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MoPictive Monthly Meeting Series
April community meeting: Light and musicNAB is upon us and with this event the rumor of change and opportunity in the high desert. We have an exciting meeting April planned with Dan Kelly leading the meeting on lighting. April 2009 also marks the return of the venerable Tips N' Tricks program lead by Michael Carrisquillo. The community meeting is programmed by Ezra Peace. Contact Ezra if you'd like to share with your community.
The April MoPicitve NYC community meeting scheduled for Thursday, 16 April, will start promptly at 6:30pm and go to 8:30pm. Seating is limited to first come, first serve, but is open to members, subscribers and their friends, so please join us. The A Station, the Apple Store, SoHO is located at 103 Prince Street at Greene St, the theater on the second floor (top of the stairs). Closest subways: Broadway / Lafayette F/V and 6, Prince Street Station N/R and Spring Street C/E.
NAB VIP Code:" TP01"
The code that will get MoPictive members free access to the exhibit hall is "TP01". It's a $150 value, and you can redeem the code at http://nabshow.com/passport. Deadline for free exhibit hall passes is soon, so you don't forget, do it today.
Learn more about NAB here, or check NAB out on these several social media sites:
Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn
There are also a couple of opportunities for filmmakers and video producers to submit their projects for showcase at the show: Reel Impressions and 48 Hour Film Project.
NAB LA FCPUG Supermeet
The Eighth Annual NAB FCPUG Supermeet celebrating the first decade of Final Cut Pro will happen on Tuesday, 21 April in the Rio Hotel Amazon Ballroom, 3700 West Flamingo Rd. Tickets are cheap ($10 per person until 01 April)), but get them NOW, or at the Supermeet booth, SL10129. Mike Horton will be in the room.
Tips N' Tricks: 3 Point editing made fast
Join us as Musician/Filmmaker Michael J. Carrasquillo demonstrates how to Three-point-edit with Final Cut Pro. Michael will demonstrate a simple workflow technique using simple keyboard shortcuts on how to navigate through clips and footage, to 3 point edit, minimizing the use of your mouse. Edit faster with this technique!
Tip Description:
Three-point-editing Involves marking specific IN / OUT points in two separate locations – the viewer window and the timeline window, instead of the individual clips/mouse style click & dragging approach, you can use shortcut keys to perform the same function! I’ll show you how!
Visit Michael online at http://www.michaelcarrasquillo.com and on Twitter @mjcarrasquillo
Guest meeting leader: Dan Kelly
Dan Kelly is an artist making movies. Although he hasn't worked with anyone particularly famous or created anything you've heard of, you can tell just by talking to him that he's a force to be reckoned with. Dan has painted India, eaten wild buffalo, divorced a supermodel and acquired an FBI record. Dan is honored to be standing up for Mike Vitti today and making his slight contribution to the greatness of Mopictive.
Find out more about Dan by entering the following url in your favorite browser. http://tricksterpictures.com
April 2009: Lighting and Music. Presenters: Victor Lloyd and Jeff Preston
Victor Lloyd, LED lighting Trends, Barbizon Lighting, NYC
Victor has presented with the community previously, introducing the then new LED lights. This year, there is a crop of LED based lights that have the "Punch" lighting pros expect from a luminaire. Heady times are ahead for high tech lighting, Barbizon's going to show us a few of these models that have the lighting industry all excited.
Victor is the sales manager at Barbizon Lighting, NYC
Jeff Preston, Composer's POV: Theatrical Film Scoring, Jeff Preston Music
Jeff will introduce the audience to the realm of music composition for film, sharing his years of expertise with filmmakers on the perspective and process for a successful relationship. Getting the story, the importance of genre, working with the storyteller, the importance of demos all figure into this presentation andJeff will share a few samples of his work.
Jeff Preston's music and voice has been featured on original series from NBC, MTV, VH1 and The Disney Channel among many others in the U.S. and abroad. He has played The Sundance Film Festival, North By Northwest, The Hard Rock Las Vegas and the Viper Room as a featured songwriter, front man and drummer. In 2007, when Emmy Award Winning Director Christopher Ward asked Jeff to write music for the opening credits of his first full length feature "Person Of Interest" Jeff found his calling. He was subsequently tapped up score Ward's second full-length film "Fog Warning" which was recently accepted to the Connecticut Film Festival and is rep'd by Phil Gorn's Wonderphil Productions. While wrapping up "Fog Warning" Jeff was contracted to score director Maya Batash’s feature "Out Of the Fog" which will debut at International Film Festivals in Ireland, Thailand and South Africa this year. He is currently finishing up his first full-length solo album “The End of the Day”. You can find out more on the tv & film projects page at www.jeffprestonmusic.com.
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Next Month: May '09 at ther Apple Store, SoHO
MoPictive Community Meeting, 14 May 2009 will be held at the Apple Store, SoHO, rom 6:30 to 8:30pm. The Apple SoHO store is located at 103 Prince Street (at Greene St) in SoHO.
The community meeting will start promptly at 6:30pm. Seating
is limited to first come, first serve, but the meeting is open to
members, subscribers and their friends, so please join us. The Apple Store's closest subways are: the Prince Street N/R, Broadway Lafayette F/V and 6, or the Spring Street (6th Ave) A/C.
A Station (Apple SoHO) Directions
The April MoPicitve NYC community meeting scheduled for Thursday, 16 April, will start promptly at 6:30pm and go to 8:30pm. Seating is limited to first come, first serve, but is open to members, subscribers and their friends, so please join us. The A Station, the Apple Store, SoHO is located at 103 Prince Street at Greene St, the theater on the second floor (top of the stairs). Closest subways: Broadway / Lafayette F/V and 6, Prince Street Station N/R and Spring Street C/E.
Best source for public transportation information is here.
Driving? The Apple Store, SoHO is just south of the intersection of Broadway and Houston Streets. Street parking is possible, but unlikely. There are several garages in the neighborhood, most visible lots located on Lafayette and Prince Street and Lafayette and Bond. Map & directions here.