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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.

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10 steps | Produce a Conference with Video Platforms & Tech?

With the recent news regarding the CoronaVirus / COVID-19 many people are concerned with the risks associated with travel internationally and domestically. This concern has led to the cancellation of many conferences and events here in California and around the world including the Mobile World Congress, Developers Conferences and possibly SXSW. Many companies, such as Google, have implemented company wide travel bans for their employees in order to reduce their risk to exposure. A thoughtful move by these large companies, but also avoiding a potential PR nightmare.

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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.

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Decimators, 3 Awesome ways to Decimate Your Next Show

Covered in depth for this edition of “Run of Show” (our inspirational and informative blog on all things production) we are looking at the humble Decimator. Manufactured by the good folks at Decimator Design, these handy little devices are the AV equivalent of a multi-tool for video engineers everywhere. Even so, many people find the menus hard to navigate and the product difficult to use. That is why we figured a Decimator blog might be useful. Today we will be covering the Decimator MD-HX: What it does and most importantly how to use it.

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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.

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Inspiring Live Event Production & Festivals, Behind the Screens

Live Event Production is definitely an exciting career; the job is always changing, working with and for new and interesting people certainly keeps things interesting. It can also be a challenge at times; long hours followed by quick turnarounds with the pressure of deadlines breathing down your neck can be quite stressful at times.

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LED Video Walls, Bold Behind the Screens!

What is a LED Video Wall? An LED Video Wall is similar to a TV or Projection screen, but where it differs is the most important. Unlike a TV, your typical LED Walls are hundreds of assembled panels with thousands of thousands of small light-emitting-diodes (LEDs), which are essentially small individual LED lights. When these panels are assembled, they create a screen with millions of LED pixels.

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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.

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The most important trends in Live Events.

Technology, connectivity, data, and creativity have driven entirely New Concepts in Live Events. Established, proven event ideas have undergone enormously exciting changes too! Trends have emerged across the spectrum. Read on for updates on Live Streaming, Keynotes, Remote Presenters, Panel Discussions, Fireside Chats, Product Showcases, Guest Speakers, Video Presentations, Q&A, Team Building and Culture Building.

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Pickles and Biljax?!? Critical Live Event Terminology.

This definition of Slang is equally true in Live Event Production. TV production slang differs from Film Production, and the same is true about Live Event Production. New live event terms have even emerged around Live Streaming technology and production. Here are some interesting words and live event terminology that you might hear used by your live event production team or the team that is producing your Live Stream. And after you’ve read this post, you’ll never have to stop a Pre-Production meeting and ask “what does that mean?”. So hand me the pickle and let’s click-through this!

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10 Great ideas for memorable Corporate Events! Pop Culture Edition.

The highest priority for Corporate Events is Audience Engagement. In our experience, these ideas are always crowd pleasers. This article explores technical requirements and additional considerations that make these simple, cost-effective ideas work. Repertoire Productions can help you decide what will work for your Event, Conference or Live-Stream.

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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:

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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How to Choose the Right AV Company

Audio & visual technology is a critical part of every party, event, meeting, and even our homes and cars. It has been around long enough that there is a good chance there is already an AV company doing the work at your events. Unless some major catastrophe inspires you to find a new AV company, there may be no reason to consider other options. So how do you know if you have hired the right AV company?

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Get in early on Facebook Live

Live video is a rapidly growing trend with some fascinating prospects. Although streaming and broadcasting live content is nothing new, individualized streaming is gaining popularity and challenging the traditions of video production. Facebook and Twitter are investing millions to promote habitual streaming behavior in their users, prompting many companies and personalities to strategize the best techniques and practices for high viewer hour audiences.

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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.

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Projection Mapping at TEDxBerkeley 2016

Earlier, I wrote about how we built the giant X for TEDx Berkeley 2016. I’ve attached a video which features Jonathan describing how we wanted to raise the bar and do something dramatic and different. We really wanted to make it an emotional experience for the audience.

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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.

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New Technology in the Old World

One of the things I like most about the video and audio production industry is the chance to work in many different locations and environments, and with new technology. One day you may be in a corporate boardroom, the next in an art deco theater-I’ve even found myself shooting from a luxury yacht in the middle of the bay. You never know where the work will take you, so I’ve found the best practice is to relax and enjoy the ride.

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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.”

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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.

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