Grazie Goes To the Ball! Video Forum 2004 - woah!

Grazie wrote on 2/10/2004, 10:36 PM
It’s Wednesday morning. 5:54am GMT. Just thought I’d update y’ll on the experience so far . . .

Tuesday 10th Feb 2004 :

Arrived at Wembley Video Forum 2004 in good time. “Usual” scramble, created by the “organisers”, for the limited seminar tickets. Got mine for what I wanted . . . entered show at 9:30.

Spent first ¾ of an hour “cruising” and taking in the stands and being bombarded with the sights of great gear on offer .. .

Went to my first seminar on DVD authoring . . filled in some “Grazie DVD-deficient education voids” . . a lot of “OH . .is THAT what it means?!?! . . ..” AC3 and all that . . .

Tried the Hoodman on my XM2 .. . Realised my Port-A-Brace does the job and some.. . Tried out a noise reducing mic holder for the Canon Audio adaptor . . . nice piece of kit . . . However “show-pocket-money” will go somewhere else . . . Ah, need some Senni closed back headphones. . See a pair for £120 . . .I’ll think about it . . .

Lunch – Have “overcooked” Jumbo [ 6” ? Doah!! ] Hot Dog . . . well worth the £2.40 – NOT!

GO to stand where I meet Mr Michael Bryant from Sony-Vegas. Great chat and learn loads. I really think Michael is convinced of my passion for Vegas! Offer some “suggestions” for improvements. . Top of my wishlist Script Window - like “Trimmer” and “Media Pool” etc . . . AND the ability for those scripts to have a User definable click-able Icon for helping me to ascertain what script is what . .. ! ! ! He liked that one . . .

Attend White Balance seminar given by a chap from the British Guild of Cameramen . . . great stuff.. simple and easy to understand. . .great tips for White Balancing . .

Spend more time with Michael Bryant and watch him take Acid Pro through its paces . . . hmmm .. looks like my budget is a bit “mean” for this show .. .

See the Guys on the IoV [ Institute of Videographers ] stand. Say howdy and move on . ..

Meet up with XM2 colleague from the Dvinfo.net Forum, great to put a “face” to the posts .. HAH!

Confirm that the XM2 Canon chap will be on Stand tomorrow . . . . Check out the “Copyright Free” music stand.

Check the cost of VTRs – oh dear me . . . :-( . . . .

Sit in on a Pinnacle Demo. Everybody appears to be enthralled – have warm glow in tummy [ NOT the Hot Dog! ] Realise AGAIN what I’ve got in Vegas! !

Silliest thing? – Well, nothing immediately comes to mind – BUT, did see a fab PR stunt by a Packing case with legs ! . . Gonna film this . . .

Cheers,

Grazie

Comments

PeterWright wrote on 2/10/2004, 10:56 PM
Thanks for that quick tour, Grazie - I feel like I was there - I've even got indigestion from the Hot Dog!
Grazie wrote on 2/10/2004, 11:14 PM
Hiyah Pete! Reading about indegestion late at night - OZ time - aint the best thing! Go drink some milk . . yeah?

Grazie
TorS wrote on 2/10/2004, 11:15 PM
Yes, my belly was OK but I could hear my wallet mumble ...
Tor
Grazie wrote on 2/10/2004, 11:18 PM
Yeah Torsie . .I was a bit "rich" all around . .. Torsie I'll get back to you on the "other" thing when I've landed - yeah?

Grazie
PeterWright wrote on 2/10/2004, 11:57 PM
> " Reading about indegestion late at night - OZ time - aint the best thing! Go drink some milk ..."

Hey - it's mid-arvo and I'm getting ready to go sailing, beer, champers and all - the indigestion can wait till later!
TorS wrote on 2/11/2004, 12:12 AM
Who needs indigestion when you're out to feed the crabs anyway?
Tor
Grazie wrote on 2/11/2004, 12:15 AM
. . I love this forum . . hah!
mark2929 wrote on 2/11/2004, 12:42 AM
Grazie Im trying to get up there today If Samantha will take time off that is It sounds really good I have this Picture of all my Fav Gear AND People.

I Hope I can get up there !
Grazie wrote on 2/11/2004, 12:54 AM
. . yer wont regret it! You will if you don't come . . but then again, you wouldn't know . would yah!!!

