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This is the third year we’ve shot the Israel Dance Festival, and we just love doing it! So much excitement, so much energy. This is just a two minute clip. The full DVD is available for purchase through the Israeli Dance Institute, www.IsraeliDanceInstitute.org. Enjoy!!

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We’re a very small, boutique-type operation, which means there are no “extra” employees to pick up the slack…. so we don’t take time off very often — there’s just too much work! But yestderday, we got a wonderful opportunity to see the Yankees play Toronto. Thankfully, they won! Here’s a little peak at what we saw:

YANKEE STADIUM JULY 5, 2009

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Michael Skolnik, (center) a member of NYPV (New York Professional Videographers Association — Kathy and Al Ritondo, co-presidents) and works at The People’s Court, gave our group an interesting behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the taping of a TV show. We sat in the audience for a while (look for us sometime in November, 2008), we got a tour of the control room, and explanation of the lighting and camera setups. As usual, anything coordinated by Kathy and Al is a great learning experience, and fun, too! There were definitely tidbits to bring back to enhance local event shooting! Thank you again to Michael Skolnik and to all the staff at the People’s Court for such a wonderful opportunity!

Our schedule is busy, but when we can, we like to help out in the community in ways that matter. Most people know about how difficult life in Sderot, Israel has been with the incessant attacks on their town. A talented Queens woman, Susan Davis, composed a choral piece about what daily life is like hearing the warning, “Red Alert,” on a daily basis. The song was written in Hebrew, but a translation is as follows:

Song of Sderot, Isolated from the whole nation. They aren’t eating, they aren’t sleeping, they are trembling in their beds. And each day and every day “Tzeva Adom,” Red Alert. Song of Sderot. Why is the nation silent? They don’t see, they don’t hear, they’ve suddenly become mute.
Kassam rockets are falling and exploding. Why? Kassam rockets are falling on us, on our children, on our homes. Where is our Matriarch Rachel? Because we hoped for your salvation, strengthen us and we’ll be strong.
He will bring peace upon us; upon us all. Swiftly and in our time, when will He bring peace? Song of Sderot, in each and every day, He’ll bring peace. Israel lives…

The choral piece was performed by Shir Chadash, the Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus, conducted by Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn, with soloist Cantor Sam Levine. There is also a version on YouTube, but here should be slightly better resolution.

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The video is an amazing tapestry of video clips (over 100) and several hundred still images, woven together to tell Dovid’s story. His family chose Beethoven’s Fifth Symphyony for background, which adds power and excitement to the photo/video essay.

We find that choice of music is crucial to the success of a video project. Music sets the tone for the piece. We create our montages to “dance” along to the beat and melody of the accompanying music, which gives them a dynamic look.

We look forward to showing this piece at Dovid’s Bar Mitzvah – we have a magnificent 10 foot screen that will command the room!

You can watch an abridged version of Dovid’s adventure with Avraham Fried here:

DOVID JOINS AVRAHAM FRIED