Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design, with 2011 BCPVA VIA Award
Since then I had the opportunity to purchase and review the Blackmagic Design ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher, which has more features than the ATEM Television Studio.
Here is a link to the review, which was published in EventDV Live. ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher Review
Vancouver Video Producer, Shawn Lam, with ATEM 1 M/E
Sarasota, FL – WEVA International announced the winners of its 21st Annual Creative Excellence Awards Competition, live online, during WEVA Expo 2011, The Digital Imaging Supershow. Michael Rendulic, owner of Port Coquitlam based AVinhouse, was awarded the Bronze Creative Excellence Award in the Wedding Movie Trailer category.
While most of the fifteen categories were judged entirely by a peer panel of accredited Merited Professional Videographers, the Wedding Movie Trailer category was ultimately decided by online votes. An initial group of six finalists were chosen by the MPV accredited panel and Expo conference attendees and professional bridal consultants determined the winners through online voting.
Rendulic, who serves locally as an executive member for the BC Professional Videographers Association, only joined WEVA three months prior to the competition but quickly demonstrated that his work is on par with the industry’s top international talents. Because the finalist videos did not display the entrant company names, Rendulic only found out he was a finalist when he was viewing and voting for his own selections.
“When I saw one of my wedding trailers on the top six I didn’t believe what I was seeing. I kept refreshing my browser over and over just to make sure it was real,” remarked Rendulic, who kept refreshing the online conference browser window hours beyond the conference’s 6 PM close, until the winners were finally announced online, well past midnight on the 27th. “I couldn’t sleep because I was so excited and nervous. The WEVA CEA is the most prestigious event video award and to be recognized by my peers as having produced one of the best videos is truly an honour.”
The Wedding Movie Trailer Rendulic was recognized for was from Anita and Marko Mrsic’s wedding, which he filmed on July 9, 2011, at the Heart of Mary Croatian Roman Catholic Church, the Croatian Cultural Centre, and downtown Vancouver. The wedding movie trailer is a teaser highlight of a wedding video, released prior to the wedding video completion.
AVinhouse Event Videography is a professional video production company that produces family heirloom videos, event tribute videos (birthdays, weddings, documentaries, anniversaries & memorials), and corporate event videos.
Contact: Michael Rendulic, Owner and Video Producer, AVinhouse: (778) 835-6631 michael@avinhouse.com AVinhouse.com
Location Lighting – rapidly changing yet still the same
Lorne Lapham has over 30 years of experience in sales and rental of equipment. He is owner of Lorne Lapham Sales & Rentals. Lorne will be showing what works and why in location lighting. See the new LED lighting. Is the new LED lighting as good as they say….see for yourself. Be there to learn about how lighting is changing and not changing.
Screening of “A Delicate Affair”
Devon and Andrej from Storybubble Pictures Inc. will be screening the new 14 minute feature called “A Delicate Affair”. It is a comedy-drama about different generations of a family and the problems that life throws their way.
YEAR END DINNER – Sunday, November 20th.
We will be once again having the BCPVA year end dinner at the Pitt Meadows Golf Club. You can buy your tickets on line at http://www.bcpva.com/professional-video-member/payment-page/.
Remember the Date
Tuesday Oct. 18th, 6:30 pm
Next Meeting
Matrix will be coming out showcasing new Sony gear
As some of you may know already, I moved to Vancouver recently from Ireland and became an Associate member of the BCPVA a few weeks ago. Im a freelance editor with extensive experience in both the technical and creative aspects of editing. Im diligent and hard working so if anyone needs an edit done with a tight turnaround, Im your man. Please find my resume attached and a link to my demo reel below.
Best regards
Alan
The British Columbia Professional Videographers Association presented Sony with the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for the NEX-FS100P.
The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Jeff Ibbotson, Senior Vice President, Professional Solutions Group, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011.
