Full-Service Digital Video and Multimedia Production Studio
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EQUIPMENT
The right equipment amplifies our personal skills and is an important factor in making excellent video possible. However, equipment costs can become the major cost of production and drive prices right out of the reach of many customers.  Equipment selection is a balancing act.  We at MVP take equipment selection very, very seriously.  We have carefully selected our equipment to enable us to provide image and sound quality tailored to satisfy customer requirements.
 

CAMERAS:




 

Cameras are important and the most visible equipment we use.  The images and sound in the final production can never be better than what is acquired by the camera.

Our camera arsenal now includes 3-chip, HDV digital high definition cameras, such as the Sony HVR-V1U HDV.  These formidable professional cameras enable us to acquire video in HDV and DV formats, in both native wide screen (16:9) and standard (4:3) aspect ratios in 1080/60i/60p, 24p and NTSC..

We also employ 3-chip, DV digital cameras, such as the JVC GY-DV5000 (pictured), which is the highest performance instrument in its class.  Where the ultimate in low-light performance is important, we use our Sony VX-2000, VX-2100 DV format cameras.  Our DV cameras all have 4:3 and 16:9 capabilities.

In addition, we now use the Sony HDV-60 tapeless recorders, which enables us to eliminate tape from the acquisition process (tape becomes a backup only).  Tapeless acquisition greatly enhances the whole production process in several important ways.

All of our cameras are widely used members of the professional HDV and DV families of camcorders that are used extensively for all kinds of professional video production, including some types of broadcast work.  Without knowing it, you have probably watched many hours of TV shot with these cameras.
 

AUDIO:

 Sound quality is every bit as important as image quality.  It's amazing how the right voice and background music can breathe life into a piece burdened with mundane video material or a dry subject.

We have a broad inventory of sound equipment, including professional wireless and wired microphones, low-noise mixers, and a computerized studio utilizing hardware with 100+ dB S/N specs.  We also have built relationships with a number of voiceover professionals in English, Spanish and other languages.  We we have 250+ CDs of royalty-free music for background music beds, and can also produce custom music beds if required.

For our most demanding audio recording requirements, we employ the Korg D888, 8-channel hard disc recorder-mixer system, which records in uncompressed digital format.  It is small enough to be used in the field, yet capable enough to be at home in a sophisticated recording studio.  Coupled to quality mics and other inputs, the D888 enables us to handle extremely demanding audio in the field and in the studio.

LIGHTING:

Like audio, lighting is essential to quality video.  We have an excellent selection of incandescent, halogen, and fluorescent fixtures.  We couple this with a large inventory of gels, filters, diffusers, soft boxes, and other accessories that enable us to tailor the lighting to the exact needs of a production in the studio and in the field.

PRODUCTION
STUDIO

We have a production studio with suitable for a wide variety of taping requirements.  It is equipped with multi-point lighting, green screen, drapes, and teleprompter. 

EDITING
SYSTEMS:

We edit with high performance, digital, realtime nonlinear editing (NLE) systems that are format and frame rate independent, which enables us to work in and mix standard definition (SD), high definition (HD), 4:3 and 16:9, etc. as needed.  Our editing systems enable us to deliver image and sound quality that equals the original, without generation losses and other issues associated with some editing systems.  With a modest loss in performance and speed compared to our studio systems (but not quality), we also have NLE systems that are highly portable for use in the field.

SOFTWARE:

Editing is performed using Grass Valley-Canopus Edius Pro NLE software, which gives us almost unlimited capabilities in performing the most complex edits, and has an amazing library of effects, highly effective filters and third party plug-ins.  Edius is totally format independent, and employs the renowned Canopus suite of codecs that have set the standards in the industry for a decade.  In addition, we have a broad inventory of other software, such as Sony Sound Forge, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Audition and Encore.  Canopus Imaginate and Procoder, and others round out the available software commonly used in post production.

SUMMARY:

All in all, you may find bigger studios with more equipment, but you won't find one that is better planned to produce the highest quality from beginning to end, or one that is more progressive keeping up with the times, or with more experience producing the types of material we specialize in.  Everything we have works totally seamlessly together, and has been selected with customer expectations and requirements in mind.