New Videos Online

Texas Pro Sound and Video has joined the ranks of thousands of other video producers on the famous YouTube.com. We have uploaded three videos as of today, including the Tivy @ Memorial highlights from last week, as well as a short clip featuring some huge hits that Tivy has put on some of its opponents in the last few years.

Click Here for the Hit Video.

Click Here for the Memorial Video.

Tomorrow night, Tivy takes on Fredericksburg Battlin' Billies at our home stadium. Stay tuned for highlights!

Tivy Rolls Past Memorial

The Antlers get another one for the W column in district play. They are now preparing for the toughest games in district, with Fredericksburg, Boerne, and Alamo Heights next for Tivy.

Tivy beat Memorial 55-6 at Zappa Memorial Stadium in San Antonio on Friday night, extending their win streak to 7 games, and bringing their District 27-4A record to 2-0.

The highlight video for Memorial will be ready this week, and as always, you can purchase any individual highlight film or the entire season's DVDs at www.TXPSV.com/catalog.html. Individual games are $15 and the entire season is $127.99.

Also for sale, and making a great Christmas present, is the season-ending DVD for $40.

Go Tivy, Beat the Billies!!

Antlers Still Undefeated!

Having defeated San Antonio Kennedy 44-0, the Antlers are now 6-0 to start the season! Coach Mark Smith and the team are heading into the second district game this Friday when they take on San Antonio Memorial at Frank Mata Stadium. (Click the link for the location on Google Maps.)

Mata Stadium is a familiar venue for the Antlers; that's where they defeated Kennedy last Friday. Stay tuned to txpsv.blogspot.com and www.txpsv.com for details as the season progresses!

Don't forget to reserve your copy of the season highlights at the current price. Once playoffs begin, the price is subject to change! Go now to www.txpsv.com.

TFND!!

Texas Heritage Music Foundation

The Texas Heritage Music Foundation (http://www.texasheritagemusic.org/) ...

to preserve and perpetuate the traditions of Texas music, to examine the background of Texas music, to trace influences and patterns in Texas music and to document the role Texas music has played in society, and to provide free educational programming to the Texas community.

Texas Pro Sound & Video was on hand on Friday, September 28, to record the 20th anniversary of the THMF at Living History Day held on the Schreiner University campus. TXPSV taped the presentations by many local history buffs as well as the noon concert featuring "Jimmy Rodgers."

A clip of the video can be found soon at www.TXPSV.com. Be sure to check it out.

Antlers Top Lakeview

SAN ANGELO - Tivy wreaked havoc on San Angelo Lakeview's homecoming celebration on Friday night, beating the Chiefs 38-13. Although it was not as pretty as the first two wins, a W is a W, as they say, and Tivy has started off the season 3-0. Next week brings New Braunfels to Kerrville, and the Antlers will be looking to extend their streak to 4 wins.

Texas Pro Sound & Video made the trek to San Angelo and once again recorded the Tivy victory. Individual highlight films are available from www.txpsv.com. You can get any week's highlight film, as well as sign up for the season-ending highlight DVD now. Recently, we added the option to purchase a subscription package which gets you every week's game highlights, as well as the season-ending DVD. Go to the catalog now and check out the options!

TXPSV to Offer Weekly Highlights

Folks that read this blog already know that TXPSV will be creating a season-long highlight film, but now, due to popular demand, we will be offering each week's games, too! Each week, we will compile the big hits, the big runs, and all the excitement into a ten minute DVD that you can watch over and over.

Can't make it to all the away games? No fear, TXPSV will be there so you can still keep up with the team! Just visit www.TXPSV.com now and click the link for Tivy Football!

Antlers Blast the Judson Rockets!

Tivy won their home opener on Friday night, September 7, against the 5A Judson Rockets. The Rockets are ten time state champions, having won titles in 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 2002.

The Antlers trailed at half-time 14-10, but the second half was all Tivy. After a wild third and fourth quarter, the Antlers came out on top 40-21.

Of course, Texas Pro Sound & Video was on the sidelines catching all the action. Buy the highlight DVD at www.TXPSV.com. Just click the link for Tivy Football!

Tivy Wins Season Opener

Tivy's regular season started off with a bang against 5A opponent San Marcos at Bobcat Stadium. The Antlers beat the Rattlers 23-14 Friday night, avenging last year's heartbreaking loss at home.

Tivy quarterback Colton Palmer chalked up 270 of Tivy's 276 yards of offense, and the Tivy defense picked three passes to take the Antlers to victory. On the opening drive, kicker Logan Vick hit a school record 51 yard field goal.

