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We've all seen ads beckoning consumers to ‘FIX YOUR CREDIT'! But – is this possible, and perhaps more importantly – are consumers helped or hurt by ‘credit repair' agencies?On this week's episode of The SCORE, hear from Dan Smith, President and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA). Beyond leading the CDIA, Dan Smith has over 20 years of experience navigating the complex consumer credit ecosystem. Dan joins THE SCORE to walk through the challenges faced by underbanked Americans talks us through how consumers can advance their lives by focusing on their credit files, credit reports and other factors that significantly impact their financial futures.

durée : 00:28:00 - Côté experts sur France Bleu Pays de Savoie - Il est agent général d'assurance à Moutiers et Albertville et le président des agents de la Savoie . Il est le représentant du CDIA, le centre de documentation et d'information des assurances

We are joined by Tija Hunter to discuss Behind the Scenes of Dentistry: Expert Insights on Hiring, Training, and Cutting Costs and much more!Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, CDSO, MADAA, began her dental assisting career in 1981 and has never looked back.Being named one of the Top 25 Women in Dentistry in 2015 by Dental Products Report was one of the highlights of her career.She is a former vice president of the American Dental Assistants Association, where she holds the honor of Master.She has worked in her current office for fifteen years in O'Fallon, Missouri, as an office manager and dental assistant.Hunter's love of traveling takes her all over the world, where she speaks to dental assistants and dental teams.Hunter enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren as much as possible, and values the memories they make together.Learn more:https://www.dentalcareersinstitute.net/ ***** SPONSOR: – Omni Premier Marketing: https://omnipremier.com/dental-marketing/ CONNECT: – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedentalbrief/ – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedentalbriefpodcast/ – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dental-brief-podcast-564267217 – Patrick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pchavoustie/– Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd08JzybKfNH0v12Q9jf50w WEBSITE: – https://dentalbrief.com/

durée : 00:28:09 - Côté experts sur France Bleu Pays de Savoie - Il représente le CDIA, le centre de documentation et d'informatin des assurances

durée : 00:28:19 - Côté experts sur France Bleu Pays de Savoie - Le CDIA : Le centre de documentation et d'information des assurances

durée : 00:27:41 - Côté experts sur France Bleu Pays de Savoie - Il est agent général d'assurance à Moutiers et à Albertville et représentant du CDIA : le centre de documentation et d'information des assurances

durée : 00:28:20 - Circuit Bleu, côté experts - Christophe Gineys est assureur mais aussi représentant du CDIA

durée : 00:29:05 - Circuit Bleu, côté experts - Il représente le CDIA, le centre de documentation et d'in formation des assurances

durée : 00:26:35 - Circuit Bleu, côté experts - Le CDIA : le centre de documentation et d'information des assurances

In this episode, we kick off 2022 with Tija Hunter, CDA, CDIPC, EFDA, CDIA, CDSO, CDSH, MADAA, one of the leading thought leaders in the dental industry for dental assistants. Hunter talks about mistakes she has seen when it comes to OSHA, documentation, and infection control, and offers ways to make sure your practice doesn't succumb to these errors.

durée : 00:28:36 - Circuit Bleu, côté experts - Le CDIA est le centre de documentation et d'information des assurances

durée : 00:27:37 - Circuit Bleu, côté experts - Il est agent général d'assurance, président des agents de la Savoie et représentant du CDIA, le centre de documentation et d'information des assurances

Today's article link https://www.dentistryiq.com/dental-assisting/infection-control/article/14209127/myth-busters-for-dental-assistants-wearing-those-stupid-utility-gloves. Thank you Zen Supplies for supporting the show and helping all of the DA's get their supply costs under 4%! Find out how Zen Supplies can help you be a rockstar today at https://www.zensupplies.com/. Find all the resources you'll need to be a rockstar dental assistant at https://www.dentalassistantsrock.com/

durée : 00:25:53 - Les Experts France Bleu Pays de Savoie - Le CDIA est un réseau de professionnels de l'assurance – assureurs, agents généraux et courtiers – chargés de délivrer une information pratique et pédagogique sur l'assurance auprès de tous les publics;

We take a close look at the CDIA code options available for direct and indirect consumer disputes, their relationship to FCRA compliance, CFPB scrutiny of code use in FCRA compliance exams of furnishers, and court decisions involving alleged improper coding of disputed accounts. We also share our thoughts on best practices for furnishers in coding disputed accounts.  Chris Willis, Co-Chair of Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, hosts the conversation, with Stefanie Jackman and Joel Tasca, partners in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Litigation Group.

durée : 00:52:29 - Les Experts de France Bleu Isère - Des soucis avec votre compagnie d'assurance ? Auto, multirisque habitation, assurance vie, un problème concernant un remboursement, ou avec un expert ?

durée : 00:26:31 - Les Experts France Bleu Pays de Savoie - Les questions ne manquent pas concernant les assurances, voitures, motos, vélo, maison.

durée : 00:52:04 - Les Experts de France Bleu Isère - Des soucis avec votre compagnie d'assurance ? Auto, multirisque habitation, assurance vie, un problème concernant un remboursement, ou avec un expert ?

durée : 00:24:25 - Les Experts France Bleu Pays de Savoie - La Fédération Française de l’Assurance s’appuie sur un réseau de correspondants pour diffuser en région ses principaux messages.Ce réseau compte 12 correspondants, directeurs de délégations régionales d’entreprises d’assurances basés dans six grandes métropoles françaises .

durée : 00:56:09 - Les Experts de France Bleu Isère - Des soucis avec votre compagnie d'assurance ? Auto, multirisque habitation, assurance vie, un problème concernant un remboursement, ou avec un expert ?

durée : 00:28:04 - Les Experts France Bleu Pays de Savoie - Le dossier de la vie en bleu à 9h30 tous les jours

durée : 00:26:16 - Les Experts vie pratique de France Bleu Béarn Bigorre - Pierre Alexandre Morizot, délégué départemental du CDIA

