Commerce, sales, the bottom line...the language of business and of production companies. From LLC to getting work to what is your time worth? Enhance your production company's profitability and feed the starving artist.

The concept behind the upcoming workshop is to give filmmakers/producers a foundation that imparts a financial acumen in relation to having a company or being a sole proprietor. This workshop will be followed by the more advanced, Business/Financial Modeling for Filmmakers, at a later date. Topics of this workshop will include:

The 6 Business Driven Principles for Your Film

Adapt the Process
Balance Priorities
Collaborate across teams
Demonstrate Milestones
Elevate the level of abstraction
Focus on Quality

Instructor: Robin Moore
Robin Moore is a business analyst for film and media, who puts together investment packages for investors to secure funding for filmmakers. Companies Robin have worked for include Disney, WGBH, Lionsgate and Cablevision.

Location: Simple Studios
134 West 29th Street (b/t 6th & 7th Ave.)
2nd. Floor Room 205

Mopictive Members get discount with this code DYPC10
Cost of Workshop: $62 with discount

Workshop Size Limited....Reserve Your Space Quickly at this link:

Doors open: 6:00pm
Meeting starts: 6:30pm

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Presented by AJA Systems

MoPictive Monthly Meetings continue at the Helen Mills Screening room - featuring 130 stadium-style seats, with a projection booth, 5.1 surround system, free food and drink, and an opportunity to meet and network with a wide range of New York City's best and brightest filmmakers.

Meeting Lineup

get from AV3 Software

Doug Hynes shows us how the innovative app "Get" uses text to search your FCP media files for audio waveform matches.

MultiCamera Q & A

The daringly dreadlocked author and director Mitch Jacobsonstands ready to take any and all Multicam questions. FCP, Avid, Tricaster, RED, DSLR - Mitch has answers and insights. Heck, thinking about writing a book? Mitch will take those questions as well.

MoPictive Shorts June Selection

We're still screening selections. Are you a local filmmaker that can attend our June meeting? Do you have a film under 15 minutes in length (including credits)? Email us at: shorts (at) mopictive (dot) org

Ned's Toy Box

Another entertaining and unpredictable presentation of gadgets and gear from Mopictive's own prodigious guru and Vice-President, Ned Soltz.

Monthly Door Prize Raffle

A license of "Get", training videos, books, t-shirts, and much more!

Special Deal on Sorenson Squeeze 6!

Last month’s presenter, Coby Rich from Sorenson Media, is sharing these special links offering significant discounts onSorenson Squeeze 6. These links expire on July 1:

• Sorenson 6 $599 ($200 discount):       http://bit.ly/9vjGyN
• Sorenson 6 for Flash $299 ($200 discount):     http://bit.ly/dg1RNW
• Sorenson 6 Upgrade $199 ($100-$300 discount:     http://bit.ly/dh8Wxl

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Meeting Details

get from AV3 Software

“get” is one of the most innovative apps ever introduced into the Final Cut ecosystem. “get” will take your search terms, search the audio waveforms in your media file, and send it into a bin in your Final Cut project. This is a must-see demo and a great time to ask questions to the newest player in the Final Cut ecosystem.

Presenter Doug Hynes is a media industry veteran of 20+ years, and has worked for every major software manufacturer in this space along the way, his perspective has been shaped by a variety of roles including technical support and account management, product training, product management, product marketing, as well as sales engineering and support.

MultiCamera Q & A

We were going to call this segment MultiCamera Techniques, but Mitch Jacobson thought it would be more useful to 'ride on the wild side' and let you determine what he talks about. From pre-production to shooting and editing multicamera productions, Mitch has passion and experience on this topic. His highly acclaimed multicam seminar became the foundation for his newest book, “Mastering MultiCamera Techniques” by Focal Press, released today.

Join us and get your MultiCam questions answered!

Mitch caught the filmmaking bug early, with a Kodak Brownie 8mm camera gifted to him by his grandfather. In 1984 he started his career as an ENG-style director / cameraman, cutting his own packages. Mitch became a full-time editor in the mid-1990s, in time for the NLE revolution. Multi-camera productions is his passion. In 2009 he toured the United States with his Multi-Cam presentation and now has a book in the wings, “Mastering Multi-Camera Editing”.

