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LOOK WHO ATTENDED 20/20 Communications |
I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a wonderful 4th of July and summer season. I would also like to thank you for your participation and support of the HD EXPO community.
HD EXPO is growing with all of our expos and workshops and our online community. This summer we have three types of educational workshop being produced throughout the country and our online community, Virtual HD EXPO, is proud to be streaming the SOC Awards. We are always looking for new ways to expand our community and provide the best information and value to you. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Happy 4th of July and thank you! Kristin Petrovich HD EXPO June 6 & 7 at Navy Pier Wrap up Notes from the Windy City
HD EXPO returned to the Midwest on June 6th and 7th with 2 full days of educational workshops, panels and conferences the exhibition hall was a buzz and the INTENSIVE Workshops and panels were well received. By the end of the two-day Expo, the midwestern appetite for professional HD knowledge was clear.
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 Virtual HD EXPOHD EXPO is excited to announce the 2007 SOC Awards are streaming on the HD EXPO site 2007 SOC Awards: The Society of Camera Operators, the honorary society recognized for its high caliber of active camera operator members, associate members, and corporate affiliates, continues its tradition of honoring the best and the brightest in the industry at its Lifetime Achievement Awards on Saturday January 20th, 2007. Watch Now |
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HD EXPO Workshops
HD EXPO is education
Liberate your creative process! Discover the true freedom of a non-linear image workflow! Go Tapeless! In production facilities around the world…in cameras across the universe…in post houses on every continent, tape is disappearing and being replaced by data cards, hard drives, and compact storage devices designed for speed, capacity, and efficiency. With P2, the tapeless revolution has spread from the newsrooms to the production community, from post houses to cinematographers. This two-day P2 Workflow Workshop illuminates the process of becoming completely tapeless, illustrates the entire workflow from image acquisition to data archive, and shows you how you can join the non-linear, tapeless revolution. Lead the revolution and register today. To learn more about taking the workshop for FREE click here.
The world is changing to High Definition - this course will help you make sure your business vision is clear. The High Definition revolution has begun, making a basic familiarity with HD technology essential. If you are responsible for purchasing, creating, directing, or selling HD content, the effects of this global change on your business will be profound. Attending HD Fundamentals will help assure you don’t get left behind. For more information click here.
HD EXPO Workshops VariCamp is a three-day extensive workshop covering all aspects of the Panasonic VariCam camera. Learn how to get the most out of the VariCam and maximize your investment with:
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Beginning where the VariCamp Workshop ends. This one-day workshop goes in-depth into the Panasonic VariCam and its application including support equipment. The Advanced VariCamp is designed to assist you in taking the VariCam to the next level and mastering these advanced techniques:
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This dynamic workshop delivers curriculum developed by the industry's most accomplished color experts. We'll reveal everything from basic color theory to lab processes essential to getting the perfect picture from your imagination to the screen, whether your background is in creating feature films, or you just picked up an HD camera and shot your first short. You'll come away with the knowledge of the tools, the techniques, the processes and the industry secrets you need to understand everything from the theory, to navigating your project from the first shot through color grading your digital intermediate, to producing a release print for projection. For more information click here. |
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NATPE Produces the LATV Festival, Celebrating the Art and Commerce of Video Content
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) is producing an all-star lineup of screenings, a day-long program focusing on digital content, the NextGen TV Competition, TV Producers' Boot Camp and pitch pit, gala parties and netwprking opportunities for its first annual LATV Festival being held July 25th through 27th at various locations in Los Angeles. Show runners and top executives will screen and discuss new episodes of Lost, The Office, Supernanny, Weeds and America’s Next Producer during breakfast and evening sessions over the course of three days. More... |
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MovieMaker Magazine You’ve proven yourself to be a moviemaker on the cutting-edge—now you’re being rewarded for it! For a limited time, friends of HD EXPO can take advantage of a special offer: One year of MovieMaker Magazine, the world’s best-selling independent movie magazine, for just $9.99 (a savings of 75% off the newsstand rate). Packed with celebrity interviews, tech reviews, how-to and trend pieces, MovieMaker is the first word on “the art and business of making movies.” Now you’ve got the chance to find out for yourself at a price that can’t be beat! Log onto https://www.moviemaker.com/subscribe/index.php?source=HDEXPO now.
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LATV Festival – Celebrating the Art & Commerce of Video Content HD Expo is proud to be a Friend of LATVF Sponsor Produced by NATPE, LATVF (July 25-27) is expected to attract emerging and seasoned video content creators. The general public is invited to attend parties and screenings, too. Events include the 5th annual NATPE TV Producers’ Boot Camp, the NextGenTV Competition, digital showcases, sessions, workshops, panel discussions, networking events, a pitch pit and more… As a partner of the LATV Festival produced by NATPE, we are pleased to offer the HD EXPO community a special rate of 25% off your registration to all of the LATV Festival events. In order to take advantage of this special rate, simply enter the promo code at the checkout screen of the registration section of www.latvfest.net, and the reduced rate will be applied - Promo Code: HDF107 Venues include House of Blues, The Highlands, Comedy Store and Pacific Design Center. |
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While Chicago may be home to Oprah’s Harpo Productions and the Christopher Nolan helmed Batman franchise, the Midwest doesn’t generally have the good fortune of Los Angeles or New York when it comes to immediate industry-related education or product tutorials. With the yearly promise of HD EXPO coming to town, there is obvious reason behind the Expos steady growth in Chicago. Kristin Petrovich, CEO and Founder of HD EXPO, commented “HD EXPO is the only technology expo and conference program to offer this community such a high level of professional education and top tier product expertise. Our success in the Midwest illustrates the need and desire for this level of expertise and education.” 
This was the year HD EXPO Midwest introduced an entire day of education to the event. On Wednesday, June 6th, we produced the HD FUNdamentals workshop, with Petrovich, Aaron Latham (Panavision) and Michael Cioni (Plaster City) taking over 50 attendees through an in-depth introduction of understanding high definition in production and postproduction. The next day, June 7th, was the HD EXPO itself as well as six more INTENSIVE workshops presented by Apple, Avid, Adobe, Quantel and Sony.
Reaching over 850 people in attendance and achieving a remarkable 35% increase in registered attendees, HD EXPO has pulled of quite the show. After all, Chicago isn’t as welcoming of a stage as you may think. Petrovich noted, “Chicago is a challenging city to produce a tradeshow and conferences. There are very limited choices in the venue; costs are much higher and it takes a lot of determination to pull the production and advertising community together. That having been said, I believe that we were able to pull the community together and to our surprise, received strong national support from both attendees and exhibitors.” 
P2 Workflow Workshop Going Tapeless: Evolving a freeform non-linear image workflow
HD FUNdamentals Your essential introduction to HD, A to Z
VARICAMP Make the VariCam® Work for You
Advanced VariCamp Take the VariCam® to the Next Level
ColorCamp Demystifying color: from acquisition through projection