the really useful media company » videography http://usefulmedia.net Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:06:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Recent videography for The New School http://usefulmedia.net/2008/10/07/recent-videography-for-the-new-school/ http://usefulmedia.net/2008/10/07/recent-videography-for-the-new-school/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:29:29 +0000 dan http://usefulmedia.net/?p=19 Some of our favorite events we have shot this year for our biggest client, The New School, were Sandra Day O’Connor at the Games 4 Change Festival, Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court, and a panel of food writers remembering Julia Child. Here’s a funny excerpt from the last one, Molly O’Neill’s dead-on impression of Julia Child responding to criticism from PETA.

We have a number of clients at The New School, including the India China Institute, the Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School for General Studies, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, and the Wolfson Center for National Affairs. The New School makes most of their filmed events available online through Fora.tv, an interactive video sharing site that presents thought and discourse from some of the world’s foremost think tanks, conferences and institutions. Follow the last link for many hours of fascinating debates, lectures and interviews.

]]> http://usefulmedia.net/2008/10/07/recent-videography-for-the-new-school/feed/ 0 Bastianello and Lucrezia http://usefulmedia.net/2008/08/13/bastianello-and-lucrezia/ http://usefulmedia.net/2008/08/13/bastianello-and-lucrezia/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:07:40 +0000 dan http://usefulmedia.net/2008/08/13/what-weve-been-doing-lately/ On March 15th, 2008 the Really Useful Media Company did a live, two-camera, high-definition shoot of the operas Bastianello and Lucrezia, presented by the New York Festival of Song at Caramoor, a performing arts center in Katonah, New York. After intensive post-production (editing, color correction, DVD authoring), the operas are now up for all to enjoy the performers’ world-class musicianship. Here below is a custom player we made for NYFOS to put on their site, showcasing the two operas. The videos have yet to be released by NYFOS. Many thanks to Benton-C, whose experience, expertise and all-around-nice-guy-ness shines through in the videography (wide shots) and color correction. Thanks also to Adam Abeshouse, the audio engineer and recordist who mixed the superb recording you can hear in these videos. The full credits are after the jump.

Bastianello by John Musto and Mark Campbell
Lucrezia by William Bolcom and Mark Campbell

presented by New York Festival of Song

recorded at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, March 15, 2008

Cast:

tenor Paul Appleby
bass Matt Boehler
mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke
baritone Patrick Mason
soprano Lisa Vroman

pianists Michael Barrett and Steven Blier
director Leon Major
stage manager Kate Scott

Commission, first performances, recording and audio broadcast of Bastianello by John Musto and Mark Campbell and Lucrezia by William Bolcom and Mark Campbell by New York Festival of Song, Inc. was supported by the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

Additional funding for first performance of Bastianello/Lucrezia is provided by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Fazioli pianos supplied by Klavierhaus

Videography and post-production by the really useful media company

Audio recording and post-production by Adam Abeshouse

New York Festival of Song
Steven Blier, Artistic Director
Michael Barrett, Associate Artistic Director
Elizabeth Hurwitt, Executive Director
Charles McKay, Managing Director

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
Chief Executive/General Director
Paul Rosenblum, Managing Director

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