Welcome to the 19th episode of The CEO Story Podcast! With weekly podcasts releasing, "The CEO Story" takes a deep dive into the success (and sometimes pitfalls) of being your own boss! We encourage each and every individual to candidly share their stories to help other entrepreneurs understand the highs and lows that come with the journey.As always be sure to check out more of our podcast episodes:Podcast Website - https://ceostory.buzzsprout.comYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasaMQttGpdFnIMeWXER1SQWebsite - https://www.togethercfo.com/Give us a Like on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TogetherCFO/Like our LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/together-cfoGive us a Follow on Instagram - @TogethercfoIn this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ike Kavas. Ike is the CEO and Founder of Ephesoft. The company focuses on solving global process automation and data accessibility challenges.Ike Kavas has over 20 years of document capture, document management, workflow and systems engineer experience. His focus is to guide, innovate and expand the company's mission of turning the world's unstructured content into actionable data.His previous role was Chief Technology Officer at Ephesoft and he holds a patent on supervised machine learning for document classification and extraction. He achieved the CDIA+ certification and has been involved with hundreds of projects using products from EMC-Captiva, Kofax, Readsoft, TIS, OpenText, Microsoft and Xerox.He is a serial entrepreneur with three ventures and successful exits. He has not only the technical background by implementing several multi-million dollar projects for Fortune 100 companies but also has solid sales/business experience as he has achieved repeated financial and operational goals in his career.Ike earned his BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and studied Computer Architecture at Anatolia UniversityStay up to date with Ike:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ikavas/Ephesoft Website - https://ephesoft.com/Ephesoft LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/ephesoft-inc/Ephesoft Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ephesoftEphesoft Twitter - https://twitter.com/ephesoft

durée : 00:39:56 - Les Experts France Bleu Pays de Savoie

On this week's episode of The Official OSAP Podcast with Michelle Lee, Michelle is joined by Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, MADAAA. Tija is an absolute rockstar who has accomplished so much. Tune in to this episode to learn about Tija's book and what she considers the biggest misconception in infection control.    Episode Highlights: Tija's Background Dental Assistant Role Highlights from CDC Guidelines Tija's Book - Rockstar Dental Assistant  Quotes: “These incredibly smart people at the CDC, they know their stuff, and they are putting out guidelines and recommendations for a reason”  “I don't care if you are trained on the job, if you went to 10 or 12 week school a or a year long program, it doesn't matter, what matters is the education you have taken since your first day on the job”  “You don't know what you don't know.. and that can be dangerous”  “Learn something that nobody else knows, and make it your missing to learn all you can about it and you will make yourself valuable to your practice”  “It's about motivation, it's about finding your place and being the very best you can be”  “That book inspired her so much to just think in the future and set some goals”  “I've only been to bootcamp but I love it, it's a conference that I will never miss, you guys do it right”  “I have had doctors ask me how often they have to change their mask… I have had hygienists ask me if they have to autoclave their handpiece after each patient… I mean these things are huge”  “If everybody could do to bootcamp one time… you would see that there is so much you don't know”   Links: Myth Busters Article Link: https://www.dentistryiq.com/dental-hygiene/infection-control/article/14036283/myth-busters-for-dental-assistants-i-dont-have-to-follow-cdc-recommendations  Tija Bio:  https://www.dentistryiq.com/dental-assisting/contact/14033577/tija-hunter-cda-efda  Rockstar Dental Assistant:  https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Star-Dental-Assistant-Appreciation/dp/1947480588/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Tija+hunter+rockstar&qid=1580999216&sr=8-2  The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage: http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/   The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429   OSAP's homepage:  https://www.osap.org/  Michelle Lee's email:    mlee@osap.org

In this episode, Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, CDSO, MADAA, stops by to talk about some of the things she is seeing online when it comes to dental professionals degrading each other rather than working together. How can we turn things around? Let's talk about it.

Eric Ellman is the Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Legal Affairs for CDIA. The Consumer Data Industry Association is a trade association of consumer reporting agencies, composed of over 100 members, ranging from Nationwide Credit Bureaus to background screening companies. Ellman was born in the Bronx, New York, and had always been a “political junkie.” Ellman earned a BS in Political Science from American University and a JD from University of Baltimore School of Law. As a student, Ellman spent 2 years interning for the late Congressman Bob Edgar. Also as a student, he ran the successful campaign of a friend who ran for the Maryland House of Delegates, and later became his office manager. He spent five years working as a government relations professional for direct selling companies such as Avon and World Encyclopedia Ellman has been working at CDIA for 21 years, with some of that time as Interim President and CEO of the association. “The important part of working as a government affairs professional is that you need to come prepared with facts, come prepared with arguments and come prepared with integrity. If you have all of those, you have the making of a successful process” For more information about the Fair Credit Reporting Act, see the following link. https://www.thebalance.com/what-you-should-know-about-the-fcra-960639 To see more work of the illustrator credited in the show, Kathryn Rathke, see the following link https://www.kathrynrathke.com/ .  Help us grow! Leave us a rating and review - it's the best way to bring new listeners to the show.  Have a suggestion, or want to chat with Jim? Email him at: Jim@theLobbyingShow.com Follow The Lobbying Show on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for weekly updates about the show, our guests, and more.

Francis Creighton was named President & CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) in May 2017. Before joining CDIA, Francis was Executive Vice President of Government Affairs at the Financial Services Roundtable. A long-time veteran of Capitol Hill, he previously served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Chris Murphy. Prior to that he was Vice President and Chief Lobbyist at the Mortgage Bankers Association, where he worked on affordable housing and other issues important to the real estate finance industry. Recognized as a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill newspaper, Francis has made appearances in several trade, national and international print, television and radio outlets, such as American Banker magazine, PBS’s NewsHour and Fox Business. The Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) is the voice of the consumer reporting industry, representing consumer reporting agencies including the nationwide credit bureaus, regional and specialized credit bureaus, background check and rental screening companies and others. Founded in 1906, CDIA promotes the responsible use of consumer data to help consumers achieve their financial goals, and to help businesses, governments and volunteer organizations avoid fraud and manage risk. Through data and analytics, CDIA members empower economic opportunity, helping ensure fair and safe transactions for consumers, facilitating competition and expanding consumers’ access to financial and other products suited to their unique needs.

Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, CDSO, MADAA, joins the program to talk about the Facebook video that she shot that went viral and why it resonated with so many dental assistants.

Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, MADAA dives into the latest trends in dental assisting, how to generate more revenue by investing in your staff, and much more!

