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Next lacpug Meet is Wednesday, October 23, 2019
beginning at 6:45PM -
till we drop at the Gallery Theatre
[http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html#_gallery] in HOLLYWOOD Ca.
WALTER MURCH, LUMATOUCH, JVC & ENDCRAWL.
Join us Wednesday, October 23 for a jam packed lacpug Meet.
WALTER MURCH [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004555/] returns and will
spend 30 minutes or so with us to show and tell on the
ten-year-in-the-making-documentary COUP 53 [http://coup53.com/],
directed by TAGHI AMIRANI
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2516405/?ref_=tt_ov_dr] and edited and
co-written by Walter. You need to get to Gallery Theatre early for
this as Walter goes on at 6:45PM. No Stump the Gurus this month.
Also will welcome LUMATOUCH [https://luma-touch.com/], the powerful
multi-track video editor for professional mobile journalists,
filmmakers, and professional video producers.
Also: ALICIA REED from JVC
[http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/category.jsp?productId=PRO1.1] returns to
show off the line of 500 SERIES "CONNECTED" CAMERAS
[http://pro.jvc.com/pro/promo/gyhc500landing/index.html]. Designed for
concurrent live IP production and high-quality 4K acquisitions, they
are VERY versatile to say the least.
Also: You've seen it in hundreds of movies, but just don't know
it. ENDCRAWL [https://endcrawl.com/] allows you to build end credits
in your browser, collaborate in one place, preview your layout in real
time, and get one-click renders whenever you like. It supports 4K.
Over 1,000 productions have used Endcrawl to help finish their movie.
John 'Pliney' Eremic will present.
PLUS WORLD FAMOUS RAFFLE.
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AGENDA (SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND AVAILABILITY)
6:45- 7:30PM - COUP 53 - WALTER MURCH
Ten years in the making, COUP 53
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tZG-CynU8c] tells the story of the
1953 the Anglo-American coup d'état that overthrew Iran's government
of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah. The
CIA/MI6 covert action was called Operation Ajax. It was all about
Iran’s oil and who gets to control and benefit from it. BP was at
the heart of this story. Directed by Taghi Amirani
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2516405/?ref_=tt_ov_dr], co-written and
edited by Walter Murch [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004555/], COUP
53 is a politically explosive and cinematically innovative documentary
that lifts the lid on secrets buried for over sixty-six years.
ABOUT WALTER MURCH
WALTER MURCH HAS BEEN EDITING SOUND IN HOLLYWOOD SINCE STARTING ON
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S FILM THE RAIN PEOPLE (1969). He edited sound on
American Graffiti (1973) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), won his
first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation (1974), won his
first Oscar for Apocalypse Now (1979), and won an unprecedented double
Oscar for Best Sound and Best Film Editing for his work on The English
Patient (1996). Most recently he helped reconstruct Touch of Evil
(1958) to Orson Welles' original notes, and edited The Talented Mr.
Ripley (1999). Mr. MURCH WAS, along with George Lucas and Francis Ford
Coppola, a founding member of northern California cinema. Mr. MURCH
HAS DIRECTED --Return to Oz (1985) -- and longs to do so again, but as
an editor and sound man he is one of the few universally acknowledged
masters in his field. For his work on the film "Apocalypse Now
(1979)", WALTER COINED THE TERM "sound designer", and along with
colleagues such as Ben Burtt, helped to elevate the art and impact of
film sound to a new level
7:35PM - 8:05PM - The New Series of JVC "Connected Cam" cameras -
Alicia Reed
JVC has a new series of "Connected Cam" cameras, the GY-HC500
[http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL102557], GY-HC500SPC
[http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL102576] and GY-HC550
[http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL102556] that
will be shipping soon. These all have HD, 4K, HDR, IP-connectivity,
and the ability to record 4:2:2 10-bit 60p ProRes right in the camera
body onto an optional SSD card. These cameras also have a 20x optical
zoom lens that offers up to a 40x zoom in HD mode and a shallow depth
of field due to the camera’s 1” sensor. They can also be remotely
controlled via IP as well as stream recorded clips or live video right
from the camera. These are priced at $3900 - $5500 MSRP, so are a
great choice for live event coverage, remote production, news, sports,
music videos, documentaries, blogging, trainings, and more!
About Alicia Reed
Alicia Reed from JVCKENWOOD will be at the October 23 meeting to
demonstrate the new JVC Connected Cam Camera and tell you more! Alicia
has represented JVCKENWOOD on the West Coast for over 13 years, and
previously worked at IDX Batteries, Audio Video Supply, and Frontline
Video.
8:05- 8:30PM - BREAK
This is the most important part of the show. It's networking time.
This is a great opportunity to not only ask questions and get problems
solved, but to meet people that just might change your life. Edit5
Consoles [http://www.edit5consoles.com/] will be in lobby showing off
Editing tables and chairs and there will be cookies. And water.
8:30PM - 9:00PM - EDITING WITH LUMAFUSION - ANDROU MORGAN AND CHRIS
DEMIRIS
Androu and Chris from LumaTouch [https://luma-touch.com/] will be
talking about workflows that allow editing ProRes footage (using
proxies derived from Frame.io [http://frame.io/] and some cameras)
on LumaFusion and then exporting to Final Cut Pro XML and matching
back to the ProRes footage to finalize the edit in FCPX."
ABOUT ANDROU MORGAN
Androu leads quality assurance testing, provides technical support,
and consults on editing feature design. Androu has been a video editor
for the best part of 30 years. He began his career in London as an
offline editor for One Zero Nine Productions working on a variety of
programs. With the advent of non-linear editing he found a position
with Lightworks as a technical support specialist.
He has had a strong involvement with various non-linear editing
systems in the past 15 years including Avid Media Composer,
Newscutter, FAST Systems 601, Pinnacle Liquid, Premiere Pro and FCPX.
Most recently he worked as an independent videographer and editor in
the Pacific Northwest.
ABOUT CHRIS DEMIRIS
Chris has over 30 years of software engineering and leadership
experience, specializing in video and GPU video processing
technologies.
He co-founded HOLLYWOOD FX in 1993, delivered an award-winning line of
3D video motion graphic products, and helped engineer the sale of
HOLLYWOOD FX to Pinnacle Systems in 1999.
As part of the Pinnacle Studio team at Pinnacle, Avid and then Corel,
he created and integrated numerous technologies and products for 3D
motion graphics, GPU video processing, digital-rights-management, and
much more.
He led the development and release of the highly-successful Pinnacle
Studio for iPad (previously Avid Studio).
Most recently he led the engineering team at Condition One, creators
of incredible immersive video technologies. Chris received his BS in
Computer Science at Westminster College.
9:05PM - 9:35PM - ENDCRAWL - John 'Pliney' Eremic
You've seen it in hundreds of movies, but just don't know
it. Endcrawl [https://endcrawl.com/] allows you to build end credits
in your browser, collaborate in one place, preview your layout in real
time, and get one-click renders whenever you like. Endcrawl now
supports 4K and has been used in over 1000 TV shows and feature films.
About John 'Pliney' Eremic
John is the co-founder of ENDCRAWL.com and works in media tech at HBO.
Previously he ran a post production boutique for 8 years. That
company, OffHollywood, had separate exits to Light Iron/Panavision and
the Vitec Group.
He has lectured publicly at Columbia University, and the Hong Kong
Design Institute.
Currently serves as a board member for the non-profit Blue Collar Post
Collective.
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