Video Lab – details so far

Video Lab is a new summer production program focusing on interactive video/media installations produced in partnership with Open Space gallery. Some of the details may change but here’s how it’s shaping up right now.

We’ll start on the weekend of July 22. Sat the 22nd will see an introduction to Video Art by MediaNet ED Peter Sandmark  and MN Technical Director Kirk Schwartz at 1 PM. Sunday afternoon there will be a session on audio and sound design with David Parfit.  Monday evening will continue with an artist talk about interactivity and interactive installation by Justin Love.  Over the next couple of evenings Kirk will give a basic intro to Final Cut Pro to those who need it and a seminar on the filters available in FCP and Keyframing filters and effects in FCP. On the evening of July 27th there will be a feedback session for people to discuss ideas and get feedback and suggestions for possible projects. Pretty much anytime starting this week you will be able to access MediaNet video equipment to start shooting the video components of your project. We will also have a station set up with sensors and components necessary to start experimenting with interactivity. Saturday and Sunday, the 30th and 31st there will be sessions with Justin Love on interactivity and using arduinos and sensor devices. From August 1st to 9th you will have the opportunity to create your interactive project. On aug 3rd, Victoria media artist Farheen Haq will give a talk about installation art from the artist’s perspective.  From the 9th to the 14th you will have the opportunity to create your interactive installation at Open Space Gallery. On the 9th the plan is that the gallery will open to the public (assuming most of the projects are ready). The opening reception will be on Thursday the 11th or Friday the 12th (we haven’t quite nailed that down at this point) and the show will close on Sat the 13th.  So, that’s the plan so far – but some things could still get shuffled around a bit.

Cost will be $200 for MediaNet members and $250 for non members. Some of the basic supplies to get you started will be supplied by MediaNet. If your project gets complex you will be responsible for scrounging or purchasing supplies for your specific project. You will have access to MediaNet equipment and editing facilites for the duration of the program (booking subject to the same rules as members). Kirk and Scott Amos will be available for mentoring depending on the schedules.

If you wish to participate please book ahead. There will be a limited number of spaces for this production program. Fees must be paid before the program starts and your space is not reserved until we have received payment.

This should be a lot of fun.

TechBulletin

1) Kirk will be switching to summer hours effective immediately. Tech Director hours will be 9 am to 2 pm Wed to Sat. MediaNet hours continue just about as usual except we will be open an extra hour on Sat – MediaNet Hours  9 am to 1 pm Monday to Saturday

2)Intro to Final Cut Pro   Saturday, May 7, 11am-5pm   Cost: $50 for members/ $80 for the public

learn the basics of Final Cut right from how to import or capture your footage to how to get what you want on the timeline and finally how to export your project in the most efficient way

Basic Colour Correction in Final Cut Pro    Saturday, May 14, 1pm-4pm  Cost: $20 for members/ $30 for the public

Learn the basics of colour correcting, what the video scopes are telling you and how to make your shots more vibrant or how to make them look the way you want.

Motion Tab and Keyframing in FCP  Saturday, May 21, 1pm – 4pm   Cost: $20 for members/$30 for the public

cropping, resizing and moving your frame across the video window. How to have effects and annimation appear and disappear across the timeline.

all workshops are hands on – max 5 persons per workshop.

3) we need some volunteers! Help out MediaNet and earn Volbucks for your next project. Right now we are looking for someone to help with our facebook page and events and with website updates and page construction. contact Kirk at technical@media-net.bc.ca if you have a couple of hours a week to help us upgrade our social media presence and/or web site.

4) Due to increased maintenance costs on the HC1 camcorders we will be increasing the rental rates to $10/day for that camcorder. It’s still a deal as each kit has a wide angle lens, ploarizing filter and a5 hour batter as part of the kit

5) Join the MediaNet Live Stream team. MediaNet is launching new live to the internet streaming initiatives. Victoria Arts Live is going to be a live to the internet arts show featuring local performers and artists in a tv style magazine show. As well, on May 28th we will be teaming up with Jason from the Sunset room to livestream the opening party/launch of the Sunset Room’s new artist oriented website – Sunset Labs.We will have a team orientation meeting next Wed May 11 at 7 pm. Let us know if you are interested in being part of the team

October 25 Workshop and Equipment Bulletin

1) Saturday Hours changed 9 to 10:30 only until further notice
2) Intro to Final Cut Pro on Nov 11 postponed
3) Vancouver Island School of Art and MediaNet offer weekend course – Nov 13/14
4) Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition and MediaNet present Where Are You Go Cape Town by Bicycle
5) be included in the advertising for BC Spirt Festivals in Feb 2011
6) Vantage Point Arts Live being reshaped

1) Some technical hours will be changed through the rest of the fall and winter. MediaNet will only be open from 9 am to 10:30 am Saturdays for equipment return and pick up. This is due to my assuming some documentary organization responsibilities with the Vircs Enable youth program.

