MediaNet Tech and Equipment news 2 Dec 09

1)Congratulations to MediaNet member Ry Moran (Ryan Bresser) on his win for Best Original Score at the Aboriginal Music Awards.
2) MediaNet closes at 12 noon on Friday Dec 4
3) Reminder – Pickups at 9:30, Returns at 9 AM
4) Intro to Final Cut seminar on Sat 5 Dec – 11 to 5 – Equipment pick ups must be before 11 am
5) Open Cinema presents “Fuel” at the Imax Theatre 7 pm Wed 10 Dec
6) ViFPA presents Motown High Sat Dec 12, 10 AM at the Cap 6 downtown
7) MediaNet Fundraiser, Friday 18 Dec at Open Space
MediaNet Closes for Xmas on Dec 19
9) A favourite Final Cut Site – Ken Stone’s Final Cut page

1)Congratulations to MediaNet member Ry Moran (Ryan Bresser) on his win for Best Original Score at the Aboriginal Music Awards as well as his nomination for best Folk Acoustic Album . And congrats as well to MN member Janet Rogers on her nomination for best Female Traditional Cultural Artist

2) MediaNet will be closing at 12 Noon on Friday Dec 4. Sorry for any inconvenience.

3) A Reminder – Equipment Returns are between 9 and 9:30 AM. Equipment Pick Up is between 9:30 and 10 AM.  If you do not return equipment on time you will be charged for an additional day’s rental. If you do not pick your equipment up on time we will assume that the booking is cancelled and may rent the equipment to another member. Arrangements can be made for later pick up or drop off but alternate arrangements must be made at least 24 hours in advance.

4) This Sat, Dec 5, there will be a Final Cut Introductory workshop 11 am to 5 pm. We have had a cancellation so there is one space available. Email communications@media-net.bc.ca to reserve. Cost is $50 members, $80 non members.  Members should note that after 11 am on Sat equipment access is restricted and the edit suites, except for the G5 in the outer office, will not be available.

5) OPEN CINEMA Screening Series presents the Victoria premiere of FUEL. Presented in collaboration with  Cowichan Alternative Energy and The BC Sustainable Energy Association. December 10, 2009, at the IMAX Theatre    A fundraiser for Cowichan Alternative Energy  Doors at 7pm, screening at 7:30 Suggested donation $10-$20

6) Victoria Independent Producers Association present MoTown High on Sat Dec 12 at 10 AM at the Capitol 6 Downtown. Admission is by suggested $5 donation. Created by Barbara Hagar of Aarrow Productions, Motown High is the longer, theatrical version of the story of how Motown legend Martha Reeves came to Vic High, inspiring and thrilling the Vic High R&B band. Watch the trailer at Aarrow productions See the full movie and meet the filmmaker on Sat Dec 12 at 10 am

7) Seasonal Pageant Disorder : MediaNet / Open Space fundraising party December 18, 2009, 7pm- midnight at Open Space, 510 Fort St. MediaNet and Open Space will be holding a fundraising event in support of joint programming. Featuring music by Slim Sandy and Ry Moran, live drawing by Eden Veudry with cello accompaniment by Jared Brandle, and the films of Scott Amos. food, drink and a silent auction with fabulous local artwork, goods and services Come and escape the Christmas rush with us! If you can donate anything to the silent auction, or would like to help with the fundraiser, please contact Catlin info@media-net.bc.ca

MediaNet will close for our annual Christmas hiatus on Sat 19 December. The traditional equipment switch over day is tentatively scheduled for Dec 28

9) A site that everyone who edits in FCP or FCE should visit is Ken Stone’s Final Cut page at http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html . Great tutorials, articles and reviews

Oct 20th

1) Open Cinema Season 7 Launch Rip: a Remix Manifesto @ Vic Event Centre Wed 21 Oct (suggested donation $10)
DJ’s, Vj’s, remixes and more

2) My Son the Pornographer at 10 AM (morning) on Sat 24 Oct
Vifpa presents this Film Fest Popular award winner returns – edited by MN’s one time tech and board member Zolt Sandor (suggested donation $5)

3) MediaNet and Salt Spring Film Festival present a filmmaking intensive workshop Fri 6 Nov to Sun 8 November.
60 hours to make a Doc

4) MN favourite free download program
MPEG Streamclip for converting files

1) Open Cinema launches season 7 tomorrow at the Vic Event Centre with a multimedia event
The evening will energetically  open at 6 with Justin Love and DJ Murge to give you a Media mash up performance
Filmmaker Bret Gaylor will into his film Rip: a Remix Manifesto at 7 via a skype projection followed by the movie
After the movie, its a live discussion with Justin Love, DJ Murge, Peter Sandmark and Mike Sheehan as the moderator.

