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The 4EVER Group is dedicated to providing resource,
educational materials and services to all facets of the event video
industry. By offering quality products and services, by hosting
educational events and by bringing the industry together as one
support network, The 4EVER Group will help advance and promote the
entire event video industry.
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| Convention Presenters (pg 4) |
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| MONDAY WORKSHOP (1/9/06) - 12noon until 2pm |
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ZERO TO DVD
with DVD Studio Pro
Jan Ozer
Beginners or intermediate users, contributing editor for “EventDV” and the author of “DV 101” Jan Ozer will demonstrate the fundamentals of how to create a DVD in DVD Studio Pro, starting with the building blocks (menus, tracks, slideshows and playlists) and then how to produce menus from scratch or from templates.
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Jan will enlighten everyone on marker (chapter point) creation and button linking; then illustrate how to create Stories in DVD Studio Pro, a powerful feature enabling superb navigational flexibility. You will learn how to control the viewing experience with first play videos, menu timeouts, drop zones, end actions and end action overrides; plus creating audio and video menus. Learn Jan’s recommended preview checklist that will help ensure the integrity of all your future DVDs..
In the end, you'll learn how to create enjoyable and creative DVDs in DVD Studio Pro and how to use the program features to control and enhance the viewing experience.
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| MONDAY WORKSHOP (1/9/06) - 2:30pm until 4:30pm |
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ZERO TO DVD
with ADOBE Encore
Jan Ozer
Beginning and intermediate users alike will find this workshop beneficial as Jan Ozer describes how to easily create a DVD using Adobe Encore. Starting with the building blocks (menus, tracks, slideshows and playlists) and explaining how to produce menus from scratch and from Adobe Encore’s templates.
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Beyond chapter point creation and button linking, Jan will also illustrate how to create “Play Lists”, a powerful feature enabling superb navigational flexibility. Once all menus and content are produced and linked, you will learn how to control the viewing experience with first play videos, menu timeouts, end actions and end action overrides. Plus learn Jan’s recommended preview checklist that will ensure the integrity of all future DVDs.
You will learn how to create highly watchable/enjoyable DVDs using Adobe Encore, plus how to use Encore’s features to control and enhance the viewing experience.
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Thursday (1/12/06) - 8:45am until 9:45am
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Don’t be afraid of
THE SAME DAY EDIT
Laura and Chris Randall
Think you can’t pull off a Same Day Edit? Think again! Same Day Edits are becoming the hottest thing in videography. Brides are looking for new and unique ideas to entertain their guests and they are a perfect fit!
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Learn what is involved, from how to first overcome the fear, then how to sell it to a client, on to the pre-planning and the “must-have shots”. Continue on to the actual edit, the presentation, and how to totally reap the rewards. Laura and Chris Randall, of Edit-1 Media, will walk you through this worthwhile process and dissect her methods piece by piece.
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| Tuesday (1/10/06) - 5pm until 7pm |
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CRITIC’S CORNER
Tim Ryan
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Steve Wernick |
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What Makes a Great Wedding/Event Video... Great?
Two legends in the world of Video Education, will give you
their combined 40+ years of experience in just two hours time.
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For Tim Ryan and Steve Wernick, wedding and event education is more a craft than a job. The 4EVER Group’s favorite bickering couple will achieve “critical mass” once again as they review and offer their opinions on some of the best videos in our industry. “We've been producing and critiquing videos (and each other) for years,” says Ryan. “The give and take of our sometimes differing views is the real strength of our presentation.” You'll be able to improve your own productions by hearing about what works and what doesn't work, and more importantly, WHY. “This will be a different kind of an educational opportunity. We'll be confronting each other in a public forum and we'll be including YOU in the process. Unlike other artistic pursuits, there are essentially no critics working in our industry. That’s our role in this program,” says Wernick. Discerning opinions... Interesting insights... Inspirational banter… This promises to be your one stop shop for education and fun!
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| Tuesday (1/10/06) - 11am until 12noon |
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Profiting from
BIOGRAPHY PRESENTATIONS
Hal Slifer
The video history of one's life, commonly known as biographies are not only exciting and fun to produce, but they are extremely profitable. Highly sought after video historian Hal Slifer will share with you his creativity and production values in producing biography videos shown at weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and family event.
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Learn how to best showcase photographs, home movies and video interviews in the productions as well as how to sell the value for even greater profitability; whether it is a Same Day Wedding Edits, where you’ll discover the elements that Hal uses to make a great “Wedding at the Wedding” production, from interviews, photographs, home movies and more; plus the right way to write a script for the “Wedding at The Wedding”. You will learn the proper use of humorous timing when producing biographies and family histories.
Hal will share his top ten list of creative ideas for producing great biography/family histories, plus you won’t want to miss three “P”s of getting paid what the job is worth; Product, Personality, Profit! Through the use of humor, same day edits, and family historical content Hal will showcase his projects shown during the Event and commanding upwards of $5,000 to $10,000 per project.
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| MONDAY WORKSHOP (1/9/06) - 12noon until 4:30pm |
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SONY VEGAS
...Complete
Douglas Spotted Eagle
Join Douglas Spotted Eagle in this advanced SONY Vegas software training session. Learn to make your video shine in Vegas with advanced titling, special effects and learning how the pros use the system for chromakey and compositing.
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Topics include: Advanced editing tips and tricks, using Generated Media to repair or enhance images, repairing overexposure, spicing up a single camera shoot, using masks, mattes and titles and making killer lower thirds.
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| Tuesday (1/10/06) - 8pm until 9pm |
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FIELD AUDIO PRODUCTION
The Tools You Need to Sound Great
Douglas Spotted Eagle
Audio production in the field, including proper mic techniques, using wireless audio devices, and working with uncooperative subjects are often the most challenging aspects of event videography.
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In addition to wireless and wired mics, this session will cover field mixers, wind screens, boom poles and much more. Join Douglas Spotted Eagle, and learn how to capture the best possible audio, often under the worst possible conditions.
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| Tuesday (1/10/06) - 9:10pm until 10:10pm |
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Affordable HD...
HDV DEMYSTIFIED
Douglas Spotted Eagle
Affordable HD is here. Focusing on HDV, and covering other low-cost HD alternatives, this session will demystify the new high-definition mediums. The session will cover codecs, color space, compression formats... progressive and interlaced and 720 and 1080.
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HD expert Douglas Spotted Eagle will also touch on dealing with HDV in post, including output/delivery options... both present and future. Find out what the buzz is all about. Join “Spot” and discover the secrets of using low cost HD effectively.
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| Schedule Subject to Change without notice. |
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