AVP Training & Membership Conference &ndash February 5-7, 2009

Video Training in Florida!

Location
     Radisson Orlando Celebration
     2900 Parkway Blvd, Kissimmee, FL 34747

Hotel Reservations
     407-396-7000

Be sure to use  Reservation Code: 0209ASSVPO  to secure our Special Hotel Rate of $99 per night

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:  Email registration@aovpros.com or call 850.934.9907 - NOW!


Schedule   |    Course Details   |    Instructors

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Training Schedule

Wednesday, February 4th  –  Travel Day
1pm - 4pm	Board of Directors Meeting
7pm - 9pm	No-Host Cocktail Reception (Hotel Bar)

Thursday, February 5th  –  Day 1
7am - 8am	Hosted Full-Service Breakfast - Mandolin Restaurant Registration in Conference Room 1
	Track 1	Track 2
8am - 12pm	Advanced Composition & Lighting Techniques  (Part 1 of 3) J. Dane MacKendrick	Integrating Photoshop & Motion with DVD Studio Pro Menu's  (Part 1 of 2) Klark Perez & Mary Plummer
12pm - 1pm	Hosted Lunch
1pm - 5pm	Advanced Composition & Lighting Techniques  (Part 2 of 3) J. Dane MacKendrick	Integrating Photoshop & Motion with DVD Studio Pro Menu's  (Part 2 of 2) Klark Perez & Mary Plummer

Friday, February 6th  –  Day 2
7am - 8am	Hosted Full-Service Breakfast - Mandolin Restaurant
	Track 1	Track 2
8am - 12pm	Advanced Composition & Lighting Techniques  (Part 3 of 3) J. Dane MacKendrick	Low Cost / No Cost Marketing Techniques Ron Sukenick
12pm - 1pm	Hosted Lunch
1pm - 5pm	Integrating Adobe Products into a Final Cut Workflow Larry Jordan
Break
6:30pm - 9pm	Hosted Dinner & Key Note Address: "Growing Your Business in a Down Economy" Ron Sukenick

Saturday, February 7th  –  Day 3
7am - 8am	Hosted Full-Service Breakfast - Mandolin Restaurant
8am - 12pm	Discover the Hidden Powers in Final Cut Studio  (Part 1 of 2) Larry Jordan
12pm - 1pm	Hosted Lunch
1pm - 5pm	Discover the Hidden Powers in Final Cut Studio  (Part 2 of 2) Larry Jordan

Sunday, February 8th  –  Day 4  –  AVP Members Only
7am - 8am	Hosted Full-Service Breakfast - Mandolin Restaurant
8am - 10:30am	AVP Members Only State of AVP Presentation followed by Members Round Table Discussion

Course Details

Advanced Composition & Lighting Techniques
J. Dane MacKendrick

The classic technique of 3-point lighting IS DEAD! (Actually, it’s been dead for quite some time now, but it seems a lot of shooters missed its obit.)

Lighting, like an actor's character, needs motivation within the scene…not rote placement. In this day and a half course, J Dane MacKendrick will talk about lighting philosophy, demonstrate its application and give practical tips for everyday lighting set-ups.

Come back to basics in a room full of professional gear. We will start with a single source and walk it around our interview subject looking at the emotional qualities created by the different placements. Next we will add other lights, reflective surfaces, gels and gobos to create looks ranging from highly dramatic to pseudo-glamorous.

Lastly we will look at composition both in terms of subject placement and appropriate framings. If we have time, we may even dabble in the psychology of colour...but don't hold me to it.

Come and see the most amazing, multi-medium workshop you will ever experience. (that last line may be a tad overstated)


Integrating Photoshop & Motion with DVD Studio Pro Menu's
Klark Perez & Mary Plummer

Looking to add a more professional polish to your DVD menus, make them more functional, and create templates that can be used and modified for future projects? This one day course will explore creative techniques for integrating Apple Motion and Photoshop into the construction of DVD Studio Pro Menu's. We'll spend quite a bit of time in Motion going over creating templates & drop zones, building animated backgrounds and saving custom project presets. We will also work with particle systems and text animation. On the Photoshop side, we will cover importing layered files and animating parameter behaviors. The end goal will be to complete two DVD menus in class using these techniques.


Low Cost / No Cost Marketing Techniques
Ron Sukenick

Maximize the results of your marketing and reduce your costs at the same time! This is a must take class for any small to medium sized business on a tight marketing budget, looking to increase market share and grow their business.


Key Note Address – "Growing Your Business in a Down Economy"
Ron Sukenick

Everywhere you turn, news of the economy is bleak. Virtually every major industry is struggling right now. The good news is there are plenty of diamonds in the ruff! The reality is this is a time of great opportunity. Ron Sukenick, Author and Relationship/Networking guru, will share his thoughts on how businesses can indeed grow and flourish in the current economic environment.