2) My Son the Pornographer – Breakfast and a Movie anyone?
That’s right – a movie at 10 am with the filmmakers Peter Campell and Art Holbrook in attendance. RSVP mailto:take2vifpa@gmail.com
if you’d like to have breakfast at Floyd’s Diner with the filmmakers at (gasp) 8:30 AM. The film runs at 10 AM at the Capitol 6 downton at 908 Yates St.
Take 2 brings together Victoria audiences with Victoria filmmakers. Admission is by suggested donation ($5). My Son the Pornographer was sold out at the Victoria Film Festival and rated by the audience as one of the top 5 films at the festival in 09 Rated 14A
My Son the Pornographer is a film about the love between a father and son, about acceptance and reconciliation, about coming to terms with the good and the bad that shapes our lives. Filmmaker Art Holbrook discovers his son Kole was molested as a child after Holbrook’s marriage broke up. He travels to Prague to try to reconnect to his son Kole who is working as a pornographer. Art finds he must face his guilt that he failed to protect his son and his fear that he failed as a father. His son must face his sense of abandonment and deal with the repercussions of his molestation. Through the deep bond of their mutual love each comes to understand and accept the other in this journey between continents and through emotions as large and stormy as the ocean that separates those continents.
Art Holbrook will be able to update you an Kole’s current activites.

3) MediaNet and the Salt Spring Film Festival have joined forces to produce an intensive filmmaking experience on Salt Spring Island for MN and SSFF members the weekend of November 6 to 8.
Generously hosted by MediaNet member Marion Pape, eight Salt Spring Islanders will have 60 hours to make a doc. MediaNet will supply the equipment for this intensive workshop. Instructed by myself (Kirk Schwartz) with the assistance of MediaNet member and filmmaker Alan Bibi and SaltSpring Film Festival organizers Jim Meadows and Diane Copeland-Thomas eight SaltSpringers will shoot and edit a short doc in under 3 days.
Victoria members should be aware that editing facilities at the MN offices will be very restricted from 6 to 9 November.

Rally, EcoDoc Scholarship, NFB seminar, Job opp

1)Victoria Rally against Campbell’s contempt for the arts at the corner of Blanchard & Johnson at noonon Wednesday, September 9. Wear Grey, make a grey Rectangle , wear it in front of your face because the Government has taken your face away from you.  Our Vancouver Arts Family is meeting same day, same time at Robson Square.  ARRIVE AT 11:50.We will stand in silence, motionless in a square formation from 12:00-12:30   Please pass this on.

2) Expression of interest – EcoDoc Scholarship –  We may have a partial or a full scholarship for the EcoDoc program. No promises right now but if you would be interested please drop an email at mailto:communications@media-net.bc.ca with your contact phone number and let us know why you should be the recipient of an EcoDoc scholarship. Due to the shortage of time until the program starts (Saturday 12th Sept) we will only be able to contact the successful recipients (if in fact we receive the donation). Please let us know if you would need a full scholarship ($150) or a part Scholarship ($75). We are currently discussing the scholarship with a potential donor and will know the outcome shortly. (there are currently 3 to 4 spaces still open in EcoDoc)

3) INVITATION TO VICTORIA FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCERS
ViFPA is pleased to be presenting an information session on the “Digital Strategy at the NFB” with Tracey Friesen, Executive Producer of the NFB’s Pacific and Yukon Centre. The session will take place on Thursday, September 10th from 3 – 5 pm in the Orientation Room at ‘A’ Victoria, 1420 Broad Street.
“Digital Strategy @ the NFB.  How is the film board beginning to define for itself: online storytelling, interactive narrative, web documentary, original digital content?  We’ll look at a few NFB sites and many more external ones, for inspiration and dialogue.
What is the impact of this emerging genre on team collaboration, revenue, social intent and artistic expression?”
Please RSVP to vifpa@islandnet.com

