Hawaii FCPUG

April ‘10 Meeting: NAB 2010 Wrap-up + MEGA-RAFFLE!

Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by admin.

Our next Hawaii FCPUG meeting is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 at 6:30 PM.

We’ll be discussing the latest technology and product developments from this month’s National Association of Broadcasters convention (NAB), as well as the return of our traditional post-NAB MEGA-STUPENDOUS-OMFG-PRIZE-RAFFLE!. We’ll be giving away over $6,000 in great prizes, so don’t miss out on this meeting!

A. Presentation: What Was New at NAB 2010?
Presented by Steve Szabo

Steve attended NAB 2010 (National Association of Broadcasters Convention) in Las Vegas the week of April 12. This year attendance was up 24,000! Steve scoured all the exhibits looking for what’s new and will present a summary of what he saw that’s coming out this year.

B. Hawaii FCPUG SPRING RAFFLE!

It’s time again for the famous Hawaii Final Cut Pro Users Group Raffle!
This time we’ve gathered some great items to raffle off to lucky winners! Various sponsors have donated items to give away. Here are a few of the major ones:

- AJA IoHD Portable HD In/Out, value: $3,500

- SONY Wireless Mic Package: Handheld Mic and Portable Wireless System, value: $730

- Artbeats Stock Footage: You choose your footage! value: 4 PRIZES, EACH $500

Come find out what else there is to be given away!

RAFFLE RULES
Every person who attends the August meeting and pays a $5 meeting donation will receive 2 free raffle tickets. Additional Raffle Tickets will be for sale at $2 each or 3 for $5. All tickets are eligible for all drawings. Once a ticket is drawn it will not be replaced into the ticket pool. Winning ticket holders must be present to claim their prize. If the holder of a winning ticket is not present at the time of drawing, another ticket will be drawn, until a winner is proclaimed.

C. USER DIRECTED PROBLEM SOLVER
Presented by Steve Szabo & Mel Matsuoka

In this User Directed Problem Solver, you will be able to direct the discussion. Do you have a problem with your video that you can’t quite solve? Do you experience issues with certain operations or functions that you would love to resolve? This is a forum for getting “answers by demonstration” to your video issues.

Steve and/or Mel will address raised questions by demonstrating solutions using the applications in question.

Non-Members who have attended before, please become a member.

DATE:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 6:30 PM – 9 PM

LOCATION:
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Krauss Hall,
Yukiyoshi Room
PARKING: $5, and because it is in the evening,
PARK IN ANY PARKING AREAS ON CAMPUS
See map at this link:
Krauss Hall, Yukiyoshi Room Map

***** PLEASE RSVP *****
if you plan to attend.
SEATING IS LIMITED!

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Feb. 17, 2010 Meeting: Pizza and 2 short films with Academy Award nominated filmmaker Hanna Polak

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Mel Matsuoka.

The February 2010 Hawaii FCPUG meeting will be on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 6:30 – 9 pm. Because we’re expecting a large turnout for this event, YOU MUST RSVP FOR THIS MEETING!

Our February 2010 meeting starts off with FREE PIZZA at 6:30 (courtesy of the awesome folks at DigiEffects, makers of some of the coolest FCP and After Effects plugins on the planet!). We’ll follow that with screenings of 2 short films by Filmmaker Hanna Polak, who will be there to tell the amazing story of her life leading up to becoming a cinematographer and filmmaker whose film, The Children of Leningradsky, was nominated for both an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards.

For more information on Hanna Polak, check out her site, at HannaPolak.com

The Children of Leningradsky
Nominated for 2004 Academy Award for Best Documentary, Short Subject
Recipient of numerous international awards



This documentary takes an intimate and heart-breaking look at a group of homeless children living in and around a Moscow train station. Hanna Polak together with Andrzej Celinski captured numerous intimate and heartbreaking scenes in this raw, verite documentary, which combines footage of the children and Moscow authorities with alarming statistics about homelessness and its devastating effects in post-Soviet Russia.
35 min.

"This film is more than a film about the homeless children of Moscow. It is about the consequences of abandoning our humanity." – Hanna Polak

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Stone Silence
Cinematographers: Hanna Polak, Jacek Petrycki
Featuring striking cinematography of modern Afghanistan and a riveting true story!

This gritty documentary by filmmaker Krzysztof Kopczynski investigates the 2005 incident in which a 29-year-old Afghan woman named Amina was stoned to death for the crime of adultery. Investigating the story of Amina’s life, and the events that led to her brutal, unjust death, Stone Silence tells the story of how Amina’s arranged marriage was unfulfilling to her compared to the real love and passion she felt for a friend. She eventually succumbed to her feelings for her friend, and paid the ultimate price for it. – Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
52 min

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Pizza provided by DigiEffects (www.digieffects.com)

Free for MEMBERS and those for whom it is your first time at a Hawaii Final Cut Pro Users Group meeting.

Non-Members who have attended before, please become a member.
(SEE Instructions at the end of this Newsletter under NEW MEMBERSHIP)

DATE:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 6:30 PM – 9 PM

LOCATION:
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Krauss Hall,
Yukiyoshi Room

PARKING: $5, and because it is in the evening,
PARK IN ANY PARKING AREAS ON CAMPUS
See map at this link:
Krauss Hall, Yukiyoshi Room Map

***** PLEASE RSVP *****
if you plan to attend.
SEATING IS LIMITED!

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