Daystar Video
Productions
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Streaming Media Production and Hosting
Legal Videography
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We are ready to work with you as soon as you have prepared your materials...here's what to do to ensure a perfect production!
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Prepare your photos first! Choose
the very best images you have because these will yield the most polished
production. Perfect composition is not the most critical factor...image
quality is! Avoid, if possible, over/under exposed images, creased images and
of course, those that are out-of-focus. |
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We can do minor image repairs:
re-composing for best image, color-balancing to restore original tones on
color photos from the '50s and '60s, and so forth. Those yellow, blue and
orange casts to photos of this era can usually be corrected without
difficulty. |
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Number your materials sequentially
or number them within groups that correspond to distinct sections of your
production. Our goal is to preserve, at all cost, the order of presentation
you had in mind. On photos, ensure that this numbering is done in pencil! The reason for this is that any kind of ink is likely to stay wet and get into the emulsion of other photos when they are stacked together. The best way to legibly number photographs is to apply a small piece of frosted tape to the back of the photo and write on it in pencil. This should make it easy for us to see in case they get out of order. |
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Make sure you have enough music
to cover the number of photos you provide us with. We will use the music of
your choice and ask that you provide it on CD that we will, of course, return
to you. The best way to determine this is to divide the number of photos for
your production by 10. This will give you the length of your production in
minutes (e.g. If you have 150 photos you should provide 15 minutes of
music--150 divided by 10). It is best to provide for a little more than you
think you need. Of course, because we work digitally, we can edit very accurately and even cut the length each image is onscreen according to the beat of the music. But the guideline above guards against the one thing we cannot overcome--a music shortage! |
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Be sure to identify an image you would
like to use on the cover and labels of your project. A well-selected
image is the perfect finishing touch on a project's "wrapper!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Once we saw the packaging you put our video into, we knew it would be something special...even before we took it out!" P.H.--Parker, Colorado ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Another key ingredient we will ask you
to provide is a title for your movie. This can be very straight
forward...or as creative as you want to make it! Let it express something
special about the emotion of the event or your special thoughts on the
occasion. In our personal consultation with you, we can help with suggestions
that will perfectly capture your intention! |
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We will include as many additional
titles as you want for sections, so be certain to ask for what you
need. |
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Finally, think of any special thought you might like to express in a dedication page. Consider this as being like the inside of a greeting card...a thought that expresses your sentiment , a poem that captures the occasion, or an appropriate song verse or passage of sacred scripture that says exactly what you want to say. Don't worry if it is too long to fit on a single screen...we can scroll it just like in the movies! |
Once you have this all together, then it's time for us to meet...
in person if you live in the Denver area, or in a personal telephone consultation if you will be sending your material to us. We want to understand your project completely and will take the time necessary to make sure you...
- Understand the production process;
- Know what the project will cost, including copies and shipping;
- Are completely comfortable that the project you receive is exactly the project you had in mind when you contacted us!
Now that you understand how to build your project...