Avid NAB 2007 Student Blog

last words

i want to thank all the people at AVID Technologies for having the UT at Austin team be part of this great experience. Alice thanks for all your guidance and management during this event, Adam thanks for helping us with... Read more...

camera 1 camera 2

at the nab convention we had an opportunity to tak e a look at the cameras, there was a lot to see!! can i have it? Read more...

UT VIDEO - going bananas

at the nab convention lucas showed marianela and i a booth where they have robotic animals, they were displaying chimpanzees and how robotics will ensure that these animals no longer suffer the cruelty of show business. Their innovation with these... Read more...

UT AVID @ NAB - redux

As many of you know, this past week Avid Technologies, the elder statesman of non-linear editing systems* sponsored groups of students from different Universities around the United States to come promote Avid at this year's NAB (National Association for Broadcasters)... Read more...

UT VIDEO - lucas a.k.a macho dropper

after one of our first nights in vegas due to some little accidents marianela named our dear friend lucas , macho dropper... this composed name came together due to two different things that happened, i'll show you the video and... Read more...

102 degrees

I'm writting this post from my bed, with a 102 degrees fever, so I might sound a bit incoherent. I just want to thank all the people who have been checking our blog and hope the information was useful to... Read more...

UT VIDEO - in focus

marianela and I walked around to check out the cameras and lights and we found this cool display of a 35mm camera that demonstrated the focus rack on it and it was fun to play with it, take a look... Read more...

and then it ended - words and photos

(grammar optional on following post) so now that things are settling down, i've slept four a few hours though at odd times, and want to take the time to start taking it all in before the week becomes taken. this... Read more...

Good old times

this was my first time in vegas and i must say that i had a diferent idea of what it was. i did enjoy my stay there and had a blast with the ut team... so here are some pictures... Read more...

UT AVID @ NAB - video links

Here are links to the videos we created about Avid: UT team The gang makes an animation before leaving for Vegas Team Avid (aka we're ready las vegas) the gang makes another one, this time as a promotion (shameless?) I... Read more...

tic toc tic toc

as ut texas team waits to go back to austin we see the time pass on gate c-1... as you are able to see we are far beyond tired but happy to have been at nab. Read more...

UT-VIDEO The First Avid

I've already posted this video of James Ball, and Avid 1. It includes the original notebook drawings that were the blueprints for what would be come THE largest television and film editing system software in the world today. Why watch... Read more...

UT-VIDEO Dreamgirl Interview

Virginia Katz is the award winning editor of Dreamgirls. She sat down with us to talk about Dreamgirls, Bill Condon, her mentor, Marion Rothman and why she became an editor in the first place. Ginny Katz and her siberian huskies... Read more...

UT VIDEO - LED lights at NAB

Element Labs, a Belgium-based company unveiled some early models of their LED light systems at this year's NAB conference. These light boxes are capable of cycling through the color spectrum, and would be a bonus to any film production. For... Read more...

UT VIDEO - PETA says GO! electric monkey GO!

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had a booth in NAB, full with electric monkeys. There was even a supporter from California at the show walking the floor with a full-sized baboon. The animal was wearing a diaper,... Read more...

goodbye Las Vegas, Happy Birthday Jacob!

We are all back in Austin now and finally (hopefully) gotten the sleep we need to carry on. The Nab 2007 Conference is now finished (as of 4pm yesterday), and thank you Avid for the good times and the opportunity... Read more...

Blow Holes

Bellagio Fountain: I filmed this video the first night on my tiny consumer panasonic camera, unfortunately it took a whole week to get it off my camera and online. We stumbled onto the Bellagio Fountain finale last Friday night. It's... Read more...

dolly out!!!!

Well, after 4 days of hard work and fun, I'm ready for a dolly out all the way back to Austin, so I can get rid of this cold in my bed. These have been very intense days and the... Read more...

Ommmmmmm

The day comes to and here at the NAB and finally i get a chance to walk around other booths and let mi mind unwind and relax as i sit down on this incredible chairs that give you a massage.... Read more...

Packing It Up

So, as the NAB convention draws to a close, I walked around and collected some final images of some of the booths. Autumn is busy on the computer with the camera card reader - she is rushing to finish the... Read more...

avid and final cut

Walking around the Avid stands, I found another new feature that Avid is exhibiting at NAB: The Avid Open Storage Initiative, which basically allows to run practically any third-party Mac OS X or Windows XP content creation tool (INCLUDING FINAL... Read more...

venetian preview

i wanted to go before leaving las vegas to the venetian hotel, which i liked a lot!!! it was my preview for my future trip hahaha who ever made that sky... great job!! Read more...

fear & loathing in las vegas

hello everyone, yesterday was our last night here in las vegas, we finally got a chance to relax and go out to have some fun. i enjoyed walking under all those bright and colorful lights. it was great to be... Read more...

