So You Think You Can Shoot Dance?

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohC1mMpnp-M] “Miceli Productions loves to film dance.  We’ve captured Bessie-Award winning dance theatre piece Fräulein Mariafrom NY choreographer Doug Elkins, the brilliant Hartford-based choreographer Deborah Goffe and her company Scapegoat Garden (see video excerpt above) and, of course, a legion of university and studio dance productions.  We love them all, in their wonderful diversity of movement. … Continue reading So You Think You Can Shoot Dance?

Winterberry Gardens Web Commerical on Channel 3 WFSB.com

[youtube width=”620″ height=”355″ video_id=”lfCbTkBm_6Y”] Winterberry Gardens in Southington, CT hired Miceli Productions HD to produce 3 web videos highlighting their custom landscaping design, irrigation, and lighting services.  The video web commercials are currently playing in rotation on Channel 3 WFSB.com.

Miceli Productions at THE TONY AWARDS!

Well… almost.  Keep your eyes open for the Miceli Productions HD TV commercial spot for Hartford Stage’s Broadway Legends broadcasting this Sunday during the 2010 TONY AWARDS (black tie attire optional). Can you name the Broadway shows/tunes sampled in the audio? [youtube width=”620″ height=”355″ video_id=”kA4GFq4RDZM”]

TV Commercial Storyboard: Anatomy of 30 Seconds

Storyboards keep clients and producers on the same page, the production on schedule and within budget. They work to show the visuals, script and audio elements and how they should all play together.  In simplest form, here’s one that we used for a :30 TV Commercial with quick iPhone pics to show each shot location.… Continue reading TV Commercial Storyboard: Anatomy of 30 Seconds

Real Estate Video: Give Your Property Vital Context

[jwplayer mediaid=”5762″] It’s a tough climate out there for real estate, as a seller or a broker you want to use all available sales tools to give buyers incentive to get in their cars and drive to see your property in person.  Accurate and flattering photographs will help, but professional real estate video delivers the… Continue reading Real Estate Video: Give Your Property Vital Context

QLab Sponsors Former MP Intern for Broadway Sound Master Classes

Apparently Miceli Productions didn’t already have enough reasons to love QLab, the award winning software that makes rich multimedia designs for live performances and installations.  QLab just announced, via their quirky vlog post (video blog post), that former Miceli Productions intern Kate Crescimanno has been offered a sponsorship to participate in the upcoming 8th Annual… Continue reading QLab Sponsors Former MP Intern for Broadway Sound Master Classes

TIME LAPSE VIDEO: Use for Impact

Day turns to night, flowers open then wither, a chrysalis morphs into a butterfly, all within a few moments on the screen. Time-lapse video can be a compelling tool to capture something otherwise deemed unable to capture. The first recorded use of the time-lapse technique was by cinematographer Georges Méliès‘ in his motion picture Carrefour… Continue reading TIME LAPSE VIDEO: Use for Impact

Top 5 Video Editing Basics for New Media

Anyone can post a video online.  The creation, edit and upload of a digital video is fast becoming a basic digital communications skill.  If you want your video to be more than just online noise you have to know which options are at play.  Here’s Miceli Productions down and dirty list of the top five video… Continue reading Top 5 Video Editing Basics for New Media

Greater Southington CT Chamber Member Benefits: Video Edit Discounts

Connecticut’s Greater Southington Chamber of Commerce launches their online ‘Chamber Mall’ April 5, 2010.  Under the leadership of Chamber President Art Secondo the new The ‘Chamber Mall’ creates a platform for members to offer business and service discounts to the community through an online network hosted at The Southington Chamber of Commerce site. Since becoming… Continue reading Greater Southington CT Chamber Member Benefits: Video Edit Discounts

Motion Control: Meet The Amphenolians

[youtube width=”620″ height=”355″ video_id=”tudzEskckZU”] Miceli Productions spent a week in VSI Media‘s MoCon (Motion Control Camera) Suite during production of our feature length corporate documentary film Amphenol: Connecting Through Time.  MEET THE AMPHENOLIANS is a short video created as a DVD extra to celebrate company values among business managers.  Amphenolians are 6 inches tall, made… Continue reading Motion Control: Meet The Amphenolians