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Independent
filmmakers - prepare yourself for the film festival circuit! This workshop will help
guide you through the ins and outs of the festival circuit, the key outlet
for exhibition of emerging work.
Join Robin and Kathy Beeck, founders of the Boulder International Film Festival - as well as award-winning filmmakers themselves - for this very informative workshop!
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/training/details.asp?offering=203
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Come join us this Monday - July 21 - for this fast-moving workshop that will take
a hard look at exactly what equipment today's independent filmmaker
needs to get the job done!
The 3-hour workshop will cover a lot of ground in the hopes of giving
independent filmmakers, and aspiring filmmakers, plenty of information
regarding using, renting, and purchasing digital video equipment. The
class will examine camera choices, renting vs. buying, tape formats,
on-location lighting options for indoor and outdoor shooting,
microphone choices, common accessories needed, and much more.
Bruce Borowsky, the instructor of the course, has worked as a producer at People Productions in
Boulder, Colorado for over seven years. He has worked on a wide variety
of projects for both corporate and commercial clientele, not only as
producer and director, but frequently also as cameraman and lighting
director. Bruce has been a professional videographer since
1988. Prior to joining People Productions, Bruce produced the national
television series "The Climbing Show." Bruce's award-winning 2003
documentary, "18 days, 16 hours," illustrates his vast experience
shooting in unlikely places, whether racing on a sailboat in the middle
of the Atlantic ocean, or hanging off a rock ledge in Yosemite.
Related Link: www.boulderdigitalarts.com/training/details.asp?offering=119
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So you have done some editing in Final Cut Pro now it's time to take
it up a notch! In this one-day, hands-on workshop, you will go beyond
editing a simple one-track video project. Learn how to animate in Final
Cut, pull in graphics from Motion, tweak a look in Color, and remove
noise with Soundtrack Pro!
The class will cover:
Compositing and Animating
Mattes and Masks
Speed Changes
Audio Mixing with Soundtrack Pro 2
Color Correcting with Color
Exporting with Compressor
This hands-on class is taught by Brendan Boykin, and Mac computers will be supplied by Boulder Digital Arts. Brendan is an Apple Certified Trainer for Apple’s Pro Video
Applications. His company, Creek Mountain Media, provides digital video
solutions for various corporate, non-profit and broad clients
nationwide. His experience includes broad production, satellite
uplinking and live conference/concert production. Boykin has received a
regional Emmy Nomination for directing/technical directing and three
Tellys. He has provided Technical Quality Control editing for several
Apple Pro Training Series books from Peachpit Press.
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/training/details.asp?offering=29
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The next Boulder Final Cut Users Group (BFCUG) meeting is slated for
Monday, June 23rd at the Boulder Digital Arts studio.
To post, join the group first by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/BFCUG. Then, send messages to BFCUG@yahoogroups.com and your message will be posted. To unsubscribe or manage your membership, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BFCUG. When you join, send out a "Hi, I am ___ and I joined because ___" type message to introduce yourself. Let us know you are out there! Everyone is encouraged to talk.
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/events/details.asp?offering=165
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Join us for this exciting, highly-informative workshop as Brett Borders, a professional search engine
optimizer (SEO) and web marketing specialist shares some of his
expertise on this important subject for any web developer or website
owner. During the workshop you'll learn valuable tips and tricks for
optimizing your website(s) for the search engines and other techniques
for promoting your website and generating traffic!
Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the most powerful and
exact-targeted marketing methods available. Unlike impression ads or
commercials, SEO positions your products or services exclusively to
people who are interested and actively searching for them. SEO isn't
particularly difficult to understand, but because search engine
technology changes on a month-to-month basis – there are many lingering
misconceptions and obsolete ideas about SEO.
The
class will cover the essential foundations of modern SEO, such as: how
search engines work, the importance of links, differences in the major
search engine algorithms, building a search engine-friendly web site,
keyword research, content strategy, keyword targeting, link building
and link baiting. By the end of this 3-hour class you will have a "big
picture" understanding of modern SEO theory that you can apply to
improve the traffic to your own website. You'll also know good
questions to ask potential web developers or SEO firms.
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/training/details.asp?offering=50
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Be a part of the first-ever REI & BDA Spirit of the Outdoors Film Festival on May 17! We're looking for films that educate and inspire us to be in the outdoors through adventure, conservation and recreation films that show us what inspires you and why you love the outdoors - anything you can think of that relates to the outdoors, adventure,
nature,
travel, conservation, and the environment. Plus, you will be entered to win great prizes! Submissions will be accepted through Saturday, May 3rd and it's free to enter! Please be sure to read the full event description, rules and guidelines at www.rei.com/boulder under the Events link before submitting. We look forward to seeing you on the big screen!
