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Spring 2022 Newsletter

Virtual / Hybrid AV Production Video Production

Live event: Northwest Academy annual fundraiser, March 2022

The return of live events!

On a recent Friday night, two virtual events streamed from our studios. The next day, our team provided production services for a conference, a concert with a livestream, a hybrid fundraiser, and an in-person gala. We predict events will continue to be a mix of virtual and in-person formats through 2022 as organizations and event planners incorporate the best of virtual events into live events to create an enhanced experience for all guests. Are you ready? In this newsletter, we feature ideas and advice for all of your events and video projects.

Now's the time to book your summer and fall events and videos. Contact us today to discuss your plans and goals.

Shown above: Prom Night in the Enchanted Forest—Northwest Academy's Club Cabaret 2022 at The Nines Hotel in Portland, Oregon.

The livestream engineer and director sit at the tech table where computer monitors display multiple inputs for a livestream event. Beyond the tech table is a ballroom filled with guests at tables and an emcee on a stage.

HYBRID EVENTS

5 Tips to Improve Your Hybrid Event

A successful hybrid event requires additional planning and scripting the details. Improve your event with these five tips for hybrid events.

GET THE 5 TIPS

Shown above: Oregon Episcopal School 36th Annual Auction and Gala livestreamed from the Portland Art Museum. (Production partners: Raise Agent, Johnna Wells, Greater Giving)

Guests sit at tables in a ballroom as the emcee speaks from the stage at a fundraising gala. The ballroom is lit with uplights around the room and gobos on the ceiling that look like palm fronds in multiple tropical colors.

LIVE EVENTS

Planning An Event? Discuss AV Early

Audiovisual can make or break an event. Here are five reasons to include AV in your event planning discussions from the beginning.

REVIEW 5 REASONS TO PLAN EARLY

Shown above: Edison High School Brilliance Benefit hybrid event hosted at the Sentinel Hotel. (Production partners: Marquam Auction Agency, Greater Giving)

An e-learning training series is filmed in The AV Department studio. The studio is set with a false wall and decor to create a unique setting for the video.

VIDEO PRODUCTION

Most-Asked Video Production Questions

Our video production FAQs address timelines, length of videos, location selection, preparing for interviews, b-roll, social media, and more.

READ VIDEO PRODUCTION FAQS

Shown above: Filming an e-training series with motivational speaker Shari Dunn. Studio set by Royce's Prop Shop.

A virtual event emcee stands in front of a video wall in a production studio. The set decor features a frame around the video wall and sports-theme decorations hung on the drapes.

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Create Impact with Green Screens and Video Walls

Want to create a big visual impact – even on a small computer screen? LED video walls can be used for dramatic effect while a green screen can transport your virtual host to any locale.

SEE EXAMPLES

Shown above: Amy Troy hosts the virtual Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School Auction from The AV Department studio. Video wall frame and set decor by Royce's Prop Shop.

A Look at Recent Events

Guests at an awards celebration sti at round tables in in a convention center ballroom. On both sides of the center stage are two large screens showing names and photos of award winners. Behind the stage is black drape. The room and drape are lit in purple and green uplights.

Three emcees each hold puppies as they stand in front of cameras during a virtual event for a humane society. Also on the set are event staff, a crate of more puppies, a second crate with an older cat, and a musicial plaing a keyboard.

Youth musicians play on a stage in an event space in front of an audience during a breakfast fundraiser. On either side of the stage are two large screens. The room is lit in blue and red uplights.

A small audience watches a virtual event host during a livestream fundraiser. The studio audience sits at tables behind the cameras and watches the stream feed on monitors.

Shown above: Portland Business Journal Women of Influence Awards hybrid event at the Oregon Convention Center; West Columbia Gorge Humane Society A Tail to Remember livestreamed from the studio; Portland Youth Philharmonic Meet the Musicians breakfast fundraiser hybrid event at the World Forestry Center (production partner: gEvents, LLC); Catholic Charities Celebration of Hope hybrid event with a studio audience (production partners: Swaim Strategies, Artisan Auctions, Give Lively)

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