The LAPPG jumped into the world of production this month with a vibrant panel of Cinematographers moderated by Michael Valinsky. DP’s Dan Kneece, Colt Seman and Rainer Lipski shared their experiences, techniques and advice for working as a DP in Hollywood.
Our 8th Anniversary meeting on June 9th, 2016 was a wonderful celebration of community as we welcomed two amazing presentations. First up we had L.A. Post Fest Best Film and Best Editing winner, Misha Tenenbaum share his amazing workflow spanning 10 team members in 4 continents. He detailed the process from getting Team Editstock together …
What a high energy meeting with two wonderful presentation! First we had Rony Soussan from Blackmagic Design sharing the latest on Fusion, world’s most advanced compositing software for visual effects artists, broadcast and motion graphic designers and 3D animators. Then after our networking break we had Juan Cabrera, winner of two AIS awards for his …
For our April 26th meeting it was good to be back in the Community Room! We had an insightful Post-NAB panel moderated by LAPPG’s Woody Woodhall. Panelists included: Philip Hodgetts, Clint Milby, Andy Shipsides and Lucas Wilson. We thank them for sharing their time and expertise with the group! Following our networking break busy AE …
Our February meeting was all a buzz with current and new technology. First we had Jen Herter, Director of Sorenson Squeeze Sales who enlightened about Squeeze Desktop, Squeeze Stream and Squeeze Server. After our networking break LAPPG member Jason Bowdach of Cinetic Studios shared his knowledge and research on Virtual Reality talking about some of …
Our first meeting of the year was chock full of entertainment, great energy and enthusiasm. We started the evening with a case study of “Dinner with the Alchemist” from filmmaker Kevin Good who chose the LAPPG as his first audience to share his trailer with. The group was very impressed and loved learning about the …
Our December meeting was festive filled with great presentations and thousands of dollars of prizes, holiday treats and a a visit form our very own Santa Claus (Kent Luck)! Donations came in by the bagful for our 5th Annual LAPPG Food Drive benefiting the Westside Food Bank. What a generous and compassionate group we have! …
With Halloween around the corner, LAPPG members enjoyed some sweet treats along with two very full presentations. Longtime LAPPG friend and CTO of Authentic Entertainment, Will Pisnieski, came to update us on the latest workflows being used at this busy reality production house. Will’s impressive system allows his relatively small team to deliver 150+ hours …
September’s LAPPG meeting had something for everyone. We started out with wonderfully entertaining presentation from TV director Phil Ramuno in “Editing is Easy, Comedy is Hard.” Then Sherman Bahr from VideoRepairOne.com spoke about what we need to do to care for our camcorders and what to do when they break. As always, members had very intelligent …
