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CONFERENCE SEMINARS
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| Thursday,10:40am - 12:40pm |
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How can you guarantee that your productions will keep the viewers in their seats?
Dave Steward will show you how to immediately grab the viewer’s attention, draw them in emotionally and guarantee they will watch and love the rest of your video. Syd Field, the great film screenwriting teacher, taught to get and maintain the viewer’s interest in the first ten pages of a script.
Dave will show how to create grand openings that emulate motion pictures and TV. Give up your old “cookie cutter” openings and utilize the techniques that make Dave’s grand openings so powerful. Learn how the right titles give the viewer the appearance that he is watching something extremely important and very professional. Discover how you can match music to the personality of your customer, and be creatively edited to fit the framework of your opening.
Dave will show you how to properly pace the opening; plus how simple effects, titles and cutting to the beat will have dramatic impact and similar to Movies and TV, learn how a “punch-line” is used as a lead in. You’ll also learn how some of the shots that your might normally edit out may find a perfect home in your opening. A truly grand opening not only gives you creative freedom from the traditional rules of event video editing, but it gives the client something they will remember and want to watch over and over again.
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Wednesday, 10:30am - 12:30pm
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FEELING OUT OF YOUR DEPTH? Feeling out of your depth-of-field? Learn everything you need to know about controlling f-stops, shutter-speed, focal length, and depth-of-field by joining wacky “scientists” Dan Strickler and Dave Hall, along with Dr. W.W. Rydbeck (via live satellite hookup), as they take you on a madcap adventure through basic photographic principles. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll LEARN!
Without spending the big bucks, you can greatly improve your images by getting back to photographic basics. This will help you maximize the potential of your camcorder. Does the definition of depth-of-field, and how exactly to achieve it, leave you slightly confused? Do you ever use neutral density filters to decrease your depth-of-field? Are you still wondering just what depth-of-field is? Do you ever vary the camera’s shutter-speed to create stunning effects? When you sit someone down for an interview, do you pay any attention to the focal length of your lens or do you simply zoom in and frame?
Join the zany “scientists” Dan Strickler and Dave Hall, creators of the multi-award winning instructional video Camera Command, as they take you on a madcap adventure through the principles of photography. This seminar will give you an easy-to-understand overview of shutters, apertures, gain control, focal-length and how all these factors interrelate to form the video image. They’ll explore in detail the advantages of manipulating shutter-speed, how to improve video stills, how to enhance sports photography, and ways of dramatically bringing color back to those dull looking low-light receptions. Learn to select your f-stops to emphasize important details or to blur out distracting backgrounds. Discover the power behind lens choice, how to flatter your bride and groom by careful choice of focal length, how to make a room look grander or more intimate, how to gain more control over your compositions and so much more!
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| Wednesday, 8:00am - 9:00am |
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Does the customer’s choice of music ever drain the creativity out of your and your editing session? Are you tired of the same old songs that you hear in event videos? Even when new songs or music is introduced to our industry, how quickly do we beat them to death and grow tired of them?
Let Terry Taravella and son Joe Taravella teach you simple ways to turn typical dull editing sessions into a creatively fulfilling production. Productions that will make both you and the clients thrilled with your delivered product. Learn how and where to find innovative, exciting and non-typical music to fit every editing style.
Joe and Terry will inspire you to listen to music differently and listen to different music for fresh and original approaches to wedding video. Discover how your website and your demo will determine what type of bride you attract. They’ll show you how a new approach may bring you the more affluent and open minded couples.
Terry and Joe will show you how to gain creative control over the musical choices; you CAN determine and execute your own creative style of editing. Sorry Celine!
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| Wednesday, 4:30pm - 6:30pm |
Your Best Year EVER
Make 2007, Your Best Year Ever!
Eric Taylor
Empowerment Group, Neptune NJ
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Author, speaker, fitness champion, entrepreneur and national event promoter Eric Taylor will share his secrets and strategies to help you make 2007 Your Best Year Ever! Nationally known and respected by his speaking peers as the “guy who delivers what he promises” Eric Taylor is one of the most recognized names in the personal and professional development business.
Speaking or training more than 120 times a year to corporations, associations, conventions and organizations Eric delivers high content real-world strategies to help you transform your career and your life.
