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Media Professionals of Florida, Inc. provides informative meetings on the second Tuesday of each month For more information contact David Rosenblatt at info@mediaprofessionals.org

March 2004

"Introduction to Lighting"

Our meeting was held at the City of Tampa Television Studios and befoe the meeting we networked and enjoyed a tour of the facilities. Everyone had a good time and made new contacts. The meeting "Introduction to Lighting" was presented by Steve Brown of 10-20 Productions, David Rosenblatt of Silver Image Interactive, Inc. and Joel Freedman of 2 Hungry Dogs Productions.
David Rosenblatt of Silver Image Interactive, Inc started the evening off with an introduction to lighting that explained why good lighting is important. He then went on to cover the aspects of light, the contrast range and types of lights and their uses.David demonstrated basic 3 point lighting by combining a projected media presentation and a live demonstration at the same time.

Joel Freedman of 2 Hungry Dogs Productions discussed color temperature and how to correct it for different locations and lighting.

Steve Brown gave an excellent presentation on the importance of using a scope with a chip chart to produce high quality lighting.
Joel and Steve worked together and challenged us with an interactive quiz on the names and uses of a variety of grip equipment.
"Introduction to Lighting" Presenter Biographies
Steve Brown

As owner/operator of 10-20 Productions since 1986, Steve Brown provides location video, lighting, audio equipment, teleprompter and crew for broadcast and corporate production. He also works regularly as director,
camera operator, gaffer and lighting director for a variety of clients including ABC Sports, American Express, Bank of America, Bud Sports, Busch Gardens, C-SPAN, Discovery Channel, Disney On Ice, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, FOX Sports, GTE, Harpo Productions, HDR Engineering, Home Shopping, Network, Jabil Circuit, Met Life, MTV, NBC, Outback Steakhouse, Paramount,Pictures, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Time Warner Communications, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Walt Disney World, Washington Mutual Finance and Xerox.

Steve has served as camera operator and director of photography on many productions, including a Crystal Reel award winner and an Addy Award winner.

He is proud to be a charter member of the Media Professionals of Florida, Inc. and a lifetime member of the Media Communicators Association International

For more information contact Steven Brown at 813 969-4221 or at 1020pro@gte.net
Dave Rosenblatt

Started his career working for Television Station WTVT in Tampa Florida in 1967 where he started as a page (mail) and worked up to Camera Operator, Floor Manager, Projectionist and Lighting Director. As Lighting Director he was responsible for local programming as well as local, regional and national remotes. He was Lighting Director for several nationally syndicated programs such as the "Doodletown Pipers" and "Day of Discovery".

He worked for GTE from 1969 to 1991 as a television producer, lighting director and unit director for interactive video production . He designed the "Color Television Studio" for GTE Florida , produced and directed many national teleconferences for GTE Data services and designed the GTE Worldwide Digital Teleconferencing Network.

Currently David is president of Silver Image Interactive, Inc., a full service interactive multimedia facility serving Florida since 1991.

He is a charter member of the Media Professionals of Florida, Inc.

For more information contact david Rosenblatt at 727 298-0079 or at info@silverimageinteractive.com or http://www.silverimageinteractive.com
Joel Freedman

Joel Freedman is the founder of 2 Hungry Dogs Productions. Joel has over 15 years of experience in the video industry. He continues to provide broadcast quality video production for clients like CBS News,
Fox News, SpeedChannel, ESPN, the History Channel and more.

Before starting 2 Hungry Dogs Productions, Joel earned a BA from James Madison University in Telecommunications. He then gained experience as a staff member of several production facilities and television stations. The live news environment taught Joel how to meet tight deadlines. The production environment focused him on maintaining quality in his work. During his tenure at these jobs he continually worked as a freelancer which added to his professional knowledge.

Joel combines the best production skills with a positive
attitude to make sure you not only get a good product, but you enjoy the production experience. Joel has the skills to work in a fast paced news environment, a detail oriented studio production or a multi-camera shoot and to produce your video with the highest production values. The knowledge Joel has gained from thousands of shoots gives him the experience to work in any situation and the wisdom to adapt to new circumstances.

For more information contact Joel Freedman at 727 527-2901 or at joel@2hungrydogs.com or http://www.2hungrydogs.com