Schedule of Events 2012

Jim will open the “Eighth Annual March Get Together” and set the tone for the next 3 ½ day’s events. Jim will review the complete schedule of events and the presenter's for this years convention.

A presentation highlighting the most helpful and efficient new functions found in the Bogart V4 Operating System.

Inpaint photo restoration software
Inpaint will magically fill the selected area with intelligently-generated textures pulled from the surrounding image data.
Our surprise speakers will show you how this simple program can save you head aches when working with photos.
(*hint as to who our presenters are)

Services that you can offer that will revolutionize your business - and that of the business you are serving. In recent months I have gone through what I refer to as a quantum leap in how I have changed my approach to treating video as a business.
end with ...Prize drawing

Today there are a plethora of video editing solutions
- but one of the best kept secrets is
SpeedEdit 2 - the fastest editor on the market

Come and find out how this intuitive editing system can compliment your Casablanca system - and how the two are really related. SpeedEdit is a PC based system - that I use all the time on my Mac Book. Come and be impressed with this very usable system that can help you compete with anyone.

To prepare yourself for this session, check out my review of SpeedEdit 2 in EventDV magazine

This Session will include a little history on cameras leading to today’s DSLRs and how they fit and do not fit into the Event Industry as well as their impact on the video camera industry.
Topics include:

Why own one
Where and when is it best used
Who is making and using them
The photo advantage

Store'n'Share allows you to use an externally connected hard drive with Bogart SE v3 as an alternative to the internal hard drive.

The Store'n'Share software can save your projects directly to the external hard drive.

If you record a project to an external hard drive you can then also connect it to other Bogart systems, provided Casablanca Bogart Store'n'Share is activated, and edit the project as if it were on the original machine - if on both systems the effects used in the project are also active.

In conjunction with HD backup you can also use the external hard drive to back up your internal hard drive.

Saved projects can also be re-activated at a later date as a working project.

You shot the footage, you edited it and delivered it to your customer, and hopefully you already published it on your website. Now what? Why leave the footage on your hard drive? What ELSE can you do with that footage? Who else might be interested in that footage?

Tim Ryan will show you the way he repurposes virtually every wedding/event video that he creates. Learn how to create “Playlists” for your fellow wedding/event professionals! Learn how Tim integrates video on his and other websites and social media platforms? Once you start to “repurpose” your footage, you’ll learn how quickly referrals and other professionals will start to seek you and your services.

Biography:
Formed in 1987 by Tim Ryan, Treasured Memories.tv provides cinematography, photography and entertainment services that tell a couple's unique story in an innovative manner. Treasured Memories.tv was born out of a desire to reflect the richness of the traditional world, while showcasing the creativity of today's contemporary experience. Tim Ryan is a multi-time LIVA Award Winner and President Emeritus of LIVA (Long Island Videographers Association). Besides Treasured Memories.tv Tim Ryan was the Director of Education for The 4EVER Group (Event Videographer’s Education and Resources), Town Meeting Tour Director and WEVA Expo Director for WEVA International (Wedding and Event Videographers Association).

Many of my videographer friends are more comfortable in an editing session than in promoting their business
- yet, unless we are effective in marketing we won't have anything to edit!

With the advent of the internet, there has been a revolution in how to reach potential customers. Come and find out some creative ways to effectively market your business and experience continued growth.
end with ...Prize drawing

First we’ll take a quick look at the history and development of Adobe Premiere Pro. Then we will walk through the work flow and interface of Premiere using sample footage. We’ll define what a project, a sequence, and a clip are, and how to capture and ingest footage. Then it’s on to basic editing techniques using timeline editing and storyboard editing as well.

We’ll take a look at Premieres transitions and built in effects and how to make use of them and we’ll briefly look at some 3rd party effects often called “Plug-ins”.

Then it’s on to some basic compositing work using Ultra Key for green screen work, track mattes and blend modes. We’ll check out color correction methods and take a look at building titles and lower thirds. We’ll learn how to work with audio in Premiere, cutting to the beat, fixing audio problems and using the audio effects and transitions.

We’ll explore how to export your finished video into different formats using Adobe Media Encoder and Adobe Encore.

Continuing with Adobe, we’ll take a look at the eye candy program called After Effects and look at a few samples.

Much has transpired with their 2-year project since last year's MGT! Jim and Bruce will have a progress report on their documentary DVD about the Coliseum Ballroom; the iconic building in Benld, Illinois, that brought to their little town the likes of Count Bassie, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Louie Armstrong, Ike & Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and so many more nationally known entertainers!

