Over the years we have helped hundreds of media professionals to plan out and apply some of the skills they must develop to create intelligent and effective programming. This assistance can either come in the form of simple consultations or full-blown workshops tailored around your specific needs.

In the past, we have offered hands-on, nuts and bolts workshops around basic production issues such as camera work, lighting, audio, and on-camera talent. We also offer workshops to help you maximize your editing capabilities, whether you are interested in digital editing, web video, or graphics work.

We also emphasize the importance of project organization & management, and how that can often be the single most important element in a successful program.

We have been offering workshops, classes and training sessions for our clients since 1982. These have ranged from hands-on production workshops for private companies and non-profits, to undergraduate college courses in non-linear editing at Massachusetts Communications College, to instructing beginning professionals at local arts organizations such as Boston Film & Video Foundation.

The sessions are fun and very user-friendly. Offered in a down-to-earth manner, the workshops assume NO technical expertise, and ‘techno-phobes’ are particularly welcome! Whatever you are seeking to improve, we will be happy to tailor a workshop to meet your specific needs.

Some Workshops we offer:

• Organizing Your Video Production
• Raising Funds for Your Next Project
• Legal Issues & Video Production
• Scripting Workshop
• Technical Tips for Improving Your Videos – camera, audio, lighting
• Advanced Camera Workshop
• Getting the Most Out of Interviews
• Post-Production Techniques
• Selecting Narrators & Music
• Working With Copyrighted Materials
• Bookkeeping for Video Professionals

Our in-house workshops have improved and enhanced the capabilities of many different organizations, and have empowered staff to go out (armed with some concrete information) and begin producing videos which can be very effective.

So, if you’d like to put an end to those jittery, out of focus, impossible-to-hear videos NOBODY wants to watch, give us a call. Don’t let the medium get IN THE WAY of the message!

We will be happy to tailor a workshop for your company or organization. Give us a call!

David Smith has been teaching at institutions such as Boston Film & Video Foundation, Mass Communications College, and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education for over 15 years. His hands-on approach to video production has been successful in training hundreds of business professionals, non-profit staff, educational researchers, and students

Some of our workshop clients include:

Bolt Beranek & Newman
Boston Children’s Museum
Boston Public Schools
The Girl Scouts of America
The Greenery Rehabilitation Centers
Greyhound Friends, Inc.
Harvard Community Health Plan
Interleaf, Inc.
Lesley College
Oxfam America
TERC