About Chip Dizárd

Chip is a Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Photoshop Certified Trainer and is passionate about helping people leverage technology for business and communications. He’s done a bit of everything from video production, to web, and application development.
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Scandal TV Show-A Guy’s Point of View

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The television show Scandal has taken over social media. And being the tech guy I was pulled in. Last night, scandal had it’s 2nd season finale and I wanted to share my perspective from the show. This is the first and possibly last video blog I will do about a popular television show. What do [...]

How to Expand Your Reach

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In this 30 minute presentation I talk about expanding your reach.  I mention a few key points. 1. Effective video establishes your credibility quickly. 2. There is a method for getting people to know you quickly. 3. Quality is better than quantity. 4. You need a huge body of work to be a creative person [...]

How I mic’ed twelve people with no lavs

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I often get questions about how I shoot various scenarios so I wanted to share my workflow. I recently had a shoot where I was the primary cinematographer and had to mic a panel of up to ten people. This particular shoot didn’t have the budget for a separate audio technician so I could lav [...]

Behind the scenes at M & T Bank Stadium

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I had the opportunity to film a promo video for the American Heart Association and NFL 60, which encourages kids to play or get physical exercise 60 minutes per day. On my downtime I filmed some footage with my client Angela. I enjoyed being on an NFL field, but more importantly the kids had a [...]

Failure isn’t fatal

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Recently I’ve had many conversations with people who are afraid to fail. Actually, they are afraid to start.  Here are some of the things I have heard: I just don’t have time. I would do it but I am concerned about some details. If I had his talent and resources I certainly would.   If [...]

Why I use Truthcasting for Church Video Streaming

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TruthCasting is a free resource that seeks to lower the cost for churches and ministries to store and delivery full-length sermon video and audio content. They offer premium embeddable Video Players, Custom iPhone and Android Church Apps as well as LIVE Streaming of your church services and event. I had the opportunity to use their [...]

Streaming 101 Webinar Replay

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I had the opportunity to conduct a free webinar for Tech Applied that covered the topic of video streaming. If you didn’t get a chance to watch it you can view the hour presentation below. Here are links to some of the resources that I mentioned on the webinar. Wirecast Truthcasting If you have any [...]

It’s @ShaunaReporter Thing (Video Blog)

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I had the opportunity to film Shauna Stuart when I was in Atlanta and I must say this is one of the funniest video blogs I have seen in a while. Some of the language toward the end is NSFW, but I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Check out Amani’s simple [...]

My Class and I do the Harlem Shake

That’s right, I’m in and so is my class. We did the Harlem Shake, the internet meme that is sweeping the world. You get to see me come in on the “off” beat.   The good thing is the students shot and edited this video and they were engaged while doing it. The joys of [...]

5 Quick Tips for Good Video Clips

Video is everywhere. It’s hard to get your message out there when there are so many videos. I share 5 quick tips to help your videos stand out from the crowd. Do you video blog? If so, what tips would you add?