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Zander Villayne
Producer / Director

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Transcoding 101

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 — 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET
REGISTER NOW for this complimentary webcast

How to extend the reach of your existing media assets and use the power of new delivery
platforms to increase ROI.

As video becomes increasingly more pervasive, content creators and distributors face a
daunting array of options when deciding which video formats to use for production, post-
production, storage and delivery. Because no single format can serve all needs, transcoding
technology is fast becoming the linchpin in enterprise and broadcast content delivery
pipelines.

Learn about:

• Video and audio formats
• Why and when format conversion (transcoding) is critical
• The vocabulary of transcoding
• Industry-leading transcoding technologies
• How to generate supplemental revenue streams via IPTV, VOD, DVD, web and mobile media

Register now — space is limited.

Transcoding 101

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 — 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET
REGISTER NOW for this complimentary webcast

If you are unable to attend at this time, register today and attend the archived event
at your convenience!

Video Symphony & MOCKFEST invite you to our

Industry Island Mixer

Where: The Cat & Fiddle Pub in Hollywood
6530 Sunset Blvd. LA, CA 90028

When: 7-10pm, Saturday May 9th

Join us for Mai-Tais, margaritas, and more at the Mockfest Island Mixer. Mix and mingle with Hollywood’s finest mockmentary filmmakers, Video Symphony’s post production students and alums, and of course plenty of hula girls.

MOCKFEST awards nominees will be announced, and Video Symphony – the industry’s leading post production training institute – is raffling off a free class. Also, you won’t want to miss what is sure to be a legendary limbo contest.

Valet Parking $6.00
Street parking also available

There will be a cash-only bar so make sure to hit up the ATM before coming over!
Food will also be available to order.

Admission is free

For more information email rsvp@vs.edu

www.mockfest.com
www.videosymphony.com

 lafcpug meetings are sponsored by

Next lafcpug meeting will be Wednesday, April 29, 2009 beginning at 6:45PM – till we drop at theGallery Theatre.

Note date change from the usual 4th Wednesday of the month.

Get out of the house and into lafcpug.

Join us as we present Co-director and editor Jonathan Walls of “Playing For Change: Peace through Music”Plus Patrick Sheffield of Sheffield Softworks will join us to show off his cool plugins for FCP. Plus Stump the Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous raffle and MORE. Agenda will be set a few days before the event.

Meetings are open to public. Come one come all. Doors open at 6:00PM

A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door.

iCal subscription link for lafcpug events:
webcal://icalx.com/public/mikehx/lafcpug%20events.ics

Digital Video Expo Moves to Pasadena!

Digital Video Expo visitors will enjoy a centralized, engaging and lively destination, featuring a world-class, pedestrian friendly entertainment district with over 500 restaurants, bars, theaters and an array of hotel options.

Pasadena also has a rich TV and film production industry history, and will make for a safe, convenient, freeway-close and comfortable destination for Digital Video Expo attendees and exhibitors.

http://www.dvexpo.com/index_IP.php

https://elandregistration.com/elandreg/index.php?e=t6jh970gXNE%3D?e=t6jh970gXNE%3D

These NAB Posts may or may not be edited in the future. Here is a list of the magazines we picked up at the NAB Show this week. Most were picked up on Tuesday, so there could have been more if I checked each day but here’s the list:

1. SCN – System Contractor News – April 2009 – systemcontractor.com
2. Sound & Communications – April 20, 2009 – soundandcommunications.com
3. Sonovision Broadcast – April 2009 – a french magazine
4. ICG – International Cinemagraphers Guild – April 2009 – icgmagazine.com
5. highdef – Mar/Apr 2009 – highdef.com
6. In-Sync – April/NAB edition? no content, all ads – www.insyncpubs.com
7. Produccion & Distribucion Technologia – Apr/NAB 2009 – latin mag – www.produ.com
8. Millimeter – April 2009 – www.millimeter.com
9. Playback – April 13, 2009
10. Post Magazine – April 2009 – postmagazine.com
11. P3 Update – April 2009 – www.p3update.com
12. Multichannel News – April 20, 2009 – www.multichannel.com
13. Multicast – nov-dec 08 – latin mag
14. Multicast – sep-oct 08 – latin mag
15. Movie Maker – issue 80, vol. 16 (Spring 2009) – moviemaker.com
16. SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal – April 2009
17. Asia Image – March-April 2009 – www.onscreenasia.com
18. Antenna Systems & Technology – March-April 2009 – www.AntennasOnline.com
19. Television Week – April 20, 2009 – TVWeek.com
20. B & C – April 20, 2009 – www.broadcastingcable.com
21. Multicast – Jul-aug 08 – latin mag
22. Broadcast – 17 April 2009 – www.broadcastnow.co.uk
23. Animation Magazine – April/May 2009 – www.animationmagazine.net
24. American Cinematographer – April 2009
25. Wireless Week – April 2009 – www.wirelessweek.com
26. Videomaker – May 2009 – videomaker.com
27. The Hollywood Reporter – April 21, 2009 – THR.com
28. Daily Variety – April 21, 2009 – variety.com
29. CGW – April 2009 – 3D edition (w/glasses)- www.cgw.com
30. Church Production – April 2009 – www.churchproduction.com
31. CSI – march-april 2009 – www.csimagazine.com
32. BET – Broadcast Equipment & Technology – Vol 10, no. 1/2009, NAB Special
33. FOH – Front of House – April 2009 – www.fohonline.com
34. Film And Digital Times – April-July 2009
35. Editors Guild Magazine – March-April 2009
36. Pro AV – April 2009 – www.proavmagazine.com
37. EIJ – Earth Imaging Journal – Mar/Apr 2009
38. Radio Ink – April 20, 2009 – www.radioink.com
39. Stash – DVD Magazine – www.stashmedia.tv

Extras:
R&R Directory Special Supplement vol 1 2009 – www.radioandrecords.com
7th Annual Digital Signage Resource Directory – digitalsignagedirectory.com
China Broadcasting Directory 2009 – 7th edition 2009 – http://www.e-expo365.com

Also, the NAB is so huge that they publish a big daily magazine for it. I picked up one each of the three days I was there as well. (Mon-Wed)

Just wanted to post things, as I get them up.

Pics I took at the REDUser.net party are here:

http://wordpress.quintessentialstudios.net/REDUser_Party2009.html (page in progress, but up)

I remember a poem from the E. Joseph Cossman marketing course that quipped something to the effect of, “I’m a very important person… I’ll live on forever… I’m on a mailing list!”

For those who want such a feeling, I have a solution for you. You, of course, have to be in business in the related field but whatever field that is, I recommend getting at least a subscription to it’s relevant trade publication.

This applies to any field, whether it be manufacturing, electrical subcontracting, musical instrument retailer or whatever field you’re in. If you aren’t sure of what trade magazines there are for your chosen profession, check the library for the Standard Rate and Data. It gives the rates for advertising in magazines as well as for TV stations, there are multiple volumes that cover different media but one of them covers trade publications. I think that one is called the business publication advertising source. You could also look up direct marketing list sources with this publication. This tip alone is worth a lot. Feel free to donate via paypal to: quintessentialstudios@gmail.com if you feel you should!

Believe it or not, I did not use the above reference for the following list; I just built it up over the past year by lots of searching and subscribing and referrals.

Here are the magazines (mostly free) that I subscribe to currently:
* Creative Cow Magazine
* Creative Screenwriting <- paid subscription, not free
* Digital Content Producer
* Digital Signage Magazine
* DV (Digital Video)
* DVXUser Monthly
* Event DV <- they are moving to paid subscription and I will not be subscribing to them anymore.
* Home Media Magazine <- this one is overkill, weekly or bi-weekly, I think I’m going to cancel.
* Government Video
* Millimeter
* MovieMaker Magazine
* Post Magazine
* Pro Audio Review
* Streaming Media Magazine
* STUDIO MONTHLY
* TVB Television Broadcast
* TV Technology
* Videography

In addition to the paper mailings, most of the above magazines offer digital subscriptions, so, you can “go green”, if you prefer. They also send you tons of email so you can hear from their advertisers, etc. It’s a lot to go through, but for me there are some tidbits here and there that I DO find interesting and some of them I even tweet about.