Black Nativity – 2019

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Order for DVD or Blu-Ray video of the performance of Black Nativity by the McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center on December 13 2019.

Pickup at Dataforge, 217 South Garnett Street, Henderson, NC 27536, or we can ship to you

Ensure your player can play recordable disks (Most devices can)  Remember that some game consoles like the PS3, PS4 and Xbox One’s can play Blu-Ray disks!

We have other shows available as well, check our Video Order page to see other performances we have videoed to place an an order.

If you choose the printed label and disk option, your product will look like to this:

Additional information

Format

DVD, Blu-ray

Please note the Weight and Dimensions listed may be different than the actual item, as they may account for shipping box dimensions. Additionally, some items we aren’t provided proper info for so default info may be used.

Products in specific categories: videos

Extra Info - This section is shared across all our videos and lets me give updates on things in one place. This is all  unnecessary and is optional to read, but some people like to read, and sometimes I like to write.

My Schedule

We will be at the cast party at McGregor Hall in February 2024, we'll have a booth with discs available to purchase.  DVD are $25, Blu-ray are $30 plus tax.  We will have a lot of Ragtime discs, and also some from previous shows as well.  The Beauty and the Beast, and the Christmas Carol / Charlie Brown discs will not be ready in time for this.

Below is my schedule so you can get an idea of my timeline for working on videos. I work on these in the order they are filmed. I'll list all the things I'm videoing and editing below. (Unless its some quick project) Not all of these will be discs, some of these will be delivered online only, or privately so they will be removed from this video ordering page when they're done. But this way you (and I) can see my pipeline of where I am in filming and editing. Filming a performance also takes a few days away from editing whatever I was working on. I may know of other performances that I may be filming but have not been confirmed yet. Once confirmed I will add them to the list.

Current editing projects as of 2/27/2024

December 9, 2023 (Saturday) - McGregor Hall - A Christmas Carol & A Charlie Brown Christmas (Draft is done, sent to directors for approval.)

Upcoming projects

February 4, 2024 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Ivalas String Quartet

February 25, 2024 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - The String Queens

March 3, 2034 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Israeli Chamber Project

May 12, 2024 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Reveron Piano Trio

June 16, 2024 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Solomon Eichner & Amit Peled

Somehow I became the guy that makes these videos. And that's ok, I truly enjoy this. Note I do this in my "spare" time, and I take my time to work on the edits to get a good video. I video for a few groups and not really looking for more, but if you do want me to video something (and dont need it quickly) or do editing work let me know. I'd rather video a play than it not get videoed at all. I do not do weddings. My setup is best for plays, conferences, and music performance types of programs. While I may not have top-tier equipment, I'm proud to have assembled a high-quality kit that balances performance with budget. I'm humble about my skills, and do not have any staff to help with this. I do this has a hobby mostly.  (Although my wife helps as an assistant when moving, setting up and taking down equipment). But somehow you all seem to enjoy what I come up with so lets do this!

Each video I can spend from 20 - 40 hours on depending on the program length and complexity. During editing I carefully select the angles and editing I can use for every minute of the show. These are filmed live with multiple cameras so I can choose the camera angle later in editing.  There are no 'takes', you will see mistakes by the performers, and by myself.  When I show up to video it is usually the very first time I've seen this show.  I am usually not involved in a show's rehearsals or planning at all.  And we're filming live in front of an audience, so there are no re-takes, or positioning of cameras for a scene or shot or anything like that.  This is the charm of live theater. I try to make the videos cinematic, I want you to watch these on a large screen in your home theater. Unless explicitly given permission to use the graphics and logos for a show, I also make the graphic designs. I recreate the logos, I make the artwork for the disc cases. I used to (and still sometimes) use an artwork provider we subscribe to for clip art style elements and put them all together with Photoshop. Since the start of 2022 I have been experimenting with AI programs, and most of the disc artwork from 2022 to current has been produced as original art with the help of AI and my art direction in various tools to create new original art. I put together and edit your images into a slideshow and videos from you all as a bonus feature. I also manage these web products and ordering pages and inventory. All this is extra work above just videoing your performance and why your video is not yet ready.

When a group plans a show, they need to get video rights. This means they get legal permission to record the show with a video camera. This permission usually comes as an add-on to their license to perform the play on stage. We can't get these rights because we're not the ones putting on the play. The group putting on the show has to get these rights. Then, they either hire us to record the show, or they let us record it for them and allow us to sell the video. Most of these licenses say the video can't be shared or shown to the public, so please don't share any of these videos. You can't even find these pages from our main website. You need to know these special links to get here.

We know that some groups may find it hard to pay for video services, so we offer different options to fit their needs.