This session will be two parts.
In the first part Roger will discuss the concept of multi platform editing and demo some basics of Final Cut Pro and some other edit software as both stand-alone and combined use with MS products.
The second part of the session will be questions or contributions from the audience as to their experiences with other platforms.
end with ...Prize drawing

A session detailing the creation of some 8-10 effects that can be performed on both Smart Edit and Bogart editors, things like Split Screen, Fancy Titles, Transition effects, etc. I am actually planning to release a new tutorial DVD called Eye Candy Volume 1 and this presentation would encompass about 1/2 of the effects. I would make the disk available to attendees of MGT 2012 for 50% since they will enjoy half of these. This program is for both Smart Edit platforms as well as the Generation Three Bogart machines and the cool looking operations can be done on either system and is something that adds value to your work with a modest amount of work. See Ken Smithers for these DVDs.

A new speaker to the March Get Together, Jared Staehli will take us into the workings of Sony Vegas starting with an overview of the software. Then he'll show us how to start by loading footage and then what the workflow on Vegas looks like.

Because most of us are using more than one camcorder to record events, Jared will take us into how to handle multicamera editing with Vegas. He will tell us about some of the editing features that are built into Sony Vegas and what the system requirements for using it are.

Questions will then be encouraged from the floor.

COMPLETE DESCRIPTION TO FOLLOW HERE

Ken will walk you through some of the ways he is able to generate customer traffic for FREE! He will explore the use of paper advertising, Magazine advertising, Facebook and media advertising networking advertising (word of mouth)..

If you want your business to be noticed then you should enjoy Ken's talk. Look for Ken's "SECRET" and FREE tip that can get you a customer without doing ANYTHING! You must attend to see what he is talking about...

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MONDAY • TUESDAY • WEDNESDAY • THURSDAY

MONDAY ~ Registration for attendees starts at Noon on Monday ~ *Official Beginning of March Get Together 2012*
Jim Meeker The Old Timer	Keynote Address ~ starting at 8:00 PM Jim will open the “Eighth Annual March Get Together” and set the tone for the next 3 ½ day’s events. Jim will review the complete schedule of events and the presenter's for this years convention.

Chet Davis	Chet Davis (on screen) 9:00 pm ~ 10:00 pm What's New and Hot in Bogart V4 A presentation highlighting the most helpful and efficient new functions found in the Bogart V4 Operating System.

Video Yard Sale Networking time 10:00pm to 11:00pm ~ Free time to network & talk to friends ~ ~ Checkout the Video Yard Sale ~



TUESDAY starting at 10:00 AM NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Inpaint	Surprise Speakers 10:00am to 11:00am *Magically Remove Elements From Your Photos! Inpaint photo restoration software Inpaint will magically fill the selected area with intelligently-generated textures pulled from the surrounding image data. Our surprise speakers will show you how this simple program can save you head aches when working with photos. (hint as to who our presenters are*)
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Alan Nauman	Alan Nauman 11:00 am ~ 12:00 noon Video For Business Services that you can offer that will revolutionize your business - and that of the business you are serving. In recent months I have gone through what I refer to as a quantum leap in how I have changed my approach to treating video as a business. end with ...Prize drawing

	12:00 ~ 1:30pm Lunch Buffet Included at Calypso's ~ Third level, south tower

Networking time 1:30pm to 2:00pm ~ Free time to network & talk to friends ~ ~ Checkout the Video Yard Sale ~
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Alan Nauman	Alan Nauman 2:00pm ~ 3:00pm Newtek Speed Edit Today there are a plethora of video editing solutions - but one of the best kept secrets is SpeedEdit 2 - the fastest editor on the market Come and find out how this intuitive editing system can compliment your Casablanca system - and how the two are really related. SpeedEdit is a PC based system - that I use all the time on my Mac Book. Come and be impressed with this very usable system that can help you compete with anyone. To prepare yourself for this session, check out my review of SpeedEdit 2 in EventDV magazine
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Roger Schutter	Roger Schutter 3:00pm ~ 4:00pm DSLR's: How do they fit in the industry? This Session will include a little history on cameras leading to today’s DSLRs and how they fit and do not fit into the Event Industry as well as their impact on the video camera industry. Topics include: Why own one Where and when is it best used Who is making and using them The photo advantage
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Ken Smithers	Ken Smithers 4:00 pm ~ 5:00 pm Store-N-Share Store'n'Share allows you to use an externally connected hard drive with Bogart SE v3 as an alternative to the internal hard drive. The Store'n'Share software can save your projects directly to the external hard drive.
If you record a project to an external hard drive you can then also connect it to other Bogart systems, provided Casablanca Bogart Store'n'Share is activated, and edit the project as if it were on the original machine - if on both systems the effects used in the project are also active. In conjunction with HD backup you can also use the external hard drive to back up your internal hard drive. Saved projects can also be re-activated at a later date as a working project.

