Greetings from Winthrop, Massachusetts/ by the sea at DVinfo.net

Chuck Mello · July 13th, 2003, 11:43 AM

Hello all, as the subject says I hail from Winthrop, Mass. Always looking to meet fellow DV professionals (or people who love the art) from the area or anywhere for that matter. I run FCP 3 on a daul 1.25 G4 & shoot with an XL1.
I manage two editing suiets on the North Shore & run a small home biz with a very modest client base. Well, those are my stats. Looking forward to hearing from anyone and talking DV.

Rob Lohman · July 14th, 2003, 05:19 AM

Welcome aboard Chuck! Good to have you with us. I think you are
the first from your region here (at least that I know) or I'm just
a weird foreigner that doesn't understand where you are from (heh).

You seem to have an interesting little business. Good luck with it!

Yi Fong Yu · August 23rd, 2003, 01:26 PM

hi chuck, i'm in boston, MA. dunno when i signed on but i think I am the first one from mass region =). anyway sheck out our local movie-making community:

http://www.newenglandfilms.com

it's pretty radical. anyway some of us are going to meet for the project greenlight's battle of shaker heights premiere next friday 8/29/03:
http://projectgreenlight.liveplanet....art=0&range=40

if you're interested. i'm who they call "JediFonger" online.

Chuck Mello · August 26th, 2003, 07:39 PM

Sorry but I have a shoot that day. Tell me a bit about yourself and your relationship with video.

Charles Papert · August 26th, 2003, 10:58 PM

Hi Chuck,

There's a few major "Masshole" contributors in here (I'm formerly one myself, before you take offense--grew up in Brookline, my folks live in Newburyport now)...Don Berube, Casey Visco from Glidecam to name a couple. If you ever need some upconversions or additional support gear or that sort of thing, a good pal of mine runs a production company in Watertown called Pulse Media, he's a solid resource and a great guy, very helpful.

Chuck Mello · August 27th, 2003, 01:28 PM

It's always a pleasure to hear from another Masshole Charles. What prompted the move to LA?

Charles Papert · August 27th, 2003, 05:13 PM

Well Chuck, I had worked my way up in the Boston production community to the point where I didn't have too much further to go. Pretty much everyone knew me as "the Steadicam guy" in New England, plus I was working as a DP, but I really wanted to work on features and didn't have the credits to get on the ones that came to town.

I was coming out to LA a couple of times a year to teach Steadicam and ended up landing my first studio feature over a weekend that I was sleeping on a friend's sofa, as luck would have it. Six months later I moved out full time, been out here for six years now. I miss the fall foliage and the fresh Sam Adams and Harpoon IPA, but career-wise I definitely made the right choice! And last year I met my near-fiancee who just happens to have grown up in Beverly (moved here nine years ago to be an actress) and her parents moved to Newburyport also...little, tiny world!

Yi Fong Yu · August 28th, 2003, 07:00 AM

2bad. i wish i had a shoot =). anyway. i'm a "wannabe" director. only made 1 short. shot on the same sony hi8 that i have right now. saving up for xl1s (like everyone else). have 2 projects i can jump on immediately but no equipment. i have a dual cpu computer that i can edit stuff with =). that's it for now anyway.

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Originally posted by Chuck Mello : Sorry but I have a shoot that day. Tell me a bit about yourself and your relationship with video.

Chuck Mello · August 28th, 2003, 02:08 PM

If you ever in the market to rent an XL1 or a Final Cut set up let me know.

Yi Fong Yu · August 28th, 2003, 08:36 PM

cant afford to rent even $100/day is crazy. the usual rates are 300+/day.

no thx. i can own 1 if i rented for 40 days =). duh!

plus i have prem/AE/etc. on a dually. i'm alset on editing front. thx though... unless i can rent xl1s 4 free! =)

July 13th, 2003, 11:43 AM	#1
Chuck Mello New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winthrop, Mass Posts: 8	Greetings from Winthrop, Massachusetts/ by the sea Hello all, as the subject says I hail from Winthrop, Mass. Always looking to meet fellow DV professionals (or people who love the art) from the area or anywhere for that matter. I run FCP 3 on a daul 1.25 G4 & shoot with an XL1. I manage two editing suiets on the North Shore & run a small home biz with a very modest client base. Well, those are my stats. Looking forward to hearing from anyone and talking DV. __________________ Chuck Mello

July 14th, 2003, 05:19 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Welcome aboard Chuck! Good to have you with us. I think you are the first from your region here (at least that I know) or I'm just a weird foreigner that doesn't understand where you are from (heh). You seem to have an interesting little business. Good luck with it! __________________ 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

August 23rd, 2003, 01:26 PM	#3
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	hi chuck, i'm in boston, MA. dunno when i signed on but i think I am the first one from mass region =). anyway sheck out our local movie-making community: http://www.newenglandfilms.com it's pretty radical. anyway some of us are going to meet for the project greenlight's battle of shaker heights premiere next friday 8/29/03: http://projectgreenlight.liveplanet....art=0&range=40 if you're interested. i'm who they call "JediFonger" online. __________________ bow wow wow

August 26th, 2003, 07:39 PM	#4
Chuck Mello New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winthrop, Mass Posts: 8	Sorry but I have a shoot that day. Tell me a bit about yourself and your relationship with video. __________________ Chuck Mello

August 26th, 2003, 10:58 PM	#5
Charles Papert Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6,810	Hi Chuck, There's a few major "Masshole" contributors in here (I'm formerly one myself, before you take offense--grew up in Brookline, my folks live in Newburyport now)...Don Berube, Casey Visco from Glidecam to name a couple. If you ever need some upconversions or additional support gear or that sort of thing, a good pal of mine runs a production company in Watertown called Pulse Media, he's a solid resource and a great guy, very helpful. __________________ Charles Papert www.charlespapert.com

August 27th, 2003, 01:28 PM	#6
Chuck Mello New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winthrop, Mass Posts: 8	It's always a pleasure to hear from another Masshole Charles. What prompted the move to LA? __________________ Chuck Mello

August 27th, 2003, 05:13 PM	#7
Charles Papert Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6,810	Well Chuck, I had worked my way up in the Boston production community to the point where I didn't have too much further to go. Pretty much everyone knew me as "the Steadicam guy" in New England, plus I was working as a DP, but I really wanted to work on features and didn't have the credits to get on the ones that came to town. I was coming out to LA a couple of times a year to teach Steadicam and ended up landing my first studio feature over a weekend that I was sleeping on a friend's sofa, as luck would have it. Six months later I moved out full time, been out here for six years now. I miss the fall foliage and the fresh Sam Adams and Harpoon IPA, but career-wise I definitely made the right choice! And last year I met my near-fiancee who just happens to have grown up in Beverly (moved here nine years ago to be an actress) and her parents moved to Newburyport also...little, tiny world! __________________ Charles Papert www.charlespapert.com

August 28th, 2003, 02:08 PM	#9
Chuck Mello New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winthrop, Mass Posts: 8	If you ever in the market to rent an XL1 or a Final Cut set up let me know. __________________ Chuck Mello

August 28th, 2003, 08:36 PM	#10
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	cant afford to rent even $100/day is crazy. the usual rates are 300+/day. no thx. i can own 1 if i rented for 40 days =). duh! plus i have prem/AE/etc. on a dually. i'm alset on editing front. thx though... unless i can rent xl1s 4 free! =) __________________ bow wow wow