9th Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet

Calling All Filmmakers! "Get Seen" in the ARRI OPEN SCREEN THEATRE

GET SEEN and interact with other Filmmakers via "Open Screen Theatre," sponsored by ARRI.

Filmmakers and digital content creators wanting to get seen will have a a 10 minute chance to do so in an informal, collaborative setting. We want all Digital filmmakers to screen your content and interact. Just show up and sign up, get up and show off. It's first come, first serve in our "Open Screen Theatre."

Bring your content on a DVD or a QT movie on a flash drive. Sign-ups begin at 3:45PM.

AGENDA (Subject to change)

6:40PM - FCPUG Network Roll Call

6:50PM - Welcome / Live Video Stream / TheVittiFund.org / SuperMag Live

7:05 PM - Canon, Shooting for Saturday Night Live;
Canon XF305 50mbit Tapeless Professional Camcorder
Alex Buono, 10-year veteran Director of Photography for NBC's Saturday Night Live Film Unit, kicks off the SuperMeet with a real-world perspective and a bit of humor on shooting for broadcast for the weekly live comedy series with Canon EOS DSLR cameras. Alex will be joined by Paul McAniff of Canon, who will introduce the new XF305 and XF300 professional HD camcorders, featuring 50 Mbps MPEG-2 4:2:2 recording to affordable CF Cards.

7:30 PM - Adobe, Creative Suite 5 Production Premium for FCP Editors
Jason Levine, Adobe Worldwide Product Evangelist will highlight several new features that will be useful for the Final Cut Pro editor (including Round tripping to/from FCP and native DSLR HD video support) in the just announced Creative Suite 5 Production Premium.

7:55 PM - XDcam and Canon 7D with Avid Media Composer & AMA
Production from an Editors POV: A guide for the Weekend Warrior
Editor Misha Tenenbaum will discuss production from an editor’s point of view and explore his use of the AMA plugin architecture with Sony XDCam HD and Canon EOS 7D cameras for his new show, "Handicapped John." Misha will explore watching and even editing dailies instantly, while still on location and demonstrate how to save money and avoid potential hassles by offline editing in camera-native HD codecs. Avid Media Composer and AMA brought his post to production.

8:10 PM - Apple, New Developments in ProRes and Stereo 3D
Steve Bayes, Sr. Product Manager for Final Cut Pro at Apple, returns to the SuperMeet stage to highlight exciting new developments in Apple Partner Support for ProRes and Stereo 3D.

8:30 PM - INTERMISSION BREAK

9:00 PM - Introducing the ARRI ALEXA Digital Camera
Adrian Widera of ARRI and a special guest will showcase the new ARRI ALEXA Digital Cinema Camera, the only camera of its kind to shoot directly to Apple’s ProRes 422HQ and ProRes 4444 onto SxS Pro cards.

9:20 PM - Blackmagic Design
Peter Barber, Director, Blackmagic Design, will show off brand new solutions that Blackmagic Design is expected to announce at NAB.

9:40 PM - Affordable 3D on the Mac for All
2010 is the year of 3D, so Stereo Cinematographer Tim Dashwood of Dashwood Cinema Solutions will show how content creators can affordably capture and edit footage and timelapse in 3D using Canon EOS 7D DSLRs and other cameras. Featured will be 3D footage and a live demo projected on stage, collectible 3D glasses will be handed out to everyone.

10:00 PM - iPad for Digital Filmmakers
Director Taz Goldstein of HandHeldHollywood.com will discuss how the iPad will impact filmmaking and show off 5 of the newest, most innovative must-have iApps designed for digital content creators, along with a variety of hardware that's been developed to support this growing market.

10:05 PM - World Famous Raffle!
Rounding out the evening will be the always wild and crazy "World Famous Raffle" with currently $82,000.00 worth of prizes to be handed out to dozens of lucky winners, including a Canon EOS 7D DSLR Camera and related HD-DSLR gear, Apple iPad, NLE software and hardware, plug-ins and much more.