Texas Pro Sound & Video was on the sidelines videotaping the game. TXPSV is working in cooperation with athletic director and head football coach Mark Smith to produce a highlight film for the 2007 season. The video will be on sale at the end of the season and in time for the Fall Sports Banquet.

For more on the game, visit the Kerrville Daily Times at http://www.dailytimes.com/.

This week, Tivy faces Judson for the season opener at Antler Stadium on Friday night at 7:30. TXPSV will be there capturing the match-up.

What is Multi-Camera Shooting?

Multi-camera shooting and editing simply means using more than one camera to obtain and produce a video. You see multi-camera use all the time, sometimes without even realizing it. For example, on TV, everything is shot with multiple angles. From your sitcoms to your sporting events, multiple camera angles makes for much more interesting footage compared to a single camera focused on an event.

What does that mean for your video production? TXPSV uses at least two cameras on every shoot. By switching back and forth between two cameras, a much more interesting story can be told. Also, when done correctly, two cameras can give the illusion of four or five camera angles, depending on the skill of the director and editor.

For an example of multi-camera shooting from Texas Pro Sound & Video, visit our website at www.TXPSV.com .

Drawer Boy

Despite heavy rains, the last weekend of the Drawer Boy started last night at Warrior Theater in Ingram, Texas. At times the sound was difficult to understand with the pounding rain smashing against the metal roof of the theater, but Texas Pro Sound & Video persevered, capturing the performance on High Definition film.

The play runs through the weekend, with the last show being Sunday, August 19.

Wedding Videography

The bride's big day has come. The flowers have been arranged, the cake is decorated, the band is ready at the reception, and the photographer is busy shooting stills to capture the memories from the wedding. One important element is still missing... A videographer has yet to be hired!

Videographers make the memories come to life. The bride will come down the aisle, they will say their “I do's,” the groom will kiss the bride, the father will dance with his daughter the bride, and the reception will be a hit. The event will come and go, and the photographs will survive, but a wedding video is an important way to capture the laughter, the tears, and the love experienced on your wedding day.

Remember Uncle Bill dancing at the reception? Remember the touching toast given by the Maid of Honor? Remember how the father of the bride teared up during the saying of vows? How will you remember these touching moments? Remember the bride and groom's first kiss as a married couple? How will you be able to explain to your children the way you felt on your wedding day? How will you show your future family how it all started?

Unfortunately, couples usually decide against hiring a videographer, or simply ask a family member or friend to tape the ceremony for them. However, as the old saying goes, “You get what you pay for.” The axiom is very true in the field of professional video. While Uncle Joe or Grandpa Pete may have the best intentions for your wedding video, amateurs simply cannot deliver the quality that is offered by the professional videographer. By utilizing professional audio and video gear, your wedding will be captured with amazing clarity and quality that simply cannot be matched by amateur home video makers.

Texas Pro Sound and Video has your goals in mind throughout the production of your wedding video. The day belongs to you, the bride and groom, and we serve to record your event to show your family, friends, and future progeny in a beautiful, tasteful, and fun way.

What will you get when you hire Texas Pro Sound and Video?

• You should meet with your videographer a few weeks before your ceremony to discuss your preferences for what the final video will look like. At this meeting, you can discuss the scope, length, and price of the video services you desire.

• A Texas Pro videographer will attend your wedding rehearsal and map out a plan for capturing the event in the most comprehensive but unobtrusive manner possible, given the location. He will meet with your wedding planner and officiant to discuss the technical aspects of the videography.

• Depending on your wishes, the videographer will travel to the various pre-wedding festivities and record the bride and bridesmaids getting ready (G-rated footage, of course!), the groom and groomsmen getting ready, and may interview your parents or friends in anticipation of the big day.

• The videographer will arrive at your venue several hours before the wedding. The cameras roll about an hour prior to the start time, and the videographers record the seating of your family and friends. Using two or three professional quality cameras, every part of your ceremony is filmed. The cameraman will record the reactions of your family and faces from the audience while another is busy watching the happy couple and the wedding party, and recording the words of the officiant.

• After the ceremony, Texas Pro will film the official pictures being taken, and will then rush to the reception venue to begin preparations for the reception. The entrance of the wedding party is captured, along with the first dance, toasts of the Best Man and Maid of Honor, cutting of the cake, dances with the parents, bouquet and garter toss, and the exit of the bride and groom, along with any other special events you have planned at your reception. The reception is also a great time to do informal interviews with family and friends, and to record the words of well-wishers on film for you to view when you return from your honeymoon.