Grazie
farss wrote on 2/11/2004, 1:17 AM
What is it about these shows and the food. I think the organisers feel it wouldn't be a pro event if the food wasn't overpriced, overcooked and out of date.
Grazie wrote on 2/11/2004, 1:21 AM
[ burp ] yeah! [ burp ]
mark2929 wrote on 2/11/2004, 2:14 AM
IM rather tempted to say Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is a dangerous thing but then again the lure of A Treasure Island OF Camera gear is to much to bear
RexA wrote on 2/11/2004, 2:59 AM
>> . . yer wont regret it! You will if you don't come . . but then again, you wouldn't know . would yah!!!

Grazie,

Been "listening" to your style on this forum for a while. You definately have a unique posting "voice", but not being from your area, I'm thinking I may not be really "hearing" it properly.

Do us a favor, and record a bit of your real voice with some of your favorite expressions and post it as a wav (or mp3, etc.) file somewhere we can link to.

I think it would be fun, and I mean this in a friendly way. Give it a thought. Yeah?
FuTz wrote on 2/11/2004, 6:19 AM


... I second that !!!...

And I want a SONG ! lol !
Hannibal_ wrote on 2/11/2004, 6:50 AM
I want a full production musical
AND I WANT IT RIGHT NOW !!!!
mark2929 wrote on 2/11/2004, 7:29 AM
Just come back from Wembley, and Grazie, and zcheema. Me being from the country was overcome by the amount of sensory input. So much equipment. All the Cool stuff I had drooled over in the mags. All here. TA Grazie---Thank you for showing me around. So little time. Samantha had to get back) So much to take in. Great fun

AND AND I Watched Grazies FILIUM In the Company of Michael Bryant from Sony Vegas no less

As Grazie would /Will say when he gets dragged away.

HAH
FuTz wrote on 2/11/2004, 8:22 AM

"I want a full production musical
AND I WANT IT RIGHT NOW !!!!"

LOL !!!!

... dressed with tutu and playing banjo, flying in the air among pink clouds!

...oooo-weee, this "special-FX Cerebral Plugin really works great now ! Thanks Vegas5 zippyted edition!
busterkeaton wrote on 2/11/2004, 10:05 AM
Grazie,

What model Sennheisher headphones were you looking at? I suspect if you can it will be cheaper to buy in the US and have them shipped to the UK. What with the falling dollar and all.
Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 2/11/2004, 11:39 AM
Good to see you again Grazie, and a pleasure to meet you mark2929.
Shame i did not get around the show, to busy doing Vegas demo's for potential purchaser;s

Looking forward to the IOV next up north.

TTFN
Grazie wrote on 2/11/2004, 11:39 AM
. . ppphooraggghhhh . . .juswt got home . Me feet HATE me . . my legs have come out in unison . . . . had a brilliant day. Finally, finally . . finally, put my money down on Acid Pro 4.0 . . . . I must say it was the ease with which Mr Michael Bryant operated it and brought in video and "mixed" in front of me the music bed with the video . . toooo Koooollll . . okay, Grazie's got Acid Pro . . . now where was that Forum . . ? Suppose you wont see me around these parts too much from now on . . .................. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . ..
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. . . HAH! Yes yer will . . I'm back!

Serioulsy though, Michael has really really openned up my eyes, and EARS too!

I'll fill you in tomorrow when I've sat down, had a sleep and refershed myself . . . . Oh yes, MARK2929 and I filmed each other . . .Thanks for the kind words Mark . . . . . GET ready Kellsie . . . there's gonna be a vid coming yer way, matey!! Oh, met up with Zcheema too . . . he gave me a fab Depth of Field tutorial - outside the Exhibition Halls - and using the manual settings of the Canon XM2 . . . THANK you cheemie . . . I'll need you to write a shorthand of what you told me .. but at least I understood what I was doing . . . . AND Alistair and I met up .. . spent the last hour in a local pub . . yes only one hour .. . think we were all worn out to go any further . . .

. . . seeyah all . . .

Grazie.

. . . now where did I put that AP4.0 manaul????


pps . . .oh the Sennis 25DH? Another I should be looking at?

TorS wrote on 2/11/2004, 12:44 PM
<<I want a full production musical>>

Seems like he's ready for that. Once he's found that Acid manual.
Tor
busterkeaton wrote on 2/11/2004, 12:50 PM
Grazie, you just reminded me that I haven't downloaded the Acid Pro loops recently.

Check out File>Get Media From Web (it might be under Tools)

Also check out the free loops on acidplanet.com