June and July Meetings

June's Meeting will be an in-person, non-TweetBooking Social Networking event at the Orlando Ale House on University, adjacent to Full Sail. No topic of discussion, just wings, beer and chatting.

UPDATE: THE SPEAKER FIR JULY WILL BE MOVED TO AUGUST DUE TO AVAILABILITY. BB 7/17/12
For July, we have a great guest speaker planned. We will be hosting Accounting Consultant Jennifer Schuler who will be sharing Accounting and Bookkeeping Tips, Best Practices and Dos & Don'ts. For those of you that struggle with the business side of running a Video Production business, you won't want to miss this meeting!

Next Meeting Thursday May 31

Thursday, May 31, 7-9 at PhotoMart. Visit www.photomartusa.com for directions.

Next Meeting Tues, April 24

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 24, 7-9pm at the Ale House on University next to Full Sail. This will be a casual networking meeting so bring your friends. We will be discussing the future of PVCF.

Next Meeting Tues March 27

Don't miss our next meeting on Shooting Music Videos at PhotoMart CineVideo, Tuesday, March 27, 7-9 PM. Details to follow!

February 2012 Meeting Recap

We are looking for interesting, compelling, exciting topics of discussion and featured presenters for upcoming meetings and we need your help!

Based on feedback from this month's meeting, we are looking for presentations in the following areas:

Business Topics, including business plans and how to run an effective business:

• Marketing
• Advertising
• Accounting
• Finance
• Pricing
• Sales

Production:

• Writing Proposals
• Producing/Pre-production

Featured Guests:

We are also looking for Featured Guests from a variety of industry disciplines for our An Evening With...series. Guests need not prepare an entire presentation as this is an informal Q and A session inspired by The Actor's Studio format.

If you have suggestions for specific presenters, please take the initiative to reach out to those contacts and check availability. Then, make a proposal to the board by contacting pvcfadmin@gmail.com so that we may follow through with your suggestions. Moving forward, we'd like to book the next several months in advance.

Also, we are looking for a venue to host a video professional soiree as part of our new membership drive. If you have connections to a venue who would like to host, please contact us at pvcfadmin@gmail.com. Please have contact info for a point person at the venue as well as an idea of when it might be available.

Next Meeting Tuesday February 28

The next PVCF Meeting will be Tuesday, February 28, 7-9 at PhotoMart.

This will be a networking night for open discussion of relevant topics. Networking will continue at the Ale House immediately following.

Remember, PhotoMart offers PVCF members exclusive pricing on a variety of support gear. Feel free to shop!

Photomart Cine-Video
5790 Hoffner Avenue Suite 507
Orlando, Florida 32822

January's Meeting

Stop thinking that Audio is just "good enough" and up your game to beat the competition. Audio can make or break the quality of your video. Audio expert, Rick Alexander, will be our featured speaker, giving a little demo on field audio. Including microphone placement and technique, using a mixer, and various brands; from bad to good.

Admission for members is free, guests get two free admissions per year. Light refreshments and snacks will be served.

When: January 31, 2012 7-9pm
Where: Pixel 1080
37 N. Orange Ave. Suite #755 Orlando, FL 32801

PVCF Holiday Party

PVCf's Annual Holiday Party will be a get together social event. All members and visitors are welcome to attend. Light refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

When: December 29, 2011 7-9pm
Where: Pixel 1080
37 N. Orange Ave. Suite #755 Orlando, FL 32801

November Meeting

Tues. Nov. 29 7-9PM
Photomart CineVideo
5790 Hoffner Avenue
Suite 507
Orlando, FL 32822
Interview Lighting
Field Audio Tips
FCPX tips

October Meeting

October's General Meeting will feature PVCf's own Douglas Howard, of Pixel 1080 featuring After Effects. He will be highlighting After Effects on text effects and intros that can be incorporated in video for branding purposes. Including using lens flairs where one wouldn't think to try, and some killer title builds that one could use to book-end their highlight videos.



When: October 25, 2012 at 7pm
Where: Pixel 1080
37 N. Orange Ave. Suite #755 Orlando, FL 32801

This meeting is open to non-members. Non-members get 2 free meeting a year,  all general meetings are free to members.

Free Final Cut X Training

Wednesday, October 19th
Final Cut Pro X



Apple rocked the editing world this summer with the launch of Final Cut Pro X. The reception has been divided, yet there's plenty in the new application to like.

Join us in October to learn what FCP X is all about. Special guests Future Media Concepts (FMC Training) will provide a comprehensive overview of Final Cut Pro X.

FMC Training will also be raffling off one free two or three day training course.**



Where: Adrenaline Film Productions, Orlando, FL
When: Wednesday, October 19th

Time: 6:30PM Networking / 7:00PM Presentation

Please RSVP with the number of persons attending to:

info@orlandoedits.com



Meetings are free and open to all production and post production industry professionals.

Refreshments will be provided by FMC.


**Course is valued at $1395. Not applicable to previously scheduled/registered classes, must be mentioned at the time of registration. Value may be used as a credit to a course with a higher value. Not valid for cash back.
Adrenaline Film Productions
5224 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32809

September Meeting at UCF

Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 27, 7-9 at UCF-TV Studio

Studios Location:

UCF-TV
12461 Research Parkway
Suite 500/501
Orlando, FL 32826

Social time from 7-7:30 with food and drinks.

UCF will kick off the meeting with a short tour of their TV studio and facility at 7:30.

We will be talking about FCP X and a little about other platforms like Avid and Premier. Bobby Fishbough will demo a short package that was cut on both FCP X and FCP 7 and time permitting, will show how it was cut in Avid. He will demo importing an XML FCP 7 project into FCP X.

Tilted kilt is just down the road or Ale House Waterford for after meeting social networking!