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player ready...They hadn`t reached the point of screaming, ”I want my MTV,” but the Ifergan children clearly were savoring every moment of their first performance tape.
Philippe, 8; Chloe, 11; and Olivia, 20 months, had just teamed up with their mother, Susan Ifergan, to make a video of Dad Charles` (the Oak Street salon owner) favorite song, ”Tutti Frutti,” at the tiny Take 1 studio at North Pier Terminal. They would present their $30 lip-sync production to pop on Father`s Day.
Take 1 makes that sort of thing easy. With the same kind of Chroma Key used by TV weatherpersons, owners Roger and Meinolf Otto record would-be Bon Jovis and splash the background with computer-generated multiple images, while the hit song of choice fills the soundtrack. Video techies from Cologne, Germany, fresh from audio-visual work at the University of Illinois, the brothers have invested $80,000 in equipment.
”It was mobbed when we came here,” Susan Ifergan reported. ”I thought we might have to make an appointment and come back.”
Although they haven`t reached the reservations-only level, the Ottos do see an almost endless stream of hams-and ham-watchers. Video makers can choose from more than 150 song selections to suit their mood-anything from ”When a Man Loves a Woman” to ”You`re No Good.”
Long after their stint, the Ifergan kids hung around, eyeing the monitors as others boogied and lipped. Little Olivia waved her sunglasses and improvised a two-step. Her day, obviously, had been media-enhanced.
For information on Take 1, call 383-9439.