Once a farmer's daughter, now a farmer's wife, I live in what used to be a rural area. My job is to keep the books in order and the government satisfied. (I like the IRS form, short version: 1. How much did you earn this year? 2. Send it in.)

We grow onions, alfalfa seed, wheat, corn seed--stuff like that. The only "livestock" are three border collies, four cats, and two day-care dogs.

I co-founded an animal welfare group several years ago--hence the houseful of furry friends--but it got too sad and my husband got tired of me spending so much time and money on homeless pets. I retired, promising to do something that made money instead of just shelling it out. So, I got into DV in 2001. My hubby is still waiting...

When I was still researching, I stumbled across the XL1s Watchdog site. That's what convinced me to get my first camera, and what keeps me hanging around this forum bugging the daylights out of people. Thanks for the patience.

BTW, my only child is *sniff* heading off to a school called Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA next month. I'm driving with him, and staying nearby for ten days as a safety net (yeah, he's a mama's boy, but not for long, I'm thinkin'). If any shoots are going on in that area between Aug. 20-26, I'd love to watch, or even lend a hand.

My name is Adarsh Dattani and I work in the Information Technology / Internet sector as a Systems Lead. Though not a beginner, I am an amateur in this field. My affair with Video Editing started three years back when I purchased a Sony Digital8 camcorder and started editing short 15 minute movies using Ulead Video Studio on Windows 98 [This I call the Elementary School of Video Editing].

I then graduated by purchasing the new Apple iMac and started doing 1 hour home videos with iMovie and iDVD [Let's say this is Junior school]. I recently got into High School after purchasing Final Cut Pro 4.0 and the Pana PVDV953. I now play a lot with the manual controls in the CAM and use FCP with some degree of comfort. Although, those who work on FCP probably know that the software offers much much more than what meets the eye.

I plan on spending the next year or so mastering Non-Linear Editing using Final Cut Pro and then step into the real "PRO" league where you use a gambit of software tools like Photoshop, FCP, After Effects etc. to make quality footage for broadcasts, films and documentaries.

I only recently stumbled upon this site and have been excited ever since. I visit some of the forums here atleast 5 times a day to get valuable tips. I don't plan on just taking from this site, I hope to contribute too pretty soon ! Thanks for putting together such an invaluable repository of DV information !!

Hello my name is Rick and I live in Fort Lauderale.

I've been learking here for a while and I'm a television director and technical director working mostly in sports television throughout the country and overseas at times.

I have just purchased a PDX-10 which if they ship it soon will be my first DV camera. I have wanted a camera for years, but I knew I would be too demanding on cameras and their video output because of how I look at video in general. In otherwords I wanted something, small and compact (so I could through it in a bag, something the produced good quaility video (so I could use it on shows that I work on) and something that would not break the bank so to speak. A tall order for the cameras of yesterday.

I had been looking at the GS100 from Japan but decided against it. I love the size of the camera and the quaility of video it put out. Plus it delivers 3 megapixel stills which not many dv cameras do today at a very affordable price. The reason why I decided against it was it only had Japanese menus and I felt (while the video was great, even in low light) it would be frustrating when error messages came up and you needed to set something quickly especially in a low light situation.

This lead me to the next best choice ... the PDX-10. While reports of low light are also not the best.... I felt it was the next best choice especially the way it was contsructed and it's size. I also felt when a low light scene was posted that I could correct any lighting issues with the help of Final Cut Pro.

This leads me to the Mac.... I am a avid Mac user.... I believe the Mac is the best computer out there and while they are a little more expensive than the mainsteam PC's, Apple is leading the technology in every sense of the word. It is Apple that invented firewire, it was Apple that did away with floppy drives looking into the future of CD and DVD-R technology. The funny thing is, most every PC manufactuer followed in Apple's footsteps. Apple is a innovative company and Apple's software is so easy to use and it intergrates with each other. They have made it so easy not to mention the beautiful OSX platform and how stable it is. If you haven't seen what Apple is doing lately go to an Apple store and see... see how easy it. Once you see what you can do on a Mac .... you'll never go back.

So that is a little about me.... hope to share information with you here on these forums soon.

Best.... Rick.

Hi Rick,

Good to meet you. I also am a director. I've directed interview shows, performances, news, commercials, etc. I think "sports" is the most demanding genre to direct. What kind of sports do you direct?

