Welcome to the North Jersey Chapter of the Media Communications Association International
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Mission
and Vision These initiatives are underway with deliverables starting this year and a culmination to these efforts to come well before the end of the decade. They are works in progress, and we welcome your participation Next Meeting: Check back often as we get ready for a great new year! We'll be announcing our MCA-INJ Fall Kick-Off in August. In the meantime: HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! Previous Meetings: What a WRAP! Our Annual MCA-I North Jersey Wrap Party was held on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 6:30pm - 9:30pm at MAGI Filmworks 10 Greenwich Street Belleville NJ 07109 where we celebrated another great year at MCA-I North Jersey! NAB RECAP: What's New in HD? |
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Independent Distribution -
How to Get Your Work Seen
Tuesday,
March 17, 2009
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Fairleigh Dickenson University
Madison, New Jersey
or watch it live here- It doesn’t matter if you are doing documentaries, educational videos, shorts or feature films, distribution is the key to getting your work seen by others.
- Hear from industry veterans about what works in today’s marketplace, including on line sales, and new video download technologies.
- Learn about working with distributors or doing it all yourself.
- Whether you are producing a short for You Tube or an Independent Feature, the panel can provide tips that can help you get your work out there and earn some bucks doing it all yourself.
- Bruce Frigeri, President, LifeSize Entertainment — a major distributor of foreign and domestic films and producer of the indie feature “Fear House.” His company is currently pioneering download purchases of independent features from Sundance and the Tribeca Film Festival.
- Dave Landau, Film Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University — award winning published playwright and producer of the independently produced interactive film “Murder at Cafe Noir” which was a featured selection at Freedom Film Festival and the Telluride IndieFest. He is the writer/director of the interactive DVD game “Stab In The Dark” distributed by LifeSize Entertainment. He was also the writer/director on the direct to consumer DVDs “Psychic Party Game” and “Story Time Santa” released by Drew’s Famous Entertainment.
- Matt Clarke, President Clarke Com — Recent credits outside his corporate and broadcast clients include producing and editing the interactive DVD games “Stab In The Dark,” “Psychic Party Game” and “Story Time Santa” released by Drew’s Famous Entertainment and the interactive feature film “Cafe Noir.”
- Sam Love, Corporate Media Producer — His award-winning independent educational documentaries include "Naturescaping: A Landscape Alternative," "Radiation Impact on Life," "The Energy Report" and a how-to series on fly fishing with trout guru Harry Murray. He has also written a novel, "Electric Honey" about the cultural clash of the 1960s.
Networking and light refreshments begin at 6:30 PM.
The University’s website has directions to the Park Avenue entrance in Florham Park. http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=238. Ask at the Guard House for directions to The Recreation Building. We'll be meeting in the Rutherford Room on the 2nd floor.
For those familiar with Madison Avenue, Route 124, Fairleigh Dickinson’s main entrance is on the north side about a mile west of downtown Madison and about a mile east of Convent Station. Enter through stone gates. (We will place MCA-I directional signs on campus if the weather allows.)
By train: NJ Transit, Morris & Essex line, to Convent Station. Phone for taxis, or make prior arrangements for pick-up.
- Networking and light refreshments begin at 6:30PM.
- Program and LIVE STREAMING VIDEO (www.mca-inj.org) begin at 7:30.
- MCA-I members (any chapter): free
- Visitors: $10.00
- Full-time Students and Faculty with current ID: free
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Previous Meetings:
February 2009
"Social Networking -
How to Use LinkedIn Effectively!"
You can view the archived version of the live webcast here.
Speaker: Rod Colon
Founder & CEO of Empowering Today's Professionals Network (ETP Network)
- Jump start your job search with LinkedIn
- Replace the black hole job search methodology with a 7 Steps Job Search system
- Learn how to leverage your untapped professional networkLearn how to be proactive in the job search rather than passive
- Get inspiration and motivation during these difficult economic times
- Discover how to adapt "Social Networking" to your work – and your search for it.
"Members Showcase" -
How to Use LinkedIn Effectively!"
You can view the archived version of the live webcast here.
The Program:
Professor David Landau chaired a panel of working creative professionals who presented excerpts from their works-in-progress.
The Members' Forum meeting offered an opportunity for people to show their works in progress to fresh sets of eyes. After presenting a 5-minute excerpt of their unfinished program, presenter's took advantage of problem-solving discussions with their peers. The intention was to showcase work and gain new perspectives.
The overall goal of this special meeting is to provide professional development for individuals and to continue to elevate the quality of work done in our state.
January 2008
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November 2008 Meeting
The
latest about Flash!
Fairleigh
Dickinson University
Madison,
New Jersey
- How to upload your work.
- What is the best upload format?
- How Flash compares to other media players.
- Is Flash a truely "universal" format?
- How can you ensure that your work will play in Flash rather than Quicktime?
- Is YouTube really Flash?
MCA-I ProTrack™ 2008 - Anaheim, CA
MCA-I ProTrack offers an exciting agenda of sessions, celebrations, HD Expo, Disneyland, Media Festival, the G. Warren Scholarship Golf Tournament and more.
These URLs will answer any questions you may have about our international event.
Check them out and sign up before the Oct. 10 discount deadline!
ProTrack 2008:
http://www.mca-i.org/ProTrack2008
ProTrack 08 Presenters:
http://www.mca-i.org/en/art/?1378
October
2008 Meeting
Get
ready for the
Blu-ray Revolution!
If you are involved in DVD production, your world is about to change. Blu-ray has won the format war with HD-DVD and Blu-ray players are now selling for less than $200.