Here is a brief summary of the past five years of the show, with links to episodes that I think reflect the spirt of the time. The Early Years Jan 2007 - April 2008 (Episodes 1 thru 86) #1 Looking for learning I’ve already spent a year planning my first day of school at CDIA and here are the reasons why. #6 Wk1 – Working with the DVX100 The early, heady days of information overload. Geek out! #36 Wk26 – Production Audio Another technical introduction to recording technology and some nitty gritty details on how to respectfully place the lav mic on a person’s body #71 Wk51 On Location In the middle of shooting a short project with actors, directors and crew, oh my!   The Crucible May - September 2008 (Episodes 87- 115) #87 Wk63 Shooting Work begins on my final film. I can’t look! #106 Rough Screening Criticism and pressure don’t mix well #114 Panic on Day Zero Meeting the deadline.   Before the Fall October 2008 - January 2009 (Episodes 116 - 123) #121 Ruff Cutz Film Conference Showing my wares #122 Thoughts while I edit More navel gazing   The Wilderness Years February 2009 - October 2011 (Episodes 124 - 169) #130 Catching the Big Fish After things are finished, I quiet down and reflect, I realize how much of filmmaking is a mind game. Direct David Lynch’s book is good food for thought #132 Handmade Film Screening 100 plus people show up to see my film and ask me questions afterward #147 Job Fair I went to a job fair #162 Say yes Attitude and grit #163 Video in a Day On location at Plimoth Plantations   One step forward, two steps back October 2011 - November 2012 (Episodes 170 - 227) #170 NaPodPoMo starts today - #199 National Podcast Post Month where you commit to posting a show a day. Just to shake out my complacency #205 Richard Harrington – From Still to Motion A recorded presentation by Richard Harrington about his book on the DSLR Video workflow #212 Blink – Book review and editing advice Review of an excellent book about learning and creativity #213 Privacy, Anonymity and Success How to be your own superhero   Arrival December 2012 - January 2013 (Episodes 228 - 241) #230 Milestone Looking back and moving forward #235 DSLR Video: Interview with Howard Phillips A very rich conversation with an entertaining and experienced cinematographer about the role DSLRs can play in filmmaking #240 Trying to get the feeling Coming out of the brain fog

Howard Phillips is an accomplished cinematographer, filmmaker, media technologist and teacher. I met Howard when I was a student in the Filmmaking program at Boston University' CDIA where he was Associate Director of the program. Over the years I have relied on him for his clear and deep knowledge of film history and technology as well as his insights into the future of filmmaking. You will find show notes and links on the main blog.

A Day in the Life of Plimoth Plantations Hey, it's been a while. I should have gotten this out a few weeks ago but I"ve been running flat out. I think that's a sign of success of some kind. I'm not certain.I'm working on a number of different video projects in various stages of production, doing the video production internship at CDIA and producing another podcast each week, The Post-Movie Podcast. On Monday January 25, from 10:30am to 8:00pm I started and finished a short video of a day in the life of Plimoth Plantation. I believe the real lessons I've gained from this experience are the things the director and I did right. Creating a finished video in one day is not an ideal job by any stretch of the imagination, although I had a lot of fun - you can't approach a project like this without a sense of adventure and a come-what-may attitude. Producing this video does force you to focus on the bare essentials and requires that you be very prepared before you begin. Storyboard or shot list was essential. Script or story also had to be nailed down ahead of time as well. All of that lead to a focused shoot and really really spare coverage. We were constantly moving, dodging the rain, shooting about 8 or 9 locations, none of which I had previously seen. Being mentally prepared and trusting your equipment is also critical. My point is, none of the things I've just mentioned are unusual requirements for any video you need to produce. A situation such as this only demonstrates how critical they are to keep on schedule. The deadline was real because we needed to post it to a TV station's site before midnight in order for it to be considered for inclusion in a future broadcast of a Boston show, Chronicle. On Thursday February 18 Chronicle did a best of submissions from January 25 and I was told, thought I didn't see it firsthand, that this video did show. Good exposure for Plimoth Plantations, I don't know how much bragging rights there is in it for me. But I'm happy. I hope you enjoy it. If you'd like any further information about the production process, let me know. Hey I need some Help! I've got a number of ideas for shows coming up and one of them is figuring out rates for freelance videography. I can tell you information on the web is skimpy and I'm not getting a lot of feedback from the few people I know who are doing this, just generalizations. Could I ask you to email me at videostudentguy.gmail.com with your ideas, or experience you've had pricing jobs? I'd appreciate also if you told me what kind of video is was, such as corporate, non profit, weddings or other social events. Also any anecdotes about difficulties you had justifying your rates. In the current economy I hear that a lot of the suppositions regarding what people are willing to pay has changed drastically from just a year ago. Let me know.

Review of the Sony XDCAM EX-1 Ergonomics, slow motion and mediaI recorded the review of this camera before I began the One a Day series and I'm not going to hold on to it until December. Since making this recording I've been able to use this camera several times and it's been a real pleasure.It's well designed and I believe that's why it hasn't been difficult to learn how to use it. The media is easy to use, really not that much different from the P2, but it feels more comfortable to work with. I mentioned the Hoodman in this episode as a low cost replacement for the SxS from Sony. Kensington also has a low cost alternative you should look into.CDIAOver/Under crank (slow motion)Keystone CopsCreative Cow Pros and Cons between P2 and SxSWikipedia article on HDV and different screen resolutionsThorough review of the EX-1

It took a lot of time to complete this show. I changed the format, just this once, to the AAC Enhanced format, so that I can include pictures and links. I have also made the pictures available online. I'm using Photobucket, instead of Flickr, because I was having serious problems loading the files. I've never seemed to have much success using Flickr. You can search for them under the heading, Sheep and Wool NY08. You can view the pictures and listen to the audio through iTunes or on an iPod. I don't intend to distribute this show as an MP3 file unless I get some requests. This is just an experiment at trying to tell a story, in this case about my trip to the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival a few weeks ago in October. It was a combination holiday and location scouting trip. I'm planning on extending ideas I presented in my student film about crafts and craftspeople  into a regular video cast and I wanted to learn more about the fiber arts. It was a pleasant event, don't know if I would need to return next year, thought there is an additional day decidcated to interantional fiber vendors, that would be interesting. It's worth commenting on the amount of effort required to create this show. I'm not complaining, it's just amazing how much work it takes to proof files and use the right ones in the chapter markings. I think it would have been better to just put the images on Flickr and left this as a simple MP3 file. But then, it wouldn't have been the same product. All told, it was fun and interesting to make, but I'd have to do a lot more preparation to make this fit into my regular workflow so I wouldn't miss a weekly deadline. Now that I'm not reporting on weekily events such as classes or assignments at my school, CDIA, I have to create content on my own. It's liberating, but it also places more demands on my resources and time. I can see there has to be more planning into the future so I can have three or more shows in the can to compensate for times when I don't finish a project on time. Learning.

I've been spending most of my free time completing the transcription process. This is critical for me to figure out what remains to be shot in order to complete my film, as well as speed up the editing process.Transcribing is boring, tedious work and there's not a lot of stuff I can say about it, though I try my best. I've tried to speed things up by using transcription software. I started out with iListen from MacSpeech and then, when they came out with Dictate I switched to that, Dictate uses a vastly improved software translation engine that was licensed from Dragon Naturally Speaking on the Windows platform. I think I will have to look into using Dragon on my next project and see if that tops them all.I've also been using my time to talk with instructors and get critiques on how well my film works. I know it needs improvment. I've spoken to a number of film faculty at CDIA. It's interesting to see how each person views the essentials of filmmaking.One instructor, who is not a documentarian, emphasized the story elements and how the story is presented. Franco Sacchi, our resident documentary filmmaker was all over the structure of the film and how to use visuals to connect the ideas. I have another critique coming up soon with an instructor who is a strong editing and sound person, so it will be interesting to see how he views the needs of my film.

