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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 |
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April. 2006
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We had a full house at the April meeting. People really wanted to see these presentations! |
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The meeting was opened by our President Tom Krug who introduced the board and everyone to each other.
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| The Tech Track was provided by David Rosenblatt of Silver Image Interactive, Inc. David covered how to develop a master test video for streaming video. He also covered using MPEG4 and the new H.264 to develop exceptional streaming video. See below in the Handout section for a PDF Document on streaming video. | ||||
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| There were two programs for this month's meeting. Cathy Straka, a local free-lance producer, spoke about the reasons for needing “releases” for all kinds of productions… and not just talent releases! | ||||
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Did you know that there are releases for products and locations as well? She told a great story about how having those signed releases saved her… big time! |
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Cathy had several different kinds of releases as handouts, so if you missed the meeting, you might still be able to get a copy! See below in the Handout section on how to get those forms. |
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| The second program was by Mike Barnitt, of Bilagaana Recording Company. He spoke about location audio techniques and gave examples of what to do… and what NOT to do. | ||||
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To record quality audio in the field, you need to use good quality equipment and you need to know how to use it. Of course, there’s nothing like experience to fix that sound of clothing rustle (or the sound of chest hair) on a lavalier mic. |
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Mike stressed how important it is to use a good quality boom mike in place of a lavalier, when possible. Oh yeah, and one other thing… have a backup plan in case that hard disk recorder crashes! Afterwards Mike was available to answer questions and share his expertise on an individual basis with our group. |
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| A special thanks to Carl Schweibinz and HCC for hosting another great MPFI meeting. | ||||
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Encoding for Streaming Video
Forms for releases at www.videouniversity.com/releases |
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Cathy Straka at cstraka@tampabay.rr.com Mike Barnitt at bilagaanarc@aol.com |
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Cathy Straka began her career traveling around the world shooting film documentaries for the Pentagon. After getting out of the Army, Cathy worked as a producer/shooter/editor for the number one rated PM Magazine in the United States. After two years with PM Magazine Cathy was hired as a news shooter for CBS in New York City. After six years with CBS Cathy worked as a Media Production Specialist for the Pinellas County Schools Department of Media Services. After nine years with Media Services Cathy moved back to New York City, this time as a freelance editor for the NBC Today Show. Since 2001 Cathy has been freelancing as a producer, assistant producer, production assistant, teleprompter operator and camera person on a variety of productions.
Mike Barnitt, President of Bilagaana Recording Co, has been recording sound for motion pictures for nearly thirty years. He has worked on many projects including documentary and feature films all over the world… and even to the Titanic. |
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