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Previous Meetings That Rocked!

Below are some recaps
& some streaming video of the
past few meetings that we have held.

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February 2012 Meeting
Put 'em in the Best Light!

Dave Landau, President of our North Jersey chapter gave a wonderful presentation all about the nuts & bolts of lighting people correctly for the effect you want.

Check out Dave's IMDb listing!

We learned about:
  • how lighting can make someone look more honest (or less so like Marlon Brando in "The Godfather")
  • how you should always use soft light on women
  • the various forms of light & how to use them together
  • about Diffusion....nose shadows..and that yes, size matters when you are bouncing light off a wall!
  • how lighting one person is different from lighting two people which is different from lighting inanimate objects
  • we also learned about the "3 B's" that are hardest to light*

Dave Landau demonstates lighting


Dave Landau demonstates lighting


Dave Landau demonstates lighting


Dave Landau demonstates lighting
(Pictures courtesy of Dave Hall)

All in all it was a fabulous presentation by a real pro.

Thanks Dave!


* Bald, Blonde & Bags under eyes :-)
January 2012 Meeting
Our Annual Producers' Showcase
We certainly have a TON of talented people as members & friends!

Our thanks to the following who were gracious (& brave ;-) enough to show us their stuff!
(& to Ken White, thank you as well...you know why! :-)
 
From videos to demos to animated shorts, this was a fabulous evening that just goes to prove that we are a talented bunch :-)

Thank you all for sharing your talents with us!
November 2011 Meeting
Is that Legal?
with Steven C. Schechter, Attorney at Law
What an infomative meeting this was!

Co-author of the Copyright, Permission and Libel Handbook, Mr. Schechter gave us a heck of a "primer" on copyrights, fair use, what is copyrightable and what isn't. (Did you know that phonebooks are copyrighted!)

Thanks to all who attended!
Steve Schechter & Dave Landau
Steven C. Schechter & MCA-I North Jersey President, Dave Landau
(Yes...we asked permission before uploadeing this picture ;-)
October 2011 Meeting
Location, Location, Location
with Trevor Campbell

What a fantastic meeting we had with one of the up and coming stars of the industry.

Trevor has been the soundman/location sound recorder on the feature "Come Home Rachel", various infomercials, corporate videos and several Telemundo TV shows.

We learned a ton about boom mics and several tricks of the trade (If you wonder why there's a run on Moleskin & hair ties at your local CVS, come ask us why :-)

Thanks to all who joined us and participated in a another great meeting!
September 2011 Meeting
Shooting Big on the Down Low:
The new way low-budget features are developed

We kicked off another year with a great panel discussion on the making/shooting of low-budget features, featuring the crew of "Stray"

The crew consisted of current and former students of Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Park:

David Landau – FDU Associate Professor
Director of Cinematography

Ryan Kelly – former FDU student
Editor

Ari Davidon – former FDU student
Camera Operator

TJ Magg – current FDU student
Assistant Director

Megan Osborne – current FDU student
Script Supervisor & Continuity

Kevin Lonano – current FDU student
Unit Production manager

AJ Chakravarti – former FDU student
Camera Operator

Katlyn Pickerelli – current FDU student
Production Office Coordinator

STRAY panel

We even got some Press!

Thanks to MaryLynn Schiavi who covered the meeting for MadisonPatch:
June 2011 Wrap Party!
Thomas Edison National Historic Park

We wrapped up another amazing year at MCA-I North Jersey
with a visit to Thomas Edison's Lab in West Orange NJ.

Wow...what an amazing mind!

Kathy, Our Interpreter (that's what they call tour guides)
was absolutely phenomenal.
She answered tons of questions & made the Lab come alive!

The sign

Edison Lab Sign


The Black Mariah

Black Mariah


The start of our industry!

Behind this wall


Early foley!

Early foley!

(Our thanks to Uncle Roy Yokelson for these pictures! :-)

Regular MCA-I North Jersey Chapter meetings
will resume in September!

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Till then: have a GREAT summer!
May 2011 Meeting
NAB/SONY Grand Tour!

We would like to thank SONY for hosting our May meeting!

Thank you to the gracious & knowledgeable SONY staff of
Steve Sarafian
Wayne Zuchowski
Shari Sentlowitz
Tony Rombola and
Juan Martinez
who showed us the latest & greatest cameras
that they are offering!

Thank you also to
Sam Palmucci,
Manager of the Video Department at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer,
Ned Soltz,
President of the NYC MoPictive Group,
and products reviewer extraordinaire for
DV & Videographer Magazines
and our own
Dave Landau
for telling us what they saw at NAB this year
(The latest, the greatest and the ....not so much! ;-)

Another great meeting was had by all!
April 2011 Meeting
More than 60 minutes:
A Conversation with CBS Cameraman
Raymond Bribiesca

Unfortunately we have no video from our April meeting,
but please enjoy just a couple of examples of
Ray B's work, below.

During his talk, Ray told us about how he started
as a young Marine shuffled off to Journalism school,
which served him well as he became a cameraman for
CBS and 60 Minutes, as well as 48 Hours.

He has covered most of the conflicts of the past 4 decades,
 from Vietnam, to South America to the Middle East.
Surviving some harrowing experiences.
But he also covered some fun stories too!

It was truly an honor to listen to him speak,
and tell us HIS story.

Part of one of the innumerable segments
Ray B shot for 60 Minutes




Click below for the transcript of the
Dame Edna Interview that Ray B shot for
CBS Sunday Morning

Dame Edna Interview
March 2011 Meeting
Shooting With What's New
In Panasonic Video Cameras

(This is only a portion of the awesome event)



February 2011 Meeting
Working the Room!
Make The Most Out Of Your Next Networking Event

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3



Part 4



Part 5



Part 6



Part 7



Part 8
January 2011 Meeting
Producer's Showcase
(aka"The Famous Show & Tell Meeting")

Because of the nature of this meeting,
which included works in progress,
this meeting was not webcast.

But we'd like to thank the following members
for showing us their stuff!

Dave Landau
Dave Sica
Dave Hall
Paul Payton
Melissa Exelberth
Bruce Bertrand
Carl Marxer

 We'd also like to thank the
following guests who showed us theirs!

Steve Yank
Massimo Morini
Ed Salerno
Ari Davidson
November 2010 Meeting
Making Them Look Their Best
with Makeup & Lighting

Part 1




Part 2
October 2010 Meeting
Playing "House"
Producing Healthcare Media

September 2010 Meeting
The Reality of Reality TV
Behind the Scenes of
"Project Runway"


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Archive of MCA-I NJ Meetings
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