It's been a couple weeks since graduation, so I've decided to catch you up with my plans for the coming year. I've got some additional podcasts in the works as well as ideas for this show. you can look forward to more interviews in the near future.This is an unusually long show and I'm loading a lot of news on the front end, so if you want to skip that, jump to 10:40 where I start my eval of Avid.My film, Handmade in America is still in process. I'm screening it with a number of people at school over the next few weeks, to find out how I can make a good film look and play better. I'm conscious that meeting the graduation deadline required me to skimp on some quality features, and while I don't want to dedicate the rest of my life to this story, I do want to look back on it knowing I did the best I could given my current abilities. I already see the need to do some pick-up shooting.Even though I'm out of school, CDIA has a very open approach towards it's alumni, encouraging continuing connections and mentoring between former students and faculty.I can spend a lot of time validating the time I spent in school, learning this craft, but I'll put that off for another time. I do want to bring to your attention a series of articles by Mike Jones of Digital Basin about whether it's worth your money to go film school at all. His first post was dated Monday Sept. 08, 2008 and continued for 4 more posts up to Wednesday Sep 17, 2008.In the show, I mention a video host called Vimeo that I'm considering using to post screencasts. Blip TV is similar one that comes to mind. Anyone had experience with either of those, or recommendations of others?And as far as a host for future sites and blogs, I've committed to BlueHost, a name I've heard other podcasters refer to positively. I've looked at a lot of different hosts, read comparative reviews and I feel that, at least on the basic level, they're more or less the same in terms of features offered. So, in the absence of any clear direction, I'm going with what's appeared on my radar.Check out the Ruff Cutz Film Festival. I submitted and have recently been added to the films screened at this event, taking place at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University in Waltham Massachusetts, in the middle of November. I don't know much except that CDIA is a sponsor, they're encouraging films that are rough, which mine is, and it's inexpensive to enter. I'll be there and let you know about it.The remainder of the show is spent sharing my thoughts about the pros and cons about using Avid.Bear in mind, I'm approaching this from a beginner's perspective. As far as I'm concerned, I'm standing on the edge of the learning prairie, the mountains are nowhere in sight and I have no idea if I'll reach the sea on the other side.So a lot of my concerns and ideas are limited by my exposure and use of this program. I don't think this negates the usefulness of what I've got to say though. I think this program is really, really weak for the beginning user. There was a time when the only way you could learn this software was from the cocoon of the production company that had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for each Avid workstation. Anyone who was chosen to learn this tool had the benefit of a seasoned professional editor, as well as their own years as assistant editors, watching in the shadows.Experiences like that can still be had, but they aren't the norm anymore. At the midpoint on the user curve are people such as myself, people who want to produce their own independent films with a small team of people. Bootstrap filmmaking. This is where Final Cut Pro and Premiere have taken the lead and Avid is lagging behind. I think Avid has a lot to offer today's independent filmmaker, but I think they're shutting people out by raising the learning bar too high at the point of entry.I'm going to check out the book by Diana Weynand, Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors. I haven't been able to find any books for people who use Final Cut Pro and want to use what they know to learn Avid, but I have found a few sites. Avid's site has video tutorials geared towards FCP users, Editing Organazized has a useful blog post about how specific editing actions are invoked in either program, Final Cut Pro to Avid and the Avid Community site also has tips and tutorials.I'm committed to this course regardless of wolves, snowstorms or bandits, so any helping hand you can lend would be kindly appreciated. Thankye.

Day Zero - Project Due It's fitting that this show, which is about the final day of my film project for the Film program at CDIA at Boston University ends with a lot of energy and emotion, because, up 'til now I've been holding it in, quite well I think. I wouldn't say I lost it, but it was close, it was more like clawing my way back onto the cliff edge that I was sliding off. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I only want to say that over these past 4 weeks the excitement and fun of editing and completing a film has completely leached away to frustration, stomach gnawing stress and all other kinds of unpleasant feelings due to having too much to do in way too little time. In the end I have to confess to dreaming too big. I'm not apologizing for that, nothing I've experienced so far will change that about myself, but I have learned that I never want to do a film this way again. We'll see if I can hold true to that promise. Today was a race against time, right up to the wire to complete color correction and titles - how many times have I talked about getting those two things done. I seem to have gotten on a rag about various features of Avid, GUI in general, but Titles really took me for a beating. In the end I had to bail on using titles in Avid and did something quickly in Final Cut Pro. Don't do this at home, it's very, very painful and time consuming. Bringing an exported Quicktime file from Avid  into FCP requires that you render the entire timeline and the titles will have to rendered each time you tweak them. But it was necessary to meet the deadline. I would be better to know how to use the tools within Avid. I'll let you know how difficult that really is in the next few weeks, once my head clears and I can approach learning it with a little more time. I also plan to do a review of working in Avid, talking about the pros and cons. I know that most people listening are not using Avid, maybe not even using Final Cut Pro, but it is an industry standard tool, for the present, and I would like to give the benefit of my experience, as painful as it sometimes has been, so that you know where it sits in the pantheon of NLE gods.

Subclipping is a necessary part of organizing your project, creating structure. Doing that will allow you to rip through your media as you pull the story together. With the deadline I have, about 3 weeks when I recorded this show, what I feel I really need to do is begin editing, but that would be disastrous and lead to chaos with the amount of footage I have to work with.EditingI'm using Avid over FCP. I've chosen to use Avid for this project even though I have more experience using FCP. I've discovered a few drawbacks that could negatively affect meeting the deadline.Finally I have begun editing the footage, starting with discrete topics, keeping a general story order in my head. I find this process works for me. Once I got enough footage cut together I moved the contents of these sequences into a single timeline sequence to see how well everything pulled together to tell a cohesive story. It's still incomplete, but I'm very encouraged.

I'm attending a new media conference called Podcasters Across Borders in Kingston, Ontario Canada this weekend. There's going to be lots of interesting people to meet and things to hear and learn. There's not much else in this show except my expectations.I created this episode so that I could pare it down to under 3 minutes and submit it to the PAB site as a teaser for this show. They're taking audio submissions from attendees that represent their own show. I figured I would just use the opportunity to talk about my expectations of the event, how I feel about the potential of new media and tie in what my show is about.It is an interesting experience cutting down something to meet a another purpose - sort of like creating a trailer of a movie.Take a look at the teaser page and listen to my audio and compare it to this show. And listen to the other shows, there's a lot of great entertainment and information represented on that page.I'll give you updates when I get back next week and hopefully include some interviews.