2) The November 11 Intro to Final Cut  is being postponed until Sunday 21 November. The other workshops are unaffected (colour correction has only 1 space left) – check the blog   http://medianettech.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/november-workshops/ or see the last newsletter  for November workshop details

3) MEDIANET & VANCOUVER ISLAND SCHOOL OF ART COLLABORATE ON VIDEO ART COURSE
Video Art (PHOT w220-12)
This workshop will be led by instructors Peter Sandmark and Kirk Schwartz, from Victoria’s non-profit video art centre, MediaNet, and will introduce students to examples of video art, examining audio-visual vocabulary, shot types, effects, moving camera and how each affects mood and meaning. Using equipment provided by MediaNet, the participants will work in groups of two to develop, and then shoot and edit a short video art piece.
November 13 & 14 Saturday & Sunday, 10am – 5pm.  Tuition: $150.00 (12 hrs)   Material Fee: $50 for use of camera and editing equipment, etc.

4)Where Are You Go – Cape Town by Bicycle
7 pm, Friday November 19th – St Ann’s Academy Auditorium 835 Humboldt,
Blanshard Street Entrance. Plenty of bike parking. Popcorn & refreshments available.
proceeds to the Tour d’Afrique Society & the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition

Tickets $10 advance (available at Lyle’s place or at GVCC events) or  $12 at the door
Sponsored by the GVCC, the Tour d’Afrique society & MediaNet - Info: gvcc.bc.ca

5) If you are planning an event in Feb, BC Spirit Festival for the Victoria Capital Region would like to know so that you can be included in their advertising as part of the February 2011 calendar of events. Let us know and we will let them know. More details about the February Spirit Festival(s) coming soon

 

6) Cat and I are reshaping our vision for a live arts show. We are going to start smaller and grow so instead of beginning with a full fledged streaming show we are going to start with artist interviews and events posted to our youtube channel, facebook page and Vantage Point blog. Thanks to all of you who expressed interest in helping. We will be contacting you about your contributions as we work out the new details.

that’s it for now

K.

 

Tuesday Sept 28 2010 update

1) EcoDoc runs one more week. Camera usage was heavy this weekend but is easing up as this year’s participants enter the editing stage. So booking a camera this week will be easier but beware, as the week progresses and Monday’s 6 pm deadline approaches, editing space will be at a premium around the office and EcoDoc participants will have priority -

although I have noted that early morning editing space is seldom a problem, no matter what the program

2) Media artist Deirdre Logue http://www.deirdrelogue.com is coming to Victoria. MediaNet and Open Space are teaming up to present an artist talk and Video art presentation at Open Space Gallery, 510 Fort St on Wed. Sept 29 at 7pm. Admission by donation

3) the Blender Interest Group, headed by Doug Jones, will meet Monday Oct 4 at MediaNet. The Blender Interest Group was created to explore and learn the open source 3D animation program Blender in a co-operative environment.

4) EcoDoc 2010 Screening Tuesday 5 Oct at the VEC 1415 Broad St. Doors open at 6:30. Come down and enjoy your favourite beverage while you enjoy this years EcoDoc videos. Featuring local people and situations illustrating the most important topics of our time – The Environment!. There will be an audience favourite award and a judges award of merit presented to the filmmakers.

5) LIVE Victoria! MediaNet, in partnership with the Victoria Events Centre, is taking on the challenge of creating a monthly  Arts Magazine show. Produced by Kirk Schwartz and Cat Lewis the show will be live to tape, (and possibly live streamed over the internet). First Show is  Monday OCTOBER 25th. We need volunteers to help us create this show. If you are interested email communications@media-net.bc.ca or call the office at 250-381-4428. This is your chance to learn about creating live video events. We need help with tech and production. For the tech crew personnel we are looking for: a Video switcher; an audio mixer; and 3 camera people.  For production we need: 2 reseacher/production assistants and a floor director/production assistant. And then we would like a couple of flexible multitasking helpers. The format will be interview followed by performance, repeated as necessary.

