Subject: video training tapes

From: [email-masked] (MikeWolfe)
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 22:08 WET

I feel it is about time that ABANA takes the bull by the horns and starts a
Video production effort towards a collection of the Grand ol men and women
of blacksmithing before we loose the great wealth of information again.
I realize there are small groups of people trying to produce
video's, commercially, on blacksmithing, and there is a lot of clubs selling
tapes of demonstrations, usually unedited and very long. These tape are
sometimes very informative and
very time consuming to view, and usually only get used once.
What I am talking about is producing tapes that are both a retrospective and
a how-too tapes of the people who made blacksmithing what it is today. Real
teaching tapes.

I am also talking about production tapes of the current stars of blacksmithing.
I am talking about tapes that are produced with a SCRIPT, done in studio
lighting conditions, with excellent sound and graphics.

There is a company called TAUNTON Press that publish
the mag. called Fine Woodworking, they produce great 
how-to videos, they make a lot of money off these videos and they are very
good. They are easy to watch and you can learn many good woodworking ideas
from them.

What I am saying is that ABANA and it board should look at the prospects of
producing videos for sale to its membership.

You may say the cost is unreasonable, once you check, you will find there
are small to medium producers that will set up on location, and produce a
video for a reasonable price.

Additional Ideas:
Charge for the first Video up front, after the first GOOD one, all the rest
will sell after the fact.

There are a lot of people out there who may volunteer to help on the
production that are blacksmiths and artist, photographers, and people who
have had experience in video production.

Pay the person in charge of the production of the a reasonable
fee for all the work required.

This is a start of a new concept for ABANA, the tapes could be sold world
wide, if they maintain a very professional standard.

I am now dumping the idea to the membership and ABANA.

Twenty years ago I was involved in video production,
a bit rusty I would be willing to be involved.

MIKE WOLFE    
[email-masked]
(313) 668-0404

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 17:32:30 CST

>video for a reasonable price.

I have authored two videos to date.  The First is on Bladesmithing (PLUG) 
To Create A Blade: A Beginners Guide to Knifemaking."  The other, and 
just released one is (PLUG-PLUG)"The Renaissance Blacksmith."  Both were 
produced by Brella Productions of Evanston, IL.  Truly professionals.  

My point in mentioning this is that they once approached me about just 
this sort of production.  Possibly done as a team effort with ABANA and 
Brella splitting the bill and profits in some (pre-production)agreed to 
fashion.  For example, they produced my videos at no cost to me, but I 
receive residuals on sales on a quarterly basis and have no other rights 
to the copyright.  The tapes have done well and it is really nice to get 
a check every quarter and see where my videos have gone now.

If ABANA does decide to pursue this, I would like to suggest Brella as  a 
possible production company as well.  They have a WWW page at: 

			 www.mcs.net/~gbbrella

The whole concept sounds like a good idea though.  Too often I see videos 
(even comercially made and sold ones) that look like somebody pointed a 
handy-cam at the forge a spliced it all together on a Walmart brand video 
editor.  A quality tape will go a long way to preserving knowledge and 
the character of those being taped.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 22:18:39 -0500

sounds like an idea to me.  fine woodworking is a quality item.  if they can
do it then maybe we should look into it.  

my local library has a collection of videos of japans living treasures.  This
collection was made with a corporate sponsor. i would be willing to have a
commercial  or two if i could get the information in a readily available
format.

these could also be  used for educating the public by being gifts to
libraries and schools.