• Throughout the wedding day and at the reception, our staff is trained to be as unobtrusive as possible. We respect that the day belongs to the bride and groom, and our job is to record the event; not to make the “recording of the event” into the “event.” Because we will have met and discussed your wishes, we will be prepared to capture your special moments, but not be constantly in your way as you greet family and friends.

• Texas Pro Sound and Video is committed to the highest moral and ethical standards. Your final video will only show you and your family at their best. Any unflattering or inappropriate footage will be discarded from the final video, and you will have final say over anything that is produced. Always, you are the Executive Producer of your wedding video, and we are always working for you!

Final Deliverable Products

At Texas Pro, we believe the key to an interesting and touching wedding production is creating strong deliverables. When you are sharing your wedding moments with friends and family in the future, not everyone will want to watch a feature-length film of your entire wedding day. What we recommend is that you allow us to produce a short five to ten minute highlight video of your special day, along with a feature-length (one to two hour) movie of your entire day. This way, you will have the option of sharing the full film or a shorter rendition.

Given this recommendation, we will produce for you a DVD (or VHS tape) separated into chapters in its own special packaging. When you insert your DVD into any standard DVD player, you will watch a short intro, and will be presented with the Main Menu. From this menu, you will be able to choose to view the highlight clip or the full video. If you choose the full video, you can also search by scene, so that you may pick one particular part of the video to watch instead of viewing the entire film.

You also have the option of including a photo montage at the beginning of your film. A photo montage is an animated slideshow set to the music of your choice (or have us pick for you). The photos usually include childhood shots of the bride and groom and their families. This is a nice special touch for a video, and this montage can also be used at your reception on a large-screen display. The large screen display can be set up with a projector at your reception and can silently display your adorable childhood photographs!

How to Book Texas Pro Sound and Video

The key to hiring any wedding vendor is to act fast! Call us today to inquire about availability for your wedding date. Reserve the date, and then we can make plans to have our first meeting where we can show you some sample video and discuss your desires for your once in a lifetime wedding video!

Call us today at 830-377-9058 or 210-324-1029 !!

The Drawer Boy

Michael Healey’s The Drawer Boy swept Best Play and the top Canadian play awards when it debuted in 1999. Healey’s story of a young playwright cadging material for a play about farm life by living with two old farmers provides laugh out loud moments and sequences of deep sorrow. In the end it’s a play about enlightenment and redemption.

The Guadalupe Stage Quartet is pleased to bring this play for the first time to the Kerrville area at Warrior Theatre in Ingram, August 9-19. The Quartet is dedicated to bringing fine drama to area theatres while providing funds for a deserving theatre student through the Roy Burney Endowed Scholarship. The first two GSQ productions, Lend Me A Tenor and The Octette Bridge Club, provided over $5000 towards this project.

Texas Pro Sound & Video is happy to provide videography services for the play free of charge. (Disclaimer: The Guadalupe Stage Quartet does not have the rights to film and distribute copies of the production, so the video is only being used for "in-house" purposes.)

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, and can be purchased from cast members, crew, or members of the Quartet, or purchased at the door on show night.

Yet another live performance to add to the resume of Texas Pro Sound & Video...

The Facebook Event
The Drawer Boy Playgoer's Guide

Tivy Football is Here!

The rain has ceased and the weather has turned hot, just in time for two-a-days at Antler Stadium. Coach Mark Smith (pictured, left) and the Antlers are preparing for another season of the gridiron. Tivy's first scrimmage is this Saturday, August 18, at Medina Valley.

This year, Texas Pro Sound & Video will be offering for sale a highlight video covering all of the big moments from Tivy's football season this year. We will be on the sidelines for all of the home games and as many of the away games as we can make. Look for the highlight video around the end of the season, as the Fall Sports Banquet approaches. The DVD will run about 30 minutes to an hour, and will cost between $30 and $40.

Log on to www.TXPSV.com for details on how to get your DVD. If you purchase your DVD now, you can lock in your price of only $30!! Email me at this link to get your discount.

Also available for interested parties... we can edit a highlight video of a single player to give to college recruiters, or just to keep around to brag to your buddies after high school! Email me or call me for details and pricing.

Tivy Football Schedule for 2007 (pdf file)

UCA Cheer Camp

Texas Pro Sound & Video was on hand at the UCA Cheer Camp in Austin, Texas, on July 28. We filmed from early in the morning on until the afternoon inside "The Bubble" on the UT campus. Tivy had three cheer teams at the camp: Freshmen, Junior Varsity, and Varsity.

TXPSV has produced a DVD of the performances and the awards ceremony, and it's available for sale for $15. Contact me by email or telephone at 830-377-9058 to purchase.

This DVD will only be available for one month, so act fast!