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Next lafcpug meeting will be Wednesday, January 18, 2012 beginning at 6:45PM - till we drop at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood Ca.

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Join us January 18, 2012 as we welcome editor, director, and writer Kevin Klauber and assistant editor Adi Cabigting who shaped over 3000 hours of footage into the feature documentary Pearl Jam Twenty, directed by Cameron Crowe. If you are editing a doc or are going to edit a doc, you want to be here.

Plus we welcome highly regarded producer, director, writer and career strategist Shawn Tolleson who will get our 2012 started with tips and stategies on getting your career going.

Plus, Michael Cioni, CEO and founder of Light Iron will pay us a visit to discuss the unique DI workflow he and his team have developed for such films as "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "Social Network," "The Muppet Movie" and over 200 other films.

Plus everyone attending will recieve a FREE license of Tonalizer/VFX from Irudis.

Plus Stump the Gurus, a show and tell and of course, World Famous Raffle.

You must register if you plan to attend.

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Meetings are open to public and ALL beginning through advanced Digital Story Tellers are welcome

Agenda (subject to change)

6:45- 7:15PM - Stump the Gurus
Join Gurus Andrew Balis, Michael Kammes and Misha Tennenbaum as they will attempt to answer all of your questions and solve all of your problems concerning FCS and FCPX, Avid, Premiere Pro and anything else you can think of. If they can't solve your problem or answer your question, then you go home with a problem, but you still got out of the house, so that's not a bad thing.

7:20PM - 7:30PM - Welcome and Announcements
What's latest in the world of lafcpug? Also, we will bring up brand new Platinum sponsor AJA to say a few words and take a bow. Yes, lafcpug has found a meeting sponsor for 2012.

7:30PM - 7:55PM - "Create Your 2012 Career Breakthrough - Shawn Tolleson .
The new year is a great time to identify your next career breakthrough.  Whether you are a freelancer, a staffer, or an entrepreneur, articulating a specific, powerful breakthrough goal is a “must” to get to the next level.
If you are a freelancer it could be certain kind of job (more money, higher profile, different medium or genre.)  If you are a staffer it could be a new client or a promotion.  If you’re an entrepreneur it could be a breakthrough with a volume of business, a new type of job or higher profile client. Join career coach Shawn Tolleson to lafcpug in identifying your next breakthrough and articulating it in a way that motivates you to get up in the morning!

About Shawn Tolleson
Career Coach Shawn Tolleson and her company Strategy Coaching™ have worked with thousands of individuals in the entertainment industry in causing career breakthroughs that take individuals to the next level.  She has coached actors from being on the outside of the industry, looking for a “break,” to being working professionals who book TV, film and commercials regularly and make their living as an actor.  She has coached writers to securing TV staff writing jobs, directors to attaching star actors to their projects, and producers to securing financing for their projects.  She has coached cinematographers and editors to booking their dreams jobs, and to breaking through to a whole new level of work—quality, consistency and prestige.  She regularly speaks to packed auditoriums at Women In Film, AFTRA, SAG, Scriptwriter’s Network, Alameda Writer’s Group, and more.



8:00PM - 8:30PM - "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Post Workflow - Michael Cioni.
CEO of Light Iron in Hollywood, Michael Cioni will provide a breakdown of the tools used on "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" to demonstrate how small the infrastructure is becoming for high-end post, even though it's as powerful as ever. He will use this thread to explore the project's post workflow - and even bring a few of the critical components. He will discuss the framing challenges and the 4K data rate challenges, and then segue into the various 4K display announcements at CES. There will be a massive movement toward 4K mastering by 2013-2014, which starts now. You can get a preview by reading a write-up about the workflow at Creative Cow.

About Michael Cioni
Over the past decade, Michael’s passion for file-based acquisition talent and toolsets has helped give new shape to the digitally changing motion picture industry. In 2003, he co-founded and built his first post house, PlasterCITY Digital Post, into one of Hollywood’s preeminent desktop-based post production facilities. Now CEO of Light Iron, Michael has served as a Digital Intermediate Supervisor on hundreds of feature and television projects and provided 2D and 3D data-centric post production technical and advisory support for major studios and independent films.
Michael believes strongly in empowering clients through education. He is a founding member and instructor at RED Digital Cinema's official training program, REDucation, has instructed HDExpo/Createasphere’s Panasonic P2 Workshop and Color Camp 101 as well as numerous events and online classes for content creators. Michael sits on the Board of Directors of both the Hollywood Post Alliance and Filmmakers Alliance and he served as an adjunct faculty member for USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.
Before moving to Hollywood, Michael worked in television with a PBS affiliate in Illinois. He became the youngest recipient of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences “Best Informational Program” when his syndicated program "alt.news 26:46" won a combined four Regional Emmys in 2001 and 2002. Michael is a graduate of Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications and Media Arts.

8:30PM - 9:00PM - Break
In the lobby will be many FCP, Avid and Premiere Gurus. This is your chance to ask questions. No questions? Then talk to each other. Also in the lobby will be Tery Williams and Christina Oliver from brand new lafcpug Platinum Sponsor AJA. Also, Active Storage who just announced mMedia. Also in the lobby will be Irudis, makers of "Tonalizer|VFX, a Powerful Photographic-Style Grading plugin for FCP. It will be a packed lobby.

The break is a chance to hang out and meet and greet and get your problems solved and who knows, get a job. You never know who you are going to meet at lafcpug. Snacks and Beer and Wine will be on sale in the lobby. Proceeds go to the Gallery Theater.