Who makes the GS100 and is there a NTSC counterpart?

I also love the Mac. I'm currently editing in FCP on a G3 laptop. I'm planning to get the G5 with FCP 4. I'm now wavering between Avid w/Mojo and FCP 4. I shoot with the DVX 100.

Welcome aboard!

Carolyn

Hi Carolyn:

Nice to meet you too. Looks like your just up to road a little bit from me.

Let's see you said govn't channel from a previous post ... you must be at Ch 20 in WPB. I did a demonstration there a while ago for ACCOM and their DVEous.
Small world!!!!

I did commercials years ago and worked for local TV station directing all types of shows which involved, interviews, music and I came from news even directing that more recently in Los Angeles. I've been working in sports television for the past 15 years. It's interesting and it can be very demanding because things move so fast and you have to be there in an instant or miss the shot. All things (camera assignments) have to click and people have to be on their mark (so to speak) for all of it to jive. I direct everything from Major League Baseball to College Football and more. I also directed for Major League Soccer and I'm mostly known as a Technical Director doing all pro sports as well. I try to balance the both, but it's not really easy sometimes.

The GS100 is made by Panasonic and it is NTSC. Not that it matters in today's digital world. The only problem with it is it only comes with Japanese menus and no firmware to change the language to English. It is the best thing I've seen for about 1000 dollars.

Your DVX 100 is a beautiful camera and I have seen some outstanding video from it. In fact I saw some today at Channel 4 - you can watch it yourself on Friday if you like - WFOR Dolphins game Friday night. All the interviews were shot on the DVX100. It is a very very nice camera from what I have seen. In fact WFOR is totally Mac based - they edit all their news stories on FCP and G4's .... pretty nice set up as it was my first time there.

As for mac.... I'm awaiting the new powerbooks and I can't actually wait.... Apple makes the best stuff and my current Powerbook G3 / OS9 / 400mgz is beginning to get old.

Anyway ... I've been learking here for a while so please say hello anytime and share some stories.

Cheers,

Rick.

Hi,

I'm an audio DSP programmer at nVidia, the 3D graphics chip company. My two main hobbies are martial arts, foremost, and
videography. I entered videography a couple of years ago when I assumed the burden of videotaping the fights and distributing movies. Now, my 2nd job is creating a DVD of the fights every two weeks. I use a Sony vx-2000 with basic accessories, and
an Athlon WindowsXP machine that runs Pinnacle Studio 8.
I do some audio and video cleanup in Vegas/SoundForge.
My goal is to create footage that is of broadcast quality with
the possiblity of some artistic elements.

oh just a poor college student
trying to scrape together as professional a setup as i can

so far i got the powerbook g4 and the gl2 all within 4 months so im not doing too bad

<<<-- Originally posted by Alan Tran : oh just a poor college student
trying to scrape together as professional a setup as i can

so far i got the powerbook g4 and the gl2 all within 4 months so im not doing too bad -->>>

Hi Alan - welcome to the boards. It's nice to see another SoCal person.

where murrieta in respect to san diego

North. Up the 15 just above Temecula.

ah ok
what kind of camera do you use?
im just starting out so im trying to learn as much as i can
my email is bkatran@cox.net

I do video, shoot stills and provide other audiovisual services. My work is mostly corporate, some sports/action and the occasional broadcast shoot.

I have been freelancing since 1987, that means I am one of the lucky ones that is able to earn a living doing what many of you here would like to do. It also means that shooting is a business for me, I must work or I do not have an income. My work has been exciting, fulfilling and downright exciting at times. It has also been incredibly difficult at times. I am not one of the lucky ones that paid his dues once and never had to look back. For me, freelancing has been as much of an education in business as it has been in creating images. The freedom, the travel, all of benefits of my own company are things I will never give up. To not give them up I have to fight to keep things rolling when things are not right ie: 911, slow economy, the loss of a major client ect. The rewards are great, but I would never sugar coat it here with so many of you wanting to take the leap. I have had many successes and some painful learning experiences. After reading this thread I had the thought that I could possibly be more beneficial in this community by discussing business instead of the technical stuff. It IS a great way to earn a living.

I too, come here for inspiration, the enthusiasm here is infectious.

A few days ago I posted a more detailed explanation of what my company does in this forum. The thread is here in introduce yourself – “Phoenix, Steve & The Corporate Show”.