Here are just some of the things you’ll hear:
- How to Unleash Boundless Personal Energy
- How to Develop and Unstoppable Belief System
- How to Communicate with Confidence
- How to Create an Endless Pipeline of Personal Referrals
- How to NetWeave for Success
- How to Utilize Today’s Technology to Create More Wealth
- How to Position and Promote yourself to Accelerate Your Success
- How to become the Greatest Salesperson in the World
- And much much more!
This seminar will inspire, entertain, prepare and empower you to make 2007 Your Best Year Ever!
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| Tuesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
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Meet My Friend Mike!
Everything You Need to Know About Microphones & Audio
Rich Topham
Professional Sound Services, New York NY
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How many times has an otherwise outstanding video been disappointing because the audio quality was inferior? And with the vast array of microphone choices, how does a videographer select the mike (or mikes) that will guarantee superior fidelity? The necessary technical assistance is right here in Jacksonville! Rich Topham, Jr. has been involved in capturing high-quality audio since 1977. He has worked on virtually every type of production, from corporate video to feature films, and he has won four Emmy Awards for sound recording.
Rich will teach you some of the important technical details required to make an informed microphone selection. You’ll learn about mike recording patterns and placement, and how wind (outdoor wedding ceremony, anyone?) can influence a microphone’s ability to reproduce sound. Gain an understanding of audio mixers, along with how and why a line-to-mic can be a videographer’s friend.
Acquiring good quality audio is vital in every segment of the video market. The ability to acquire excellent audio will differentiate you from the competition. Come hear Rich explain everything you need to know about microphones and audio.
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| Monday, 3:30pm - 5:30pm |
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Fresh New Ways of Producing Visually Stunning & Dramatic Wedding Films
Mark and TrishaVon Lanken
Picture This Productions, Tulsa OK
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Lights: Learn how to see light and use it to your advantage. Gain insight into using natural and artificial light sources on location. See studio lighting made easy and effective.
Camera: Get ready for brand new in-depth moving camera techniques. Dig deeper into depth of field, foreground and background, while paying close attention to shooting with the edit in mind.
Action: Every couple wants to look their best, explore techniques on making romantic shots look natural and beautiful. Give Mark and Trisha Von Lanken as little as two to five minutes with a Bride and Groom and see the incredible quantity and quality cool shots they can acquire. You will be amazed.
Discover the fresh, new ways of producing visually stunning and dramatic wedding films that will set you apart from your competition. The secret lies in the cinematic shooting artistry taught by award-winning videographers Mark and Trisha Von Lanken.
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| Wednesday, 9:15am - 10:15am |
Don't Butcher It!
Short and Sweet Ceremonies
Mark and Trisha Von Lanken
Picture This Productions, Tulsa OK
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Did you ever say, “Just fast forward through the processional, it is kind of boring”? Did you ever wonder WHY it is boring? Do your brides say “We want the entire ceremony”? Do you think they REALLY do want the entire ceremony? N O T! They SAY they want the entire ceremony because they have probably not yet seen a properly edited ceremony.
Mark and Trisha Von Lanken will show you creative yet simple ways to condense time in a ceremony. Make sure that your brides will not have to fast forward through anything, yet never complain that you left anything out.
Learn what parts of the ceremony to leave in and what parts to take out. Plus find out where else in your production you might use the audio or video of the parts that you took out. See Mark and Trisha go through the process to create emotionally driven short and sweet ceremonies that brides love and pay more for. Editing your ceremonies will NEVER be the same.
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| Thursday, 8:00am - 9:00am |
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If you’re looking to improve the storytelling aspects of your wedding video work, you’ll want to pull up a chair and give a listen to the story Chris Watson will be telling. You’ll be able to get a VIP seat to Chris’ thoughts during his editing process, in this fast-paced, information-packed look at how to Supercharge your post-production.
From concept to real world application, Chris will give you his unique perspectives on the foundations of good storytelling and how to choose just the right tone for your narrative. Chris will explain why pacing, economy and continuity are so important to proper visual storytelling. He’ll provide valuable insights on what role natural audio and special effects play in the storytelling process and how to use them wisely.
Chris will explore the three major editing styles in wedding videography, giving you the pros and cons of each. He’ll even tell you how to bend the rules by using time-shifting to tell your story. Best of all, there will be no dry theoretical exercises here. You’ll actually get to watch Chris put his theory into practice as he shows you how he edits together one of his amazing segments. If you edit event video, you can’t miss this one!
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| Schedule Subject to Change without notice. |
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