Thursday, June 23, 2011

Iron Bow Videoconferencing Shoot


Wednesday & Thursday, June 22nd - 23rd, RaffertyWeiss Media set out to produce an informational marketing / testimonial video for Iron Bow, a telecommunications / videoconferencing company based out of Upper Marlboro, MD.

John Lofton IV, Associate Producer at RaffertyWeiss Media, acted as the D.I.T. (Digital Imaging Technician) on set and helped with footage acquisition, transfer, transcoding and audio ripping for transcriber.

This was a very fun shoot to be a part of for many reasons. First of all, given that it is summer, we were indoors! That was a huge plus. Second, we got to mess around with the videoconferencing hardware and talk to people across the country.



In fact, Chris Weiss, partner at RaffertyWeiss Media, conducted an interview with someone in another state using the Iron Bow videoconferencing technology. Iron Bow partners with Cisco.







Finally - we were fortunate enough to work with a fine crew. Tom Inskeep (Director of Photography), Josh Spring & Tomo Sasaki (Grip & Lighting), Art Jaso (AJ Audio). It's always enjoyable when you are able to work with a group of pros who also have great personalities!

The Iron Bow video will most likely be available for viewing on the RaffertyWeiss Media website within the next month or so.

http://raffertyweiss.com/creative-media-solutions.html



JDL4 Out - Videoconference style.
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3 comments:

  1. NavidwJune 24, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    I do have a few questions for you Mr. Lofton. Was the video feed Iron Bow was receiving and sending through the video conference unit in HD? Second, if the feed was in HD what speed internet connection was used to support the video conference unit?

    Thank You.

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  2. JDL4June 24, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Hello Navidw,

    I can confirm that the video conference feed was in fact in HD. In fact, the engineer and I played around with the settings for a bit. They were able to support the following formats (and more):

    1280x720 Progressive or Interlaced
    1920x1080 Progressive or Interlaced

    I can't confirm the internet speed for the company, but if I had to guess I would say it was either dedicated T1 or T3. They are based out of Upper Marlboro, MD.

    Thanks,

    John

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  3. JDL4June 24, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    NavidW,

    I forgot to mention that all the TV systems were , "Tandberg".

    Hope this answers all your questions!

    Thanks,

    John

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