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Articles by Kevin Cook

UWP-D11 Review

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by Kevin Cook Issue 91 - July 2014 Ever since the new regulations in the UK on radio microphone frequencies were introduced in the UK at the end of 2012, the days were numbered for my trusty old Sony UWP series radio mic system (consisting of the URX-P1 UHF dual-diversity receiver and UTX-B1 transmitter). Whilst super-reliable and excellent quality...

Submitted by Kevin Cook

Published 01 August 2014

Music licensing for corporate video

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by Kevin Cook Issue 89 - May 2014 Music copyright is a nightmare. Its an incredibly confusing subject and failing to understand it can be potentially ruinous. As a corporate video producer you simply cant skip around the subject as its something that youll have to deal with on a daily basis. Quite often clients will also ask for their favourite com...

Submitted by Kevin Cook

Published 01 June 2014

Rising to the occasion

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by Kevin CookIssue 83 - November 2013 I must admit I wasnt really in the market for a camera crane until I set eyes on the iFootage M1 Mini Crane. Sure, I love seeing craning shots in a film - and I understand perfectly how these types of shots give the viewer an additional and otherwise unavailable perspective to A scene but it all seemed like a l...

Submitted by Kevin Cook

Published 01 December 2013

Taking the heat out of lighting

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by Kevin CookIssue 82 - October 2013 Weve seen a gradual move away from tungsten video lighting for a number of years now and for all sorts of reasons. Firstly theres the ecological issue about using tungsten lights. Burning a metal filament within a gaseous-free glass chamber is not the most efficient way to generate a light source. Most of the en...

Submitted by Kevin Cook

Published 01 November 2013