Getaway 24 Preview! Plus BACKLOT 24 Four Day Filmmaking Workshop

Get ready for an immersive video business experience at Home Video Studio's Getaway 24! 🎥

Robert Hanley (CEO/Founder) and Chad Godfrey (Award-Winning Studio Owner/Producer/Director/Editor) are gearing up for the 24th annual conference happening July 24-28 in Clearwater Beach, FL.

The highlight is Godfrey's "Backlot" filmmaking workshop, where attendees will plan, shoot, and edit promo videos for their studios - using specific cameras, recording voiceovers, incorporating testimonials, and following a narrative/documentary style.

But that's not all! Godfrey will also lead classes on advanced Premiere Pro, Photoshop/Lightroom/Topaz, and building a resilient business. Trainers like Frank Romer (Photoshop/Premiere Pro) and renowned expert Larry Jordan (Apple/Adobe) will share their expertise too.

Don't miss the 24th Annual Hanley Awards Gala celebrating video excellence. And for those interested in starting a home video studio business, you're invited to audit classes/events on Friday-Sunday!

Get full details at www.myhomevideostudio.com or 317-358-5932.

Video Editing Insights: A Quick Tour with Home Video Studio Owners on Getting Started in a Video Business

If you've been considering venturing into the vibrant world of video entrepreneurship, Home Video Studio offers an invaluable platform to begin your journey. We've compiled a comprehensive 7-minute video featuring experienced studio owners who share their wisdom, and advice for you as a possible new studio owner. 

 If you are interested in getting into the profitable world of video production, post-production and transfer services watch this video. Whether you are looking for a career change, an outlet for your creativity, or a home-based business, Home Video Studio is tailored to fulfill these desires.

 

For more videos you to: https://www.youtube.com/c/HomeVideoStudio. Your path to a fulfilling and profitable career starts with Home Video Studio. Learn more about us at www.myhomevideostudio.com.

 

Remember, your passion for video has the power to unlock an exciting and profitable career. All you need to do is take the first step. Also check out our website: www.myhomevideostudio.com.

 

May the Force be with You! 

 

Robert Hanley

Producer/Director/Editor

President & Founder Home Video Studio

 

 

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Could You Make A Living Editing Video?

Have you ever wondered if you could make a great living simply with video editing? You can!

Don’t know how to edit? Don’t worry! One of the first classes you will take at HVS Basic Training is Video Editing. We use a great system by Adobe called Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro is a professional-level editing platform but it is easy to learn. 

Home Video Studio takes you through a two day training program on Premiere during your first week of Basic Training here in Indianapolis. We also offer advanced courses throughout the year and provide on-going technical support. 

Typical jobs range from editing somebody’s wedding or vacation to putting together a promotional piece for a small company or organization. Video Editing is my favorite profit center for three reasons:

1   It is extremely creative and challenging! Customers always have a variety of elements for you to draw from. Your job is to put these elements together in a way that makes your client’s message shine. 

2  I like the fact that you can edit anytime or anywhere. So you can be in your studio editing early in the morning or late at night or you may be editing down at the local coffee shop. Why not?

3  Editing is a very profitable service for your new studio. We do a lot of value added productions which means that you can set the price of your editing job not on the time it took to do the piece but on the value that it gives to your customer. Video Editing is a value added service. 

We’ll teach you to multitask in your studio so you can be editing and your other services will be running in the background. At HVS it is all about putting together a good solid creative product for your client and of course… making money. 

Call me at 1-317-358-5932 if you want to discuss video editing or any facet of Home Video Studio. 

I would be happy to chat with you. 

May the Force be with You!

Robert Hanley

Producer/Director/Editor

President & Founder

Home Video Studio

Learning The Art of Video Editing...

Studio Owners David Cason and Scott Doelling

This week at Basic Training in Indianapolis... our two new students – David and Scott will be taking their first classes in video editing. Both David and Scott are a study in contrasts. Scott has been an award winning news videographer for the past thirty years. He has a keen understanding of the mechanics of both video production and editing.  David has always been interested in editing and production, but has yet to edit his first frame of video. David was in the Air Force for twenty years and then was a Pastor until he retired.  I imagine that most of you reading this are somewhere in between Scott and David as far as experience in video. It not your experience that counts, it is your desire to have the experience that makes the difference.

So how do we teach David and Scott editing? How will we teach you? Let me ask you some questions. Do you like learning? Are you a life-long learner? Do you have great anticipation of producing/directing and editing? If you answered yes then learning the process and techniques of video editing will be a fun and rewarding experience. You’ll find yourself really enjoying it. By the way, David is 62 and Scott is 48.

Home Video Studio has a very tried and true method of teaching video editing. We start first with the basics and the fundamentals of editing on a timeline. At Basic Training we will take you through our two-day course on Adobe Premiere Pro. If you are like Scott – you have some experience - then you will be refreshing yourself on editing, timelines, keyframing, etc and… learning the HVS method of post-production. We have a lot of tricks of the trade that we’ll share with you.  Now if you are like David, everything is going to be brand new.  It is going to be even more exciting. You may be apprehensive at first – a little nervous… but once you get the lay of the land, you will find that editing with Premiere Pro is a breeze.

I remember my first true editing experience. While I had edited some Super-8 projects in college, I hadn’t ever done any professional editing. My first editing job was editing job a fifteen-minute 16mm film which I edited on a Moviola flatbed editor. I read a few books and basically I taught myself film editing.  This was back when you had to literally cut and paste!

Learning to edit today with Adobe Premiere Pro is in one way very similar to my old Moviola flatbed days. First we teach you the mechanics of editing: how to import your video and audio; how to find a clip and place it on the timeline; how to make an insert edit, etc. You’ll make your first few practice projects and you’ll begin to understand the editing process. Eventually you’ll learn keyframing, color correction and other advanced techniques.

