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JOHN LUBRANT COURT VIDEO
P. O. BOX 140871
Gainesville, Florida 32614
Phone: 352-538-2811
Ocala: 352-816-2140
FAX: 352-466-1105
EMAIL: ECOURTVIDEO@AOL.COM
PLEASE CALL TO SET A JOB. DO NOT FAX OR EMAIL. THANK YOU.
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Welcome. John LuBrant Court Video provides video services for videotaping depositions, CME's, pre-nuptuals, walk-thrus, and day-in-the-life videos for use in court, serving North-Central Florida. I am presently holding the Certified Legal Video Specialist certificate handed out by the court reporters' national association. I had been a practicing court reporter for 25 years, doing both reporting and video, and have devoted myself full time for the past 5 years to shooting video and am no longer doing stenography.
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THE BEST EQUIPMENT:
I am presently videotaping with the Sony DSR-250 digital 3-chip camera that can record on full size 2-hour cassettes or the 1-hour consumer cassettes. I also use the JVC 3-chip SVHS camera depending on the situation. I am also recording a dvd disc on a sony dvd recorder as backup. I use a Shure 6 and 4-channel mixers with sony lapel mics and one table mic. I also use a backdrop when necessary and lighting. There is also an audio recorder for separate audio recording for the court reporter's use.
YOUR CHOICE OF MASTER:
The appearance fee includes your choice of master: Dvd, svhs or vhs. There is an extra charge for digital cassette masters and video-text sync.
MPEG-1 CONVERSION:
For an extra charge I can provide Mpeg-1 video data files on cd or dvd for use with Power Point and litigation software, which are burned in-house with Optibase professional compression board and software at $35.00 every hour of video, with a $75.00 minimum. I also offer this service if you send me your tapes by other videographers. VIDEO-TEXT SYNCHRONIZATION: Video synchronization is done at $25.00 an hour and is done with Timecoder Pro 5 and can be used with all the popular litigation software: Trial Director, Sanction, Summation. Total charge for synchronization would be $50.00 an hour, $25.00 for mpeg-1 conversion and $25.00 an hour for synchronization. You receive DVD Discovery Disk with video and text sync'd together that can be played without litigation software with the Depo View Player. You can search for key words and find clips easily, highlight clips and copy to hard drive, email clips, play selected clips. You can also load contents of disk into your litigation software.
VIDEO EDITING:
Editing done in-house on computer editing software for frame accurate cuts.
RATES FOR DEPOSITIONS, CME'S, WALK-THRU, PRE-NUPS:
$185.00 for the first hour, $90.00 each additional hour.
TIPS FOR TAKING A VIDEO DEPO:
-Make it interesting by using visual aids.
-Try to sit close to the camera and not the witness, if possible, so that the witness looks to the camera lens. This gives the appearance that the witness is looking at the jurors when they view the tape. When deposing docs, sit back by camera and be able to see video monitor. This is very important. I have seen numerous lawyers leave it up to the videographer to pick the shots. The lawyer has no clue what's going on the video. You need to be aware of what's being recorded and direct the videographer and doctor as to what you want on the tape. If you have a good videographer you may not need to direct often but just monitor. However, even with a good videographer shots can be missed because the doc is going too fast. You need to slow down the doc, instruct the videographer. Yes, the videographer should speak up when he doesn't get a shot but this could be several times during depo because of a doctor who's in a hurry -- is there one that isn't? After several interruptions, it's distracting and can cause the jury to loose interest. Plus, the videographer is usually focusing and adjusting the iris and is zoomed in n a particuar shot and cannot see what the doc is doing and can easily miss shots.
WHAT TO ORDER AT DEPO: Order a standard MPEG-2 video on dvd. This is if you're uncertain what you need. The dvd makes a good master and can be stored easily. It can be converted into vhs or compressed to Mpeg-1 format easily. It is also a good master to edit from. Even if you use mpeg-1 video for power point or litigation software I would still recommend getting the dvd along with the mpeg-1 video. Mpeg-1 is compressed - not as good of quality - as mpeg-2. It is not the best format to use when copying or editing. I've seen some lawyers order vhs because they weren't sure what the court would provide for playback. Again, get the dvd. Then either order also a vhs from videographer or just copy it back in your home town. Bring both dvd and vhs if you're not sure. It would be disappointing to find out you could have used dvd and had only vhs. Also, it's always good to have backup. I would always have both - dvd and vhs.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
MPEG-1 DATA FILE CAN BE STORED ON CD OR DVD AND DOWNLOADED ONTO YOUR COMPUTER HARD DRIVE AND USED IN LITIGATION SOFTWARE OR POWERPOINT. THE MPEG-1 DATA DISK CAN BE SENT OFF FOR VIDEO-TEXT SYNC WITH AN ASCII TRANSCRIPT. THE MPEG-1 DISK CAN ALSO JUST BE PLAYED ON YOUR COMPUTER. WILL NOT PLAY ON YOUR SET-TOP DVD PLAYER.
MPEG-2 DVD - PLAYS ON MOST SET-TOP DVD PLAYERS AND ON YOUR COMPUTER. USUALLY BURNED ON DVD AS OPPOSED TO CD. CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED ONTO YOUR COMPUTER AND USED IN LITIGATION SOFTWARE UNLESS IT IS CONVERTED TO DATA FORMAT, USUALLY MPEG-1. CAN ALSO BE CONVERTED TO MPEG-2 DATA FILE FOR USE WITH SOME LITIGATION SOFTWARE THAT SUPPORTS MPEG-2 DATA FILES. THESE ARE MUCH LARGER FILES SINCE THE COMPRESSION IS LESS AND WILL TAKE UP LOTS OF SPACE ON YOUR COMPUTER. THAT'S WHY MPEG-1 IS STILL THE STANDARD.
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