If you can’t help out we would be very happy to have you as part of the live audience. It’s a casual cabaret atmosphere at the VEC where you can sit, watch, listen and enjoy accompanied by your favourite beverage and your favourite people

1) Final Cut Workshop
2) New Members beware -
3) Camera for sale – Doug Slack
4) Kirk on Annual Leave – limited Tech Support
5) Members screening night – Monday 12 April at VEC
6)Experiment!
7) Trailer Trashed Videos

1) Intro To Final Cut Pro – Sat 27 March, 11 am to 5 pm – 2 seats still available
Members $50, NonMembers $80
The basics of Final Cut Pro from importing, to importing to exporting your final product.

2) New Members – Please be aware that you MUST attend a new members meeting within 3 months of joining or YOU WILL LOOSE YOUR EQUIPMENT PRIVILEGES. That means if you joined before Jan 15 this year and haven’t been to a new members meeting you will not have access to MediaNet after April 15th. There will be a new members meeting on Thursday April 15th at 7 PM at MediaNet. Please contact Cat to  confirm your attendance

3)FOR SALE: Canon XL2 DV camera, original packaging with all original accessories, 2 years old
Review from DV Creators: http://www.dvcreators.net/canon-xl2/
The XL2, replacing the venerable XL1 and XL1s, widens its lead as the elite camcorder of the Mini-DVs.
Interchangeable lenses with great choices, full manual control with easy-to-get-to controls, excellent picture quality- clean, crisp, sharp and very low noise. Ships with an amazingly sharp 20x L-series flourite lens with super-steady optical image stabilization.
But the most important thing to me is the aesthetic look of the picture. With the XL2, you’re going to get a BIGTIME look that spells E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E! Warm, friendly colour with film-like 24p and 30p Frame Rates make this camcorder look better out of the box than any other cam I’ve ever seen.
Video Tour of the Canon XL2: http://dvcreators.net/media/demos/xl2featuretour/xl2featuretour.html
Price: Asking $2,400   Enquiries: dslack@shaw.ca

4) I will be on annual leave from March 29th to April 14th inclusive so please be aware that there will be limited technical support during that period. MediaNet will not be open on Sat 3 or 10 so members taking out equipment over those weekends will have to pick it up by 1 pm on Friday but will get a bonus rent free day!

5) finally!! – a Members Screening Night and Social  Monday 12 April at The Victoria Event Centre – 1415 Broad 6:30 to 11  – we are looking for Member works completed in the last 3 years – max of 10 mins or 3 short films. Come join us for an evening of socializing, member networking, fav beverages and recent work.
Contact Cat at communications@media-net.bc.ca to submit your work or call the office 250-381-4428

6) Experiment! is coming May 8 to 30th. An unusual program for unusual filmmakers. This year we are planning on foregrounding the skills of MediaNet members like Scott Amos and Rick Raxlen combined with technical and workshop support. Stay tuned for the details as they are announced in next weeks regular MediaNet newsletter. Cost will be $150 non members and $125 for members. Email communications@media-net.bc.ca to register. Watch last years experimental films at http://www.media-net.bc.ca/videopages/experimentvideoo9.html

7) Last Month MediaNet and Vircs (Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society) teamed up to create videos for submission to the BC Recycling Council’s “Trailer Trashed” program. To take a look at the videos created in the program go to the VircsMediaNet vimeo channel (  http://www.vimeo.com/user3273896/videos/sort:date ) or visit the Trailer Trashed channel on Vimeo  (   http://vimeo.com/groups/32903)

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
8) 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

8) 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.

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

update and mini-doc workshop details 19 Nov 2007

Upcoming workshops update

Mon 19 – composition for digital stills with MediaNet member and award winning photographer Passia Pandora
Sat 24  – 9 am to 6 pm One day Mini Doc workshop (see below for details)
sun 25 – 7 to 9 PM Doc interest group – presentation by Chris Gower Rees
Tues 27 – 7 – 9pm personalizing your video with Z1U settings with Alejandro Valbuena

Sun 21 – MediaNet closes for Christmas – be sure to make your bookings for equipment well in advance

Final Cut Pro Lab – intro or project consultations
may be booked on Thursday mornings or Saturday mornings with Kirk. Priority will be given to members who have not had a recent booking.