I'm discontinuing posting on the Blogger site. It's just a duplicate of the Libsyn site and that seems to have the most traffic. I'll leave a note with a link to the Libsyn site.I lost data because of a damaged drive, which I hadn't backed up. Don't do this at home okay?At the same time I was digesting this trauma I was conflicted over which camera I should use which CDIA loans out. You can try to follow my various colliding trains of thought that led to the ultimate decision. I did decide, but the real issue isn't the camera, so much as it is trying to grasp the phantom of security when it comes to assuring I will always have a camera to shoot with when I need it.It appears that getting comfortable with insecurity is the lesson of the week.Just to make sure I learned my lesson I had to shoot an open house at Birch Mountain Pottery and I hoped to interview some of the customers. It makes my stomach ache to have to ask complete strangers to sign a release form and talk to me on camera. I managed to walk through that fire, thanks to Susan, her family and everyone who attended. I don't see the fizzy feeling is going to go away over time. Man up, right?

Lots of episodes this week and not a lot of time to write notes.In this show I run down the film project status of each person in class. I also managed to get in two days of shooting for my own film and I try to describe the lighting work I did over the weekend for John's film.

Lots of activity this week, but little to do with my own film project. Almost all my attention was devoted to Directions, the annual networking event sponsored by my company. I spent four days shooting interview spots of about 30 people. Add to that a lighting gig I'm doing for John's film. John is a classmate, we've worked together on a couple of class projects in the past. He's way ahead of the curve as far as film projects. He's already rounded up his cast, location, got the crew and is shooting throughout April beginning the first weekend of the month.Somehow I've become the lighting guy. I did a significant light role in our last class project, the Killer, I obsessed about the lighting for the Directions promotional interviews and the video I just shot at the event. That's only because I felt it was a really weak facet of my skill set. Now I think I'd like to work with the camera.I'll have time to work with the camera on my own project. I'm anxious about getting some footage shot before leaving for Las Vegas. NAB is putting a huge who in my schedule as far as shooting is concerned. I'd feel better taking off the time knowing that I've begun. With all the distractions and obligations it's difficult to get started, but it's harder on my stomach if I don't.NAB is beginning next week. The exhibition begins Monday April 14 and the seminars start the Friday before. Let me know if you want me to check out specific vendors and you're interested in learning more about a particular technology.

Get ready for a slew of episodes this week. I'm finally catching up.I'd like to thank Mike Jones from Digital Basin for leaving a comment in show #68. Check out his thoughts there and on his site. Also Brian from Galway left a comment in show #69. Thanks for the encouraging words Brian. I'll be around for a while. Let me know what you're doing and interested in doing.Check out the song on Coverville.com - Itchycoo Park, covered in show #393. It was one of the first two podcasts I subscribed to and continues to be in my top 5.After a brief rundown of my adventures over two weeks of shooting on location I update you on the type of work that's starting to come to me at my day job. It may be a small dream, but it's my dream all the same to become the video go-to guy at my day job. That's the point of going to school in the first place.Right now I'm working on a project for both web and tape delivery using video I shot here in Massachusetts and footage shot in other places in the world where the standard broadcast TV format is PAL. Quite an adventure figuring the conversion process for that. Thank God for the internet eh?

A brief show this week, describing the many different aspects of filming two scenes. The learning this time around is all hands on. The entire class is working together to shoot two scenes from a script. We've each taken on at least one role, in some cases two. My primary concern is creating the lighting with a secondary responsibility for sound. Once we determined our roles, we broke into two groups. The technical people: cinematographer, sound and lighting worked together while the producer and director spent their time setting the location, set design and casting. The cinematographer or director of photography took the lead by creating a shot list or storyboard which came from conversations with the director. Once that was done, sound and light could be configured. We stumbled a few times, lost some momentum because we didn't really know our jobs well (that's where the learning came in), but we regained our footing and finished the week with some preliminary storyboards, a look at one of the locations and our first casting call.

This week's show is an interview with Aimee Corrigan, the Director of Practicum at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA). The Practicum is a unique part of the CDIA learning experience  which takes place at the end of each student's course of study. The Practicum is an opportunity to take part in the production  of promotional material in each student's field of study for the benefit of local non profit organizations. This could include a film documenting the services of a refugee support center, complete business websites for organizations or creating a mulitmedia documentary for an innovative after school program using digital photography and recorded music. The 3D program recently created a short for the Dana Farber Institute that explains Cancer to children. Every Practicum offers students the chance to work on a project for a real world client. It's as real as it gets. Aimee Corrigan is an accomplished photographer and filmmaker. Her photography has been published by BBC Online and Wired Magazine. Her film credits include the recent award winning documentary, "This is Nollywood", and the  just completed film "After the Storm",  about the the hurricanes of 2005 that ravaged Houston, New Orleans and their impact on the lives of the children in Mississippi.

The second half of the interview with Howard Phillips, Associate Director of the Filmmaking program at CDIA at Boston University. Lots of talk about the role of technology in creating films and CDIA's goal of developing a filmmaking community.

Howard Phillips is the Associate Director of the Filmmaking program at CDIA and has been my instructor in a number of classes, including lighting and Avid. No need really, to introduce him though, he does an excellent job himself in this, part one of the interview. Let me just say that his willingness to participate in this podcast is an extension of his generosity of spirit to all students at CDIA.In this show you'll hear him talk about his own experiences learning production filmmaking techniques as well as some interesting tangents he's followed that gives him a unique approach to teaching. You'll also hear him explain the ideas and goals behind the curriculum.I'll post the 2nd half in a few days. In that episode he'll talk about the present state of filmmaking, the role technology plays in the process of realizing your vision and the possibilities that lay in the future.

Another week in PreProduction. We spent a whole class breaking down a script based on the Hemingway short story, The Killers. We analyzed the characters, locations, figured out props, camera and lighting locations. In a future module we're supposed to shoot this script. I think I've covered this ground already, so I'm passing on those details and keeping this show  shorter. I've included some information on how to cast for actors and also explain how everyone communicates with each other, in both preproduction and once the film goes into production. We're on break over Thanksgiving week, so there won't be journal entry, but I plan to post an interview with Howard Phillips, the Associate Director of the Film program at CDIA. It's pretty long, so I may break it up into two pieces a few days apart. Things are good with me, how's it with you?

