Entertainment, Media, Art and Intergalactic Space Travel
The next Sacramento VIP (a Final Cut Pro User Group) meeting is Wednesday May 26th at Peppers.TV. The topics are Web Compression with Wil Wells, DVD Authoring, with Rich Beckermeyer, and Vendors Corner with Jim Tierney, from Digital Anarchy. Every person who attends will get a free cd download from royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com.
If you haven’t checked out a New Media Webinar you really should. Lots of up to date information from industry professionals, they give away free stuff, and best of all the webinars are free (as long as you catch them live).
On June 17th they are having a free webinar on using a DSLR like a pro (Also, check out their webinar on DSLR post-production workflow):
Peter Cote, host of “The DSLR Show“, will identify the limitations of DSLRs as a filmmaking tool and how to work around them to make your project look and feel like it was produced by Hollywood.
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DSLR Show - Rolling Shutter - Episode 4 from Conscious Minds Productions on Vimeo.
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We slept on this because that is what we do best, but for an independent filmmaker out of Sacramento to get theatrical distribution is a pretty impressive accomplishment. Congratulations Deon! I can’t think of any others off the top of my head. If you know of any, let me know.
Sacramento filmmaker Deon Taylor is on the verge of a huge breakthrough: a national theatrical release for his horror film, “Chain Letter,” that was filmed here.
Here at Dumbworld, some would say we are lowdown cheapskates. We prefer frugal- so this deal sounds like the new black to us. Moviemaker magazine lifetime subscription for $49.
David W. Valetin is a VFX coordinator and producer for the likes of Quentin Tarentino’s Grind-House, Hero with Jet-Li , Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and The Green Mile, and will talk about his experiences in the industry, April 2, 2010, 6:30-8:30 pm at the Studio Center (915 Fee Drive, Sacramento, CA)
David will also be leading a discussion at the Sacramento Film Festival, at the Digital Odyssey Conference April 24th, on new methods of promoting films.