Boston Avid Users Group - BAVUG Meetings

BAVUG Meeting Archive - Thursday, January 19, 2011

EDITSHARE DEMO / SID LEVIN
The Cabaret
80 Boylston Street
Lower Level, at Emerson College
Boston, MA 02116

Schedule of Events:

6:30pm - 7:00pm | Doors open, Check-in & Networking
Come early to check-in and socialize.

7:00pm - 8:00pm | EditShare Demonstration
Andy Liebman, Founder and CEO of EditShare - An award winning documentary filmmaker, Andy Liebman founded EditShare in 2004. Based in Boston, EditShare develops shared storage, production asset management, NLEs, playout and archive systems for the digital media market. Used by independent/feature filmmakers, videographers and broadcast engineers, Editshare technology powers production workflows for thousands of professionals daily. Andy will present EditShare's end-to-end production asset management workflow using the recent South Pacific Pictures studio installation as a case study. South Pacific implemented ES production asset management and media sharing solutions integrating - ingest, editing, storage, playout, archive. The fully tapeless and connected workflow reduced a sizeable amount of studio equipment and near eliminated the need for tapes. It also makes transparent the complexities of media conversions and working with multiple formats - allowing media to be effortlessly shared between workgroups and departments. Pre-editing tasks such as logging and shot selection as well as proxy viewing are done on standard desktop systems, streamlining the entire ingest, edit and review process. The tiered storage system connects archives into the main production chain, increasing the repurposing and ultimately the value the archives.

8:00pm - 9:00pm | "Pretty Pictures Don't Tell a Story" with Sid Levin
Sid Levin is a three-time Cine Gold Eagle Award winner for Cinematography and Editing. Sid served as both DP and Editor on the Emmy winning "Song for New Orleans" in 2008, documenting the return to New Orleans of its surviving musicians after Katrina. Upon graduation from Emerson College in 1978, he joined Boston's WBZ-TV in the programming department as an Associate Producer with the award-winning and nationally-syndicated Evening/PM Magazine. His responsibilities included producing, cinematography and editing. In 1991, along with partner Nancy Maurer, they started FirstFrame, Inc., a creative media group, whose clients include advertising agencies, broadcast and cable, as well as, Global 500 companies - NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, Animal Planet, A&E, MTV, HBO, Paramount Pictures, Fox Television, SyFy Channel, TLC, HGTV, Food Network, NBA Entertainment, Reebok, Apple, Raytheon, Lockheed-Martin, Silicon Graphics, NY Times Newspaper Group, Fidelity Investments, Searle Pharmaceuticals-UK, Hill Holiday, Staples, Avid Technology, Discovery, History, Red Bull and Family House Productions - Germany. PBS tapped the resources of FirstFrame to produce the multi award-winning and nationally televised four-part documentary featuring Muhammad Yunus, who recently received the Nobel Peace Prize. During the summer months, Sid teaches master classes at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, ME.

9:00pm - 9:30pm | Raffle
Enter our raffle. Raffle items to be determined.

We also encourage our members to suggest topic ideas and/or locations for upcoming meetings. Email us at contactus@bavug.org with your ideas!

The BAVUG would like to thank Rule Boston Camera, HB Communications, Avid, CDIA, and GenArts for sponsoring the November meeting.

Social Networking:

We have FaceBook and LinkedIn pages for the BAVUG. The BAVUG uses these outlets to keep members updated on other events going on in the area as well as offer a place to discuss trends, trouble-shoot, tips/tricks, buy/sell/trade equipment and pretty much anything else you want. If you're not a member of our FaceBook or LinkedIn group, then you may be missing out! If you are a member, make sure you enable notifications/announcements to be sent to your email so you are kept up to date. If you have any questions about these groups email us contactus@bavug.org.

Call for Sponsors and Volunteers:

We are also currently seeking additional sponsors and volunteers to help with the BAVUG. The BAVUGBoard is currently just a few people who volunteer their time and it requires a lot of work to continue to have high quality meetings. If you would be interested in providing sponsorship or helping out the Board at future meetings, send an email to volunteers@bavug.org.