Howard Phillips is out for the next couple weeks, down in Washington, directing the fall program at the new CDIA campus. Good luck everyone. Filling in for Howard is Chris Bowan. Chris is an Avid editor and has a lot of tips for accelerating the editing workflow. He showed me a lot useful thing using key commands for editing. It can be awkward to use at first, but it makes a big difference in how quickly and smoothly you get things done. Eventually you can work entirely through the keyboard, with your right hand and the mouse in your left hand. Or vice versa, if you're a lefty. Between learning Avid and editing a dialog centered movie I have a feeling, shared by a few people in class, that this project is much harder. Rather than trying to create a completely finished final cut, I'm spending my time playing with different types of edits. Trying to keep the story moving ahead smoothly. I'm relying on straight cuts, no transitions and looking for shots that lead well into each other. The dialog is controlling what I choose to keep in and out and if it deviates from the script, I'll take that chance. So I'm not thinking about the finished film, but how I take care of individual aspects of the film. Hopefully that will lead to a good, finished feeling cut. Same results either way, but different methods. I'm hoping that I'll learn more by taking the long road. I need to investigate storyboarding, it would help me visualize the film better before I begin shooting. It's very easy to overlook crucial takes at certain angles and frames. I believe it would have helped identify how one shot would lead into another. I'm discovering that at certain points in my cut I need a specific view, or angle of one character to help lead into another character's dialog. I can see that what I want isn't there. I would like to know what that would be while I still have the opportunity to shoot it. I include a brief description of how to prepare still images for use in video. Despite years of trying to understand it, I still get confused when I talk about it. If you take anything useful away from my comments, let it be to do research for your own understanding. here are some links about different types of TV screen resolutions, NTSC (what we use in North America and western South America) PAL and SECAM. You have to be careful of the pixel dimensions of your still image because TV uses rectangular pixels, unlike square pixels that are used for computer displays. Find a good book on Avid too, like the one we use as a manual class. Show notes are in the lyrics section of the mp3. Drop me a line at videostudentguy.gmail.com.

I've finally gotten a handle on some of my recording tools, such as the Mbox2 mixer and my condenser mic. I hope you've noticed an improvement in the audio quality. I'm still working on production quality, but I got a helping hand from Erica at CDIA, who helps maintain the audio and classroom maintenance for the Recording arts program at school. She demonstrated that my problems were due to my incompetence and not the equipment manufacturers. She also gave me a quick but thorough tour of Pro Tools. Sometime soon I'll take a few trips into Pro Tools country to record a few episodes.Another problem I had was the absence of a mic stand and so I made one out of coat hanger and I used the leftover wire to create a pop filter which keeps the mic clean and softens annoying plosives.This weeks classes continues the module on learning Avid. Since we have already covered Final Cut Pro earlier in the program everyone was wondering how you work the two together in a single workflow. Avid and Apple don't make it easy, but thanks to software plug-ins from Automatic Duck, and a bunch of money, you can make them friends.I continue the saga of a filmmaking project I'm involved in with classmate Laura creating a promotional video for the Huntington Theater in Boston. We're shooting audience reactions following a performance of the play 39 Steps.Finally the class gets to attend a screening of the documentary This is Nollywood, produced by some of CDIA's own, Franco Sacchi, Aimee Corrigan as well as renowned National Geographic photographer Robert Caputo. You may not see it in a theater near you, but you'll find it as a DVD online. If you're curious about the exciting filmmaking scene that is developing in West Africa you should check it out.

This is the last post that where I discuss the 13 proposals in the Filmmaking Manifesto from Mike Jone's blog, Digital Basin from earlier this summer. I've learned a lot, have you? During these episodes I've tried to stay focused on Mike's ideas and how CDIA measures up against it from my narrow perspective as a film student.I plan one more show on this topic where I talk about what I've learned personally. It's not a recap or summing up, though I will probably spend a few minutes doing discussing just that. What I'd really like to do is reflect on some things that were a little too far off topic to include previously as well as some actions I want to take.This week I'm going to cover the following items:11 - Creating Personal Stories12 - Collaborative learning13 - Teacher as facilitator As far as personal stories are concerned, I'll elaborate on the writer's block I've experienced. Happily in the previous post in this podcast I believe I have beaten off. Look at #43 for more details. I haven't read much on how to write, but I was strongly affected by Stephen King's book On Writing and since he's the kind of author you either love or hate, I included two reviews of the book.I'm very interested in the use of wikis and wikia for collaborative learning. There are applications for business, education, content managment, anything. I cite Podcamp as a place that uses wikis for scheduling presentations. It's anarchic, but in the right situation it can be the right tool. You should listen to Mike's audio presentation on Blogs, Wiki's and the new world order.On the subject of teaching again, I invoke the words of Kahlil Gibran on children.

Due to a change in the curriculum at CDIA, this module was broken into two parts, the first two were about production audio, this one is called, well, you can see what it's called in the title, and it's about film studies, history and what we call film grammar, which is the construction of the story through camera frame, sound, editing and everything else that goes into creating a film.There's a great deal that we covered, but of course I'm going to talk about all the interesting things. Genres are discussed briefly, we review some films, such as Manhunter that demonstrate how to build suspense, not as easy as you think.For some reason I use an analogy of Impressionism vs Jackson Pollock and then from there move into the horror genre, specifically zombie movies such as Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later.There's a number of guidelines for judging the value of such movies as Heat and Memento like intention, 30 degree and 180 degree rule, misdirection and the concept of filmmaker as Auteur.For a number of reasons I've divided the week into two episodes. The next one will be about screenwriting and how important the formatting of the document is.

This week is another installment of my review of CDIA, the school where I'm enrolled as a film student, where I'm grading the film program using the points presented in a filmmaking manifesto written by blogger and educator, Mike Jones, who writes the Digital Basin. By the way, Mike is in Australia and I make reference in the podcast to a presentation he delivered on Sound and Space at the University of New South Wales. I'm afraid it came out as South Wales, and I don't want you looking for Mike in Great Britain. Here are the topics for this week: •    Multi-channel and Spatial sound •    Screen studies •    Working with clearly defined obstructions •    Working Lo-Fi but High-Concept These episodes are independent of my weekly journal and it's been exhausting and enjoyable putting out two each week. There's one more post about the Manifesto and then I'll do a follow up show with my personal thoughts about this topic and how it's impacted doing this podcast. Do some reading on Neil Postman, he has lots of food for thought.