4.  COORDINATOR NEEDED FOR FALL “TAKE TWO” FILM SCREENINGS

The Victoria Film Producers’ Association (ViFPA) is seeking an organized and self-motivated person with an interest in film to co-ordinate and promote screenings of our members’ work. VIFPA sponsored several “Take Two” screenings over the past year. The final event in May (The Immortal Beaver)  was a sell-out in the 120-seat theatre at the Capitol 6. The coordinator will organize a fall season of two or three screenings with an accompanying promotional campaign. An honorarium of $100 per screening, plus 25% of the donations collected at the door is being offered to someone who will co-ordinate, promote and work the door at the screenings. If you are interested, please e-mail info@vifpa.com.

5) Aarrow Productions has openings for a Production Coordinator and a Production Assistant with Down2Earth, a new 13 X 30 minute Aboriginal environmental series licensed to APTN. The series will be in production from September 21 – December 15, 2009. Resumes should be emailed to Barbara Hager, Producer/Director, at bhager@shaw.ca by September 11, 2009. Applicants selected for interviews will be contacted by September 15, 2009.

EcoDoc, CAC awards, NFB digital strategy

1) EcoDoc starts next Saturday 12 Sept. There are workshops and more for the participants and some workshops and talks for you all. Get the details at   http://www.media-net.bc.ca/otherprograms/ecodocdetails.html There are still about 4 spaces left – email me if want to be part of the ecodoc solution.  The program kicks off next Saturday with a KeyNote address by MediaNet’s own Rick Searle titled activism, social networking and people power
Environmentalist, Teacher, Filmmaker, Broadcaster and founder of EKOS Communications, Rick Searle will talk about the possibilites of change using media and social networking facilities (open to the general public) www.ekoscommunications.com 7 PM at the Community Art Galler of Greater Victoria – G6 1001 Douglas (Sussex Court at Fort and Douglas Streets)   The final screening will be at the Victoria Event Centre on Wed Oct 7 and everybody is welcome

2) MediaNet members sweep CAC practicing artist awards
Friday night at the CAC gallery saw an awards ceremony that featured MediaNet members scooping up $2000 in awards.  The competition was tough, especially in the Experimental Expression category. Scott Amos and Rick Raxlen dominated that category and MediaNet member Kyath Battie took home the top award of $400 in the Personal Experession Category. For those of you that missed your chance to see the award winning films a compilation DVD will be available for borrowing at the CAC office later this week. The award winners were:

Experimental Expression

1) Scott Amos – House  $400
2) Rick Raxlen -  In the New World $300
3) Rick Raxlen – Frottage/domage $200
4)  significant artistic merit   Scott Amos – Grass  $50
5 )significant artistic merit    Alejandro Valbuena – Palomas  $50

Personal Expression

1) Kyath Battie – Interchange  $400
2) Marion Pape – Okurimono: The Gift $300
3) Christin Keeler – Exiting  $200
4) significant artistic merit  – Pippa Hirst – Wes  $50
5)significant artistic merit   – Merina Rael – Facing Her Shadow  $50

3) VIFPA would like to invite members of Medianet to this free workshop with Tracey Friesen from the NFB next week. Thanks in advance for forwarding this message to your members.

INVITATION TO VICTORIA FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCERS
ViFPA is pleased to be presenting an information session on the “Digital Strategy at the NFB” with Tracey Friesen, Executive Producer of the NFB’s Pacific and Yukon Centre. The session will take place on Thursday, September 10th from 3 – 5 pm in the Orientation Room at ‘A’ Victoria, 1420 Broad Street.