The first option is that the group pays us a one-time fee. This fee lets us record the show at a set price. This way, everyone in the show can get a video of their performance, and the group pays for it. Depending on the deal, the group may get a digital file and/or a certain number of DVD or Blu-ray copies of the show to give out as they wish.

The second option is that the group lets us sell videos to the cast and their families. In this case, the group doesn't pay anything. We let the cast and their families buy videos of the show from us. We handle all the sales, including taking orders and shipping the product. This saves the group from doing this extra work. We cover our expenses only by selling these discs. We're hoping we sell enough discs to cover our costs, so please buy a disc if you like these videos.

We are also open to other ideas and suggestions if these options do not work for you.

In either case, the funds we receive from selling the video discs are used to cover various expenses, including equipment and supplies, computer and software for editing, manufacturing and printing the final discs, and website maintenance. We arrive fully equipped with our own video cameras, audio recorders, batteries, recording media, cables, mounts, stands, and various other accessories to ensure the best possible recording quality within a small budget.

If you'd like to see a BTS of how I do some of this, heres some videos I made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0GNt-J5m0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55I99MCEPjk

8/28/2023 - Store Updates - We've recently updated our video checkout pages and moved them to our own website for smoother management. Previously, we used to manually produce the older discs while a third party made the newer ones. This created complications in the management and checkout of multiple items. We also offered discs without labels or cases, as a cost-effective option. However, these 'bare' discs were not popular, and managing them doubled our inventory and checkout work. As a result, we have stopped offering these plain discs. Now, all our products will come as a full package with a case and printed artwork.

Handcrafting discs with printing and cutting the artwork was a time-consuming process, which is why we switched to manufacturing. We've stopped making discs by hand but will distribute the remaining stock of handmade discs first. If you order an older title that we have not yet formatted for manufacturing, it may take an extra couple of days for us to prepare and ship it as I need to revise the artwork for the older discs to fit the manufacturer's format.  I'm also taking the opportunity to redo some of the designs to make sure we use original artwork.

We sell discs in our retail store and at events where we set up booths. This requires us to keep a stock of discs, which we order from the manufacture, and then ship to our store.

We've revised our checkout process and pricing to account for these changes. DVDs and Blu-rays are now available directly on our site, with the shipping cost included in the price. If we have discs in stock, you can still pick them up from our store to avoid waiting for delivery. But as we bear the shipping costs to get the discs to us, we can't offer a discount for store pick-ups. If we don't have them in stock, we can have the manufacturer ship directly to you if needed.

The cheapest way to get a disc is to visit our booth. Our last booth event was on August 7th, 2023, at Franklinton High School during the Beauty and the Beast auditions. Discs are $25 for DVDs and $30 for Blu-rays, plus tax, and we accept cards for payment. We have a variety of new and older titles available. We're likely to hold the next booth event in late winter or early spring 2024, if we're invited back during the cast party like last year.  We do not do booths at public shows, as these discs aren't for the public.  We can do a booth at a more private event like auditions or cast parties that are intended for cast and their families.

The next cheapest way is to come into our shop and pay with cash, check, cashapp or venmo. This way you can save paying the electronic payment fee that the card companies get. Feel free to give us a call to verify we have what youre looking for in stock.

If you have any issues checking out on our site please let me know!  To access the online store pages like your login, account, cart, etc click in the top menu Online Store menu, then Store Functions.


 

Recently Completed

November 4, 2023 (Saturday) - Franklinton Area Community Theatre - Beauty and the Beast

October 29, 2023 (Sunday) - McGregor Hall - Ragtime

November 25, 2023 (Saturday) - Vance County Arts Council - Tidings of Comfort and Joy 2023

October 15, 2023 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Mac McClure & Juan Carlos Higuita

September 24, 2023 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Terra String Quartet

August 27, 2023 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Ieva Jakobaviciute & Itamar Zorman

August 12, 2023 (Saturday) - Henderson Rec Players - A Midsummer Night's Dream

July 29, 2023 (Saturday) - Henderson Rec Players - Cinderella

July 16, 2023 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Pedro Giraudo Tengo Quartet

June 24, 2023 (Saturday) - Henderson Rec Players - Seussical Jr

June 11, 2023 (Sunday) - Chamber Music Raleigh - Ciompi Quartet

May 21, 2023 - Chamber Music Raleigh - Merz Piano Trio

April 1, 2023 Franklinton Area Community Theatre - Oliver!

March 12, 2023 Chamber Music Raleigh - Helios Piano Trio

March 4, 2023 McGregor Hall - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

February 26, 2023 Chamber Music Raleigh - Imani Winds

February 23, 2023 Chamber Music Raleigh - The Art of Ornamentation - Mark Kroll

December 17, 2022 Northeast Piedmont Chorale - Winter Concert