Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 29, 7-9

Next Member meeting will be hosted by Steve Martin (not the comedian) at Omni Productions.  He will be showcasing the new Panasonic AF-100 as well as showing off their new studio facilities available for rental.  Brian will bring some additional vintage lenses along with an adapter to demo the versatility of the AF 100 and Lumix GH# series of Micro 4/3 cameras.  Also, Bobby will do a demo on camera shading.

Omni Productions is located at:
6353 S. Orange Ave.
Orlando, FL 32809
407-281-9087

February 22 Meeting Reminder

Featuring the Panasonic AF100
7-9 PM at Photomart Cine-Video
http://www.photomartusa.com/
Photomart Cine-Video, Inc.
5790 Hoffner Ave. Suite 507
Orlando, FL 32822

Meeting Update

Due to inclement weather, PVCF will hold an additional member meeting on Wed. January 26 at Pixel 1080 for those that couldn't make it on Tuesday. See previous post for directions and meeting location details.

January 2011 Board Meeting Highlights

Board voted to change membership categories and fee structure as follows:

Full Member (Business Owner or Freelance Subcategory) -- $60

Associate Member (An employee/spouse of Full Member) -- $20

Student Member (requires Student ID and recent class schedule) -- $30*

* Full Sail Students are exempt from fee

This eliminates the categories of non-business member, hobbyist, etc.

We will be reverting to the original dues collection date of May 1.

Discussed long-term goals, including broadening the focus to include more diverse facets of video, film and tv production, better emphasizing the needs of the independent video producer who "wears multiple hats".

To better reflect this broader focus, the Board would like to consider a name change (eg. Video Professionals of Central Florida). We would like suggestions for potential new group names from our members.

We also discussed the need for more member participation in the areas of promotion, featured speakers and sponsors.

BB

Full Meeting Minutes:

PVCF Board Meeting
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Meeting began at 7:20
Held at Orlando Ale House by Full Sail

Attending:
Edmung Rhodes, Karen Osborne, Brian Bazala, Bobby Fishbourn, Bruce Reynolds, Cornell Young, Donna Ditges, Michael Rivera

We now have the following meeting places:
Photomart at Hoffner and Semoran, across from Orange City Library
Member, Doug’s downtown Orlando office, Pixel 1080
Full Sail classroom

A. Membership Changes:
1. Sign in at the door; Cornell will provide most current list of paid members for Sign-in every meeting
2. Dues changing to an annual payment per calendar year
3. Guests can attend 3 meetings before becoming a member
4. Members and new members must sign a Code of Ethics upon payment or renewal
5. Website listing Requirements:
a. Professional business requires a business operation license ($30
b. Freelancer does not require business operation license
6. Membership Categories:
a. Remove Hobbist
b. Professional cost: $60
c. Associate member: $20
d. Student:
i. $30 with ID
ii. free for Full Sail students
7. Create new board position for someone to find items for raffles.
B. Inform members about Vimeo group
C. Goals:
a. Club Name Change: name needs to be changed to reflect broader spectrum. Vote on new name at next meeting.
b. Facebook Changes:
i. Add Job Postings and Classifies for equipment for sale under Notes
c. Website Changes: create video tutorials of meeting presentations to put on website
i. Edit Fest to address challenges of editing
D. Future Meetings:
a. February at Photomart
b. March at Full Sail – Edit Fest
c. April at Omni Productions – Steve Martin presentation
d. Quarterly Board Meetings will be the 2nd Tues of the month. Next meeting in April.

DD

PVCF Docs added to sidebar

For convenience and easy access, links to important PVCF Documents and Forms (eg. PVCF Articles / By-Laws, Membership Application) have been added to the sidebar at right, just above the blog archive. We will be adding additional relevant documents moving forward. Please let us know of any forms that you would like us to consider adding.

PVCF Board Meeting

The First PVCF Board Meeting of 2011 is scheduled for Tuesday, January 18th, 7-9 PM. Location Orlando Ale House at Full Sail.

Tentative agenda and discussion topics include:

• Year In Review
• By-Laws/Charter Review
• Goal Setting
• Membership Restructuring & Dues
• Meeting Topics and Guests
• Special Events and Workshops
• Action Planning

All board members are expected to attend. If you have a conflict, please contact Bobby to discuss.

From the 2010 Jingle Mingle

PVCF Celebrated the Season (and our local film and TV industry) by attending the Jingle Mingle 2010 at Full Sail University sponsored by Women In Film Florida. Several of our members participated including: Bobby Fishbough, Michael Angelo, Brian Bazala, Bruce Reynolds, Mary Angelini, Von Marie Donato, Doug Howard, Frank Roper, Mark LeGrand and Schuyler Osborne.