4) Tech Support only during evenings Sept 12 to Oct 4th.
I will be working evenings 5 to 9ish during EcoDoc. The EcoDoc participants will have priority on my time but if you need tech help when the EcoDoc program is running call me after 5 at MediaNet. Regular office hours for booking and pickups are still in effect.  Also, please take note that EcoDoc participants have priority in Camera and edit bookings for the 3 weeks of EcoDoc. At this point, the FX1 and the Z1U are available for member advance booking but may be booked by EcoDoc participants during the program if members have not made advanced bookings.

5) Booking rules you may have forgotten!!
* you may book by phone ONLY if you talk to Kirk, Cat or Peter.  NO PHONE MESSAGES!
* Pick up time is 9:30 to 10 AM unless other arrangements are made IN ADVANCE.  If you have not picked up or made other arrangements by 10 am your equipment may be booked out to other members.
* return time is 9 to 9:30 am – other arrangements may be made in advance but if you do not have the equipment back by 9:30 you may have to pay another day’s rental
(these are all rules that are on the member’s orientation quiz – and I have the documentation to show that you all know about them – so consider this a gentle reminder)

That’s all for now
Kirk
www.media-net.bc.ca

EcoDoc Details and workshops

EcoDoc is a 3 week program for filmmakers and environmentalists to  realize and communicate their vision to the Victoria public, to BC and to the world. MediaNet, in partnership with The Community Arts Council of Greater  Victoria is presenting a week of seminars and workshops for the EcoDoc participants and to the community.

Workshops Sept 12 to 19; Production Sept 20-Oct 4
Screening Oct 7, Victoria Event center

We are proud to have MediaNet members and Media Partners join with us to bring a mentored filmmaking program to the Victoria community.

To sign up for the program call MediaNet at 250-381-4428 or send us an email mailto:communications@media-net.bc.ca

The registration fee for the program is $150 (or $125 for MediaNet or Cinevic members) and guarantees participants a  space in all the workshops as well as access to MediaNet equipment and editing facilities (rental costs included in the registration fee). As well, participants will receive ongoing technical and production mentoring. There are a limited number of spaces available in this program.

Watch the videos from EcoDoc 08 http://www.media-net.bc.ca/otherprograms/ecodocvideos.html

EcoDoc workshop schedule
(all events at the Community Arts Council Gallery: G6 – 1001 Douglas St, unless otherwise noted – some of the workshops may be open to the general public, but spaces will be limited, and eco-doc participants will have reserved spaces; admission to all workshops is included in the eco-doc program registration fee).

Sat Sept 12 – 2 pm – orientation
Meet your fellow documentarians and become familiar with the schedule and how the program works

7 PM – Rick Searle – keynote address – Saving the Real World Wide Web with Social Media
The times are unprecedented. Human activities now threaten to completely overwhelm the systems that maintain life on the planet – the real World Wide Web. Simultaneously, a new social ecosystem is emerging, connecting people across time and space as never before. Social media has an incredible potential to galvanize and mobilize collective action necessary to avert worst-case scenarios.
www.ekoscommunications.com

Sunday 13 Sept – 2 PM Cyrus Block – lighting for the Documentary (EcoDoc participants only) Cinematographer Cyrus Bloc will share his insights and knowledge gathered during a lifetime of working on documentaries, feature films and broadcast series info at IMDB

7 PM viewing internet documentaries:
an evening of viewing documentaries available on the internet from Vimeo to YouTube with discussion and shared opinions

Wed 16 Sept – 7 PM Dogwood – Will Horter (date to be confirmed) – open to the public
Docwood Initiative’s inspriational leader Will Horter speaks and inspires as he talks about the environmental issues facing us on the Island.

Thursday 17 Sept – environmental issues talk TBA

Friday 18 Sept – Tom Shandel – creating the documentary: a producers view (open to the public) From “The Corporation” (1999) to “America, Love It or Leave It” (1990), from the founding of medicare (“Bitter Medicine” 1983) to “Kerouac” (1997) Tom Shandel has been making documentaries that take the pulse of the times. Tom will share his insights and his knowledge about documentaries and what makes them work. http://shandel.ca/

Sat 19
Richard Boyce/Kirk Schwartz – Story editing session 10 am to 5 pm (EcoDoc participants only) MediaNet’s Technical Director Kirk Schwartz and environmentalist, filmmaker and social activist Richard Boyce team up to help you refine and develop your story