Breaking the law

Images & Impressions #3 One in the morning. Lucas and I ditch the strange combo of poker playing, Danish Jamaicans, Homeland Security, and Nigerian DJ's that have congregated at the bar. We wander towards the Best of the Art of... Read more...

out with susanne

I forgot to mention that I finally saw Susanne last night. She has also been here at NAB checking out all the new technology. For those of you who don't know her, she is the post production supervisor at UT,... Read more...

last night out

So, as you read in a previous post, I had a fever yesterday and I had to leave the Convention Center early, right after our drive crashed. After 4 hours of sleep and with a little help of a couple... Read more...

UT VIDEO - last days (with disco NAB-ers)

Hey hey - So here we are for the final day of NAB 2007. Thank you all for your support and comments this week, we really appreciate it. We will be running this blog until midnight Friday night, so we... Read more...

UT VIDEO - AVID HD

As Marianela and I walk around the AVID booths we found one that caught or attention due to its importance to storage and compression. One of the new features of AVID is the new DNxHD technology that offers HD quality... Read more...

chicken soup falls, poker games, high technology and you.

hello everyone. thanks to all for checking in with our BLOG! thus far, and I hope that you continue to check us out for a few more days. We had a big jump in numbers in the last 24 hours,... Read more...

All Gone; UT catastrophe

Kablam! Kabluey!!! We took back the lead in the blogging competition today. All was peachy and keen. We had four movies to edit and post for you today. Proudly, we marched our hard disk drive and Dell laptop up to... Read more...

Images & Impressions #2

Las Vegas, NAB 2007 UT Texas Team Autumn, Luke Marianela & Maru Second to last day of NAB. There are no parks here. The closest I've come to the outdoors is inside a Casino pleasure garden. Awesome for its craftsmanship,... Read more...

UT VIDEO - more on Steadicam

Here's another piece that was still exporting when i sent the other one's through yesterday. It's got Garrett describing the concept behind the steadicam, and the new version that has just hit the market. Again, thanks to Garrett Brown for... Read more...

UT VIDEO - Peter Jackson in RED

This morning, Maru and I decided to check out the RED ONE camera booth. On our way there we saw some people running like crazy. But we did not put it together until we got to the stand and saw... Read more...

202 work

after a long day of working like crazy interviewing,editing, and posting we head out back to our hotels to "rest". marianela and i are working on some editing on that promised blog with lots of information about the red camera,... Read more...

AsK mE wHaT i'M dOiNg

Ask me what i'm doing. Today I did interviews, camera work, some editing and post... and yes I also worked collecting leads for AVID. Time sure runs fast once you get caught up in the moment. I also had the... Read more...

Editor of DREAMGIRLS

While I post this information, Autumn and Maru are finishing an interview to Virginia Katz, the editor of Dreamgirls (2006), who won an award for Best Edited comedy or musical feature from the American Cinema Editors. She was previously nominated... Read more...

UT VIDEO - Garrett Brown on Kubrick

Here is Garrett Brown remembering his work on in 1979 on the 'The Shining'. (which we all know will remain one of the best horror films of all time.) for mor info on Garrett Brown, check out his website: http://www.garrettcam.com/ Read more...

UT VIDEO - steadicam at NAB

Peter Abraham, demonstrating the steadicam with an Arri 235 (a lightweight 35mm camera), .articulates what it takes to master this incredible tool. check back soon for the Garrett Brown (inventor of Steadicam) interview about his work with Stanley Kubrick. Read more...

Avid Turns 20

The night before last was the big customer event. We had to walk around in t-shirts that said, “I spent the evening with a 20 year old.” In honor of the 20th anniversary of Avid. However the fact that only... Read more...

The Weirdest NAB Video Contest Ever!

Why hello there little campers, Here at NAB 2007 there are competitions for everything; blogging, posting, even being nice and friendly. In honor of the rampant competitiveness, we've decided to stage our own. Since we've been making tuns of nice... Read more...

The Backroom

So, here we are Marianela and I, working on the backroom re ady to edit after a long interview with red camera representatives, where we were in for a great surprise regarding the high quality of the camera and we... Read more...

UT VIDEO - the most excited guy at NAB

Hope you find this video as amusing as I do. This guy is so ready! Watch him zig-zag directly towards the Avid booth! This was taken when the flood gates opened Monday morning at 9AM. -lucas Read more...

UT VIDEO - very powerful escalator

check it out!!! a revolutionary improvement in human motion!!! this will change the world!!! (consequentially, this has nothing to do with AVID) -lucas Read more...

Oops

Daniel Norton, with his eagle eyed self, caught a typo from my website: It's http://www.autumnandjustin.org NOT .org. Thanks Daniel! Read more...

check it out!!! a revolutionary improvement in human motion!!! this will change the world!!! (consequentially, this has nothing to do with AVID) -lucas Read more...

Images & Impressions - #1

Images and Impressions Las Vegas, NAB 2007 UT Texas Team Autumn, Luke Marianela & Maru #1 Las Vegas is a strange strange city. I’m regularly discomfited by its claustrophobic sidewalks, children handing out redemption pamphlets, and ubiquitously easy acceptance of... Read more...

Avid & the Berlin Wall - UT Video

Here's a video about the first Avid 1 on an OLD Apple computer that came out in 1989. James Ball, a Marketing Director at Avid, shares some stories about a clip he edited on Avid 1, and shows us the... Read more...