The NEX-FS100P is a super 35 sensor interchangeable lens HD video camera with professional XLR audio inputs. The super 35 sensor allows the FS100 to attain superior low light sensitivity and a sought-after bokeh, or defocus. The FS100 improves on the problems that DSLR camera operators have been limited by, including moire, aliasing, rolling shutter, 12 minute record limits, lack of data-display-less HDMI record out, and egonomics.
The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association and its members specialise in event, corporate, and wedding videography.
Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Television Studio Wins BCPVA Video Innovation Award
Milpitas, CA – May 18, 2011 – Blackmagic Design today announced that ATEM Television Studio is the recipient of a BCPVA Video Innovation Award, presented by the British Columbia Professional Videographers Association at the 2011 NAB Show.
The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association. The BCPVA Video Innovation Award was awarded to companies that have released revolutionary new products for corporate and event video producers. Award recipients are judged according to the features, performance, innovation, uniqueness and value offered by their new product.
“The Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio is a game-changer in the video production switcher market,” said Shawn Lam, BCPVA delegate and former president. ”This powerful 6 input HDMI and HD to SDI switcher has the value proposition of a switcher costing thousands more, which is impressive considering its price of less than a thousand dollars.”
“It is an honor to win the BCPVA award. ATEM Television Studio is an amazing switcher that’s broadcast quality, and with it’s HDMI connections, H.264 encoding, and affordable price, it’s going to help so many new people experience the excitement of live production for the first time. These new HD consumer cameras are amazing quality, and look great, and then as the customers grow, they can start plugging in higher end SDI cameras for greater cable distances and quality,” said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. “Then within minutes of an event being complete, the H.264 files can be online for the world to see. It’s an amazing solution!”
The BCPVA VIA award is proudly displayed here, on Blackmagic’s website.
We surprised a few people when we arrived at NAB with a large booth, a platoon of employees and some of the hottest cameras in the show, all linked up and working with Ninjas.
Atomos was started by just two visionary guys, Ian and Jeromy, but it’s grown to have offices in three continents, a massively experienced workforce and a world-wide distribution network.
So we wanted to make a splash at NAB 2011, and that’s exactly what we did, winning a MARIO Award from TV Technology, a Broadcasting Engineering Pick Hit award and the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award.
The British Columbia Professional Videographers Association presented Sony with the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for the NEX-FS100P. The NEX-FS100P is a super 35 sensor interchangeable lens HD video camera with professional XLR audio inputs. The super 35 sensor allows the FS100 to attain low light sensitivity and a bokeh, or defocus. The FS100 improves on problems that DSLR camera operators have been limited by, including moire, aliasing, rolling shutter, 12 minute record limits, lack of data-display-less HDMI record out, and ergonomics. The British Columbia Videographers Association is a professional video association with members specialised in event, corporate, and wedding videography.
Here’s an interesting bit of information: did you know that since Apple brought out their newest iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch operating system IOS v.4 there is now a file on your device that logs in detail everywhere you’ve been? Apple says it uses the information to better tailor your “user experience” by targeting you with advertising based on the places you frequent. The information gets transferred to your home computer every time you sync your device, which in turn “may or may not” be sent to Apple. Okay, so that’s fine as long as Apple doesn’t sell your information to other companies. However, the big issue people are talking about is that this info on your iPhone or iPad is not encrypted in any way. If you lose your device or it’s stolen it’s very easy for your personal information to be harvested. I don’t need to tell you how the information might be used that doesn’t have your best interests at heart.
There are ways to delete this info before it gets sent anywhere but you have to have some knowledge of IOS v.4 in order to do it. In the meantime there is this handy little open-source desktop app. that you can use to see on a regular map where you’ve been lately. Thanks to Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden who wrote the iPhone Tracker. You can download the software here and while you’re there read up on why it’s important to know these things about your device.
