Video Services

Traditional video programs are linear. That is, they are designed to be played front to back with no jumping around. Even with all the talk about interactive media, old-fashioned linear media is still thriving and won't ever go away. For example, 100 per cent of theatrical motion pictures as well as TV programs are linear. Motivational and informational documentaries are typical West End Video approaches to traditional video.

Though the format is traditional, the tools West End Video use to make the programs, as well as their technical quality, are radically new. In the last few years, we have moved from analog Betacam-SP tape to digital DV-CAM tape. We have two cameras to choose from, the Sony DSR-500 and the Sony hi-definition HDR-FX1, both of them having excellent picture quality and sound.

While we have edited video using digital computer techniques for many years, we can now upload video directly into our digital edit system without "playing it." This method means that there is absolutely no difference between the images and sound recorded on the original camera tape and those on the edited master program.

In the past, copies of traditional videos have been distributed mainly on VHS tape. They are increasingly being sent around on DVDs and that's definitely the way of the future.

View recent video programs:

APWU: What's in it for you? (18.3mb)

The Christ House Story (35.2 mb)