Steve

<<<-- Originally posted by Alan Tran : ah ok
what kind of camera do you use?
im just starting out so im trying to learn as much as i can
my email is bkatran@cox.net -->>>

Alan I'm using a Canon XL1s

In short, I'm Jeff and I'm a full time child and family therapist in private practice. Decided to start shooting wedding, really just shooting as a way to be creative rather than be, at times, assailed by the great tragedies of modern families. So far, it's been a god send. Did my first wedding (free) and it turned out pretty darn good.

Have 4 more scheduled in the next 12 months. Am currently working on a 30 min. special for distribution to schools. It's a musical for TV on childhood Anger, Depression and Anxiety. Kind of like the "Wiggles" meet the "Power Rangers". Lots of fun.

I'm a Senior Project Manager in the Interactive Voice Response industry. Manage projects througout Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Sorry it's not exciting.

I am a victoria secrets catalog model
 

and freelance gun-for-hire.

when I am not redesigning blighted cutural trends or disposing of outmoded cliches...

anorexia has made being a filmmaker much easier. Bulemia's not the same; you still have to buy food.

* * CHEERS California * *
 

Kat,

I hope to see some of your work soon. I'm on a 56k dial-up at the moment so watching some of your shorts is out for the moment.

Add me to your email list and keep me informed of your endeavors.

I am very interested in the silent genere. As I considering going MOS with a project I have on simmer. Probably, 16mm.

Cheers!

Derrick
dpb@dpbegin.com

shooting MOS for sound?
 

Derrick,

Thanks for your comments. I actually don't have a mailing list because I have a hard enough time with a phonebook...

- you are "thinking of shooting MOS" I'm not certain what you mean...Shooting MOS to punch in ADR in POST?

Or are you shooting a non-speaking film? If so, please remember that Silent films are not really silent. They are accompanied by music. Sound is as much a consideration....and takes more planning if you are going to shoot MOS, if you plan to then layer a soundtrack that sounds "Natural"..

Actually, I have seen a truly silent film...but technically, it was Avant-garde; and I started humming nervously...

and one of these days I'll get off my ass and stream the shorts. I'll post a notice here when I do...

yep you are right.
 

Did you think I was asking a question?

I was responding to the post before mine regarding.. well you can read.

A tongue in cheek thang.

Actually, it would have sound (added in post - - foley effects, music, if needed.) It would be a minimalistic experiment to tell a story without spoken dialogue.

Never silent... Though it could be quite S. Beckett like. Existential.

Cheers!

Derrick

Derrick. Foley is Fun.
 

Now that I LOVE!

Do it do it! You will have so much fun! Especially when you "get into" the fact that all sound is Dialogue!

and given your description, you have a a chance to do non-diagetic sound...great for irony, or any other layering of meaning...

If you are going whole hog and want an avant-garde composer/musicians let me know. that's where I have connections aplenty.

AND Tell me when it's done. If it rocks, I want to know about it for for an eventual New Silent film fest...to be held in conjunction with the Venice Silent Film fest...hopefully across the street where I can thumb my nose at them!

san diego's fashion valley's newest apple store employee

Network guy
 

I'm a Network guy at a major computer company. I have been lucky enough though to be able to use my office as setting for one of my movies. In December I'll be shooting another one and I'm also planning to do it there. I purchased my XL1 about two years ago, and I think it's (DV) one of the best inventions since the coming of sound. As we make the craft better and with communities like this who knows where we are going to end up some day. I'm sure It will be a great place

Good Luck!!!

Alain

<<<-- Originally posted by Alan Tran : san diego's fashion valley's newest apple store employee -->>>

Sweet! Share the employee discount?

Looking for a new career in DV
 

Hello my fellow DV friends :-)
I come from a whole different line of work a long haul truck driver but we all have to to do something
to contribute to the world in which we live so that was me before a bad fall off off my tanker trailer almost two years ago, any way looking for a new life in DV. I was thinking about doing weddings , some virtual walk throughs of houses on the market and doing some Video tape to DVD conversions or any thing to make a buck. My problem is I have a very limited amount of funds to work with, I just built a pc with enough processing power to handle the task at hand and ready to take on a 3ghz cpu when needed but currently researching what would be the best camcorder for the job /money I'm looking at the Panisonic DV 953 or the Canon optura xi should I be looking at others like the X1? Anyone thats done this kind of thing before I would apprecite all input on this subject like pricing, software to use, best burners for DVD Etc.........

