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All Around Production and AV · December 2, 2020

Configuring a Pandemic-Friendly In-Person Interview Set

Author | Josh Whitaker

All Around Production and AV · June 19, 2020

Virtual Events-5 Awesome Advantages over in person events!

Repertoire Productions was an early adopter and innovator of using livestreaming to facilitate corporate communications. Since 2010 we have been live streaming quarterly meetings and events for such notable clients as Airbnb, Google, Square, LinkedIn, EA and more. We also continue to give back to the community by sponsoring, producing and live streaming events for TEDx, Tech Inclusion, CREDO Action Network, San Francisco Gay Mens Choir and others.

All Around Production and AV · September 27, 2019

Amazon, Twitch & the Bold Future of Live Streaming

Live-streaming has changed quite a bit over the years to become one of the top forms of online entertainment. Companies like Twitch, YouTube, Vimeo and others are taking advantage of the new trends in live-streaming by using video, video games, live production and others to attract an audience. The video game industry alone was a $138 billion market in 2018 and clearly there’s one live-streaming platform that’s dominating the competition, Twitch.

All Around Production and AV · August 4, 2019

Produce a fantastic Netflix Comedy Special, the Nuts and Bolts.

The one hour format TV Comedy Special has its roots in 1975.

All Around Production and AV · July 27, 2019

Secure Live Stream Production, Best Practices.

Secure Live Streaming Video is required in any number of scenarios for different purposes, most commonly Internal Communications, but by no means exclusively. If you’re responsible for producing internal meetings, business updates, or sharing confidential content within your organization and between remote offices and employees, you will need Secure Live Streaming Video. This is an especially critical step if you are producing events offsite that require livestreaming back to base into that network of locations.

All Around Production and AV · June 7, 2019

Produce Quarterly Meetings that are extraordinary and impressive!

We get it! It can be an enormous amount of pressure to produce amazing quarterly meetings, and it feels like its all on you. Booking Venues, Caterers, Travel, Event Production Teams, coordinating Executives’ Schedules, chasing Powerpoint Presentations, Videos and Speaker notes, finding Guest Speakers, preparing Business Updates and so much more. Not to mention pulling it all together on a limited budget, short timeframe, and all while handling your regular job.

All Around Production and AV · July 26, 2017

To P or not 60p

Video is one of the fastest changing technologies on the market today. Influenced by developments in everything from sensor technology to compression algorithms, video formats, frame rates, & resolutions are constantly changing. One of the exciting evolutions that is starting to gain widespread adoption is 1080 60p video. Wrapped up in this description are 3 concepts:

All Around Production and AV · July 19, 2017

10 Great Ways to Improve Event Audio

Modern live events can take advantage of the latest technology in cameras, streaming, projection, event audio, & LED walls. Interestingly, lighting & event audio are not much different than they used to be, although strengthened by newer efficient digital electronics. Fundamentally, speakers are constructed and used in much the same way they were 20 years ago. So how do we leverage this history and technology to improve modern event audio?

All Around Production and AV · March 15, 2017

Top 10 Best Ways to Make Your Event More Interactive

An early spring morning at a yacht club in San Francisco, the event AV production crew gathers before dawn. They take a photo of the full moon reflecting off the black water of the bay, the quiet Golden Gate Bridge interactive in the foreground. Gear trucks back into place and the lift gates slam down. Twenty men, all in black, unload large heavy cases full of cable, LED panels, truss, and speakers.

All Around Production and AV · February 13, 2017

Update! Choosing The Best Live Stream Provider

One year ago, I wrote an article comparing the top live stream providers. At that time, Facebook was not an option and YouTube was relatively unused. Now, we can stream to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and even more, that’s a lot of live stream providers.

All Around Production and AV · December 19, 2016

Designing a Beautiful Stage for Live Stream

Live Streaming for company events is a major new feature in the business world. More companies are using this technology to keep their global audience involved now because of regularly available fast internet and the promotion through YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. With these three companies providing this service for free, it is up to the event company and its AV vendor to create a beautiful video.

All Around Production and AV · November 28, 2016

Do I need to use my hotel AV?

The short answer is no.Repertoire provides full services to hotel venues, regardless of most venue-exclusive hotel AV agreements.

All Around Production and AV · June 30, 2016

How to Record Great Event Video

Congratulations, you are planning an event! You are responsible for booking the venue, planning transportation, hiring a caterer, furnishing the space, possibly even creating the content through a carefully constructed cue to cue.

All Around Production and AV · March 4, 2016

How To Live Stream An Event

Clients approach our company with the goal of putting on a big event and rewarding their audiences with a great show.

All Around Production and AV · March 3, 2016

The Giant X at TEDx Berkeley 2016

Repertoire Productions had the honor of producing TEDxBerkeley 2016 earlier this year. While most of the project was routine (multi-camera shoot, live streaming, projection, stage engineering, stage management, wireless audio and switching presentations), we decided to tackle a creative endeavor, projection mapping on a gigantic 3D “X.”

All Around Production and AV · February 27, 2016

How To Choose A Live Streaming Provider

Live streaming has become a necessity to include with major events. This makes choosing the right Live Streaming Provider that much more important. We’re entering a world where the majority has access to fast internet, allowing them to watch high definition video live from anywhere else in the world. The renaissance of live streaming has begun, it’s very exciting to see how the ecosystem of providers will evolve to bring more services and features.