Sunday 20 sept 2 pm Richard boyce – Activist Video Workshop (EcoDoc participants only) Activist and filmmaker Richard Boyce shares his experiences using video not just for creating documentaries but as will in his work with Homeless Nation, in the courtroom, with politians and public accountability and in changing public opinion

Sat 26 Sept (tentative date) Mandy Leith Editing mentor sessions (EcoDoc participants only)- works in progress.Editor, activist and founder of Open Cinema, Mandy brings us years of editing and storytelling experience to help refine and focus your doc

Sunday 27 Sept 7 PM participants Crit night – works in progress - Participants will gather to look at and discuss each others work in progress with an eye to learning from and about each other’s work

During the 3 week period of EcoDoc all participants will have access to MediaNet’s production and editing facilites and  technical support. Participants will be guided in working with Final Cut and Final Cut Express as well as support for audio and video aquisition.

Production ends 3 Oct

Screening Wed 7 Oct 7 PM – Victoria Events Centre (Everybody welcome – admission by donation). Come see the work done by local Victorians about local issues in the friendly atmosphere of the Victoria Event Center, 1415 Broad St

G5’s for sale, Blender interest group, Relative Syncronicity

1) Relative Synchronicity: black and white images and coloured sound  – July 20 – August 1, 2009
$60 includes 1 roll of b+w film (2 1/2 mins), with hand-processing and video transfer, hands-on soundtrack workshop where you will learn the elements of sound shaping and manipulation and post-production facilities.
A two-week workshop.
Week 1: shoot a roll of b+w super 8 film and edit it in camera.
Week 2: create a digital soundscape using manipulated sound for your film.
The film will be projected and the sound played in relative synchronicity at a special screening in Week 3   For more information, or to register, contact Kirk technical@media-net.bc.ca

2) Blender interest group
The first blender workshop was held on Sat July 4th and the Blender interest group and discussion will be held here at MediaNet on Friday July 17th. All members with an interest in Blender are invited to drop in and share their tips and insights into this full features (but sometimes complicated) 3D animation program
3) Interested in taking an Intro to Final Cut 1 day hands on seminar this summer? Let me know and I will try to schedule one for a Sat or Sun soon. I need 5 people to commit to a date before I can confirm the workshop

4) MediaNet G5’s for sale
We are selling  our Dual G5 Mac Pro Suites (all have firewire 400 and 1 x firewire 800 ports)
* Dual 2 GHz Power PC – 2.5 Gig ram, DVD Burner, ATI Radon 9600 Pro Video Card, 2 x 160 gig internal drives, keyboard and mouse.  $800
* Dual 2 GHz Power PC – 2.5 Gig ram, DVD Burner, GeForce FX 5200 Video Card, 1 x 500 gig internal drive, keyboard and mouse  $800
* Dual 2.7 GHz Power PC – 2.5 Gig Ram, pioneer DVR-109 DV burner, AH Radon 9600 Video Card, 250 gig boot drive, 500 gig spare drive, Keyboard and mouse  $850
* 2 x Samsung CRT 997 monitors – free to first G5 purchaser who wants them
also
PowerMac G4 2.8 GHz, 320 meg sdram, ATY rage 128 grapics card, 120 Gig internal drive, DVD rom, firewire 400, Acer G772 CRT monitor, Keyboard and mouse $125
** offered to MediaNet members first – unsold will be placed on Craig’s list July 15th.

Call 250-381-4428 between 9 and 2 weekdays or 9 to 12 on Saturday for more info or just leave a response

considering fall and winter workshops 09/10

Here are some of the workshops we are considering for Fall and Winter. If you have a suggestion or an request for a workshop please let me know. If you would like to give a workshop in an area where you have some expertice phone or email me and we will discuss who, what, when and why!
Not all of these workshops/seminars will be offered so your feedback, either by email or on the tech blog is really appreciated.
Cost for the 2.5 hr semiar programs will be $5, cash or volbucks. Cost for other programs will be announced. Scholarships requests and/or payment with volbucks will be considered but will depend on program costs.
Programs like EcoDoc and Experiment are offered in additon to these workshops and Cat is putting together a schedule of artist talks and presentation programs.