Production audio, hands on, boot camp like. Lots of opportunity to run and trip, and learn. Frank DeAngelis is the instructor. Providing us with real world experience with a run and gun edge. Just another example of the variety of resources the school provides for our benefit. So relieved, I'm really tapped, energy wise. Not afraid to work at learning, but between stress and tight deadlines I needed to use a different part of my brain. It was like someone knew we needed a breather. In this module we get practical information about handling equipment, bringing to the set what you need to get the job done and working with what you got (not always the same) to get the job done. Often during class we came up short when we went through the kits. Something was missing, batteries, clips, connectors were bad. The motto of the class was "pack your own parachute" because if you only find out on set that something is missing, it's too late and no one gets the blame but you. The focus was on using a boom and wireless mics (Sennheiser eW100 G2 wireless) and a mixer (Sound Devices 320) to control the audio from 3 sources going into the camera. Another mantra was"treat the equipment with respect". As students it's easy to treat any of the equipment as casually as Stretch Armstrong, but you have to remember to develop good habits now, because there’s more important things to do when preparing for a paying gig than cursing yourself for breaking a wire connection or dropping a wireless transmitter, for the fifth time. How often do you expect you'll get rehired. I don’t mean to sound like your mom, but you know, students are the worst and it gets old faster than finding your roommate's underwear in the freezer, again. For those of you interested or with enough patience I've added a little detail about how a mixer fits in the production workflow, what it's used for, how it operates. I've tried my best to simplify things, it's still a very involved process.

I recently discovered a blog about filmmaking and filmmaking education called Digital Basin. The author, Mike Jones has written a number of posts about 13 issues that he feels are critical to the success of a film student in today's world, but which aren't getting the attention they deserve in the curriculum at most film schools. He calls it his Filmmaking Manifesto. Read the posts, he makes a lot of valid points. I've always felt that CDIA was quite progressive and I thought it would be interesting to measure my school using his ruler. I'm not interested in bashing the school, or promoting anyone’s agenda, but I feel his blogs have given me an external perspective on how well CDIA is preparing me for my future. I'll continue my weekly journal shows, these will run alongside as a special topic. I hope your find the ideas interesting and more importantly, it gives you your own ideas. Submit a comment or drop me a line at videostudentguy@gmail.com

I've played around with a different recording device, the Mbox 2 plus a Sennheiser mic. I think the quality is vastly improved, but now I have to deal with keeping my head in one position so that you don't get dizzy listening to my voice move  back and forth. Isn't learning fun? This week is the middle of the module on creating a non-fiction 2 minute film. I've tried to describe how we organized ourselves, developed the story and set up the shots. I think the biggest issue during our shoot was the pressure of trying to get the shooting done in time. Also still a big concern is the confidence of knowing how much coverage was necessary. Our footage ratio was 1:25, which is 25 minutes of footage for every minute of the final cut. I think that's acceptable. The best part is how well we all worked together. It was a real pleasure to be part of a focused, dynamic team. Considering how little time we had, it was a necessity.

I'm back after a week on the road and on vacation.In the musing department I reflect briefly on the differences between the highways in the US and Canada and the filmic charms of upstate New York.It's the beginning of a new module, this time I'm working with some guys on a 2 minute film that would be used as a warm up for a live presenter. The client is a film distribution company called Enterprise Media. You can see more examples of what we're trying to accomplish at John Cleese's video training site. There's 3 weeks to complete this, so there's lots to cover in a short amount of time.Not in this episode, but coming soon, I'm going to talk about a site that has sparked my imagination and prompted me to create a series podcasts about the future of filmmaking education. Mike J0nes at Digital Basin created a manifesto for filmmaking educators a few weeks ago. I thought he was on target regarding the changes that dynamic media schools will have to make in order to adequately prepare their students for the rapidly evolving media production marketplace. I've always considered CDIA to be in the lead of adopting new technology, with a healthy sense of pragmatism, so I was interested in how my school measured up to Mike's idea's. Take a look at his manifesto and stay tuned, the series begins in a few weeks.

I've included some musings on taking time to think and putting things in context.Check out this book by Edward Dmytryk, On Film Editing    I've included some musings on taking time to think and putting things in context.Despite my interest in putting things in a thoughtful way, I manage to run through a bunch of processes like a kid running through the woods during a thunderstorm. So I quickly explain how to, among other things, different kinds of cuts, using the motion feature in FCP, working with filters and compositing.Most of the week was spent editing a rough cut of our projects. We have to get them done in 3 weeks. In-between editing Federico likes to show us some student films and discuss how successful they are. That's been really instructive.

Continuing with the Final Cut module, for the second weekI was looking for some new production video and audio podcasts on iTunes and was reading the comments when I got curious about this podcast's page. I checked it out and was surprised that there was a comment. The writer was very generous and encouraging and indicated that while he hoped one day he would be able to do some filmmaking, this podcast gave him a look inside the process of learning filmmaking. Just one comment, but I was both humbled and gratified. It doesn't take a lot of encouragement to lift your spirits.I haven't done much since I began to promote the podcast and I know of several things I could do. Frankly getting an episode out each week is often a struggle in time and effort. I have yet to check my stats on Libsyn, my hosting site, to see what, if any number of downloads there have been. Occasionally I check the blogs to see if there are any comments and even rarely do I check my email. I think that's the least I could do. Already I'm making myself busy. I'll do better, I promise.This definitely points out my main goal though, which is to create a journal of my school experience, regardless of anyone else's participation. I don't mean I don't give a damn if no one listens to this podcast, or sends me comments and emails. I've already said how good an experience that is. I mean that my primary motivation, apart from any other consideration, is to create the podcast consistently through the end of my program at CDIA and in the process incorporate the best production values that I can. I don't know how much time I could devote to developing a community, no matter how small, of people interested in talking about my experiences in school, or theirs for that matter, unless it were to happen. I do know that I can learn a lot from creating this podcast and using it to reflect on what I discover each week at school. I'm just as glad that other people can do the same.More stuff about Final Cut Pro editing strategies. Placing shortcuts to menu commands using the Button Bars in the top of every window pane, Timeline, Browser, Viewer etc. Option-J brings up the Button command lists, Option-H brings up the virtual keyboard that displays all the command key combinations. Rendering, which applies a special effect to a selected clip and then writes a file that stores that effect, can be a big time saver, and at the same time a disk hog. You'll need to remove these files from time to time. The wise thing to do is to delete them within Final Cut Pro, as opposed to deleting them from the Finder, otherwise you could get headaches from persistent alerts that media files are missing. Use Command-R to generate a render.By the way, I'll always refer to the Apple Command key as the Command key, not the Apple key as I hear it often referred to in class and by other students. Maybe it's just old school, but I can't think of it as anything else.As far as transitions are concerned, there are four which are recommended for their consistently effective impact:A Straight Cutdissolve Fade to blackDip to Color Finally I discuss a variety of export options, depending on the medium you're sending you film to. Most importantly, from an archival standpoint, send your film to tape (DV tape on your camcorder). Also I mention exporting using Current Settings, Flash for web and Audio to OMF.Thursday night was the Practicum showing. Student projects that created products in their media for local non profit organizations under the direction of a professional filmmaker. Great professional looking work.Finally I mention a recent episode of This Week in Media, show # 53, Learning to Learn. TWIM is produced by Pixecorps.tv. I listen to this podcast weekly, very new media oriented with an emphasis on filmmaking issues. This one is about learning strategies for professionals that help you keep current.Leave a comment or send me an email.

