Tony Cahill from Line 1 Media, a Media Distributors Company, introduces Constellation VCM. This is a highly customizable asset management system that allows the user to organize, share, search, retrieve and protect all of your film, tape, disc and RAID media in one storage environment. You can even search by the spoken word!

Are you a digital cinema Director, video Producer or DP and need to get extremely wide shots to close ups of sporting events, outdoor crowd shots or sweeping camera movements without a dolly? Check out the Akela Crane demo. The 85 foot Akela Crane has a small footprint. This camera Crane carries 100 pounds at 85 foot lengths and 200 pounds at 72 feet.

Get a sneak peak at the wizard behind the curtain. Rebekah Toth takes you behind the scenes of Levy Productions to reveal the machine room.

Tips that professional producers use to put video interviewees at ease. It is natural to be nervous in front of the camera use those nerves to get the best video interview possible.

Do you have questions about moving to a tapeless workflow? We will answer the following questions. Is tapeless video more complicated to shoot or edit? How does tapeless video get recorded onto the cards? What media does a Producer take back to their editors? What is metadata and how do I add it to my footage from a P2 camera? Have more questions...comment...we'd love to start a conversation.

We visit Jan Crittenden from Panasonic and Jarrod Haarstod from AbelCineTech at NAB 2009 to compare the Panasonic AG-HPX300 and the Sony PMW-EX3 cameras. Which tapeless workflow is right for your production company or media organization SxS or P2 cards?

Tom Upton gives us some insights to best utilize a steadicam camera stabilizing system. What is the set up time for a steadicam operator? How long can you wear a steadicam rig? How much does a Steadicam weigh? How does a steadicam operator get the shot?

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.