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Spider Video Inc.

Full service video production and livestreaming experts based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada.

12/09/2024

One last chance to be part of the April 1 event! The theme is “Fool”. If you think you have a story that fits this theme, then pitch us at halifaxstoryslam.com/contact/ or [email protected].

11/22/2024

Congrats to on 20 years. It’s a hard business to go that long. It speaks to the drive and skill behind the team. Thanks for the invite to see blast some tunes and meet a bunch of who are also friends!

10/24/2024

going live on The Todd Veinotte Show at 12:45 pm with one of our brave storytellers Laura Kohoot to talk about the upcoming Halifax Story Slam inaugural event on Oct 29 at Halifax Public Libraries Central Library!

04/10/2024

Finally launching this exciting personal project after simmering for many years. Halifax Story Slam. In partnership with Halifax Public Libraries we are hosting a night of true stories told live. Without a net. Have a unique real story of your own? Check this out and pitch it! halifaxstoryslam.com

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True stories told live. Without a net.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of storytelling at the inaugural "Story Slam" event, in partnership with Halifax Public Libraries, on Oct 29, 2024, at Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library! 📚✨

Inspired by The Moth The Moth and CBC's Vinyl Cafe Story Exchange, this event will feature curated storytellers sharing their own true tales on the theme of "fear." Through workshops with seasoned story editors, each presenter will be guided to refine their story for an exciting evening of storytelling.

Think you have a story to share? We're calling for participants! Submit your pitch at https://halifaxstoryslam.com. Keep it rough, keep it short - two sentences or a one-minute voice/video message and you can email it directly to [email protected].

Get ready to be captivated as our storytellers take the stage, no prompts, no scripts, just real stories! Don't miss out - mark your calendars and be part of this unforgettable event!

03/20/2024

Of the week in this is what I’m most excited about!! We may have altered all of our plans around this day

03/19/2024

After some many years and $ got to visit the shrine in

03/15/2024

Doing some justice to my eduction.

02/26/2024

Room tone - what is it? Why record it? How to do it?
At the end of an interview, we record room tone. It’s a bit of an odd thing to do and is always a bit weird. Once the interview is done, everyone stays in place and we point the camera to the mic and record about one minute of audio called room tone. Think of it like adding cooking stock to a soup. With all the cuts of an edit, things can sound different in the audio and dropping a baseline background track of what the room sounds like makes everything smooth. One of the hard things is not making any noise for one minute as everyone looks about awkwardly but it can be a lifesaver in post. Rooms sound different when people are in it so even having the interviewee not in the space (if they had to leave) can change the tone or sound of a space. It’s a small picky audio element to but is another tool to have in your pocket. See the comments for a great video supercut that was done on this :)

02/12/2024

Who wore it better.

02/02/2024

A little BTS (behind the screens vs scenes). An . This tool is a great addition for editing and general computer use. It’s like a tactile customizable shortcut interface. It very useful for streaming too. Many streamers have them for reactions and chat interfaces and layered keyboard commands. But for me when editing, this tools with a series of visual shortcuts makes things easy. Yes, keyboard shortcuts do a similar thing but this is just fast and fun.

01/29/2024

“The biggest light source in the solar system” - You (or maybe just me) hear cinematographers and photographers extoll natural light and I do love it too. It can be frought with challenges as well. Too bright, too cloudy, too much exposure changes with clouds passing by and more. My thought is that we as humans see each other and much of the world in natural light so we are wired to like it better. There is a place for lighting effects and in some scenes, to match the lights of the room but I always try to stick to daylight colours with interviews when possible. In a perfect world you get to control all of the light but in so many of the corporate interviews I have done, you make the best of the setting you are provided and “office lighting” - which is rarely flattering also often has a variety of mixed bulbs and creates chaos for those who care about it. So when the opportunity is there you can make simple decisions to leverage the sun, like we did on this day. A slight knock down of the bright winder with the built in blinds plus a bit of fill with our own key light (set to daylight of course). Just a bit of insight to one of the 100s of tiny decisions you make on the day to create a great shot.

01/16/2024

Invest in lenses first! Cameras update and sensors continually get better but lenses can last decades. Now I love new gear but hate obsolence of equipment for tiny end of life things. So after exhaustive internet scrolling and detailed exploded spec diagrams I replaced this 4mm broken screw collar to keep this lens going. Thx to

01/10/2024

Kicking off the new year w colour. False colour that is. This setting on video production monitors is a favourite of mine to use when shooting for years. It gives a colour spectrum representation of exposure that you can quickly identify how to light a scene. Each monitor brand has some difference in representation so you have to be aware of that and many cameras also have this as a toggle setting. But it does not show up in the video itself. So don’t be surprised if you see your camera operator or DP flicking this on, it’s not a new social media filter :) just another of the many tools to use to make things look great.

01/05/2024

Adapt, adapt and again. Often we don’t get the chance for a tech survey (a prep/scout day to plan shots and know what gear we will need) so we have become very good at quickly analyzing a scenario to our advantage. In this tight space there was not much room for a main light so we filtered the natural light from the small kitchen window to be our key light and it worked great for the scenario. Luckly the sky was a bit overcast and pushed a lovely ambient light to cast onto our interviewee. Sometimes you have to make quick creative decisions that work for the space and the time. 2024 we have jumped right back at ‘er.

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