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Digital CONNtent Creators March 2011 Meeting

Thursday, March 17, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (ET)

Middletown, CT

Digital CONNtent Creators March 2011 Meeting

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NEXT MEETING:


March 17, 2011 
6:00pm-9:30pm

Chapman Hall, 3rd Floor
Middlesex Community College
100 Training Hill Rd.
Middletown, CT 06457 

860-343-5800

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

(No payment necessary online-
can pay at door)

Early Bird Pricing until March 17 --
$10 (includes 5 raffle tickets and food)

On March 17 --
$12 (includes 3 raffle tickets and food)

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6:00-6:30 Networking - Food & Drink Provided

6:30-6:45 Updates, current news & Q&A from DCC and AJA.  Bring your burning questions about FCP, AE, or anything else to see if we can get them answered. Jay Ignaszewski will have a working KiPro mini in hand as well!

6:45-7:45 The art of producing a documentary is a science unto itself.  Aside from a reality show, there is no other form of programming that must find a story arc from thousands of hours of footage and un-planned occurrences caught on camera.  This month, we have the honor to have a panel of some of the best in business who happen to reside right here in CT.  We've assembled them into a panel to be moderated by our own Alan Spaulding to discuss the challenges, pitfalls, changing trends, shrinking budgets, and also to answer YOUR questions concerning documentary production.  Our panel consists of Jennifer Boyd of Boyd ProductionsJonathan Robinson of When In Doubt Productions, and Harvey Hubbell V of Captured Time Productions.  This stands to be one of the most informative and fun meetings of the year!

7:45- 8:00 BREAK

8:00-9:00 Part Two of our esteemed panel discussion and audience Q&A

9:00-9:30 Michael Vitti Big Prize Raffle and Wrap-up 


About Jennifer Boyd: 

Emmy Award winning documentary producer Jennifer Boyd, is the Executive Producer of Local Programming for Connecticut Public Television and owner of Boyd Productions, LLC. For 21 years, Jennifer has been producing, directing and writing award-winning documentaries for television and non-profit organizations. Her projects have taken her across the United States and to countries such as the Czech Republic, Kenya, Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Nigeria.

Over the past ten years, Jennifer has produced 6 documentaries for public television that have been distributed nationally. She has also produced 12 energy related documentaries specifically for Connecticut audiences, as well as numerous other projects.

In 2003, Jennifer produced, directed and wrote several documentaries, including the Emmy Award winning Wall of Fire. This half hour documentary explores fire safety through the eyes of fire fighters, survivors, investigators and child arsonists. The program aired on PBS stations nationwide.

Also in 2003, Jennifer received a second Emmy Award for her 5-part series Connecticut?s Energy Future. This Connecticut Public Television series focused on energy issues facing the state and the nation, and examined renewable energy options for the future. The series was hosted by well-known actor Ed Asner. Visit Jennifer at:www.boydproductions.net/

About Jonathan Robinson

When In Doubt Productions is the workshop of filmmaker Jonathan Robinson, whose work has been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment of the Arts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Independent Television Service, and American Film Institute, among others.  He has created and collaborated at festivals, museums, & galleries internationally, television documentaries broadcast on PBS, The History Channel and Discovery Network.

Simultaneously to building a career as a filmmaker, Robinson worked for many years in the non-profit world of criminal and juvenile justice in Northern California.  He's also cooked at some of the San Francisco Bay Area's finest dining establishments (including Chez Panisse and Zuni Cafe), played drums in rock & roll bands, and traveled extensively in Europe and Asia.

Robinson received an MFA in Film/Video from CalArts in Los Angeles and a BA in History from U.C. Berkeley, studying with some of the great minds of cinema such as Amos Vogel, Stuart Samuels, and Thom Anderson.  Robinson is a member of the IFP-New York and the Film Arts Foundation-San Francisco.

Currently, When In Doubt Productions is developing a slate of documentary and dramatic film projects and is available for theatrical, broadcast, corporate; and non-profit projects as well as private commissions such as personal biographies and artist profiles. Visit Jonathan at: www.whenindoubtproductions.com

About Harvey Hubbell V

Harvey Hubbell V is an “itinerant filmmaker” – he has shot from the high-rise roofs of Warsaw to the banana boats of Peru. His documentaries have won more than 50 film and video festival awards, including four Emmys. He wrote and directed the multi-award winning comic documentary Electronic Road Film, which received an Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment Program. Loop Dreams, Harvey's first feature-length documentary, won the Gold World Medal for Comedy at The New York Festivals and three Emmys for Outstanding Entertainment Program, Individual Achievement for Directing, and Program Writing.

To support his documentary habit Harvey sometimes works on feature films, including a turn as Columbia Pictures' community liaison for Mr. Deeds, shot on location in New Milford, Connecticut. He shares a 80-acre Avid-equipped farm in Litchfield, Connecticut with his wife, Andie Haas Hubbell, the “2001 Connecticut Filmmaker of the Year”, and their 10-year-old daughter, Alexandra. 

In 2003 the Senate Majority Leader appointed Harvey to the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; he serves as a co-chair of the CCT Film Committee.

Harvey is currently at work on a documentary on dyslexia called Dislecksia: The Movie. Visit Harvey at: www.capturedtimeproductions.com


Michael Vitti Big Prize Raffle

(value $3,953 as of 03/08/2011)


Ki Pro mini from AJA Video Systems (value $1,995 - Special $5 raffle ticket)

Three Month Rental GenArts Sapphire Plug-Ins for FCP/AE (value $507) 


(3) Kinemac 3D FULL LICENSE (value $299 each)


PHXY Stylist 1.0 by PHYX from Noise Industries (value $199)

Dashwood Cinema Solutions Stereo3D Toolbox 2.0 LE from Noise Industries (value $99)

(2) Crafty for FCP from CrumplePop (value $69 each)

(2) FREE Larry Jordan Final Cut Webinar Passes (value $49 each) 

(2) Larry Jordan FCP Keyboard Shortcut Mousepad (value $10 each)


 

When & Where


Middlesex Community College
Chapman Hall -Multipurpose Room - 3rd Floor
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT 06457

Thursday, March 17, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (ET)


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About ProductionCONN

ProductionCONN is a dynamic enterprise dedicated to providing inspired events for the digital media, broadcast, and filmmaking community. In addition to niche workshop programs throughout the year, our annual two-day trade show unites creative minds within the production and post-production industry to experience emerging innovations, evolving technologies, and informative conferences.

 

For more information about ProductionCONN, visit us at http://productionconn.com or send us an email at pconn@productionconn.com.


About Digital CONNtent Creators 

Digital CONNtent Creators, the first and only digital desktop video and cinema post-production user group based in Connecticut, was established to build professional connections between editors, motion graphics artists, independent filmmakers, students, and video professionals who embrace the digital desktop media revolution.  

DCC originated from the Connecticut Final Cut Pro User Group, which was founded in 2003 by Keith Larsen. In 2006, the group evolved to include a wider range of focus for production and post-production professionals using a variety of media. The organization strives to share ideas, creativity, and user concerns related to the use of both Macintosh and Windows-related software and provide interactive forums for end distribution of digital content for broadcast, broadband and DVD.  

Now into its 8th year, DCC boasts over 500 members reflecting the diverse production community across the Northeast. In addition to remaining part of the Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG), DCC prides itself on also being an equally interactive forum for users of Avid, Adobe, Media 100 and more.  

For more information about Digital CONNtent creators, visit http://www.digitalct.org or email info@digitalct.org.