The BCPVA Video Innovation Award was awarded by BCPVA delegate and Past-President, Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011. VIAs were awarded to companies who have released new products that are game-changers for corporate and event video producers. In order for products to be eligible, a pre-production or production model must be demonstrated at NAB. Awards are judged according to the following criteria:
Jeff Ibbotson, Sony Senior Vice President, Professional Solutions Group with 2011 BCPVA VIA
Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design, with 2011 BCPVA VIA Award
Ginna Baldassarre, Adobe Sr. Product Manager and Bill Roberts, Adobe Director of Product Managament, with 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for Adobe Production Premium CS5.5
Atomos founders Jeromy Young and Ian Overliese with 2011 BCPVA VIA Award
K-Tek President Brenda Parker with 2011 BCPVA VIA award
The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Brenda Parker, President K-Tek, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011.
K-Tek’s Norbert Camera Mounting System is a rock-solid foundation for the latest generation of video-capable DSLRs and compact high-definition video cameras. The flexible Norbert system has mounting options for both tripod and handheld use. Its lightweight machined-aluminum base frame can be used to mount a variety of production tools, including:
external viewfinders and monitors
strobe/flash
continuous light sources
audio recorders
video recorders
microphones
The Norbert Sport uses foam covered extendable graphite handes on the side of the frame to make shooting action video and extreme sports much easier. There is also a handle that mounts on the top for easy transitioning from an upper hand held perspective to a lower to the ground perspective.
K-Tek President Brenda Parker with 2011 BCPVA VIA award
K-Teck Norbert Sport with 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award
The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association and its members specialize in event, corporate, and wedding videography.
For more information on the 2011 BCPVA VIA, please contact Shawn Lam, BCPVA Past-President, and President of Shawn Lam Video, a Vancouver Video Production Company.
2011 British Columbia Professional Videographers Association Video Innovation Award
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 18, 2011
The British Columbia Professional Videographers Association is proud to present Blackmagic Design with the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for the ATEM Television Studio.
The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Grant Petty, CEO Blackmagic Design, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011.
Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design, with 2011 BCPVA VIA Award
“The Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio is a game changer in the video production switcher market. This powerful 6 input HDMI & HD-SDI switcher has the value proposition of a switcher costing thousands more, which is impressive considering its prices is less than a thousand dollars.”
The ATEM Television Studio is a high definition production switcher with 6 channels of HDMI or HD-SDI inputs and featuring real time H.264 encoding for live webcasting and HDMI multiview and HDMI program outputs. The ATEM Television Studio is controlled by a software control panel (MAC & PC) and can be used with the ATEM 1 M/E Broadcast Panel. The ATEM Television Studio will be available in July 2011 for $995.
ATEM Television Studio with software control panel and multiview monitoring
The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association and its members specialize in event, corporate, and wedding videography.
For more information on the 2011 BCPVA VIA, please contact Shawn Lam, BCPVA Past-President, and President of Shawn Lam Video, a Vancouver Video Production Company.
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 18, 2011
The British Columbia Professional Videographers Association is proud to present Adobe with the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for Adobe Production Premium CS5.5.
The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Ginna Baldassarre, Adobe Sr. Product Manager and Bill Roberts, Adobe Director of Product Managament, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011. Shawn Lam also reviewed Adobe Production Premium CS5.5 for EventDV magazine.
Adobe Production Premium CS5.5 includes new 5.5 versions of Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition (which returns to replace Soundbooth in Production Premium), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Flash Catalyst, Adobe Device Central, Adobe Media Encoder, and Adobe Story. Premiere Pro CS5.5 is even faster at rendering video than the previous version, thanks to further improvements to the parallel GPU accelerated processing. After Effects features a new Warp Stabilizer feature that stabilizes handheld footage & Audition returns to the Production Premium CS5.5 suite, replacing soundbooth. Production Premium is available on both PC and MAC and will be available for purchase, upgrade, or with montly subscription pricing, in May 2011.
2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award - Adobe Production Premium CS5.5
The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association and its members specialize in event, corporate, and wedding videography.
For more information on the 2011 BCPVA VIA, please contact Shawn Lam, BCPVA Past-President, and President of Shawn Lam Video, a Vancouver Video Production Company.