Mary Angelini of Key Moments Productions and Von Marie Donato of Michael Angelo Films, The Unofficial PVCF Calendar Girls!

Video and Photo by: Brian Bazala

PVCF Holiday Social - December 21 at Doug's!

PVCF's Holiday Social will be hosted in Downtown Orlando by Member Douglas Howard of Pixel1080. Festivities start at 6:30 pm.

Celebrate 2010 with the members of PVCF. Come mingle and discuss your projects and accomplishments as well as meet new members.

Beer, wine, and heavy hors devours will be provided by both PVCF and Pixel1080.

WHEN: DECEMBER 21 AT 6:30 PM
WHERE: PIXEL1080
N. ORANGE AVE. STE. 755
ORLANDO, FL 32801

Free Parking is available from 7:00pm on in front of the building, Orange Avenue, unless there is an O-rena event (The old Angebuilt hotel, 37 N. Orange Ave., Suite 755) or in Central Parking by the fire house or metered parking around the block for a small fee.

The elevators need a pass key after 7:00 pm so please call 321-277-5279 to be escorted up to the 7th floor after 7:00 pm

There will be a small demonstration in one of the edit bays to demo the attributes and differences of the Sony XDCAM PMWEX1 and the Canon 5d Mark2 for image capture.
The imagery captured will then be used for a formal meeting/demonstration in January to discuss tapeless workflows by Pixel1080' s Douglas Howard.

Hope to see you all there to celebrate a fantastic 2010.

Directions:

Pixel1080 is on Orange Avenue, in the Angebuilt Hotel 37 N. Orange Avenue. There is a Subway subshop on the first floor and FinnHenry's Pub. The building is on the corner of Orange Avenue and Wall Street (Cantina), between Central and Washington.

**There is parking after 7 pm on the street IF THERE ARE NO SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE ARENA. There will be POSTED signs if there IS a special event.
IF NOT POSTED, YOU ARE FREE TO PARK ON ORANGE AVENUE. Otherwise, there is parking (both metered or garage) surrounding the block.




Best Wishes,

C. Douglas Howard
Motion• Design• Interactive
37 N. Orange Avenue #755
Orlando, FL 32801
321-277-5279
www.CDouglasHoward.com
www.pixel1080.com

November 2010 Meeting Recap

This month's meeting was hosted by Photomart Cine-Video in Orlando (Thanks Jeff!). After refreshments and a tour of the facility, we began the meeting by sharing several great videos by our members including Brian Bazala, Bobby Fishbough, Bruce Reynolds, Edmund Rhodes and Roger Van Duyn. We then got into a general discussion about the industry including the process of creating a sizzle for spec projects. Following the meeting, we continued the camaraderie at the Orlando Ale House around the corner (a favorite PVCF hang out).

2010 Jingle Mingle, Wed. Dec. 8

Join Central Florida's Top Media and Entertainment Associations for Holiday "Mingling", Networking and Fun!

Fabulous Food, Cash Bar, Silent Auction and More!

Hosted by: Women in Film & Television-Florida

Co-hosted by: Digital Media Alliance Florida (DMAF) and the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association (FMPTA), Central Florida Professional Videographers and the Connetions Group

Advance Ticket price: $20 for members of participating organizations listed above; $30 for non-members and day-of-event.

Date and Time
Wednesday, Dec 08, 2010
06:00 PM - 10:00 PM Eastern

Location
Full Sail University on the Studio Backlot
3300 University Boulevard
Winter Park, FL

For more details and to purchase tickets visit http://www.womeninfilmfl.org/

PVCF October 2010 Meeting Recap

The PVCF October 2010 meeting was hosted by Full Sail University and featured a presentation by Eric Zaino, Regional Account Manager for Matrox. He presented several new video encoding and monitoring solutions for videographers.

Following the presentation, Matrox generously provided one of the featured models for raffle, which was won by attendee Irv Vantage.

We were also entertained by a vintage music video from the mid 80s produced by Bill Wilson, followed by a screening of clips from Opening Night of the Living Dead, a feature being produced by Brian Bazala.

The meeting concluded with social networking at the Orlando Ale House. Be sure to check back for meeting details for the November and December meeting.

PVCF September Meeting Recap with Michael Angelo

September's PVCF meeting was hosted at Full Sail (thanks Lee Day) and featured a new segment we're calling "What's In Your Bag", in which members share their favorite items from their video gear collection.

Brian Bazala gave an update on his feature film project, "Opening Night of the Living Dead", and invited members to participate in the upcoming shoot on October 8 and 9. If interested, contact Brian for details.

Finally, President Bobby Fishbough demonstrated his techniques for creating a same day edit.

If you missed this month's meeting, there's even more good stuff happening in Ocotober!