March 11, 2020

EXPLORING BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARIES

Director Jon Kean with three of the amazing Holocaust survivors who served as subjects in two of his documentary films.

Jon Kean & Anne Stein, the director/editor team behind the documentaries Swimming in Auschwitz and After Auschwitz will be presenting their experiences working in the biographical documentary genre.  They will discuss the creative and technical strategies and decisions that were used to bring these historically significant films to life.

Jon, who started in the theatre world in LA and New York, has been a filmmaker since his directing debut Kill the Man opened at Sundance in 1999. He is currently in production on two new documentaries including a project about Rwanda 25 years post-genocide.

Anne started her editing career in the sound department of Milos Forman’s film, Hair. As an editor she has worked extensively with Freida Lee Mock as well as other Los Angeles based directors and has always gravitated to projects that reflect a social and emotional sensibility in line with her personal values.

THE LATEST STORAGE AND CONNECTIVITY

SOLUTIONS FROM OWC

OWC’s Director of Business Development, Richard Wright, will visit LAPPG’s March meeting to discuss the new OWC Mercury Helios 3S PCIe card expansion chassis for Thunderbolt 3-equipped Macs and PCs. It adds an external PCIe slot for quick and easy addition of pro-level PCIe cards, and its dual Thunderbolt 3 ports offers the ability to daisy-chain up to five additional Thunderbolt peripherals. Richard will also have on-hand the newest technology products from OWC including storage and connectivity solutions.

Richard is looking forward to meeting attendees and having the opportunity to not only introduce them to the latest solutions from OWC, but to discuss member pain points and workflow needs, so that OWC can continue to produce the solutions that creatives need to deliver their stories.

*There is street parking as well as a Crossroads parking lot on 22nd Street. Please view this map for parking info. We encourage ridesharing or using public transportation as there are two Metro Expo Line stops within walking distance to Roth Hall.

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January 9, 2020

Start the year off with a bang at LAPPG’s first meeting of the year featuring two valuable presentations:

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PROS

The beginning of the year always seems like a good time to take stock and to make goals so come join Amber Romo and Barbara Bernstein to learn how to financial plan for your future. This will be an informal talk specifically for entertainment professionals to educate, answer questions and give some high level guidance.

About our presenters:

Barbara Bernstein is a CFP® and Wealth Management Advisor in Downtown LA. She grew up on the westside of Los Angeles and gravitated to the broadcast news and entertainment field upon graduation from UC Berkeley. After years in entertainment as Co-Executive Producer of America’s Funniest Videos and TV news, Barbara found her true calling in finance. She is passionate about advising individuals and business owners, in areas of comprehensive financial planning and investing.
 
Amber Romo, Financial Advisor in Downtown LA moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles to follow her career in entertainment. After almost a couple decades in post-production, from sales to running a facility, Amber found her love in finance by making an impact on people and businesses in planning for their futures. She is on a mission to make an impact on entertainment professionals to help them gain financial control.

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MASTER THE WORKFLOW INTRODUCTION

Editor Lawrence Jordan, ACE and Visual Effects Editor Richard Sanchez will discuss the “real-world” realities of what it’s like to work on the front lines on some of today’s most demanding feature films and television projects.

Jordan, a 38- year veteran editor will talk about his experiences in Hollywood and what it takes for long term survival in the competitive world of studio and network post production. He’ll also talk about the unique editorial challenges of his most recent Netflix feature film “Sextuplets,” a visual effects comedy culled from almost 200 hours of dailies.

Sanchez will shed a light on his experiences as an assistant editor and visual effects editor on some of today’s highest profile features and television shows including Robin Hood, Catch 22, Suicide Squad and his current project, Bill & Ted Face The Music.

Finally, Lawrence and Richard will give you a look into their professional level training course, Master The Workflow: Feature Film Assistant Editor Immersion 1.0.

With a desire to train the next generation of editorial professionals, the duo created the online course which has now been taken by almost 500 students in over 40 countries around the world.

*There is street parking as well as a Crossroads parking lot on 22nd Street. Please view this map for parking info. We encourage ridesharing or using public transportation as there are two Metro Expo Line stops within walking distance to Roth Hall.

Click here for a map of the location.

November 13, 2019

IZOTOPE TO DEBUT AND DEMO DIALOGUE MATCH

We’re excited to announce that LAPPG will be one of the first public stops on iZotope’s roll out of their revolutionary new tool for audio post production! Join us as we take a tour through Dialogue Match which is designed to match sonic profiles for dialogue and ADR.  

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EDITMENTOR

Editstock CEO Misha Tenenbaum presents a sneak peek of EditMentor, his new creative editing training software. We’ll talk about the future of editing education and its evolution from passive tutorials into interactive challenges.

Misha Tenenbaum is the CEO and Founder of EditStock.com, a site that provides unedited films for editors to practice their craft with. As a proud member of the Motion Picture Editor’s Guild (MPEG), Misha has logged more than 5,000 hours of union work on TV and film projects including the FX series American Horror Story, Wayward Pines on FOX, and the feature film JOBS starring Ashton Kutcher.

*There is street parking as well as a Crossroads parking lot on 22nd Street. Please view this map for parking info. We encourage ridesharing or using public transportation as there are two Metro Expo Line stops within walking distance to Roth Hall.

Click here for a map of the location.