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Trial Presentation and Deposition Services

Remote Video Conference Depositions

What does the videographer do in a remote deposition?

  • Makes sure the record is complete
  • Ensures no off the record conversations are included in the deliverable
  • Ensures that the witness’ image and only the witness’ image is displayed on the screen in the deliverable with the time date with seconds displayed as required by the Rules of Civil Procedure in many jurisdictions
  • Assists in evidence presentation using trial presentation software 
  • Serves as the “Gatekeeper”, allowing only invited parties to enter the virtual conference room
  • Advises participants on camera framing, lighting, microphone positioning, and internet connection. 
  • Conducts test calls with participants upon request
  • Creates and certifies a deliverable that will play on all common video codecs such as Windows Media Player, VLC media player. 


Tips to make your videoconference deposition go better:


            Use a Headset

  • Using a headset with microphone is the best way to optimize audio quality. 
  • The headset: 
  • Optimizes audio signal by ensuring consistent microphone placement

Minimizes extraneous noise, such as ambient sound and the rustling of papers.

Minimizes echo caused by the remote audio being picked up by each local microphone and then sent back through the Zoom recording

  • Prevents audio feedback, which is that high-pitched shrieking sound.

   

  

Connect the computer directly to the router with an ethernet (network) cable.

            Using a network cable to the internet reduces:

  • Dropped connections 
  • Screen freezes
  • Audio dropout
  • Audio breakup 


 Lighting and Background 


  • Position the camera with a light source in front of you and a plain background, if possible.
  • The light source can be a window, a lamp, or ceiling light.
  • Avoid having light source behind you, especially a window. The light source behind you will cause the auto iris on your webcam to close and create a darkened image of the subject.


Exhibits


There are several options for distributing and displaying exhibits:

  • Send hard copy to all parties prior to the deposition
  • Use the “Share desktop” function to display the exhibits. Our default is that exhibits are not shown in the final video.
  • Use an exhibit sharing software. Another option is to use “Share file”.  A link for each document is created and distributed through the Zoom “Chat” function at the time a document is introduced during the deposition.

Picture-in-Picture Depositions

Show the Exhibits and the Witness on the same screen

  

During the deposition, the evidence is displayed on video monitors for the witness and counsel and recorded in High-definition (HD) video to deliver crystal clear image to the jury.

 
Paper documents may be displayed using an Elmo Visual Presenter document camera. The PIP technique is also be used to record the video output from a computer, phone, or tablet.

 
The savvier attorney uses computer software, such as Trial Director or On Cue, to quickly display, highlight, and enlarge digital documents and pictures as the witness testifies. Typically a technician provided by us or another attorney or paralegal operates the software.

  

It is important to make isolated recordings of both the witness and the evidence so that they may also be combined and edited in post-production. The isolated recordings also provide the flexibility of playing just the witness in court without the documents.

ELMO and Picture-in-Picture Depositions

Trial Presentation Services

The hot seat is an industry term for the trial presentation specialist in the courtroom. Actually,

Hot Seat Operator?

  • Trial Presentation Specialist:   A technician who assists the litigation team in organizing, preparing, and presenting visual evidence in the courtroom, especially when computers and electronic equipment are involved


  • Hot Seat Operator: A trial presentation specialist who operates the computer used to present documents, video depositions, and other visual evidence on display screens in the courtroom 


  • Call Out: Enlarging a portion of a document at the command of the attorney while it is being displayed to the jury. This term may also be used to describe a document that has enlarged portions prepared in advance


  • Synchronization: The process of directly matching text from a transcript with the corresponding video from a deposition. Synchronized transcripts can be used to word search a video, create video excerpts and closed caption effects


  • MP4 The preferred video file type for synchronizing transcripts with the video


  • MPG1: A highly compressed but low resolution legacy video format still used in legal video for synchronizing transcripts with the video. Its primary benefits is small file size. It has largely been replaced by mp4 or h-264 video files.


 




 

Gavel as traditionally used by a judge in the courtroom

$6.5 Million Plaintiff's Verdict

Working with the law firm Pierce Atwood, LLP, Stream Productions hot seat operator Wayne Martin helped win a $6.5 million plaintiff's verdict. The evidence included numerous emails, documents, audio visual depositions.  Demonstrative evidence included PowerPoint presentations, and animation.


$6.5 Million Plaintiff's Verdict

Working with the law firm Pierce Atwood, LLP, Stream Productions hot seat operator Wayne Martin helped win a $6.5 million plaintiff's verdict. The evidence included numerous emails, documents, audio visual depositions.  Demonstrative evidence included PowerPoint presentations, and animation.


$43 Million Plaintiff's Verdict

Lawyers Weekly 2018 Lawyer of the Year Michael Shepard won a $43 million Plaintiff's verdict in a case brought against both asbestos manufacturers and a cigarette manufacturer. 


Stream Productions provided the courtroom display system, including a 65" Samsung LED monitor and an Elmo Visual Presenter.

Stream Productions also provided assistance editing audio visual depositions

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