The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Atomos founders, Jeromy Young and Ian Overliese, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011.
“2011 will be remembered as the year of the external high definition recorder at NAB 2011 Atomos had the most attractive offerings with their HDMI Ninja and HD-SDI Samurai models. The concept of recording to a higher quality codec, before the video camera compresses it with their lossy codecs, is nothing new, but bringing that technology to a portable camera mountable device makes the concept practical. It is rare to see a piece of technology that so dramatically improves on existing video camera recording quality and Atomos does it with a feature set and attractive price point that makes the Ninja and Samurai must-haves.”
2011 British Columbia Professional Videographers Association Video Innovation Award
The Atomos Ninja is a portable touchscreen Professional 10bit HD Recorder, Monitor, & Playback device that captures video and audio direct from any camera with a clean HDMI output. It encodes in real-time to the Apple ProRes format, onto removable laptop or solid state 2½ inch hard drives. The Ninja has dual hot-swappable battery slots, allowing for continuous power, and includes a Firewire800 and USB2.0/3.0 dock for fast transfer speeds. The Atomos Ninja is $995 USD and is aready shipping.
Atomos Ninja front view showing 4.3" 480x270 screen
2011 BCPVA VIA award winning Atomos Ninja in case
Atomos founders Jeromy Young and Ian Overliese with BCPVA VIA Award
Atomos Ninja at NAB 2011
Dual batteries allow for continuous power for Atomos Ninja
The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association and its members specialize in event, corporate, and wedding videography.
For more information on the 2011 BCPVA VIA, please contact Shawn Lam, BCPVA Past-President, and President of Shawn Lam Video, a Vancouver Video Production Company.
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 12, 2011
The British Columbia Professional Videographers Association is proud to present Sony with the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for the Sony NEX-FS100.
The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Jeff Ibbotson, Senior Vice President, Professional Solutions Group, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011.
The NEX FS100 is a super 35 sensor interchangeable lens HD video camera with professional XLR audio inputs. The super 35 sensor allows the FS100 to attain superior low light sensitivity and a sought-after bokeh, or defocus. The FS-100 improves on the problems that DSLR camera operators have been limited by, including moiré, aliasing, rolling shutter, 12 minute record limits, lack of data-display-less HDMI record out, and egonomics.
Sony NAB Award - 2011 BCPVA VIA
The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association and its members specialize in event, corporate, and wedding videography.
For more information on the 2011 BCPVA VIA, please contact Shawn Lam, BCPVA Past-President, and President of Shawn Lam Video, a Vancouver Video Production Company.
Sony NEX-Fs100UK
Rear view of FS100, showing one of two XLR inputs.
As many of you are probably already aware the two Techno Monkey’s have grown to the point of forming two new video businesses.
Lifetime Heritage Films is being run by myself, John Romein, and I will be focusing on “preserving priceless memories” through media transfers, Life Stories, and Biographies out of our Port Coquitlam office. Media transfers, basically includes all visual and audio media. Check out our amazing 8mm and 16mm film to HD process. We can handle everything from VHS, Betamax, Hi8, Betacam, slides, negatives (including APS, Advantix and IX240). Sign up for our newsletter to see some of the neat projects we’re working on such as the 1926 Arctic Expedition. Click here to see the new website.
Techno Monkey Media Inc is being run by Paul Romein and he will be focusing on the larger productions. Check out his new penthouse office and studio in New Westminster at his open house that was announced in a previous post. Click here for Paul’s website.
Got this today and thought it might be of interest to some of you…
“REQUEST FOR “MEDIA SKILLS” WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS
Information for Employers
The AWARE Society is delighted to offer employers an
opportunity to participate in the Ireland Partnership
Project. The AWARE Society is partnering this program with
Springboard Training Ltd, a non-profit agency in Ireland, as
part of our mission to provide employment services. The
Ireland Partnership Project will bring young people to
Vancouver from conflict areas in Belfast, and from Tallaght
(Dublin) for a five-week work experience. The project provides
an opportunity to participants from both Catholic and
Protestant traditions to broaden their worldview by working and
socializing together, and by experiencing the multicultural
environment of Vancouver.
