My video production company Berad Studio recently produced a documentary called "Refined by Fire" for Hawaiian Airlines' in-flight video magazine Hawaiian Skies. What made this piece more challenging than previous short films was the travel involved. Specifically we traveled to Hawaii Island (a.k.a. The Big Island) to interview artisan Clayton
We had a blast hanging out, chatting and playing with fun toys at our last event. Big mahalo to Banzai Media and Enlight Studios for loaning us your RED Scarlet again for the night. Thank you to Berad Studio for coordinating everything and bringing out an FS100, and the lighting
Come hangout with some of Hawaii's top HDSLR shooters. Bring your questions, answers and maybe a favorite piece of gear that you'd like to share and come on over. And as always, we'll have some cool toys to play with. Courtesy of Banzai Mike we'll have a RED Scarlet in
Big Mahalo to our guest speaker Jason Suapaia of 1013 Intergrated (formerly Pacific Focus) for sharing his 20 years of business experience in the Hawaii video production industry. Jason began his video production career as a tape operator in the Pacific Focus machine room at night while also working another
In Hawaii it's hard to find work in the video production industry... Really hard. After working in LA for 6 years, I thought it would be pretty easy to find a job when I moved back to Hawaii, but for me... it never happened. After a few years of freelancing
When you're burning daylight shooting on location, the words "We'll fix it in post" are often uttered. Post production is really undervalued and often not budgeted properly into smaller projects, but there is a great deal of value and investment in a good system. What NLE (Non-Linear Editing) software are
In this age of digital video and film production, we are constantly being pushed to learn new and innovative ways to tell stories and capture light. As budgets and timelines shrink, we are forced to figure out faster and more effective ways to get shots accomplished. It can quickly become
Small, portable LED lights are fantastic. It's always a good idea to carry at least one small LED light in your kit. They are great if you need a camera mounted light for run and gun shoots and are highly versatile for every situation. However, when working outdoors in bright,