Activist Video Workshop (1 Day)
Richard Boyce, environmentalist, anctivist and filmmaker presents a half day workshop on activist filmmaking. Beyond making documentaries, Richard has used video and media to motivate, in court cases and as part of activist strategy
Basic colour correction    (2.5 hours)
Intro to the colour wheel and some basic colour correction techniques in FCP and FCExpress
Basics of Audio (3 parts x 2.5 hours)
A Three Part Course. Part 1 is the Theory of Sound and How We Hear. Part 2 is practical focusing in sound gathering and micing techniques. Part 3 concentrates on some post production tools found in Final Cut
Blender (multiple sessions) (Doug Jones) (this workshop will be starting in July)
An ongoing exploration of the professional level animation program Blender. Part demonstration and part mutual support, participants meet twice a month to lean and discuss Blender techniques
Blogs and podcasts (2.5 hours)
learn to blog and podcast video and audio using the popular free services of WordPress and Blip TV as well as YouTube
Burning Music, Data and DVDs    (2.5 hours)
Learn the differences between data and playback DVDs and CDs and how to create burn them in a Mac environment
FCP – compositing    (2.5 hours)
get started layering and compositing special effects in your video
FCP – the Motion Tab    (2.5 hours)
Understanding the motion tab and how you can us it to manipulate your video including croping, distorion, time remaping (slow and fast motion) and more.
FCP – Video Filters    (2.5 hours)
Get acquainted with the diversity of Video Filter special effects in Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express
FCP Tips and Tricks – Scott Amos    (2.5 hours)
tips, tricks and techniques from one of Victoria’s most prolific filmmakers, Scott Amos
Final Cut Pro comprehensive
Meeting one evening a week for ten to thirteen weeks (or intensively over 2 weekends) this course will cover the official Apple approved Final Cut text
Interview Techniques(2.5 hours)
A one evening seminar on how to get the best from your interviewees
Intro to Final Cut
A one day seminar specially designed to give you the basic tools you need to get started in FCP. From importing your footage to basic editing to exporting your project back to tape or for the internet
Intro to Live Type
a two hour introductory seminar designed to get you started creating professional looking titles in the Live Type program
Intro to Motion
a two hour introductory seminar designed to get you started creating professional looking motion special effects
Intro to Soundtrack and Audio processing    (2.5 hours)
An introduction to the integrated audio finishing program Soundrack with the emphasis on “roundtripping” in FCP, noise reduction and sound processing
Lighting and Cinematography with Cyrus Block
Cinematograher Cyrus Block picks topics from his wide ranging experience as a cinematograher from lighting techniques to camera lenses and filters.
Mini Doc one (or two) day workshop
Start with a story idea in the morning. Refine it, shoot it and edit it for the “6 o’clock news”. A 3-7 min mini doc. One day of high pressure or 2 days for a little more consideration
MN Cameras & basic techniques    (2.5 hours)
White Balance, focus, gain and iris. Learn about MediaNet cameras and some some basic shooting techniques
MN lights and basic techniques    (2.5 hours)
Learn about some basic lighting techniques and become familiar with MediaNet’s lights
MN mics and Techniques    (2.5 hours)
Learn basic micing techniques and mic differences while becoming familiar with MediaNet’s array of mics
Motion comprehensive
A Multi Week program using the Apple approved text to become a confidant user of Apple’s Motion program
Multi cam in FCP    (2.5 hours)
Discover the editing advantage of using multi cam techniques when you  are shooting with multiple cameras
New Members    (2.5 hours)
all new members must attend this orientation about MediaNet, MediaNet equipment proceedures and some basic equipment safety
Preparing and using Photos in FCP    (2.5 hours)
Take your photos into iPhoto, photoshop or the photo editor of your choice maximize them for FCP. Use the Ken Burns effect or crop and distort them in FCP/E
Soundtrack comprehensive
A Multi Week program using the Apple approved Text to become a confidant user of Apple’s sound finishing  program Soundtrack