We are currently recruiting employers who are interested in
becoming host employers for this unique project. Participating
host employers will receive the following:
• a unique opportunity to contribute to an international peace
and reconciliation project
• an energetic, bright, and dedicated trainee
• extra help for special projects and overdue work
• a meaningful connection with an interesting part of Great
Britain, and Ireland
Other Information
1. Placements are from April 29 – June 1, 2011
2. Trainees work during hours arranged with the employers
3. Every effort will be made to carefully match trainees and
employers
4. Trainees are paid by the Springboard Foundation
5. Trainees are covered by WorkSafeBC through Springboard
Training Inc. and the AWARE Society
6. Placements should provide meaningful work that includes
measurable learning opportunities
7. Placements will be closely monitored and supported by
professional staff from the AWARE Society
The Trainees
The trainees will have to express an interest in media-related
occupations in order to be accepted in the program. For some
trainees this will be their first exposure to media skills
training, and some trainees will already have some background.
Trainees with only the pre-departure training will be
enthusiastic, hard working and realistic in their
expectations. This program is a bridge to further education
and training. The work placement will reflect the fact that
individuals are beginners and as such will not be a working at
a high level, rather they may be shadowing someone at their
job, or working as a gofer or as someone helping out in the
office. It’s all about being exposed to media-related
occupations and with professional advice and guidance from
their host employer they will learn how to access media work.
For those with skills the pre-departure training will provide
them with a refresher course. The work placement will be a
natural next step for these trainees by providing an
opportunity to put skills into practice, and exposing them to
the practicalities of the workplace. It will also provide an
excellent opportunity to add to portfolios, CVs and industry
based contacts.
The trainees will be between 18 – 29 years old. Most of them
however will be in their late teens early twenties. There will
be a maximum number of 21 in the group.
All participants receive medical check-ups and police checks as
part of the visa application process.
For more information please e-mail Robert MacDonald at
robertemacdonald@gmail.com or phone 778-395-3395 or 604-309-
0149. For more information about the AWARE Society visit our
website at www.awaresociety.bc.ca. For information about the
project and the Springboard foundation visit www.springboard-
opps.org.”
Producer / Director Myra Ottewell has invited us to see her documentary “Mississippi Remixed” at Missions Fest Film Festival at Canada Place on Saturday, January 29th at 6:30PM. The film exposes audiences to rarely seen archival footage, interviews with civil rights leaders, everyday citizens and high school students. It shows first-hand not only the struggles but also the successes Mississippi is having with integration today.
“The film has been broadcast three times on Mississippi Public Broadcasting and will be again on Feb. 4th (Black History Month). I’ve screened it at UBC Department of Intercultural Communications and in Surrey for our Canadian Premiere. I appreciate the knowledge, camaraderie and encouragement I gained with you during my time with BCPVA. I’d love to share my film with you all.” Myra Ottewell
Hi everyone! My name is Michael Rendulic, owner and operator of AVinhouse Event Videography and an Executive Member of the BCPVA. Join me for Fusion 2011 at the VanArts Campus on February 5th for a one day trade show and seminar presented by Beau Photo.
The day is packed with three featured speakers: Steve & Jenn Bebb, Brian Hutchison and Kevin Shahinian sharing their experiences using DSLRs for video and a chance to check out some of the latest DSLR gear from Canon, Nikon, Cinevate, Marshall Pro AV, Steadicam, Lightpanels just to name a few.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.vanarts.com/events/fusion-2011
Join me in attending the morning seminars starting from 9AM till 12:30PM and then checkout and chat about the latest gear.
I want to post from comments to BCPVA. I am new associate member with BCPVA. I want to thank David Cooperstone for encouraging me to attend your Year End Dinner of Sunday, Nov 28th. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend. I believe there would have been a good opportunity for me to introduce myself socially and networking with members, professional videographers.
