Howdy 2006

Jamie Rinehart · February 2nd, 2006, 09:03 AM

I live about an hour north of KC and when i'm not spending time with my munchkins', I also enjoy a good cutting session. I have a little equipment, a GL-2 with some extras, Adobe's suite on Mac and PC, and I have a Pro Tools LE rig with mics and all the fixin's for audio recording (where most of my training is in). If you find yourself in need of a fellow a/v geek, give send me a note via email.

David Schmerin · February 6th, 2006, 10:41 PM

Hello All,

Just wanted to drop a line and introduce myself. I am David Schmerin and I am the PDM for The Wrightwood Group, Inc. We are a Royalty Free Stock Footage agency located in Las Vegas, NV.

We produce stock footage in HD and SD and have been known on occasion to supply HD crews to various projects in exchange for footage rights.

Anyway, always love to hear feedback from real professionals so if anyone feels the desire to stop by one of our sites and over some feedback, love to hear it. If the feedback is negative, please at least try to be nice.

David Schmerin
PDM
The Wrightwood Group
http://www.wrightwood.com
http://www.GotFootage.com
http://www.GotHiDef.com
http://www.FootageHouseHD.com
hds@wrightwood.com

Rob Lohman · February 7th, 2006, 12:36 AM

Welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net David, good to have you with us!

Rodrigo Gil Medina · February 9th, 2006, 10:52 PM

¡Hola a todos!

My name is Rodrigo Gil Medina, I was born 29 years ago in Torreón, Coahuila, México. I lived for a while in México city (not a great place to live in) and in Montreal (excellent place to live in) When in Montreal I started working as a translator for films and TV series, I'm responsible for a lot of DVD spanish subtiles from movies such as Brokeback Mountain to TV series like The Wire, The Sopranos, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, etc. I came back to Tórreón 2 years ago, and started a production company called ocho (eight) I had been working on video production since I had 18 years, doing commercials for "Lala", Méxican top brand of Milk and dairy products. With Ocho we've been doing a lot of CG work, you can check some examples on www.8cho.com.mx. I shoot mostly with a Canon XL1 (I'm looking forward to buying one of those new JVC HDV cameras), but when a job calls for it, we rent DVCPRO 50 equipment. I edit using Vegas, our main 3D application is Lightwave, and we rely on AFX for all our compositing and 2D animation work.

I'll do my best to become a more active member of this community from this day on.

Sincerely,
Rodrigo Gil

Lorinda Norton · February 10th, 2006, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodrigo Gil Medina

I'll do my best to become a more active member of this community from this day on.

You do that, Rodrigo! It's so nice to have you aboard.

Rob Lohman · February 10th, 2006, 03:55 PM

Welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net Rodrigo, good to have you with us!

Heath Vinyard · February 14th, 2006, 11:47 AM

Just thowing a little nod to the south of LA area. :)

Boyd Ostroff · February 14th, 2006, 03:35 PM

Welcome Heath! I was at the Orange County Performing Arts Center last fall installing my Tosca scenery for Opera Pacific. Beautiful (though expensive) place to live! :-)

Heath Vinyard · February 15th, 2006, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boyd Ostroff

Welcome Heath! I was at the Orange County Performing Arts Center last fall installing my Tosca scenery for Opera Pacific. Beautiful (though expensive) place to live! :-)

Hello.
Yes. Nice area, but you're right. Really expensive to be here. It was a culture shock when I moved here from AZ.

I'm currently saving up the 800k that I need to purchase my first 1 bedroom condo in one of the demilitarized zones of Orange County. Wish me luck. :)

Brett Thomason · February 21st, 2006, 11:36 AM

Hey out there--
Are there any San Diego Ca. video enthusiasts out there ?

Damian Clarke · February 21st, 2006, 07:29 PM

Just thought I'd break the ice and say hi to all here, this is indeed an excellent forum.
I'm at the very early stages but I hope to be jumping on the event (mainly wedding) videography bandwagon within the next year or two. I'm currently saving every bit of cash available and reading..reading..reading everything I can from camera techniques and post production to marketing and cashflow. I'm determined to know my equipment (when I get it..arrggh) and techniques inside out before I touch anyone's wedding! I have heard of too many people who reckon they are going to start 'doing weddings' to make a bit of money on the side...certainly not the image this industry needs. Anyhow, I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to ask you all between now and the 'launch date' as I'm now calling it!
Cheers ;)

Lorinda Norton · February 22nd, 2006, 12:36 AM

Hi Damian!

