iClips Streams an Evening w/ Twilight Author Stephanie Meyer with the help of TV Pro Gear’s FLYPAK

Oct. 3, 2008 - PRLog -- WESTWOOD, CA – iClips (http://www.iclips.net) found a fitting combination of power and convenience when they used the FLYPAK™, TV Pro Gear’s Portable HD Video Production Studio, to capture an evening with “Twilight” author Stephanie Meyer at UCLA’s Royce Hall for streaming on their site.
   iClips did not have much room to maneuver while filming the night with Meyer, finding themselves crammed backstage in the path of talent and crewmembers operating in pitch darkness.  Fortunately, the HD FLYPAK™ from TV Pro Gear, Inc. (http://www.tvprogear.com), provided them with a powerful solution in a very small footprint.
   “I don’t know how we could have captured this event without the FLYPAK™,” said Danny Clark from iClips, “There’s just no other way we could have gotten the quality we were looking for and still had room to breathe backstage.”
   The event was a unique blend of literature and music as Stephanie Meyer discussed “Breaking Dawn”, the final installment of her “Twilight” saga, alongside musical accompaniment from Blue October front man Justin Furstenfeld whose music Meyer said inspired her as she wrote her new book.  
iClips captured the action with a complement of three Panasonic AG-HPX500 HD Cameras provided by TV Pro Gear as part of the Portable HD Video Production System, monitoring the footage on the FLYPAK™’s built-in Panasonic plasma display.   The company streamed their coverage live on their website and to cell phones around the country.
   “iClips is providing a great service that allows users to access live concert footage right from their home.  iClips’ use of our HD FLYPAK™ is a fantastic display of how the new mobile HD studio technology can be utilized for high quality and high value location video productions,” said Boris Tahmasian, Director of Marketing for TV Pro Gear who attended the event.
   In addition to streaming the event, iClips recorded their footage onto the Panasonic AJ-HD1400A DVCPro 100 Recorder Deck built into the FLYPAK™.  This will allow them to edit the content for on-demand archiving on their website.
   “The FLYPAK™ is the perfect solution for our brand of live event coverage,” said Danny Clark “We look forward to using this set up to cover many of our future events.”
iClips initially purchased one FLYPAK™, and was so pleased with its performance that they immediately placed an order for a second unit. The company now deploys each unit with its production crews as they travel the country to cover events.
To learn more about TV Pro Gear’s FLYPAK™ you can visit http://www.tvprogear.com/pages/FlypakBrochure.aspx.

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