This is the first week of the Final Cut Pro module. Tuesday night was a special topic class, separate form the module.Our speaker was Robert Patton Spruill, director of Squeeze and a documentary on Public Enemy which is in final production.He brought some fresh perspective on how to live your life as an independent filmmaker. I also appreciated his perspective on the program at CDIA versus, Emerson College, where he teaches as well.Federico Muchnik, the video program director is our instructor for the Final Cut Pro module. He has an easygoing style that he uses effectively to cut through all the mucky details and focuses specifically on the need-to-know stuff for filmmakers. We're covering a lot of ground in a short time, the point is that we'll do the real learning once we start cutting. I cover the things I think are most important to the editing workflow.Somehow I got into a rant about archiving files. It's definitely something you need to consider before you get to far into a project. Finally I bring up an important point about capturing video. Don't capture video to an external drive connected via USB. Just don't.

Our team chose to shoot both projects at the same location. In the How To, our guest biologist, Steve, who works at the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, demonstrates how to devine the genetic fingerprint of bacteria The profile is on the very same lab which monitors  marine biology on the coast of New Hampshire.We had a number of temporary setbacks because we didn't check our equipment but we end up with quite a bit of usable footage.I'm still recording using the built-in  mic on my Mac Powerbook. I've discovered you can do some decent audio correction using the Channel EQ. I'll talk about that in the next post.

Creating a Short NarrativeThis module is all about putting into action what we've been taught to date about light, camera work and sound. After a brief introduction by our instructor Tom Robothan we were thrust into the preproduction process. Our goal was to shoot five scenes from interviews to action and dialog and then cut it together. It's an excellent example of the team-orientated learning that is a big part of CDIA's curriculum. This week is all about planning and next week we'll do the bulk of the shooting. The last week is for editing.

This is a special mid week episode of the Video StudentGuy podcast. Thursday night we had a special topic presentation by Franco Sacchi, a filmmaker and instructor at CDIA. He presented his documentary, American Eunuch, as an example of how to create a documentary.     The class covered every step of the production process beginning with finding the idea, preproduction, the shoot, post and promotion. Check out IFP.org for help marketing your film. Franco briefly referred to the Long Tail marketing concept which I try to explain in a nutshell. This was a term popularized by Chris Anderson of Wired and he went on to write a book about it as well. He also has a blog on it. I believe this business model has significant impact on all content producers and will continue to gain mind-share over the next several years.    Everything about the film should be rolled up into a website for promotional purposes. Include budget, proposal and treatment to demonstrate your organizational skills. You should contrast the earlier American Eunuch site to the more current This is Nollywood website to see how he is using the web to create buzz about his movies. Nollywood is a documentary about the growing film industry in Nigeria. That film is currently in post. Towards the end of the show I present a few of my thoughts about the movie. Keep in mind I only saw a portion of the film. All the same I give it a thumbs up. I close out with some production notes about this podcast.          Chapter Titles          00:08  This Week     01:25  Franco Sacchi     01:50  Costs     03:44  Find the story     06:31  Preproduction     07:41  The Shoot     08:43 Post     10:03  Promotion     11:40  The Long Tail     13:36  Websites     15:23  Film Commentary     18:10  Close - Production Notes    

I'm posting a really brief show note so I can get this out the door. I should have posted this Monday. If I have the time I'll revise it this weekend.Week 1: Getting familiar with the hardwareThe next three weeks the class will be covering how to setup and use essential camera and sound equipment. This week we set up tripods, calibrated the monitor, adjusted the frame rate and set the white balance on the DVX100.Next week we finish the Preroll checklist and shoot some video.Here is a link to a pdf of the manual for the DVX100. I had to hunt to find this. Despite the fact that it's a common occurrence, I always find it amazing when manufacturers bury their most useful and sought after information. Sure, choke me with 4 color slicks that convey almost no useful information, but hide what I really need. Sometimes it seems web sites are nothing more than the web equivalent of a phone system where you spend half an hour on hold just so you can be rewarded with a dropped line.

The first half of the show I'm recapping the reasons why I'm taking the classes at the CDIA, the 2nd part I go over what I want to accomplish professionally. Chapter TimesReview of personal goals  :20The joy of learning  2:14Exploring ideas  2:41Challenging my limitations  4:48Networking  5:44Being open to alternate visions  6:51Using video for learning  7:48Video as entertainment  10:21Working on a team  12:03What's ahead  12:29

There's a number of ways you can hear this episode. You can listen to it through a Flash player on the host site or subscribe to it using the RSS feed. I will be registering it on the directories, including iTunes, over the next couple days.This very lengthy episode has me reviewing most, but not all the classes I'll be taking at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts. I discuss my expectations as well as what my personal interests. In a nutshell I'm looking forward to everything.My gung ho attitude is due to my expectation that I will never get another opportunity to attend classes in such a lengthy, structured manner. I believe in lifelong learning, but that constitutes fitting the learning in between large chunks of life. For the next 18 months that equation will be reversed, where, wherever I can help it, the classes take precedence.I've done my homework, checked out the school, the instructors, the program, the content of the classes, interviewed students, clocked the commute, calculated how many hours of sleep a week I can live on. Now it's up to me.I don't believe in passive learning. I intend to dig into this experience with my nails. I know what I want to know, in a vague sort of way. I also know I need to be paying attention so that when something unexpected  comes at me I can get a piece of it as well. If I'm not satisfied when I'm finished, it will be my own fault.Chapter timesIntroduction :101 Fundamentals :592 Camera & Lighting 1:194 Project 1 6:155 Editing 1 6:516 Editing Lab 7:487 Documentary Camera 8:218 Interview 10:269 Editing II 12:1610 Directing Documentary 12:5713 Directing Drama 13:3914 Preproduction 13:5615 Cinematography 14:1816 Locations 14:3618 Final Production 15:0925 Workshops 16:2326 Final Cut Pro 17:3427 Practicum 18:01Close 20:16You can leave comments on the blog or send me email. Show notes are also in lyrics section of the .mp3