It's so nice to have you aboard. I hope you get your hands on a camera really soon so you can do some shooting..shooting..shooting!

Welcome, have fun, and best wishes to you!

Adrean Mangiardi · March 1st, 2006, 09:24 AM

Hey all,

I'm a senior in Film and Animation in RIT, ny and will be graduating this may of 2006. (Nodding in realization). Yep, It's time for me to go out there and face reality. The problem is I dont know what the hell i'm going to do after that. I've been applying for a bunch of jobs in my area and they all rejected me. Maybe because I'm deaf, I don't know, but I hope that's not the reason. I'm using bilateral cochlear implants so i can hear pretty good, so what's the problem? Still, I'm not giving up until I find a job. I have a fiancee to take care of. I hope to be a part of the film crew in the future because that's what i love to do. On top of it, i applied to some of the top graduate film programs in the east like Chicago, NYC, and boston.

Relating to applying for jobs in film/video productions, what would you do? Based on your skill as a filmmaker, you know all there is to know like editing, camera operating skill, gaffer, grip, production assisstant, director, and DP. I'm talking you know all of it but the problem is you learned it in college experience, not work experience or maybe a little of it. What would you do?

Thanks
Adrean

Jimmy McKenzie · March 1st, 2006, 09:34 AM

Perhaps the model is different in your area but up here, many get their start at local cable companies. PBS?

The techniques will prep you for production work that might eventually land you into the world of film/video work.

Chris Shaeffer · March 3rd, 2006, 03:05 AM

Hello,

Seems like its customary to introduce yourself here, so...

I live in the mountains between San Jose, San Francisco and the ocean and make my living doing a variety of things. My steady income is from healing sick computers. My secondary income is from audio engineering, maintaining a small recording studio at work and running my own. I produce my own music and have a CD out, done soundtrack work for a couple projects, and some audio post production for small projects.

I also really enjoy video production and just scored a 3 week job video documenting some conferences... in Hawaii. How could I pass that one up?! So I dug out the ol' vx1000 and TRV9, & bought another vx1000 because I'm worried the old one will die and want a backup. If I impress my client this time around there will be more work...

So a bit of web searching for tapeless capture ideas on the cheap lead me here. So did low end (but *useable*) tripod research. Didn't take long to realize this is a good place to hang out and listen. So...

Glad to be aboard! :)

Take care,
Chris

February 6th, 2006, 10:41 PM	#32
David Schmerin Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 96	Greetings From Las Vegas Hello All, Just wanted to drop a line and introduce myself. I am David Schmerin and I am the PDM for The Wrightwood Group, Inc. We are a Royalty Free Stock Footage agency located in Las Vegas, NV. We produce stock footage in HD and SD and have been known on occasion to supply HD crews to various projects in exchange for footage rights. Anyway, always love to hear feedback from real professionals so if anyone feels the desire to stop by one of our sites and over some feedback, love to hear it. If the feedback is negative, please at least try to be nice. David Schmerin PDM The Wrightwood Group http://www.wrightwood.com http://www.GotFootage.com http://www.GotHiDef.com http://www.FootageHouseHD.com hds@wrightwood.com

February 7th, 2006, 12:36 AM	#33
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net David, good to have you with us! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 9th, 2006, 10:52 PM	#34
Rodrigo Gil Medina Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Posts: 52	New member from México. ¡Hola a todos! My name is Rodrigo Gil Medina, I was born 29 years ago in Torreón, Coahuila, México. I lived for a while in México city (not a great place to live in) and in Montreal (excellent place to live in) When in Montreal I started working as a translator for films and TV series, I'm responsible for a lot of DVD spanish subtiles from movies such as Brokeback Mountain to TV series like The Wire, The Sopranos, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, etc. I came back to Tórreón 2 years ago, and started a production company called ocho (eight) I had been working on video production since I had 18 years, doing commercials for "Lala", Méxican top brand of Milk and dairy products. With Ocho we've been doing a lot of CG work, you can check some examples on www.8cho.com.mx. I shoot mostly with a Canon XL1 (I'm looking forward to buying one of those new JVC HDV cameras), but when a job calls for it, we rent DVCPRO 50 equipment. I edit using Vegas, our main 3D application is Lightwave, and we rely on AFX for all our compositing and 2D animation work. I'll do my best to become a more active member of this community from this day on. Sincerely, Rodrigo Gil __________________ www.8cho.com.mx

February 10th, 2006, 03:55 PM	#36
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net Rodrigo, good to have you with us! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 14th, 2006, 11:47 AM	#37
Heath Vinyard Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange County Posts: 296	Orange County, CA Just thowing a little nod to the south of LA area. :) __________________ Heath Vinyard www.ghostlandmedia.com

February 2nd, 2006, 09:03 AM	#31
Jamie Rinehart New Boot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lathrop, MO Posts: 13	I live about an hour north of KC and when i'm not spending time with my munchkins', I also enjoy a good cutting session. I have a little equipment, a GL-2 with some extras, Adobe's suite on Mac and PC, and I have a Pro Tools LE rig with mics and all the fixin's for audio recording (where most of my training is in). If you find yourself in need of a fellow a/v geek, give send me a note via email.