9:00PM - 9:40PM -Putting together "Pearl Jam Twenty" - Kevin Klauber and Adi Cabigting
Editor, director, and writer Kevin Klauber and assistant editor Adi Cabigting shaped over 3000 hours of footage into the feature documentary Pearl Jam Twenty, directed by Cameron Crowe. And there were more challenges than that. If you are editing a doc or are going to edit a doc, you want to be here.

About Kevin Klauber
Kevin is most known for shaping over 3,000 hours of footage into the feature documentary "Pearl Jam Twenty", directed by the Academy Award director Cameron Crowe.

Kevin's work as an editor, director, and writer have brought him to TV, music videos, feature films, shorts, and commercial work. Past clients include Vinyl Films (Crowe's company), Sean Penn's Haiti non-profit JPHRO, A&E, PBS, The National Science Foundation, and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He studied film at the University of Southern California with an emphasis on editing and directing. His student film "Bio.RHYTHM" won an award in sound editing by the Motion Pictures Sound Editing Association. Also at USC, he worked as Post-Supervisor at the university's Emmy award-winning television station, where he gained an encyclopedic knowledge of video codecs and HD workflows.

In the music world, he has worked on projects for Devendra Bahnhart, Pearl Jam, John Cale, Arcade Fire, Johnny Cash, Gary Wilson, Billy Corgan, Dam-Funk, and Erisi Arvizu.

Kevin has worked in post production for the past several years, editing feature documentaries, music videos, and shorts. He is known for coming into projects during crunch-times and making films better. He strives to live a creative life, and encourages all to do so.

9:45PM- 9:55PM - "Route 30 Too" - Show and Tell by John Putch
Director John Putch will show a trailer from Route 30, Too!, his 2nd film in the triolgy, Route 30. The movie is scheduled to be self released in Sept,2012. If you want to preview it, the website is www.route30too.com.

10:00PM - World famous Raffle (subject to change)

License of Tonalizer|VFX for everyone attending - Irudis
3 months rental Genarts Sapphire Plug-ins - Genarts
Copy of Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium - Adobe
1 full license "Repair Collection" CHV Plug-ins
1 License of Levels and Curves Filter Pack - Nattress
One ShuttlePRO V.2 - Countour Design
1x Pro Maintenance Tools- Digital Rebellion
2x Pro Media Tools- Digital Rebellion
5x Video Space (brand new iPhone / iPad data rate calculator)- Digital Rebellion
1x Editmote- Digital Rebellion
1x Cut Notes - Digital Rebellion
Your choice of Sequence Clip Reporter or Clip Info Titler - Intelligent Assistance
2 FREE Webinars - Larry Jordan
Any On demand Webinar - FilmmakingWebinars.com
Copy of the “Editing Bootcamp: - How and Why of the Edit" FilmmakingWebinars.com
$200 free Stock Footage Clips - Pond5
Free Stock Footage HD Clips up to $500.00 value - Artbeats
1 seat of Nveil video filters for FCP & Motion - Nveil
$200 towards MotionVFX Templates - MotionVFX
QC Effects for FCP and Motion - QC-Effects
Copy of VeeScope Live - VeeScope Live
Digital Heaven Loader - Digital Heaven
Copy of DVDxDVPro - DVDxDV
FCP Keyguide - Neotron
Larry Jordan Mousepads - Larry Jordan

How to get to the Gallery Theater at Barnsdall Art Park

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Click HERE to download a PDF(300K) of the grounds that points out the parking areas and includes other helpful hints.

The Gallery Theater at Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Boulevard
(between Vermont and Normandie)
Hollywood, CA 90027
Phone: 323.644.6272

Enter through the gate on Hollywood Blvd just West of Berendo. The theater is at the top of the hill, adjacent to the art gallery.

From US 101 (heading South),
take the Hollywood Boulevard exit.
Turn left at the end of the exit ramp onto Hollywood Boulevard.
Turn right into the entrance to Barnsdall Art Park at 4800 Hollywood Boulevard. (you will only see a parking lot. Drive to top of hill to find the Gallery Theater)
The Gallery Theater is in the center of the park.

From US 101 (heading North),
take the Vermont Avenue exit.
Turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Vermont Avenue.
Turn left onto Hollywood Boulevard.
Turn left into the entrance to Barnsdall Art Park at 4800 Hollywood Boulevard. (you will only see a parking lot. Drive to top of hill to find the Gallery Theater)
The Gallery Theater is in the center of the park.

Metro Red Line
Yes, Los Angeles has a subway and if possible you ought to use it. Riders are dropped of at Sunset and Vermont, one long block from the Art Park. More info on the Red Line can be found here.

Note on Parking: Parking is FREE. There is ample parking on top of hill near the Art Park. Parking extends around the perimeter of the Park. NOTE: Please park your car diagonally even though the spaces are not marked that way. If there are no spaces to park at top, then use parking lot at bottom of hill near Hollywood Blvd. Click HERE to download a PDF(300K) of the grounds that points out the parking areas and includes other helpful hints.

Wheelchair access: Park in the lot next to the Hollyhock house (you will see a handicap parking sign), come into the theatre entrance, and take the elevator down. There will be space in the front of the theatre for wheelchairs.

Before or after the meeting, there is a fine restaurant row on Vermont between Hollywood and Franklin (just around the corner from the park). There are also a number of funky ethic eateries along Hollywood Blvd.

 

digital projection made possible through the generous sponsorship of
Apple Computer and the Pixel Corps

with additional support from Adobe Systems, AJA, ProMax Systems,
BIAS, Inc. DigitalFilm Tree, and Gefen Inc.

lafcpug meetings are presented in association with the
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, a facility of the City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs

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