>
 > My Name is Jim Carrier I've been in professional Broadcast
Hello Jim!
  > and
 > industrial video production for in excess of 25 years.  I'm
 > currently
 > managing a video production department for a large
 > manufacturing
 > corporation.
Wow, very pleased to meet you!
  >
 > Get as much hands on experience as you can.  Practice
 > shooting with a
 > video camera and get real good at editing video programs.  If
 > you do
 > there will always be a job for you.
 >
Actually I just today got asked by my Cousin to videotape her weeding, so 
that should be fun. I have watched TVO's "Succesful Home Video", with Dave 
Stringer, and I got some good pointers from there, is there any advice you 
could give me with regards to shooting a weeding? I might ask a friend from 
the video club to come along and assist with another Camera for more diverse 
shots, might this be a good idea? 
 > Good luck
Thanks! And nice meeting you, thanks for  your answer to my question(s)..
Robin M Pascall
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 201 PRO VIDEO     Ref: C5HL2766 Date: 05/13/95
From: JIM CARRIER                                           Time: 05:46pm
\/To: ROBIN PASCALL                                       (Read 7 times)
Subj: R: Professional Video! Great!

Yes Robin, having a friend along is a very good idea.  You'll get twice
the coverage.  You can intercut the shots your frind gets with yours to
make your video more professional.  Try to use a tripod in church and
it's acceptable to shoot off the sholder for the other events surronding
the wedding like the outside shots and of corse the reception.  People
do funny things at weddings so keep your eyes open and your camera
rolling.  You can always dump the boring stuff when you cut it.
 
Just keep shooting tape the more you shoot the better you'll get.
I make some extra money while I'm home by shooting TV news events for
our local TV stations.  Some stations pay for good footage if they use it.
I listen to a scanner all the time if there is a fire or some major news
event in "my" area I grab my camera and I'm there.  I usually have the
tape    the TV[station before the fire department isCfinished cleaning up.
It's good experience,  if you get to an incident early enough you won't
have to worry about dodging police lines.  If you get there late obey
the police lines and use your zoom lense.
 
Good luck and keep rolling tape.
 
Jim C.
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 201 PRO VIDEO     Ref: C5D00001 Date: 05/07/95
From: ROBIN PASCALL                                         Time: 05:28pm
\/To: DAVE HALLIDAY                                       (Read 7 times)
Subj: Professional Video! Great

 > Basically,
 > this means that you start sweeping the floors and soldering
 > cables for
 > really really really low wages but you *do* get your feet in
 > the door
 > and get exposed to what they do.
Hi Dave!
Souds like a good idea, but how would you ever move up from floor sweeper to 
a real job? Does it ever happen? Please tell me more..
Robin M Pascall
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