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Music Together Dallas’ 2010 Grand Opening

I was tapped by Music Together Dallas to put together a series of videos to help them promote themselves on social media. We thought through a series of videos, the first of which would be a “splash” video highlighting the grand opening festivities at their new Dallas location.

ARTICLE: Anthony reviews the Sonnet Qio for EventDV Magazine

Anthony Burokas tests the Sonnet Qio and Fusion F2 drives for Event DV Magazine. Are they as good as they seem?

FS: Single 1 RU wireless mic ATA case — $100

I still have the Sony “venue” mics that used to live in the case, but they now live in other cases. So if you have a wireless mic- or any other 1 RU device that needs both front and back access, as well as pouches front and back to holeRead More

FS: ONE clean ATA-style case with foam — $100 ea

IEBA has some used ATA-style gear cases for sale.

Anthony Directs Frisco Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala

When it came time for the Frisco Chamber of Commerce to put together their 26th annual awards banquet / musical performance / auction event, they worked with Tetra Media Group, who immediately called Anthony Burokas to provide the control room, engineering, camera, and to direct the entire IMAG and recordedRead More

Engineering Video for Ed Slott In Dallas

IRA expert and industry guru Ed Slott travels the country advising other IRA advisers on new regulations, strategies and the many little legal potholes that are out there- and how to avoid them. When the team that produces his show & DVD’s came to Dallas, they hired only one localRead More

Media Wrangling for AMP & VideoFest 2009.

When AMP Productions needed crew for their Dallas VideoFest shoot, Anthony stepped up to the plate with many of the local production industry’s best. This two-day shoot pulled out all the stops and featured full-on RED shooting, and some beautiful locations, as well as some expensive props, including a Lamborghini.

Camera work for “School of Beats” TV pilot.

Just finished a few days operating camera for the School of Beats pilot. A very interesting concept of urban music hip-hop beatmasters competing to win various in-show competitions, but also a reality show with challenges and tasks and events thrown into the mix to make it interesting to watch, and/orRead More

When in Rome- or rather, The Old West…

Now that movies are shot with HD video cameras, there is certainly a lot more work for video professionals who previously only aspired to produce TV. Everything else was film and that was a completely different beast. But now that the West was won by digital video cameras, I’ve beenRead More

HDV Recording: Sony HDR-FX1 Camcorder — $250/day

The venerable FX1 is a true prosumer HDV camcorder. The pro model adds XLR inputs, but lens, chips, and images captured are identical. HDV tape still is the cost leader for recording HD images. Shoot and go, or hand it off to the client. True 3-CCD chips – no rollingRead More

FS: Tektronix WFM-90 Portable Waveform Vectorscope. $950

This handy little item is a combination waveform, vectorscope, and audio scope all in one. The little 4″ LCD shows you everything you need, and you can loop the output of this device to the screen of your choice (composite in and out). So if you have a composite NTSCRead More

Illumination: Lowel Light Kits

Lite Kit-1 – $50/day 2 V-lights, 2 Pro light, stands, gels, scrims, gel holders, various mounts, arms, flags, clips, umbrellas. In a case. Lite Kit-2 – $60/day 3 Omni lights, 2 Tota lights, stands, gels, scrims, gel holders, various mounts, arms, clips, umbrellas. In a case.