Integrating Adobe Products into a Final Cut Workflow
Larry Jordan

Most editing projects require a variety of tools. While Final Cut Studio provides the core technology, most editors use a variety of other software to get jobs done. This four-hour session showcases how to use powerful, but little-known features in Adobe Production Premium software to do what can't be done in Final Cut itself.

This session is designed for Final Cut editors that want to be more productive, better organized, improve the quality of their projects, or discover new techniques they can use to impress clients.


Discover the Hidden Powers in Final Cut Studio
Larry Jordan

Final Cut Studio contains seven different applications - many of which go under-used. In this eight-hour session, you'll discover ways these programs can really simplify your editing by creating better projects, faster, than you can in Final Cut Pro itself.

The best way to improve the quality of your picture is to improve your sound and Soundtrack Pro is a great choice. Learn how to repair audio, handle changes via automated conforming, mix and monitor stereo and surround sound, and harness the power of audio filters.

Digital downloads and Blu-ray DVDs are the future. Which means that all your projects will require compression. Discover how to use Compressor and Encore to prep projects for DVD, Blu-ray DVD, Flash, and the web. Learn what settings work and how to automate your workflow.

This eight-hour seminar is designed for the experienced editor looking to make the most of their tools.

Instructors

Larry Jordan – Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc. – www.larryjordan.biz

Larry Jordan is a producer, director, editor, consultant and trainer with over 25 years video production and post-production experience. He is currently using his award-winning skills in training editors to use Final Cut Studio. He is the Executive Producer and Host of Creative Planet's Digital Production BuZZ, as well as the Creator and Editor-in-Chief of Edit Well, the Rich- Media Newsletter for Final Cut Studio. A member of both the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America, he is a post-production consultant to Los Angeles broadcast and production studios. In addition to his broadcast credits, Jordan is recognized as one of the Top 90 Corporate Producers in America and is frequently a featured speaker at trade shows, industry events and user groups around the U.S.

J. Dane MacKendrick – J. DaneDV.biz / ViEW: Virtual Eyewitness Legal Media Production – www.danedv.com

Dane was addicted to the "Plug-in Drug" long before it was generally known what a superbly hypnotic babysitter TV could be. As a result, he is now drawn to anything flickering at 60i like a moth to a Bug Zapper. Dane started in broadcasting before he was fully finished with puberty. While still in high school, he landed a job as production slave on a weekly TV show airing on CBS. His 'meteoric' rise in the world of broadcast saw him working over 120 hrs/weeks as a shooter, editor and graphic designer eventually becoming a DP and episode director ... and all for a whopping $10,000 a year! In 1989 Dane left his cushy 5-figure salary and started his own freelance production, post and digital FX company in Vancouver, Canada - North America's 3rd largest film and TV production market. Since then he has worked on over one thousand productions. He has traveled throughout S.E. Asia and South America shooting documentaries, co-produced and DP'ed multi-camera concerts of BRAVO-TV, created award winning commercials, and has produced a hand full of TV pilots. After marring his "Pensacola Girl" in 2005, Dane moved from Canada to Northwest Florida where he currently produces commercials for local ad agencies. He has also partnered in a niche production company creating high-end "day-in-a-life" documentaries for attorneys representing victims of negligence.

Klark Perez – InVision Digital and Media Arts – www.invisiondigital.com

Klark is a Master Trainer and has taught classes and demos for Apple at major industry trade shows including; DVexpo, WEVA and GV Expo. He has a Masters of Fine Arts in Film Producing, from the University of Southern California film school, USC - Peter Stark Producers Program. Co-Author of Apple and Peachpit press: "Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Final Cut Studio" included in the Final Cut Studio box as tutorials. Tech Editor - various "Apple Pro Training Series Books" - Peachpit press.

Mary Plummer – InVision Digital and Media Arts – www.invisiondigital.com

Mary has been editing film and video professionally for over 16 years using on-line, offline, linear, and non-linear systems. An Apple Certified Trainer, she has edited music videos, documentaries, trailers, and independent feature films, and composed original music that has been used in film and video projects from coast to coast. An Apple Certified Trainer she has taught classes and demos for Apple at major industry trade shows including; Digital Video Expo, NAB, BEA, WEVA and GV Expo. Also a Master Trainer in Apple's Pro Certification program, and Author of the Apple Pro Training Series books; Soundtrack, Soundtrack Pro, Getting Started with Motion; co-author of Getting Started with Final Cut Studio; and author of the Apple Training Series books: GarageBand.

Ron Sukenick – www.ronsukenick.com

Ron Sukenick is recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on the art and impact of networking. His strategies teach professionals how to develop and maintain business relationships that far exceed the typical networking experience. He is a business coach, author, and a dynamic speaker whose interactive approach offers strategies participants can immediately apply. Ron's philosophy of relationship strategies provides a blueprint for anyone who wants to take their business and their network to the next level.