MoPictive Shorts June Selection: TBA

Ned Soltz: Ned’s Toy Box

Join us as MoPictive’s own Ned Soltz demos his favorite of the latest gear that has floated across his product reviewer’s desk. We never know what Ned’s going to pull out of his Toy Box!

Ned Soltz has over 25 years of experience in various areas of production and computer technology. He started using FCP 1.0 immediately after its 1999 release and has not looked back since. He was among the founders of the Los Angeles FCPUG. He likes to shoot, edit, and just generally support and troubleshoot the entire production and post production process. But Ned is really a gear-head at heart. He is a contributing editor of Videography and DV Magazine and is one of the administrators of 2-pop.com. The Soltz family just moved to Teaneck and looks forward to greater participation in the user group and production communities.

Door Prize Raffle

As always, we continue our monthly door prize raffle of a basket of goodies donated to us from the world's best vendors. When you support them, you're supporting MoPictive. See the list on the left.

This month we are also raffling off a license of "get" and a few of Mitch's new "Mastering Multicam Workflows".

Meet the folks who make the tools that run our businesses!

Presented by AJA Systems

Blackmagic Design

Frank Conti, President of OneSource Video, will discuss the recent NAB announcements from Blackmagic Design. This will include an update on the DaVinci on the Mac for $1k news, the new family of USB 3.0 capture and playback cards, the new HD Extreme 3D card and HDLink Pro 3D products and a number of other new products.

Sorenson Media

Coby Rich, Marketing and Events Director for Sorenson Media, will cover the the new Squeeze 6 Final Cut workflow, including the integrated review and approval tools. He'll also cover web compression best practices and a few tips and tricks to get your online video looking amazing.

Coby Rich oversees the video production, advertising, marketing and all trade shows and events for Sorenson Media. Possessing a deep background in video editing, Rich loves to dig far into the nuts and bolts of encoding to get the best quality video possible. Previously, Rich worked in various marketing roles for companies such as LoveSac, SingleHanded and Rhodes International. Rich holds an MBA from Michigan State University and a BS in Public Relations from the University of Utah.

May Short Film Selection - CollegeHumor “CH Originals”

The production team from CollegeHumor.com will present a delightful medley of their popular comedy shorts, followed by a Q&A.

CollegeHumor is the #1 comedy site on the internet, showcasing hilarious original videos, articles, contests, and interactive features, as well as pictures and videos submitted by fans. The in-house writing and production team powers CH Originals, which delivers original, TV-quality comedy videos multiple times a week.

Ned's Toy Box

Join us as MoPictive’s own Ned Soltz demos his favorite of the latest gear that has floated across his product reviewer’s desk. We never know what Ned’s going to pull out of his Toy Box!

Ned Soltz has over 25 years of experience in various areas of production and computer technology. He started using FCP 1.0 immediately after its 1999 release and has not looked back since. He was among the founders of the Los Angeles FCPUG. He likes to shoot, edit, and just generally support and troubleshoot the entire production and post production process. But Ned is really a gear-head at heart. He is a contributing editor of Videography and DV Magazine and is one of the administrators of 2-pop.com. The Soltz family just moved to Teaneck and looks forward to greater participation in the user group and production communities.

Door Prize Raffle

As always, we continue our monthly door prize raffle of a basket of goodies donated to us from the world's best vendors. When you support them, you're supporting MoPictive:

Grand Prize Raffle

We have THREE Grand Prizes this month! A total of 50 tickets will be sold, but only three lucky winners will claim one of these fabulous prizes:

• Two Decklink HD Extreme 3d cards ($995 value each)
• One Sorenson Squeeze compression Suite (a $799 value)

Full Story via PCPro.co.uk/blogs

Watch a demo via YouTube and the John Nack on Adobe Blog.

