DMP Club meetings are back in action and today's meeting was actually full of action! Not the movie sort of action but the planning sort of action is still pretty awesome. So here is a brief rundown of the things we talked about:
• Have more contributors to the club blog, which would write small articles about specific topics related to the craft. It would be an ongoing, rotating sort of thing giving everybody the chance to contribute.
• Create a donation-based system for students to help other students by offering our services needed by other majors. For instance, if a fashion student needs a photo shoot done they can come to us and we can do the shoot at a fixed donation price that is very inexpensive and helps to build the club and diffuse the costs of the labor.
• A movie night, once a term(possibly more), where we all get together to watch a movie and critique and talk about it.
• A club field trip to some place interesting that might be useful for learning or just plain fun. The nuclear power plant in southern Washington is the first proposed place we hit up.
There were many more topics we discussed today but I think I hit all the major points. If anybody who attended thinks I missed anything important please chime in with a comment down below so we can all benefit from a more comprehensive memory than my measly brain can conjure up at the moment.
All in all it was a successful meeting and I look forward to seeing who makes an appearance on Tuesday morning at 10am! Hope to see y'all there!
Interesting link of the post:
http://www.cinema5d.com/news/?p=17331
Here is one of the new stabilizing rigs projected to be shipping in the summer, with a video to show an interesting shot as well as the behind-the-scenes footage of how they did it, which is pretty cool and possibly something it would be nice to try building do-it-yourself style.
Aaron
dmpclubseattle@gmail.com
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
DMP Club - Meeting #5
Greetings from the Tacoma club destination of Bluebeard Coffee Roasters. It is a beautiful sunny morning and today is shaping up to be quite spectacular by all human accounts. I expect this may be the beginning of many beautiful days to come.
As has often been the case I am the only one in attendance this morning. This is surely my fault as I neglected to get the location change email out before yesterday and I am sure any who would have liked to meet here simply did not have enough warning time to work things out so they could be here. I will definitely make a better concerted effort to inform everyone about the next meeting.
As this is the last weekend before finals, I also expect everybody is probably busy with all the madness that is "final push" weekend. I will simply leave y'all with a handy post I recently came across with some links to really great tutorial sites that are definitely worth taking a look at:
http://dslrvideoshooter.com/my-top-5-favorite-film-tutorial-websites/
Good luck with your projects this weekend and I hope they all get a bunch of A's!
Aaron
As has often been the case I am the only one in attendance this morning. This is surely my fault as I neglected to get the location change email out before yesterday and I am sure any who would have liked to meet here simply did not have enough warning time to work things out so they could be here. I will definitely make a better concerted effort to inform everyone about the next meeting.
As this is the last weekend before finals, I also expect everybody is probably busy with all the madness that is "final push" weekend. I will simply leave y'all with a handy post I recently came across with some links to really great tutorial sites that are definitely worth taking a look at:
http://dslrvideoshooter.com/my-top-5-favorite-film-tutorial-websites/
Good luck with your projects this weekend and I hope they all get a bunch of A's!
Aaron
Saturday, March 2, 2013
DMP Club - Meeting #4
The finals will soon be upon us this term and I know we all have a lot of work to do. Today was one of those busy weekend days for sure as I know several of the DMP students are out shooting projects based on the fact that there are no cameras left to be checked out. Good work!
So, today I will simply post a cool link to a tutorial that should help me with my final project and I hope it will help you all with something you need to work on in the future:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/explosive_training/
If you have never been there before, VideoCopilot is one of the best resources for After Effects training, as well as a few other variously related programs, and it is definitely worth your time to browse through their tutorials just to see what kinds of things you can cook up on your own time!
Enjoy!
Aaron
So, today I will simply post a cool link to a tutorial that should help me with my final project and I hope it will help you all with something you need to work on in the future:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/explosive_training/
If you have never been there before, VideoCopilot is one of the best resources for After Effects training, as well as a few other variously related programs, and it is definitely worth your time to browse through their tutorials just to see what kinds of things you can cook up on your own time!
Enjoy!
Aaron
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
DMP Club - Meeting #3
This week was a fun and informative one indeed! And it all started with the two folks who showed up jumping in a car to drive to Glazer's Camera in downtown Seattle.
http://glazerscamera.com/
We got there around 11am and took the first 45 minutes or so to browse around the whole store to check out all the various areas and gear they have on the shelves. From Olympus, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic on through to the Leica, Pentax, Hasselblad, Zeiss, and all the other exotic, lomo, and photography gear one could dream about. The video section had a few gems as well in the Canon C100 with a Canon Cinema lens mounted on it. Lots of peripheral gear, like external monitors, fluid head tripods, dolly systems, and audio equipment. It is always cool to see what's out there!
We each fiddled around with a couple cameras that caught our attention before heading over to the separate lighting store across the street. That was another impressive array of gear and equipment of a different type... all of the behind the scenes stuff from lighting to sandbags. Another excellent resource for sure.
Then we headed to the rental store around the corner for a low-down on the rental process and looked at their list of some of what is available. The place basically has everything you could possibly need if you can't borrow it from the school(at a fair price according to rental rates, no less!). Here is their complete list of the current gear and pricing:
http://glazerscamera.com/sites/default/files/winter13ver2.pdf
It is definitely nice to know there is such an excellent resource so close to school. I know we are all poor students, and affording most of the goodies you can find there is certainly not easy at the moment, but getting a good idea of what is out there and planning for the future is always a good idea!
