Monthly Archives: August 2011

Now that I have taken you through my own personal highlights of the UFVA conference, I wanted to bring you back to the very first day, when Holly Willis of USC gave her Keynote Address.  In it, she outlined the … Continue reading →

On the first day of the UFVA conference, I walked in to the first panel I had chosen to see, saw a group of people who looked profoundly disorganized, and ran out before the panel began. Silly, perhaps. But as … Continue reading →

While at UFVA, I heard the head of Professional Sound Services, a highly regarded sound rental and sales house in New York, speak about the ins and outs of recording good (and bad) sound.  His name is Rich Topham, and … Continue reading →

So – one of the most interesting panels I attended at UFVA was one on the potential death of textbooks as we know it.  The really interesting thing about the panel was the fact that it was presented by Focal … Continue reading →

  On the second night of the UFVA Conference, I met a charming Los Angeles-based director of commercials, Kevin Dole (kdole@rvfilms.com).  As we cruised around Boston Harbor eating dinner on the conference’s chartered boat, Kevin explained the upcoming feature he will … Continue reading →

Pictured above, the Panasonic AG-AF100 Pictured above, the Sony NEX-FS100 So – what to do, what to do?  The post-DV world is upon us, and there are cameras galore from which to choose.  A few years ago, the guy who … Continue reading →

As per my last post, I have been thinking a LOT about Final Cut Pro X (even though I have yet to use it). Before heading off to the UFVA conference, I attended a workshop at our local post-house, Chesapeake … Continue reading →

  So one of the things that has been very much on my mind all summer is … what to do about the new version of Final Cut Pro that Apple released in June: Final Cut Pro X.  I have … Continue reading →

  2011.08.02-07_UFVA to Boston & Cambridge_04, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed. Hi, there!  I am on my way back from the UFVA 2011 conference.  It was a great experience, and I was able to play around a bit with … Continue reading →