DaVinci Resolve Control Surface: $30,000

"Blackmagic announced the release of the new DaVinci Resolve 7.0 that includes support for the Mac OS X platform, upgraded user interface, improved video field support, a new EDL library, improved shared database support, as well as new pricing for all models starting from a very affordable $995. Delivery for the Mac version is planned for sometime this summer - after June."

Full Story via ProVideoCoalition.com

MC Control by Euphonix

"Avid also announced plans to further develop an open-standard protocol that expands the compatibility between the Euphonix control surfaces and Avid and third-party audio and video applications."

Full story via Sports Video Group

April Meeting Lineup

The Vitti Fund
Celebrating the life of MoPictive's founder through an educational grant program

Michael Vitti, Fearless Leader

Martha Pinson
What makes a great Script Supervisor?

MoPictive NAB 2010 Roundup:

• Mitch Jacobson: MoPictive's Man On The Floor
• Ned Soltz: Covering NAB from a Journalist's perspective
• Josh Apter & Jem Schofield: DSLR Workflow Update
• Plus more...

Monthly Door Prize Raffle

Grand Prize Raffle
Automatic Duck + Automatic Duck's Media Copy 3.0

Meeting Details

The Vitti Fund

MoPictive's President Patrick Inhofer will unveil the long awaited and discussed educational grant program, The Vitti Fund (TVF). TVF celebrates the life of MoPictive founder Michael Vitti. TVF is dedicated to furthering Michael's greatest passion, giving others the knowledge they need to further their goals in becoming exceptional digital filmmakers.

Using the 501c3 designation that Michael so proudly achieved for The Moving Pictures Collective of NYC, The Vitti Fund will be operated under our tax-exempt status as an educational organization. All contributions to TVF are tax-deductible.

We hope you'll join Patrick as he celebrate the life of our gregarious founder - by ensuring Michael's passion continues to give the greatest gift of all... education.

"Below the Line": Script Supervisor

Join us for our first presentation in MoPictive's new "Below The Line" series. "Below the Line" will bring you some of New York's most talented and credited professionals who are essential to any production but rarely get the accolades they deserve.

Martha Pinson is a talented Script Supervisor. Her credits include major motion pictures, episodic prime-time television, and smaller indie productions. Martha will be talking with us about:

• The basic functions of the Script Supervisor
• What separates a good Script Supervisor from a great one
• What is the one thing every Script Supervisor must get right
• How can you make your Script Supervisor's job easier
• Why you can't afford not to have a Script Supervisor

Time allowing, Martha will also show us some of the tools of her trade that allow her to keep track of everything from sight lines to props.

Martha Pinson is an accomplished Script Supervisor and has worked with such directors as Martin Scorsese and Sidney Lumet. Her motion picture credits include "The Aviator", "Wall Street", "The Departed" and "Shutter Island". She is also a Director and Writer for both stage and screen and is in development on several of her own projects.

NAB Roundup

We continue MoPictive's long-standing tradition of wrapping up NAB - the industry's premier North American trade show for production and post-production suppliers. We've lined up several speakers to give us different perspectives.

• Man On The Floor Report: Mitch Jacobson, will provide us with his highlights of products that caught his attention. Mitch will also demo the rig he used to do nightly live streams for The Editors Guild using nothing more than his laptop and two webcams.
• Working NAB as a Journalist: MoPictive's Vice President, Ned Soltz, will share what it's like to work NAB as a journalist for DV magazine. He'll also highlight products that got his attention.
• DSLR Update: MoPictive's Josh Apter and Jem Schofield of theC47.comreturn to update us on all the latest NAB news concerning DSLR cameras, codecs, and workflows.
• Plus more...

Door Prize Raffle

As always, we continue our monthly door prize raffle of a basket of goodies donated to us from the world's best vendors. When you support them, you're supporting MoPictive:

Grand Prize Raffle

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In Episode I, Ned reviews the Omni-Tracker SlimLine Pro, a super-cool low-cost dolly system for Video DSLRs.

Look for more of Ned's Toybox and please contact us with suggestions for new products you'd like to see reviewed.

Check out the Omni-Tracker SlimLine Pro for yourself.