Networking time 5:00pm to 6:00pm ~ Free time to network & talk to friends ~ ~ Checkout the Video Yard Sale ~

Supper hours ~ 6:00pm to 8:00pm Plenty of time to enjoy a good meal at one of the fine restaurants

Dale Bishop ~ 8:00pm to ?:00pm *The Entertainment Hour*
Dale Bishop	I hope you look forward to being in Bettendorf, Iowa as much as I do. Our 8th year will be a great one. Tuesday night will be time to relax and have fun with "The Entertainment Hour" end with ...Prize drawing



WEDNESDAY starting at 10:00 AM NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Tim Ryan Founder & Chief Creative Dude; Treasured Memories.tv	Tim Ryan 10:00am to 11:00 am ReUSE, RePURPOSE, RePUBLISH! What to do with your existing footage! You shot the footage, you edited it and delivered it to your customer, and hopefully you already published it on your website. Now what? Why leave the footage on your hard drive? What ELSE can you do with that footage? Who else might be interested in that footage? Tim Ryan will show you the way he repurposes virtually every wedding/event video that he creates. Learn how to create “Playlists” for your fellow wedding/event professionals! Learn how Tim integrates video on his and other websites and social media platforms? Once you start to “repurpose” your footage, you’ll learn how quickly referrals and other professionals will start to seek you and your services.
Biography: Formed in 1987 by Tim Ryan, Treasured Memories.tv provides cinematography, photography and entertainment services that tell a couple's unique story in an innovative manner. Treasured Memories.tv was born out of a desire to reflect the richness of the traditional world, while showcasing the creativity of today's contemporary experience. Tim Ryan is a multi-time LIVA Award Winner and President Emeritus of LIVA (Long Island Videographers Association). Besides Treasured Memories.tv Tim Ryan was the Director of Education for The 4EVER Group (Event Videographer’s Education and Resources), Town Meeting Tour Director and WEVA Expo Director for WEVA International (Wedding and Event Videographers Association).
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Alan Nauman	Alan Nauman 11:00 am ~ 12:00 noon Creative Marketing Many of my videographer friends are more comfortable in an editing session than in promoting their business - yet, unless we are effective in marketing we won't have anything to edit! With the advent of the internet, there has been a revolution in how to reach potential customers. Come and find out some creative ways to effectively market your business and experience continued growth. end with ...Prize drawing

	12:00 ~ 1:30pm Lunch Buffet Included at Calypso's ~ Third level, south tower

Networking time 1:30pm to 2:00pm ~ Free time to network & talk to friends ~ ~ Checkout the Video Yard Sale ~

Roger Schutter	Roger Schutter ~ 2:00pm to 5:00pm 3 hours Making A Movie – Hands On Workshop This is a HANDS ON, practical demonstration of shooting a short film with volunteers from the audience. Involving lighting, sound, blocking, camera movement and post. As in past years each of the crew and cast positions will be filled during the first part of the week with the actual short film shot Wednesday afternoon. This piece will be edited on location and shown during the banquet. We will be using a Canon 7D DSLR for the shooting. This is a fun exercise where Roger will direct the short while helping crews set up and shoot and explaining why things are being done. This is a chance to learn from the master. Don’t miss this one !
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Chris Stone	Chris Stone 5:00pm ~ 6:00pm Adobe Premiere Pro First we’ll take a quick look at the history and development of Adobe Premiere Pro. Then we will walk through the work flow and interface of Premiere using sample footage. We’ll define what a project, a sequence, and a clip are, and how to capture and ingest footage. Then it’s on to basic editing techniques using timeline editing and storyboard editing as well. We’ll take a look at Premieres transitions and built in effects and how to make use of them and we’ll briefly look at some 3rd party effects often called “Plug-ins”. Then it’s on to some basic compositing work using Ultra Key for green screen work, track mattes and blend modes. We’ll check out color correction methods and take a look at building titles and lower thirds. We’ll learn how to work with audio in Premiere, cutting to the beat, fixing audio problems and using the audio effects and transitions. We’ll explore how to export your finished video into different formats using Adobe Media Encoder and Adobe Encore.

