Apr. 29, 2006 - Report from NAB2006
Well, I just got back from Las Vegas, NV with my dad. We were at NAB2006, one of, if not the largest video conference in the U.S. We attended their Post Production World Conference and learned some great stuff. Not to put down the SAICFF, but the stuff we learned in Vegas is the kind of stuff we need to hear in San Antonio. In San Antonio, they tell you all about the "Why" of Christian filmmaking, (i.e. replacing Hollywood, etc.) but there wasn't much of the "How to". NAB was full of "How to": editing, lighting (one of the areas that is severely lacking in Christian films), how to use all the new toys, distribution, how to run a video production company, stunt choreography, getting shooting permits. And these were just the sessions I went to!
The vendor hall is what draws the biggest crowd, though. Four huge conference halls absolutely filled with everything from distrubitors to broadcasting companies. The "big three" of NLEs, Adobe
, Apple
, and Avid
, were all there, as well as Artbeats (stock footage
), Serious Magic (producers of revolutionary software Ultra and DVRack
), Hash, Inc. (3-D animation software Animation:Master
), Canon, Sony, Panasonic, JVC, and hundreds of others that I had never heard of before. It was quite overwhelming.
If anyone who is serious about Christian filmmaking is reading this, let me say this to you...
GO NEXT YEAR!!!
If we're going to replace Hollywood, we should use their own knowledge against them. If the price of admission intimidates you, let me remind you that filmmaking is not exactly a proffesion where it pays to be stingy. 
Just as a disclaimer, I'm not intending to put down anyone in this post, I'm just speaking to the Christian filmmaking community as a whole. I really feel that this is important.
Zack
Comments
May. 5, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Teh Brandon
Zach has a blog!!!! lol you didn't tell me lol.
Seriously Though... This IMHO, is the truest statement of all.. and mostly of all Christians in Business... It really doesn't pay to be stingy.
lol this site is cool... I may have to start a blog myself... funny thing is I own Homeschoolblog.com hahahahaha... Later Zach
May. 7, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by zlcva
I checked the WHOIS on that domain. Who are you, really?
May. 11, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Brandon
no dude its me... My domain actually is homeschoolingblog.com.. whoops lol Brandon