May 8 bulletin

MediaNet Bi-Weekly Tech Bulletin  Fri May 8, 2009

1) iMac for Sale
2) Blender animation workshop
3) Experiment! starts Saturday – space still available – some seminars open to all
4) MN workshops in planning stage – suggestions
5) U Vic calls for videographer  (more info in the attachment)

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1) iMAC for Sale
2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB 667 MHz
DDR2 SDRAM memory, NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT video
card with 256MB VRAM, 250 GB harddrive plus two
external drives – 500 GB and 250 GB PLUS Final
Cut Express installed and Final Cut Pro 5.0.1   $1550
Contact Chris Gower-Rees at 250-588-8138 or
mailto:chris@phungai.com

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2) Blender animation starts in July
Part workshop, part interest group the Blender animation program will start in July and meet twice a month. The first meeting will be a  workshop led by MediaNet member Doug Jones and the second meeting will be a progress meeting to share tips and solve problems.
The first five topics will be run as stand alone so we can allow for some intake of new faces.

Sculpting & Retopo,
Modeling with meshes
Texturing, Materials, Lighting
Animating/ Armatures
Game engine
Video editor & Green screen
Soft/ hard body physics

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03)   Experiment!
Starts Tomorrow

There is still space in the program for last minute participants. Learn about and produce an Experiment in Film and Video. MN members $150, non members $175

OR

Just come out to learn about experimental film from speakers like our own Peter Sandmark, U Vic’s Lianne McLarty, Rick Raxlen and Scott Amos. Take a look at the schedule below

May 9 – EARLY AVANT GARDE CINEMA, 7 pm, (Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, G-6 1001 Douglas St.) Peter Sandmark, Executive Director of MediaNet, former teacher of film production at Concordia University, will introduce present films and lead a discussion of experimental aesthetics. Titles include works by:  Fernand Leger,  Man Ray, Willard Maas,   Marie Mencken, Sidney Peterson,  Maya Deren,  Stan Brakhage,  and Bruce Bailie.

May 10 – 1 pm, MediaNet office, Grace Salez, Media artist and video art instructor at University of Victoria, will give a presentation on personal experimental works and performance art, and lead an exercise with cameras. (Open to EXPERIMENT participants only).

May 10 – 7 pm, (Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, G-6 1001 Douglas St) Lianne McLarty, Professor of Film Studies at the University of Victoria,  will talk about contemporary experimental film/video in Canada, and present several experimental films.

May 11, 12 – 7 pm, MediaNet office.  Kirk Schwartz (MediaNet Technical Director) – Presentation and workshops on post-production and video editing, using superimposition and compositing techniques.
(Open to EXPERIMENT participants only).

May 14 – 7 pm, (Martin Batchelor Gallery, 712 Cormorant St.) Rick Raxlen, filmmaker and former teacher of film production at Concordia University, will give an artist’s talk on 40 years of experimental filmmaking, and show several of his film works.
May 16 – 7 pm (Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, G-6 1001 Douglas St.) Scott Amos, MediaNet Technicican, filmmaker and teaching assistant at University of Victoria.  Presentation on collage experimental films and the use of film in video.
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4)the fall 09 and winter 10 workshops are in the planning stage. Have a workshop suggestion? A workshop need? leave a comment for me
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5) U Vic is looking for a Videographer. leave an email address for me and  I’ll mail  you the PDF of their requirements

workshop update

Burning Data and Movies to DVD
Sat March 21  – 1 PM  $5 members $15 non members
Get to know the difference between Movie DVDs and Data DVDs and when to burn the best type for your needs
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

Voice Overs and Voice Recording
Using QuickTime Pro and Final Cut on the Mac or on an external recorder
Tues March 24  – 7 PM  $5 members $15 non members
Learn the best voice mic techniques as well as how to record voice overs using QuickTime pro or right into Final Cut
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

Members Orientation                     Sat 4 April – 1 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Production Forms and Releases
Tuesday 7 April – 7 PM  $5 members $15 non members
Understand the basic forms and releases you require to make sure you can show your work to the public anywhere, anytime.
instructor:  Kirk Schwartz

Basic Music Composition for Video with Ryan Bresser
Wed April 15  -  7PM
Award winning composer and filmmaker Ryan Bresser will lead you through the basics of creating music for your video with a focus on the creation possibilities (loops and recording) in Garage Band and Soundtrack