Thanks in advance John

New Orleans
 

My wife and I have a company based in New Orleans. We are primarily wedding videographers, but we produce a local wedding show called "The New Orleans Bride Show. It airs every other Sunday on our cable network.
We are both full time. We employ two full time camera persons/editors. We have a studio on the outskirts of the city. My wife has been part of the industry for nearly 11yrs now - I came on board full time 5yrs ago.

Galveston, TX
 

Let's see...
Graduate of the High School For Performing and Visual Arts, Houston TX, 1975. Majoring in what was then refered to as "Media Technology", a catch -all for still photograpy, film, Video Production, and sound recording. We were considered "Industrial Media" trainees, and not looked upon well by some of the other school departments. We were kept apart from the Art Dept's own Photography Section, which produced some very successful people, such as Rolling Stone's Mark Seliger.
Enrolled University of Houston in the Film and TV program, transferred to University of Texas program after one year. Worked as an extra in "Outlaw Blues", as a flunky/gofer in "Honeysuckle Rose" and again in Meatloaf's "Roadie". Production Manager for "Secret Place" a documentary /fundraiser film for Goodwill Industries, graduated UT and formed a local production company with some fellow students. Damn near starved. Went to work as manager for Austin Photo nee' Austin Prints from Slides, quit dreaming for a bit and concentrated on paying bills.
Attempted a few small independent Super 8 films, but became frustrated by the cost vs quality issue.
Became a volunteer firefighter, which led to becoming an EMT, then a paramedic, and went to work for Mercy Ambulance in Las Vegas.
Did some free-lance photography for local publications, as well as a video in the then new S-VHS format for my employer. Returned to Texas, eventually graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch as a Physician Assistant.
Kept my hand in on a part time basis doing environmental portrature, (which is not at all what it sounds like it would be)
I now provide medical care for prison inmates, which pays the bills.
I have formed a small group, Cat Herder Productions. (e-mail us at cat-herder-productions at earthlink.net) Still do portraits, but are branching out into new areas, such as forensic still photography using the 6x4.5 CM film format, and video using the Mini DV format.
For the first time in many years I am attempting a fulll -length narrative project "Rosharon", shot on Mini DV (a Canon GL2), and edited on a Mac G4 with an 800 Mhz Sonnet upgrade, using FCP2.
We are starting production here in Galveston, January 2004.

Damn! It was a long bumpy road! But I never quit.

This thread has been going forever and i just never got round to writing anything so here goes...

After high school I joined the Royal Australian Air Force as an Aircraft Technician which saw me spend 8 years working on F1-11 and F/A-18 jet aircraft. I worked on engine, airframe and weapons systems and it took me all around the place. I really got into photography while in the Air Force and in 95 got into video while getting over shoulder surgery. I started shooting my friends surfing with a friends Canon L1 that he picked up when the RAAF downsized the photography section at our base.

I left the RAAF in 98 to go snowboarding and make a go of photography. I was doing back-to-back winters in New Zealand and Canada until an accident, more shoulder surgery, saw me back in Australia. During my time shooting snowboarding I also bought an XL1 as people kept asking me to shoot video for them. I did a lot of shooting in NZ for local videos, Sky TV, as well as producing promo packages for pro snowboarders.

Back in Australia I kept shooting while gong back to school and doing IT/multimedia. I shot mainly surfing and skateboarding as well as a bit of motocross. I also did a few promo packages for a couple for bands and singing groups.

I'm currently in Japan and while my video work has died of a bit lately I have done a little. I made a 15min doco on the Japanese tea ceremony and am working on three more docos on Japanese culture to eventually put together a 1 hour piece. I've also been writing a bit and getting stuff together to get back into video when I get back to Australia in about 18 months.