Once you have basically learned to fly… you can begin and finish a project and you understand the process; then you will start doing work for paying clients. What you will find when you are editing real projects for real people is that you will learn so much more quickly. Your understanding of editing and your editing capabilities will increase dramatically. You’ll be come a real editor!

The next part of our training on video editing comes into play after you have been running your studio for a while – usually three to six months.  You’ll attend a major training and take core classes on editing and post production.

Every March, Home Video Studio puts on a six-day training called Advanced Training.  When you attend Advanced Training you will move to the next levels of editing – hopefully mastering the all of the techniques we teach. You will also begin to integrate other Adobe programs – Photoshop, Audition and After Effects as well as plug-ins by other companies into your editing tool box. You’ll leave AT with a lot of new knowledge and go home to your studio where you will begin to use all of the new techniques that you have learned. Once again you’ll be editing real projects with real paying clients. Now your videos for these clients take on a new level of sophistication. Your projects become more professional. They present themselves on a new level. You the editor; are becoming an artist.

Artistry - learning the art of video editing is an interesting concept. This is what we teach at the Getaway in July. The Getaway is our five-day annual convention and training. Can we teach art? Yes. Can we teach you to be artistic? That depends on you. We can and do immerse you in both video editing and video production classes -  with a twist – you are now making your own projects with complete control – from concept to creation.  You’re working in the HVS backlot. You’re shooting and editing with no recipe. Professionals from around the world are teaching, guiding and helping you learn the “art” of editing. It is really fun and it really works. It’s total immersion. I have seen so many of our studios that started with zero editing experience become masters of the art after going through the HVS system.

So when I landed my first film project, I was both scared and excited! I had never even touched a 16mm camera! Secretly, I wondered if I would even like editing. And if I did like it, would I be good at it? Many of you reading this are thinking the same thing. Can I do it? Will it work? Will I enjoy the business and will I become great at it? Will I get a return on my investment? I had these same questions. What I found out was that once I was into the process of editing my first film, I began to feel comfortable. I liked it! I really enjoyed editing. Before I knew it, I was editing TV commercials, corporate films, my own feature film and a lot of other projects. I became a great editor. 

Denise & Robert Hanley

Then I became a great teacher.

I’d like to be your teacher – your mentor. We have a great teaching team at HVS. It’s not just me. There are many professionals who will teach you all facets of editing, production and running a studio. There’s a lot to Home Video Studio. That’s why we charge big bucks. Taking on a new studio is a huge responsibility. You’ll be a bit scared… up and until you sign your agreement. That's natural. After you come aboard everything changes because you have committed yourself to learning.  You are involved!  You are a studio owner and your are becoming a Producer/Director/Editor. You have a new career! You have a new chapter. 

Will you like editing? Will you enjoy the business? There is only one way to find out for sure.  You’ve got to make that first call to me and eventually you have to give yourself a chance to succeed. Life is for the living. We have a great group of studio owners who will help you succeed. Some of them will become your best friends. 

Call me anytime. We can chat about you and your dreams and making those dreams a reality. Let’s discuss film, movies and this wonderful business.  

Oh… I will keep you updated on Scott and David and their progress. Our next Basic Training starts in late October and we have another one in November. Join us. 

May be Force be with You. 

Robert Hanley
Producer/Director/Editor
President & Founder Home Video Studio

317-358-5932

How do you make money with video? I get asked that question. A lot!

We’ll be teaching the answer to that question in less than three weeks in Orlando, Florida. You should join us. 

We’ll be doing four days of outstanding training. It’s our annual Home Video Studio Convention. We call it The Getaway!

We’ll do four days on video production.

We’ll do four days on marketing and sales. 

Two sides of the same coin – getting business and doing business.

Frank Rohmer, our Hollywood connection will be flying in to do our video production training.  He’ll kick our week off with a full day on 360° video production. Then he'll do two days on pure video production. Frank will finish up with a full day of still photography.

On the getting business side, Joe and Dawn Pici of Orlando, Florida will be back once again this year teaching and presenting strategies for building your video business getting customers and finding new clients.  They'll do a four day course. 

Yes...I know what you're thinking... you can mix and match tech and marketing if you want to.

One of my favorites sayings is “I rather know how to get the business than to do the business.” The reality is...  getting business is where most businesses fail – especially video production businesses.

Knowing how much to price, when and where to advertise and how to spend your advertising dollars is one of the secrets I teach. I can show you how to make a ton of money – a very good living.

We always start with getting business. That ‘s the most important part. If your not making money, lot’s of it – you've got nothing.

Two ways to join us in Orlando:

First, it’s not too late to join us as an official Home Video Studio Owner.  You can train with our other studio owners.  We always get at least one new person at this time of year. Remember I am an expert in financing. If you need help getting the money to come aboard, you should call me today. I can help.

Secondly… I’ll be doing our Show ‘N Tell Seminar in Orlando on Sunday, July 31. If you want to join us in Orlando for Show ‘N Tell weekend give me a call. I'll spend the day with several potential new studio owners taking them through everything about running a successful studio business. This seminar is free and in fact we pay your transportation to Orlando if you end up coming on as an HVSN owner. You should ask me about that.

Think about what you have been doing up to now. Has it worked? Are you happy? Are you ready to move forward? 

Spend a weekend or even a week with us and change your life and your lifestyle. 

What would happen if you did? What would your life be like one year from now?

May the Force be with You! 

Robert Hanley
Producer/Director/Editor
President & Founder Home Video Studio

317-358-5932 866-714-1956