February 14th, 2006, 03:35 PM	#38
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Welcome Heath! I was at the Orange County Performing Arts Center last fall installing my Tosca scenery for Opera Pacific. Beautiful (though expensive) place to live! :-)

February 21st, 2006, 11:36 AM	#40
Brett Thomason Tourist Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3	San Diego video nuts Hey out there-- Are there any San Diego Ca. video enthusiasts out there ?

February 21st, 2006, 07:29 PM	#41
Damian Clarke Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Posts: 95	Hello From The United Kingdom Just thought I'd break the ice and say hi to all here, this is indeed an excellent forum. I'm at the very early stages but I hope to be jumping on the event (mainly wedding) videography bandwagon within the next year or two. I'm currently saving every bit of cash available and reading..reading..reading everything I can from camera techniques and post production to marketing and cashflow. I'm determined to know my equipment (when I get it..arrggh) and techniques inside out before I touch anyone's wedding! I have heard of too many people who reckon they are going to start 'doing weddings' to make a bit of money on the side...certainly not the image this industry needs. Anyhow, I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to ask you all between now and the 'launch date' as I'm now calling it! Cheers ;)

February 22nd, 2006, 12:36 AM	#42
Lorinda Norton Wrangler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southwest Idaho, USA Posts: 3,066	Hi Damian! It's so nice to have you aboard. I hope you get your hands on a camera really soon so you can do some shooting..shooting..shooting! Welcome, have fun, and best wishes to you! __________________ Lorinda

March 1st, 2006, 09:24 AM	#43
Adrean Mangiardi New Boot Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 10	Adrean, Rochester, NY, in the HOUSE! Hey all, I'm a senior in Film and Animation in RIT, ny and will be graduating this may of 2006. (Nodding in realization). Yep, It's time for me to go out there and face reality. The problem is I dont know what the hell i'm going to do after that. I've been applying for a bunch of jobs in my area and they all rejected me. Maybe because I'm deaf, I don't know, but I hope that's not the reason. I'm using bilateral cochlear implants so i can hear pretty good, so what's the problem? Still, I'm not giving up until I find a job. I have a fiancee to take care of. I hope to be a part of the film crew in the future because that's what i love to do. On top of it, i applied to some of the top graduate film programs in the east like Chicago, NYC, and boston. Relating to applying for jobs in film/video productions, what would you do? Based on your skill as a filmmaker, you know all there is to know like editing, camera operating skill, gaffer, grip, production assisstant, director, and DP. I'm talking you know all of it but the problem is you learned it in college experience, not work experience or maybe a little of it. What would you do? Thanks Adrean

March 1st, 2006, 09:34 AM	#44
Jimmy McKenzie Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waterloo Ontario Posts: 721	Experience required Perhaps the model is different in your area but up here, many get their start at local cable companies. PBS? The techniques will prep you for production work that might eventually land you into the world of film/video work.

March 3rd, 2006, 03:05 AM	#45
Chris Shaeffer Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Big Island, HI Posts: 25	New here- looks like the place to say "Hi!" Hello, Seems like its customary to introduce yourself here, so... I live in the mountains between San Jose, San Francisco and the ocean and make my living doing a variety of things. My steady income is from healing sick computers. My secondary income is from audio engineering, maintaining a small recording studio at work and running my own. I produce my own music and have a CD out, done soundtrack work for a couple projects, and some audio post production for small projects. I also really enjoy video production and just scored a 3 week job video documenting some conferences... in Hawaii. How could I pass that one up?! So I dug out the ol' vx1000 and TRV9, & bought another vx1000 because I'm worried the old one will die and want a backup. If I impress my client this time around there will be more work... So a bit of web searching for tapeless capture ideas on the cheap lead me here. So did low end (but useable) tripod research. Didn't take long to realize this is a good place to hang out and listen. So... Glad to be aboard! :) Take care, Chris