The highs and lows lol
 

I began my working life by being encouraged to leave school as early as possible by every teacher I knew, I guess they werent as dumb as I thought!. As a kid I had always been interested in entertaining and all through my teens I fronted local bands etc. I entered into a carpentry apprenticeship and admired myself as often as possible in the mirror every morning with my hammer and screwdriver in hand (butch was the order of the day). I eventually worked for a company in the middle east and south east asia and by my mid 20´s I really did believe that the world revolved around me. I eventually returned to england and continued in building until one morning my hand got frozen to the scaffold (time to move on ). I discovered a great passion for the human psyche so invested in returning to education only to discover that what I was actually searching for was me. I financed this venture through returning to the cabaret clubs of my childhood and crooned as many sinatra hits as I could until even I got fed up with me. I got so bored with myself that I used to fool around on stage. I tried disciplining myself but before I knew it people were booking me for the fooling around and so it was that I became a comedian. Through my new opportunities I discovered a penchant for psychotherapy and found myself doing a masters in the field. It was a 10 year journey that taught me that I never actually needed to embark on it in the first place. So I spent my days working in the community running counselling agncies etc and nights legitimately heckling my unfortunate audiences. A few years ago I gave up the psychotherapy as a profession and moved to spain to watch the tide roll in and entertain the tourists. Life feels good but I never take it for granted, I just like the idea of waking up. Thanks to everyone else for sharing their journeys, fascinating stuff.
p.s. I am now depressed to discover that I can fit the whole of my existence into a few measly paragraphs.

My Bio...here goes...
 

Its been great reading the bios here.
Thought I'd add mine in as well. If there's anyone out there wondering if they'll ever have a career "in the business", perseverance!

Grew up in Northern Minnesota and moved out at 18 to tour with a small rock band hoping to "Make it."
Broke up with band, some college in Electronic music-quit school to tour with Band #2. Band breaks up, move to small town with no chance of upward progress.

Hired at public TV station, started college again in earnest. Director at station taught me a lot and mentored me during my work there.

Graduate college '87 and move to Minneapolis to freelance and make music on the side (Prince and 1st Avenue were hot then). Enter the "starvation period."
Managed to make a meager living for several years on commercials and industrials doing lighting, audio, or whatever would pay.

Landed a job with a Cruise Line- 2 years shooting and editing onboard ships in the Caribbean.

Back home in Mpls- engineered for production comany, edited non-linear for another, and met my wife-to-be. Laid off as company folded.

Moved to Wisconsin for a big opportunity as an editor in a digital post house. Laid off.

Moved to Atlanta with my wife and have been here for almost 8 years. I work for part of Citigroup as an audio engineer and videographer. I've travelled to Europe, been to Hawaii a bunch of times, and all over the US. I enjoy my work.

If I knew how to do anything else , I might have quit a few times, but I'm really glad I stuck it out.
I now can do my own video for hire and for the fun of it on the side with DV. It feeds the "story-teller" passion that corporate lacks sometimes.
Perserverance!

Good luck to you all,
Jeff Patnaude

Greetings,
Have just joined up, and been perusing for awhile. I work in theatre, TV, and film. I teach stage carpentry and lighting design for the stage as well as being an Equity stage manager and actor, singer, dancer (well, kinda-dancer). For TV, I have been a camera assistant, writer, Key SFX for series and commercials and am a union actor in series, commercials and film.
I started with Super 8 and simple editors. Now here at the university, I'm playing with a couple of PDX-10's, and Avid Lanshare and ExpressDV off a PC, although I'm curious about FCP on my G4 Powerbook.
Jack of all trades, master of a few of them.
Scott

Thought I'd pop in and provide some input. I'm not much for biographies, so this won't be long.

I make my "living" (at twenty years old, and still living with my parents, I don't exactly have many bills to pay, and I hate to call it that) as a plumber. A plumber in training, more precisely. Not a real "apprentice", as I'm not in the union (YET, that is, so shut your collective mouth :P ), but I do help out, and learn stuff.

I'm lucky enough to work for my dad, and will--assuming I ever become skilled enough--take over his business one day.

I've been into moviemaking for about two years (I used to make all sorts of stupid movies with my friends on my old VHS-C camcorder, but that was a while back, and doesn't count), had my camera for a year and a half, and hope to actually FINISH something within three hundred years or so. With any luck, I should have a short film released by the time the machines take over.

I also like using parentheses (a lot).

I've read some of these replies, and my story doesn't sound nearly as interesting.

I got my degree in music in '82, never could find any work in music, so I drifted into computer work, starting at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, then at the University of North Texas in Denton. I made enough contacts, and worked on enough minicomputers, to land my current job at the Denton Independent School District as a computer operator. With the current budget crisis that is affecting all of the states over here, more and more of us at the Technology Department have had to do more and more things - I'm doing satellite TV management, teleconferencing, automated calling, daily operations, and digital videography (camera work, editing, lighting, and I'm beginning to learn 3d graphics too). So the District's bad news is my good news, although I do have to work more hours lately.

