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Training Videos

tbanucci — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:04:20 +0000

Much of The Last Cut’s work is creating internal training videos and lectures for a variety of corporations. While these are admittedly not the fanciest videos to demonstrate to our customers, they are incredibly effective for internal communication and education.

The Last Cut offers a variety of different options, styles, and techniques to creating these videos, including live broadcasting. For more information, contact us at 408.515.7246 or on our contact form here.

Video For Alumni Campaign

tbanucci — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:50:49 +0000

We recently worked with Archbishop Mitty High School, which is a well known and highly recognized private school in West San Jose. Some well known alumni have attended Mitty, including Olympic medal winners Brandi Chastain (Soccer- 1996, 2000) and Kerri Walsh (Beach Volleyball- 2004, 2008).

Mitty’s goal was to make an emotional impact on alumni by conjuring up past memories through stories, images, and ideals that have tested time. We interviewed about 15 people with different perspectives on their Mitty experiences, and ended up taking about 3 hours of footage, compressing it down to 3 minutes. While certainly not the ideal production situation, we made it happen!

This video was shot entirely in HD for the web, and came out beautifully. I only wish I was able to use some of the other HD footage that we captured, there was so much to choose from! It was my first “official” video using the Canon 7D for B-Roll purposes, and I had a fun time integrating it’s look into the final product.

Have a look and tell us what you think. Have an idea like this for your own educational facility, non-profit organization, or company? Give us a call and let us help you get the ball rolling!

October SVTweetup and my Canon 7D

tbanucci — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:14:02 +0000

The Last Cut Video Productions is proud to announce a new tool to our arsenal of HD video cameras! We’ve been studying the effects of SLR cameras and their HD video functionality for some time now, and could just not hold back our drool anymore (it was a lot of laundry)! So about a month ago I went out and bought a Canon 7D on a whim, and luckily already owned a few lenses to work with (although I foresee this getting very expensive by adding many more).

The 7D brings a whole new look to our videos, by adding a huge depth of field in the shots, giving a more professional look and allowing us to tape in tight situations (which we somehow get into a lot).

I have recently started attending the Silicon Valley Tweetup (http://www.siliconvalleytweetup.com/). You can find me on Twitter under @LastCut.

The SVTweetup is just a bunch of people coming together to have a good time and network, but it supports a great cause, donating to various funds such as the Anissa Lopez Foundation. Free drinks and prizes make this a must attend event! We were there at the recent October (Halloween) Monster Mashup and were asked by the heads of the event to take some video…. so we did!

Here is the result of those efforts:

Dancin’ On The Avenue 2009

tbanucci — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:00:03 +0000

Every year, downtown Willow Glen hosts a big party called Dancin’ On The Avenue. They block off the street for three stages where bands and acts come to perform, and revelers dance everywhere. Well it so happens that The Last Cut has it’s office across from the main stage, and a balcony to boot!

Every year at Dancin’ On The Avenue, we hold a little party for friends, family, and clients to come on up and take a load off. It especially is fun to people watch from the balcony. I happened to take my camera out for a grand total of 5 minutes for the whole night to shoot some video. This was around the time when the office was filled with everyone’s kids, so it’s not the most accurate description of the night, but you get to see some of the action anyway. Enjoy!

Dancin’ On The Avenue 2009 from Ted Banucci on Vimeo.

BTW- The song is called “1901” by the band Phoenix

Contact Form Problems Resolved

tbanucci — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:20:04 +0000

If you had recently sent us something via our contact form in the last two weeks, and did not receive a reply, please accept our sincerest apologies. While we are well known for our spectacular videos, we are not so well known for our website coding. Turns out, one misspelled word caused our email form to not work properly!

So if you sent us something in the last two weeks, it was due to the launch of our new website, which had a small error in the contact page. Please give us a call or send us another contact message and we will be sure to reply this time!

Goodbye old website, dear friend

tbanucci — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:00:29 +0000

Today I say goodbye to an old friend…. my former website. While I immensely enjoyed my time with my former website (whom I’ll refer to as Sheila for the sake of this post), she had become old and tired.

Sheila was once voted Dreamhost site of the month (August 2005), but I fell in love with her long before then, when she was just a figment of my imagination in the sweaty summer of 2003.

Alas, Sheila could not keep up with the times. Some called her “unhip”, “unstylish”, and “outdated”, when I stood by her side and saw her best qualities. Then came a new friend, Google, who tried to work with Sheila on many projects, but they would not always click together…. when in fact, I was hoping for many clicks. Sheila was also hard on the eyes. She kept showing off videos that were 4 years old to potential customers, which often turned them off. She would also never talk about recent news, instead referring only to her outdated videos that she enjoyed so much.

So to Sheila I said today, “We had some good times, you and me. But you know, tastes change, Sheila. It’s not you, it’s me…. but really it’s you. I need something new in my life, and we need to part ways. Again… it’s you.”

And with that, Sheila was thrown in the ol’ FTP trash bin (as well as backed up and archived for historical reasons). I shall miss you, Sheila. However, I think Barbara will help me to forget…..

The irony in this post is that I’m a wedding videographer, indicating some sort of divorce. Had I made a video of my relationship to my website, our relationship might not have ended!

Welcome to the blog

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:20:11 +0000

Blog, news, whatever you want to call it, it’s here, and it’s new. I’ve wanted this blog for 5 years now, but because of other excuses, have never implemented it…. my bad!

But now you can be sure to find the latest ramblings of a weary videomaker right here, through an RSS feed or through our newsletter. I plan to post our latest projects, as well as marketing information that you can use for your businesses, as well as wedding observations. What a combination!

You can also check out our real estate only blog at LastCutHomes.com

New Website Up!

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:13:08 +0000

Wow, I’ve been waiting over 3 years to finish our new website and I finally have it up! Holy cow….

Take in that fresh new look, admire the re-invention of our marketing, drool at those terrific video samples, all in H.264 format (crisp and clean)!

Now what am I supposed to do with myself now that I finished my website? I guess I could finally get back to editing. Naw…. let’s start on the next website revision!