Member Rick Searle is looking for someone to log and transcribe taped interviews for Ekostv.com. This is a paid position requiring strong keyboarding skills. Contact Rick at Rick.Searle@ekostv.com

Mini-doc workshop Details and outline

The purpose of the mini-doc workshop is to create a short news style documentary in one day.

This means shooting and editing in a very limited time period. In order to make sure that you come out of the day with a doc you can be proud of (even if you want to work on it more later) Rick and Kirk believe you must plan your doc. Please answer the following questions and send them to kirk at technical@media-net.bc.ca – Cost for the workshop is $25 members (CineVic members get the MediaNet member rate)  or $60 non members.  MediaNet members may use Volbucks to cover the cost of the workshop.

Examples of videos produced at the last mini-doc workshop can be viewed on the MediaNet Edgecasting site http://www.edgesfestival.com/edgecastvids/minidoc/minidocworkshop.htm

Please answer the following questions and return them before the workshop

Subject – what is your doc about?
(if you don’t have a subject in mind check out a local newspaper and find something that interests you – it needs to have a local angle – look at Jacob Zehrs minidoc asking if music downloading in hurting local music stores – international subject with a local angle)

Focus -
in one sentence, what is your story about (this may be harder than it looks and we will help you with it if need be)

Who will you interview - will you interview an “expert” – what questions will  you ask ?

How will you tell your story if you can’t get the interviews you want the most ?

What actuality will you need?
what street shots/ cutaways/ action shots will help the progress of your story (ie. if you are doing a construction doc will you need shots of constrution – Where can you get them on a Saturday?)

Do you plan on doing a a “standup”  or voiceover for continuity and linking the parts of your doc together? (for an example please look at the Michael Korican or Jacob Zehr docs)

Do you need to use “stock” or previously recorded footage?
we strongly discourage the use of previously recorded footage in this workshop but some “B” roll or otherwise obtained footage may be allowed

For some other examples take a look at these videos on the Ekos TV site
Robert Bateman
Solar powered Car  http://www.ekostv.com/node/352
Geothermal heating http://www.ekostv.com/node/344

or visit MediaNet’s Documentary Interest Group page for more links  http://www.media-net.bc.ca/docinterestgroup/docinterestgroup.html

see you at the workshop and good shooting

K.

MediaNet workshop and tech update Nov 7 2007

IMPORTANT NOTEs:

Cyrus Blocks’ workshop on Imaging Techniques will be on Saturday 17 NOVEMBER, one week after the long weekend

Mark Your Calendar – the MediaNet 25 Anniversary screening on Thursday 15 November – be there for the great videos but DON’T MISS the Soundscape creation demo with Pamela Millar AND the live VJ/Video compositing Demo with Orion Eastland

Workshop Updates

Sat 17 – 10 am to 3 pm Image Manipulation  with Cyrus Block- filters, lighting and location techniques:
This unique workshop with Cyrus will concentrate on manipulating your image to the best effect on location using tried and true cinema techniques. Don’t miss your chance to share in the knowledge Cyrus has accumulated working as Camera and DOP for major motion pictures and series.

Mon 19 – composition for digital stills with Passia Pandora – benefit from MN member and award winning Photographer Passia Pandora’s insights into composing for digital still photography. Her experience will be an invaluable aid to your use of our new Canon Rebel Still camera as well as giving you an advantage when composing your video frame

Sat 24 – 9 am to 6 pm One day Mini Doc workshop (note change in date) with Rick Searle and Kirk Schwartz. In this one day course you will plan, shoot and edit a newsroom style mini doc. Learn how to plan and create a mini doc in a day – meeting deadlines and overcoming obstacles

sun 25 – 7 to 9 PM Doc interest group

Tues 27 – 7 – 9pm personalizing your video with Z1U settings with Alejandro Valbuena.
Beyond  the basic settings, the Z1U and FX1 allow you to personalize the look of your video using colour settings, frame rates, gamma and many other settings that will set your shootig style apart from the crowd.