Aaron
http://glazerscamera.com/
We got there around 11am and took the first 45 minutes or so to browse around the whole store to check out all the various areas and gear they have on the shelves. From Olympus, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic on through to the Leica, Pentax, Hasselblad, Zeiss, and all the other exotic, lomo, and photography gear one could dream about. The video section had a few gems as well in the Canon C100 with a Canon Cinema lens mounted on it. Lots of peripheral gear, like external monitors, fluid head tripods, dolly systems, and audio equipment. It is always cool to see what's out there!
We each fiddled around with a couple cameras that caught our attention before heading over to the separate lighting store across the street. That was another impressive array of gear and equipment of a different type... all of the behind the scenes stuff from lighting to sandbags. Another excellent resource for sure.
Then we headed to the rental store around the corner for a low-down on the rental process and looked at their list of some of what is available. The place basically has everything you could possibly need if you can't borrow it from the school(at a fair price according to rental rates, no less!). Here is their complete list of the current gear and pricing:
http://glazerscamera.com/sites/default/files/winter13ver2.pdf
It is definitely nice to know there is such an excellent resource so close to school. I know we are all poor students, and affording most of the goodies you can find there is certainly not easy at the moment, but getting a good idea of what is out there and planning for the future is always a good idea!
Aaron
Saturday, February 9, 2013
DMP Club - Meeting #2
Well... I would suppose that 'meeting' implies that multiple people showed up... I don't know what you call it when it's only me. Ha.
Anyway, no worries, things are still moving forward. Next week, no matter how many people attend(online or otherwise), I will start work on a web series specifically created by the club for the club. It will basically be an archive of simply interviews, documentaries, commercials, and the like which will keep us busy and motivated whenever we are somehow short on other ideas to take advantage of(which would be strange in the first place!)
Now I am off to Glazer's to see if it might be a good place for a club field trip. Hope the weekend is as good for y'all as it will be for me!
Aaron
Interesting Link of the Post:
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/02/director-joe-carnahan-creative-control-money/
This is a great interview from one director to another about variously interesting things surrounding the film-making experience. Enjoy!
Anyway, no worries, things are still moving forward. Next week, no matter how many people attend(online or otherwise), I will start work on a web series specifically created by the club for the club. It will basically be an archive of simply interviews, documentaries, commercials, and the like which will keep us busy and motivated whenever we are somehow short on other ideas to take advantage of(which would be strange in the first place!)
Now I am off to Glazer's to see if it might be a good place for a club field trip. Hope the weekend is as good for y'all as it will be for me!
Aaron
Interesting Link of the Post:
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/02/director-joe-carnahan-creative-control-money/
This is a great interview from one director to another about variously interesting things surrounding the film-making experience. Enjoy!
Saturday, February 2, 2013
DMP Club - Meeting #1
Good morning one and all! Happy Groundhogs Day, even!
So, it looks like the club is off to a splendid start with a whopping TWO whole people(Efren and Aaron) in attendance for our first meeting ever! This is a 100% increase in attendance from my personal DMP activities so that's pretty much awesome. Plus, way more donuts for me!
Anyway, I am looking forward to our upcoming meetings where we can slowly get the gears turning in our favor.
Search for the group on Facebook:
DMP Club Seattle
Or find the club profile:
Dempsey Clubson
Until next time,
Aaron
So, it looks like the club is off to a splendid start with a whopping TWO whole people(Efren and Aaron) in attendance for our first meeting ever! This is a 100% increase in attendance from my personal DMP activities so that's pretty much awesome. Plus, way more donuts for me!
Anyway, I am looking forward to our upcoming meetings where we can slowly get the gears turning in our favor.
Search for the group on Facebook:
DMP Club Seattle
Or find the club profile:
Dempsey Clubson
Until next time,
Aaron
Friday, February 1, 2013
The first of many meetings to come!
This is just a post to get things kicked off in a similar way that tomorrow's meeting will. We are all in school to learn something new, gain experience, and someday make a buck or two using the skills we have acquired, and I believe the DMP Club will definitely be a great tool toward accomplishing that goal.
The first meeting will not be anything too fancy. We would be well served to get to know each other better, as well as the club function as a whole, and that is basically all that we have on the docket for that time. It will be fairly brief but very helpful and the more people who show up the better off we will all be as a club.
I might dig around the dollar store for some light snacks if I get the time today but don't be surprised if they're not the healthiest options around.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing/meeting you all tomorrow! Until then, have a grand Friday the 1st!
Aaron
Interesting Link of the Post:
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/01/academy-award-nominated-animation-paperman/
This is a fantastic little short that tons of good stuff can be learned from. I know that most of us are not planning to animate anything anytime soon, but the cinematography, story, sound, and lighting are all excellent examples of high-quality work that we should like to emulate. I hope you find this little short as amusing as I did, beyond it's excellent delivery of the technical "goods", so to speak.
The first meeting will not be anything too fancy. We would be well served to get to know each other better, as well as the club function as a whole, and that is basically all that we have on the docket for that time. It will be fairly brief but very helpful and the more people who show up the better off we will all be as a club.
I might dig around the dollar store for some light snacks if I get the time today but don't be surprised if they're not the healthiest options around.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing/meeting you all tomorrow! Until then, have a grand Friday the 1st!
Aaron
Interesting Link of the Post:
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/01/academy-award-nominated-animation-paperman/
This is a fantastic little short that tons of good stuff can be learned from. I know that most of us are not planning to animate anything anytime soon, but the cinematography, story, sound, and lighting are all excellent examples of high-quality work that we should like to emulate. I hope you find this little short as amusing as I did, beyond it's excellent delivery of the technical "goods", so to speak.
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