I am Deaf and communicate in sign language. I work as a videographer. My bio is acting, production, performing tours, instructing acting, etc, for 25 years. You can look at my profile at www.visionartscreen.com for my camera and equipment inventory.
I am eager to for networking or hire. From time to time I will want to contact with BCPVA Members for editing on sound, music or voice to work as team.
I am happy to be contacted for coffee and other events to get to know each other 604.734.2413 or email.
Please see the attached PDF with all the details on our upcoming year end dinner on Sunday November 28 at the Pitt Meadows Golf Club. Everyone is welcome. Get your tickets by November 25 by either buying them here on our website or at our next BCPVA meeting. Everyone is welcome!
B.C. Professional Videographers Association members are invited to attend Voices of the Elders, the Association of Personal Historians Conference in Victoria, B.C., November 3–7, 2010. Personal historians come from backgrounds in journalism, film, oral history, gerontology, education and many other disciplines to discover the deep satisfaction and financial rewards of documenting the lives of individuals and families and the histories of corporations and communities. Personal history is a natural niche for videographers, a logical career choice and an ideal way to supplement freelance income.
Learn about the markets and skills associated with being a personal video biographer. Offered are 25 informative workshops conducted by leaders in the personal history field. They include presentations about unusual business models, approaches to marketing a personal history business and new ways to package a personal history product. Other topics covered: project management, understanding the potential for video and print life stories and many more.
Preceding the conference are two concurrent day-long seminars:
* Starting and Succeeding With Your Personal History Business
* The Art of the Interview
Join more than 200 personal historians from around the at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria to learn how you can succeed in this rapidly emerging profession.
Access the Advance Program, with information about speakers,workshops, activities and registration, at http://personalhistorians.org/conference/
You can register online at www.personalhistorians.org/conference/c2010/register_now.php (Note that you will need to create a login account.)
Find additional information at http://voicesoftheelders.com or contact APH Conference Program Chair Pattie Whitehouse at pattie.whitehouse@personalhistorians.biz
Register by September 30 to avoid late registration fees.
The Association of Personal Historians is a trade organization devoted to preserving histories, life stories, and memories for individuals, families, organizations, and communities. For more information about APH, visit http://www.personalhistorians.org.
As promised at the last BCPVA meeting June 16th 2010 (albeit a little late) here are the links to some very useful iPhone/iPod Touch apps for video and still photography production. The first one on the list is a freebie but the others are retail cost.
Helios Sun Position Calculator – by Chemical Wedding (who thinks up these names?)
Helios is a Sun Position Calculator that graphically represents the position of the sun from dusk to dawn, on any given day, in any given place. http://www.chemicalwedding.tv/helios/helios.html
On Set Office
“A series of management programs produced by film and theater professionals for film and theater directors, producers, stage managers, production managers, casting directors, assistant directors and editors.” http://www.onsetsoftware.com/
Hey guys, Wanted to see if people out there know the HST rules around billing out to US clients (or International Clients) for video production services done in Canada but sent electronically to someone outside of Canada. Here’s the example scenario: Filming onto tapeless media (digital media) Editing the footage and sending digitally via file Read More →
All items between $25-$50 All in working order Contact David Cooper stone 604-612-9767 or info@studiovideo.com Including: VHS VCR DVD players VHS/DVD players HI 8 video recorders HI 8 video camera Sound and video mixers Titlers Wireless mic Mini tape recorder Digital TV converters Broadcast 3 tube video camera JVC BY110 Macro-system Casablanca avio Editor IMac Read More →
Sony PMW-EX3 in excellent condition. Owned by IATSE 669 DP. Never rented. Firmware updates. Bottom plate upgrade. Comes with: – 2 x 8GB SxS cards – 1 x SD card adapter – ACM-18 ½” B4 lens adapter – 2 x extra large batteries – 1 x standard battery – charger/power supply – remote contoller – Read More →