At our October meeting, we learned the current state of the Blu-ray industry, the exciting features Blu-ray makes possible, and the new techniques that make Blu-ray authoring easier.
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| Panel host Sam Love introduces the presenters |
Featured Speakers:
Our panel discussion featured two top industry experts who will share their insights with us and answer our questions:
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Tony Jasionowski, Panasonic Corporation
Tony is Senior Group Manager of the Panasonic Corporation of North America’s Technology Liaison & Alliances Group and he brought us up to date on the Blu-ray Disc industry. He explained how the business has changed now that Blu-ray has triumphed over the rival HD-DVD format. Tony addressed where we stand now and where the industry is going in the future.
At Panasonic, Tony has been responsible for new magnetic and optical technologies, formats, product planning, engineering and promotion. He has been actively involved in the DVD-Forum, since its inception. He is also involved in the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) and other industry alliances.
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| Denny Brietenfeld | ||
Denny Breitenfeld, NetBlender
Denny give us an insider's overview of Blu-ray disc authoring and the features available under the full Blu-ray specification. He reviewed the primary differences between “prosumer” authoring tools and professional authoring tools. He also explained the pitfalls of preparing discs for replication. Until recently, Blu-ray specifications required extensive knowledge of programming. Denny demonstrated how the authoring process has been simplified and made more accessible to media producers.
Denny is the principle developer of DoStudio Blu-ray Disc Authoring, a complete professional Blu-ray authoring tool that is designed specifically for DVD authors who are making the transition to Blu-ray Disc.
Missed the meeting (or not local to North Jersey)?
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Video coverage of our meetings is streamed live and also archived for on-demand viewing. You can access the stream from our website or from here.
2008-2009 Season Kickoff Meeting
College
Students –
Ready
Assets for the Professional Workplace
Tuesday,
September 16, 2008
Fairleigh Dickenson University
Madison, New Jersey
Watch the archived version of the webcast here.
The Program:
Professor David Landau chaired a panel of students, graduates and teachers who told us what the colleges and universities of today are doing to produce graduates ready to hit the ground running in the professional world of communications.
Faculty/Graduates/Students from FDU, CCM, Seton Hall and William Paterson Universities.
Watch the archived recording of the live webcast here:
May 2008
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Post-NAB Panel
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MCA-I North Jersey’s meeting on May 20th featured some personal takes of what went on at NAB this year.
Speakers:
Our
panel
discussion featured two speakers, each of whom viewed the show
offerings from
their own unique perspective:
- Sol Comerchero, Senior Account Manager for Pro Video from Anton/Bauer, who also demonstrated the new Stasis Flex camera mount and other new items from Anton/Bauer.
- David Danto, Director of Global Multimedia Engineering for Lehman Brothers, and IMCCA’s Director of Engineering Technology. David is also a columnist for IMCCA, author of an online review of NAB
April 2008:
To view an archived recording of our April meeting click here.
Making Sense of
Web 2.0
March 2008
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The
Internet Technology Express Is Rushing Forward.
Will you be left behind? Don't be!!!! Jo Stapleton of Kinesis Marketing spoke about “Making Sense of Web 2.0” at The Mansion, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ His workshop included discussion on:
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Joint Holiday Networking Event
Over 250 New Jersey Communications Professionals Celebrated the Season Together!
Our October 2007 meeting was:
It was the Event of the Fall!
at 6:30 PM
MCA-I
in the
Pharmaceutical Industry
A panel discussion with the heads of video studios of three major pharmaceutical corporations.
Bill VanderDecker, Merck
& Co. Inc.
Bill has
worked in the Visual Communications field at Merck
for 23 years. In his current role he is responsible for
Photographic Services, Webcasting Productions and Video Productions.
Recently restructured as a "Shared Service" function, the group's reach
is now global. Prior to Merck, he worked in a similar capacity at the
Ed Davenport, Hoffman LaRoche Ed’s
44 years of experience in media began in video engineering at Fort
Monmouth, NJ, He started at Hoffmann la-Roche in 1973, and was
promoted to Director of Multimedia a few years later. He has
been responsible for designing and building entirely new major
facilities in all areas of media for at Roche’s headquarters in Ivan Nelson, sanofi-aventis Ivan
is Director, Multimedia Services at sanofi-aventis, where he has worked
for the past seven years. Since starting his career as a freelance
non-linear editor 13 years ago, he has gained increasing levels of
responsibility in the corporate production setting and is now in charge
of sanofi-aventis' Internet, Intranet and Corporate Branding
activities. Ivan has a BA in Film Production from CUNY-Hunter
College.
Location:
The Mansion,
Madison
Avenue (Route 124), Madison, one mile east of Convent Station.
Special
thanks to host and sponsor Prof. David Landau,
The
Program
As
we did last March, we had a
“privileged” discussion among professionals. Topics
included:
- departmental
organization (in-house vs. freelance)
- the kind of work
done within each company
- creative factors
vs. content limitations
- the mix of
scripted programs to “news” events
- equipment and
facilities
- how changes in
the pharmaceutical industry are affecting production and corporate
communications
- the current
political climate relating to the industry, and much more.
Also,
as before, our panel answered questions from the audience
– for some this was the best part of the evening!
Did you miss October's great meeting on Independent Filmmaking? You can watch it here. Just go to our Video page.
Our "Summer Wrap Party" was held on June 19 and featured lots of picnic food and LOTS of networking opportunities. Over 200 media professionals from 14 New Jersey organizations attended.
Read a review of our recent meeting: "Corporate Production in the Pharmaceutical Industry." (And here's another review.)
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