 and Compressor 3. Apple also introduced its own color grading and finishing software called, appropriately enough, Color. However, there is no upgrade to DVD Studio Pro, which is still on version 4, released in 2005.

Click here to read the complete story.

This is a great article for all you Final Cut editors out there...

http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=125747

AVP welcomes Patricia Greene of Greene Video Services and Bill Stilson of Stilson Creative Services to the roster. Both of these studios bring a wealth of experience and expertise to AVP.

Greene Video Services is located in Phoenix, AZ and can be reached at 602.368.4723, or toll free at 800.577.9318, and at www.greenevideo.com.

Stilson Creative Services is located in Woodmere, OH and can be reached at 216.595.5155 and at www.stilson.com.

Be sure to contact them for their list of video services.

WELCOME!!

STOCKTON, CA – Stockton businessman Jeff DeMello, owner of DeMello Video & Photo Services, was appointed to the position of interim Executive Director of the Association of Video Professionals (AVP) during their trade conference in San Francisco.

“We are extremely excited to have Jeff on board in this position”, states Rick Jones, President of AVP, who goes on to say “Jeff brings a high level of energy and commitment to AVP, as evidenced by his participation on the formation of the corporation and his time on the Board”.

“Jeff will be focusing on building business relationships with potential AVP corporate partners, along with marketing duties, and solidifying the infrastructure of the corporation” states Rick.

Jeff brings to AVP his 28 years of entrepreneurial and corporate experiences from Silicon Valley companies such as Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and Lockheed, along with his own start-ups.

Nearly every studio owner in AVP operates from his or her home and offers a similar list of over two-dozen video services. “With the professional equipment owned by our studios,” says Jeff, “we can offer top quality video services at very competitive rates for businesses and individuals.” “And,” adds Jeff, “our members give the kind of personal service that is so hard to find these days”.

The Association of Video Professionals is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a nationwide organization of over thirty-five professional independent video studios. AVP provides its members with ongoing marketing and training support in all aspects of the video business, as well as beneficial business relationships with product and service providers. For more information, visit their website at www.aovpros.com.

Jeff, along with his wife Francesca, are the owners of DeMello Video & Photo Services (www.demellovideo.com) which was established in Stockton in December 2005 to provide full video services for businesses, families, individuals, non-profit organizations and schools. Services range from video editing, photo/video montage Keepsakes, Home Movie Transfers, Legal Video services, CD/DVD Duplication, International Conversions, TV commercials to music or Sports Scholarship Videos. For more information, visit their website: www.demellovideo.com, or call 209.931.9700.

You can read more about Jeff on the AVP Management web page.