Supper hours ~ 6:00pm to 8:00pm Plenty of time to enjoy a good meal at one of the fine restaurants
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Chris Stone	Chris Stone 8:00pm ~ 9:00pm Adobe After Effects Continuing with Adobe, we’ll take a look at the eye candy program called After Effects and look at a few samples.
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
*Show your Stuff*	Show your Stuff ~ 9:00pm to ?:00pm Time to show your discoveries, Ideas etc. that can help everyone out in their editing and shooting. Then time to show your own videos that have been sent to Jim Meeker for pre-viewing and approval. Contact Jim to sign up and share creative ideas that you have. end with ...Prize drawing



THURSDAY starting at 10:00 AM NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Jim Marcacci SOUND & IMAGE PROCUCTIONS	Jim Marcacci & Bruce Logsdon 10:00 am ~ 11:00 am The Coliseum Ballroom Project ''The Story of a Documentary" Much has transpired with their 2-year project since last year's MGT! Jim and Bruce will have a progress report on their documentary DVD about the Coliseum Ballroom; the iconic building in Benld, Illinois, that brought to their little town the likes of Count Bassie, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Louie Armstrong, Ike & Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and so many more nationally known entertainers!	Bruce Logsdon SOUND & IMAGE PROCUCTIONS
Bruce and Jim will talk about some of the problems they expected and some they had not expected related to doing music related documentaries. They will also bring us up to speed on some of the information they have learned about the Coliseum Ballroom while researching this very interesting project.
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Roger Schutter	Roger Schutter 11:00 am ~ 12:00pm Multi-Platform Editing Using "Final Cut Pro" with Casablanca and other editing platforms This session will be two parts. In the first part Roger will discuss the concept of multi platform editing and demo some basics of Final Cut Pro and some other edit software as both stand-alone and combined use with MS products. The second part of the session will be questions or contributions from the audience as to their experiences with other platforms. end with ...Prize drawing

	12:00 ~ 1:30pm Lunch Buffet Included at Calypso's ~ Third level, south tower
Networking time 1:30pm to 2:00pm ~ Free time to network & talk to friends ~
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Chet Davis	Chet Davis (on screen) 2:00 pm ~ 3:00 pm Eye Candy on Casablanca A session detailing the creation of some 8-10 effects that can be performed on both Smart Edit and Bogart editors, things like Split Screen, Fancy Titles, Transition effects, etc. I am actually planning to release a new tutorial DVD called Eye Candy Volume 1 and this presentation would encompass about 1/2 of the effects. I would make the disk available to attendees of MGT 2012 for 50% since they will enjoy half of these. This program is for both Smart Edit platforms as well as the Generation Three Bogart machines and the cool looking operations can be done on either system and is something that adds value to your work with a modest amount of work. See Ken Smithers for these DVDs.
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Jared Staehli	Jared Staehli 3:00 pm ~ 4:00 pm Sony Vegas A new speaker to the March Get Together, Jared Staehli will take us into the workings of Sony Vegas starting with an overview of the software. Then he'll show us how to start by loading footage and then what the workflow on Vegas looks like. Because most of us are using more than one camcorder to record events, Jared will take us into how to handle multicamera editing with Vegas. He will tell us about some of the editing features that are built into Sony Vegas and what the system requirements for using it are. Questions will then be encouraged from the floor.
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Tim Ryan	Tim Ryan 4:00pm to 5:00 pm Current State of the Industry "A Discussion Group of Peers" COMPLETE DESCRIPTION TO FOLLOW HERE
NOTE: All sessions run Approx. 50min's with a 5-10min. break between
Ken Smithers	Ken Smithers 5:00 pm ~ 6:00 pm New Ideas for Self Promotion of your Business Ken will walk you through some of the ways he is able to generate customer traffic for FREE! He will explore the use of paper advertising, Magazine advertising, Facebook and media advertising networking advertising (word of mouth).. If you want your business to be noticed then you should enjoy Ken's talk. Look for Ken's "SECRET" and FREE tip that can get you a customer without doing ANYTHING! You must attend to see what he is talking about...

Spruce up time 6:00pm to 6:30pm for Banquet “MGT Group Portrait” in the main room at 6:30 pm ( Dressed nicely for the Banquet) Banquet Mixer at 7:00 pm
Jim Meeker "The Old Timer"	“The Banquet” with Jim Meeker Great Dinner and fun time	Prize Drawings
Jim Meeker's “March Get Together” You Don’t Want To Miss This One!
Thank You All For Attending MGT 2012