My goal is to set up my own videography business. I've got a little studio, a good 2.4 GHz PC, and Adobe Premiere 6.5. I'll be getting a DVD burner next month (I have to moonlight to raise the money - my wife is the sergeant-at-arms, guarding my paychecks :))

I'm tired, but enthused!

Roy

I used to be an author/composer and musician , ( saxophone player), did live gigs and studio recordings for years..... then I moved to the other site of the bizz, being a music producer....., nowadays artist management, record cy, publishing and recently added music video productions to my cy.

twisty road
 

I actually am not one of those who are living the dream of filmaking, I started off in politics bouncing from campaign to campaign when I dropped out of college. In '96 I got a senior position in a presidential campaign that didnt win :) and got tired of the 17 hour days 7 day weeks for months on end.

The other good thing about politics besides the people I worked for/ with was having spent a lot of time with the national press. When I got out I stayed in touch with a lot of people and one day was asked if I would be interested in working a G8 meeting for a cable news network based out of atlanta...so I did it and worked for them and some others for what turned out to be 6 years..During that time got to play with cameras in the field more and more, and had some great co workers who were willing to teach me things that helped. With my overtime from the recount in 2000 I went and bought a xl1. I was mainly intrested in field producing but the ability to get shots you couldnt do otherwise for one reason or another like leaving a stakeout or live position, or stories that they might be interested in but the $ of a 4 person crew to go get it was prohibitive. As such and again thanks to the kindness of others I got opportunites to shoot my own stuff and work with talented people who helped me craft it into something.

I decided early this year to quit after the war, so now I freelance for whoever hires me still work with great people, see the interesting and many times absurd things news covers. Sometimes I produce, sometimes I shoot with my gear or theirs and its been a interesting experience. I hope the work keeps coming and as I get better I would like to branch off into documentry type stories and some work for nonprofits. The best thing so far was being able to get a PA I worked with the contacts to get some work on the Ecoast. Ive been extrtemely lucky so far in my career due to the kindness of many who have given me some big opportunities...Im hoping to do the same at some point to pay back their kindness.

In the meantime back and forth between Colorado and Santa Barbara (thank god for michael jackson) trying to keep paying the bills.

m

I am a trained monkey.

and an editor.

Hee hee, Jason, your monkey comment reminded me of this (it's not too off topic, and pretty funny, so bear with me). Do a search for my name, "Rob Martens", on the IMDB, and you come up with this: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0551713/

Well I thought it was funny.

Started out with Super-8 film at the age of 14.

Moved up to 16mm in college at the now defunct film dept. at Ohio State. I freelanced in video for a while and then returned to grad school at OSU. I shot 2 features on 16mm while in grad school and one got distributed around the world.
I won an Emmy for a short I shot.

Finally moved to LA and got an 16mm Arri SR package. Started shooting a lot of features and shorts.

Moved back to Ohio because of family illness and did some teaching in video, but still managed to shoot 3 features.

Now, I'm back in LA and just picked up a DVX100.

I just love telling stories with moving pictures, be that on film or video. It's something that started at age 14 and has never died. It never will. I hope to be still shooting into my old age. By then they'll just have a connection in the back of your head that records right out of the optic nerve. I wonder if I'll have to get lasik surgery to keep things in focus then.

Scott

Background
 

I live in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. I work full time and I'm a part time student. I started taking courses at CDIS (center for digital images and sound) which is now called The Art Institute of Vancouver - Burnaby. I've been taking film related courses for about three years and decided to buy a camera, which turns out to be a Canon XL1S. I'm in the process of learning how to use the camera properly and intend on using it for film work with a group I'm involved with called The Film Collective, based in Vancouver.

Hey David, I live in East Vancouver (just east tho, not haggard downtown eastside)

I'm just starting 3d animation and visual effects at vanarts, i'm going to buy a dv cam i Feb, either a dvx100 or 100a depending on if i can afford the extra $800 for the A version. Although i have been considering goig the waaay cheaper route and inporting a GS100 from Japan....hmmmm, decisions, decisions.

I'm always interested in talented people that are from my city. I was considering going to CDIS myself and taking their visual effects course, but vanArts just seemed like a better fit for me, i wasn't into having to take 2 years to finish right now. Anyhow, that's me.