MediaNet Cameras
Sat 18 April – 1 PM  $5 members only.
Learn about how to best use the variety of cameras MediaNet has to offer. For new members or as a refresher for current members
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

MultiCam shoots and basic multicam editing
Sat May 2 – 1 PM   $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to set up your multicam shoot and then how to put it all together in Final Cut.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

Members Orientation                   Tues 5 May  – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Experiment
an unusual program for unusual filmmakers
Sat May 9 to Saturday May 30.  Members $150  Non Members $175
A three week learning and production program to experiment with a variety of forms and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their filmmaking horizons through a variety of seminars and workshops. Works created through the program will be screened on Sat May 30 and may be distributed on the internet.
instructors: various

Engaged Body: Live Art, Performative Video          June 21-28
Registration $400 before March 1, $600 after March 1
The Engaged Body is a week-long intensive workshop focusing on “Live Art”- performance art as embodied actions and performative works. Taught by educator and performance artist Judith Price

Dance for the Camera  July 18 to 31
registration- Before 1 April $1,100 – after 1 April  $1,300
Dance for the Camera (DFTC) is a two week Intensive Summer Program for choreographers, filmmakers, and dancers facilitated and mentored by award winning choreographer, filmmaker, curator, educator and recipient of the 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship, Ellen Bromberg.

Jan to May workshops

Upcoming workshops at MediaNet – Jan – May 09

Blog and Podcast (for free) using Blip TV and WordPress
Sat Jan 17  – 1 PM        $20/$15 members – limit 5
A hands on workshop where you will create your own Blip TV channel for video and audio and your own WordPress blog for blogging and podcasting your video and audio.
instructor – Kirk Schwartz

Grant Writing with Peter Sandmark
Sat Jan 31  – 1 PM   $5 members only
Just in time for the Canada Council – how to write grants with MediaNet’s grant guru Peter Sandmark. Call to register. You should have a project or outline of a project for which you wish to make a grant application
Please register in advance

Membership Orientation
Sat Feb 7  – 1 PM
Please note that members who have not attended an orientation will have their equipment privileges restricted after this time

Photos for Video
Tues 10 Feb  – 7 PM   $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to properly size and format photos for your video as well as basic motion techniques and the “Ken Burns” effect for video
instructor – Kirk Schwartz

Shooting your Project in HD
Sat Feb 21 – 1 PM   $5 members $15 non members
Learn the basic work flow for shooting your video in HD – how to capture it, what to do with it and how to export it for computer, internet and DVD
instructor  – Kirk Schwartz

Membership Orientation
Tues March 3 – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Burning Data and Movies to DVD
Sat March 14  – 1 PM  $5 members $15 non members
Get to know the difference between Movie DVDs and Data DVDs and when to burn the best type for your needs
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

Voice Overs and Voice Recording
Using QuickTime Pro and Final Cut on the Mac or on an external recorder
Tues March 24  – 7 PM  $5 members $15 non members
Learn the best voice mic techniques as well as how to record voice overs using QuickTime pro or right into Final Cut
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

Members Orientation
Sat 4 April – 1 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Production Forms and Releases
Tuesday 7 April – 7 PM  $5 members $15 non members
Understand the basic forms and releases you require to make sure you can show your work to the public anywhere, anytime.
instructor:  Kirk Schwartz

MediaNet Cameras
Sat 18 April – 1 PM  $5 members only.
Learn about how to best use the variety of cameras MediaNet has to offer. For new members or as a refresher for current members
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

MultiCam shoots and basic multicam editing
Sat May 2 – 1 PM   $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to set up your multicam shoot and then how to put it all together in Final Cut.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz

Members Orientation
Tues 5 May  – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Experiment
an unusual program for unusual filmmakers
Sat May 9 to Saturday May 30.  Members $150  Non Members $175
A three week learning and production program to experiment with a variety of forms and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their filmmaking horizons through a variety of seminars and workshops. Works created through the program will be screened on Sat May 30 and may be distributed on the internet.
instructors: various

Stay tuned for announcements of more member facilitated workshops to be announced
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