Making Movies out of Clips

SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake resident Rob Loveman kept running into circumstances where people shot videos and never edited them. He opened Loveman Video Editing in August 2016 and looks forward to where the market will take him in his quest to make movies out of clips.

Loveman has had a camera in his hand since he was six years old. His first desktop computer had a 66 megabite hard drive which was "a really good hard drive at the time."

Loveman used videos for promotional and instructional purposes while teaching Yom chi Taekwon-do. He remembers taking videos but never editing the footage.

However, it was in the early 2000s that Loveman really started pursuing videography, taking video of his dogs. Being an avid outdoorsman and musher, he sees video as the new, natural medium for outdoor adventure.

"The technology is so incredible now," said Loveman. "The ease with which one can shoot video is amazing and the quality that one can take is amazing."

Last spring Loveman purchased a 66 gigabyte computer with a terabyte solid state hard drive capable of video editing. He said the software and the hardware required for video editing is about the same price as a full photo lab in the 1980s.

"I'm excited to start my own business," said Loveman. "My dad was a businessman and did a start-up in the 1950s and went through an IPO [Initial Public Offering]. I have that to live up to."

Loveman feels that his memory for little parts and sequences is a skill that will help him excel in video editing. Also his physics and engineering background will help him define and specify his products, something he feels is critical for the business to succeed.

"I always get a kick out of learning something new," said Loveman. "My parents never drove learning out of me. I realized I can do this."

Loveman is trying various things to see where the demand is in the market for video editing services. Currently, he is working as a contractor where the client determines the product. The product in turn determines the price.

Along with finding his niche in the market, Loveman will be working on how to specify his products. While he said specifying editing services for an event like a wedding is fairly straightforward, finding the video equivalent to the three-inch by five-inch photo is charting new territory. He believes this step is critical to making the transition to his long-term goal, a one-stop video shop.

"Everybody is shooting videos. Imagine if they could drop the thing off and get the equivalent of 3X5s back the next day," said Loveman. "There is nothing out there like that at this time."

Loveman is looking forward to producing two promotional videos for the 2017 Bob Marshall Music Festival as a service to the community. He will combine video clips and photographs from the 2016 festival with music provided by the festival bands. One video will target sponsors; the second will promote the festival to the audience.

Loveman is looking for photographs and clips to include in the video. All submissions will be acknowledged. Email robloveman@blackfoot.net in the next couple of weeks if willing to share.

Loveman's most recent video "Four Dogs to Ruby" about his run in the 2016 Iditarod is available at https://youtu.be/TIint5nNw44. His website is http://www.sillylakesiberians.com or call 406-677-3141.

 

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