VIDEOS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO REI-BOULDER BY THIS SATURDAY FOR SHOWING AT THE FILM FESTIVAL - TO SUBMIT VIDEOS, PLEASE GO TO THIS LINK FOR MORE INFO!
Related Link: http://www.rei.com/stores/boulder/REI-Film-Festival-Guidelines-and-Waiver.pdf
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The party last week was a great success - we had over 350 people come down to enjoy a very entertaining exhibit of digital work, the very cool "ReacTable," 42 Production's new RED camera, and some wonderful raffle prizes! Click below to see the photos, taken by Mark Quentin of Studio Q Photography!
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/party
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BDA presents a brand-new workshop on Adventure Filmmaking, taught by award-winning director & cameraman Michael Brown, owner of Serac Adventure Films! You'll learn how Michael and his crew are able to bring cameras to the top of Mount Everest, down wild rivers, and into humid jungles. Lots will be covered in this one-night workshop from 6pm to 9pm on January 29, check out the class listing for complete details.
The instructor, celebrated director Michael Brown, is a pioneer of adventure filmmaking
and has received over forty international film festival and industry
awards, including three national Emmys from five nominations. He
founded Serac Adventure Films in 1992.
Michael's tenacity and upbeat attitude has brought him
to the summit of Mount Everest four times from two different
routes—once while shooting and directing Farther Than the Eye Can See
about blind climber Erik Weihenmayer’s historic ascent. The acclaimed
film marked the first time a high-definition (HD) video camera was
brought to the mountain’s peak. His most recent summit in 2007 was to
co-direct MacGillivray Freeman Films' Return to Everest in 3D IMAX.
Outside the Himalaya, his experience ranges from making
first kayak descents of wild rivers in places like Bhutan and Chile to
bagging remote summits on all seven continents.
But for Michael, making films is about more than winning
awards and exploring uncharted territories. He is committed to “giving
back” to the people of the world. Whether documenting free
life-changing surgeries in Nepal, disabled athletes in Italy, or blind
children in Tibet, his films always include moving human stories that
highlight personal accomplishment.
Michael also lends his production and adventuring skills
to filmmakers like MacGillivray Freeman Films, for whom he acted as the
mountain unit Director of Photography on the soon to be released IMAX
film "Alps: Giants of Nature." He was also a specialty cameraman on the
critically acclaimed show "BlindSight," A& E’s "Touch the Top," and
on a number of feature films.
Though Michael has always loved telling stories (he grew
up in family of adventure filmmakers), his real passion is earth
science, with emphasis on weather forecasting and climate. He studied
weather, climate, and geography at the University of Colorado in
Boulder while working at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and has
put that knowledge to use in productions for National Geographic
Television, NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, OLN the BBC, Rush HD, and the
Discovery Channel.
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/training/details.asp?offering=192
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We've just added a brand-new workshop - teaching beginning video lighting techniques! If you've been wanting to improve the look of the videos you're shooting, then this is the class for you. This 3-hour workshop will be a broad look at the basic principles of
effective lighting for video field production. We’ll talk about color
temperature and its effect on lighting decisions, daylight versus
tungsten-based lighting set-ups, different types of lights, various
accessories that help make production in the field easier and more
effective, and how to design a cost-effective lighting kit for your
specific needs!
We’ll
also focus on, and demonstrate, the basics of lighting an interview,
what types of lights you’ll need, and tricks that’ll keep your budget
low but satisfaction high!
This is a practical workshop and
the instructor, Carl Filoreto, will have on hand HMI’s, Kino Flos, LitePanel LED
lights, and a variety of tungsten instruments. We’ll light an interview
in several different ways, and see the results in a production monitor.
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/training/details.asp?offering=184
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Take your FCP editing skills to a whole new level with this three-hour workshop, taught by the amazing Don Poe! The class focuses on color correction and effects techniques topics include motion and filter effects, keying and compositing, animated titles, scene-to-scene color matching, and correcting for broadcast specifications. Participants in this exciting class will learn to properly read video scopes, adjust contrast, fix color balance, and transcoding and outputting video to numerous formats.
Related Link: http://www.boulderdigitalarts.com/training/details.asp?offering=129
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