NAB MADNESS

Lot's to do, lot's to see, lot's of people. That's NAB! Read more...

Murky Waters

well... editing on the fishbowl was an experience that its hard to describe since you are being watched by so many people, and yes they do tap the glass. but mainly it gets to a point when you are there... Read more...

UT VIDEO -Tips for independent filmmakers

Lucas and I, walked around the many booths that AVID has setup and we found one that is perfect for all of those out there, that as well as us, are trying to do great film work on a budget.... Read more...

UT VIDEO- AVID @ 3D - University of Texas

alo alo everyone, here at the NAB convention we have a great booth that shows all the cool stuff that AVID 3D has to offer for all of us out there that are fascinated by this type of work. Here... Read more...

AVID STANDS

While we finish editing the videos that we just shot, here are some pics at the different Avid stands, where the public is learning about the different workflows available and getting information about the one that fits their needs. Everything... Read more...

Autumn's Bio

Autumn is a graduate film student at the UT department of Radio-Television and Film. She has worked in theater and film for the past eight years. Original plays include Up In a Place Like This and Snap Peas. She worked... Read more...

avid party

After a long day of work, we wrapped up last night at a party that Avid organized for its employees and customers at The Joint in the Hard Rock Cafe We shot footage for a video that we will be... Read more...

script sync - new for Avid

The Press Conference for Avid just wrapped up and I am on my way to the customer party at the Hard Rock Casino, but I just wanted to take the time to report on the newest and neatest new feature... Read more...

press conference

We just finished our first assigment: shooting the Avid press conference where they announced all their new products and features. We'll be giving you detailes of that later. Here's are some images of how the space looks right now. All... Read more...

RED ONE CAMERA

Here's a pic at the stand of the RED ONE camera which will be officially announced tonight at the press conference. We'll see what is behind this big red tent tomorrow. I promise good images!! Read more...

the fishbowl

today was an intense day at the convention center and we went over everything we needed to know in order to better represent AVID and help people that may have questions about it or be interested in new products. one... Read more...

All You Need is LOVE

We went to see Cirque du Solei's LOVE show last night. It was AMAIZING. Here are some pictures for you. We weren't able to take any during the show but at least it gives you an idea how the stage... Read more...

Ready for NAB

Today we are receiving all the necessary training to start working at NAB tomorrow. It's 11am right now and all the exhibitors' are getting their exhibition stands ready for the press conference tonight. We'll be shooting that and post the... Read more...

AVID south of the border

Hello everyone, today on our way to the NAB convention center Marianela and I had the opportunity to talk to two representatives of AVID in Latin-American. We discussed the differences in editing workflow between Latin-American and the United States. And... Read more...

pictures of last night and today

the air up here... is that the grand canyon ? whoa! autumn here come's the casinos... (still in the airport..) the line for taxis... and hello las vegas strip... the Bellagio's fountain of light. and the Mirage's volcanoe of Love... Read more...

UT ViDEO - first night in Vegas

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UT cracker video

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made it, las vegas

alright, so I got some sleep on the flight to Vegas, and was greeted by the soft tinkling of slot machines at the airport. Autumn and I took a quick cab to the hotel, where we settled into our respective... Read more...

DTE Disk Recorders

I just learned about this new cool device called Direct to Edit (DTE) Disk Recorders. They allow recording video in Avid's native DV-OMF, DV/DVCPRO 50 or DVCPRO HD-MXF file formats while you shoot in DV and HDV camcorders. What does... Read more...

we are in las vegas!!!!!

hello from vegas! we arrived last night and did some sightseeing. Check us out in a couple of hours for pictures and videos of hour first night here. This morning we are getting our cameras and editing gear to start... Read more...

western teaser

before i have second thoughts about showing ya'll this imperfect work-in-progress.... here it is... comments accepted. -lucas Read more...

kilgore trout, r.i.p.

"It's just like going to Las Vegas. Maybe you win and maybe you don't. I wrote what I had to write for whatever reasons. Apparently it was my destiny to write as I have, and yes we found readers. Do... Read more...

Panasonic AG-HVX200 HD camera

One of our assignments is doing a video that shows the workflow of the Panasonic AG-HVX200 HD camera, also know as the P2 camera. You'll be able to watch the whole process from shooting to web streaming. For all of... Read more...

coments or questions-THIS IS YOU CHANCE

NAB starts on Monday and the the members of the University of Texas team will be posting all kinds of interesting info about the latest in technology. So all of you filmmakers, editors, movie fans, or anyone interested everywhere in... Read more...

NAB here we come

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women at work

Three women directors working hard to have their voice in film heard.... the University of Texas at Austin has giving us the opportunity to create and imagine. Enjoy this collage of pictures! Read more...

after 4am

yesterday was a long long day as i worked on sound for my film on pro tools and fixed the song for the openning credits. as the hours passed and 10 different tracks with different colors shine on the screen... Read more...

picture perfect

For all of those out there that love photography and video combined this short video that i found is perfect. Its just another way of mixing these two arts to create something insightful and meaningful. all of us artists out... Read more...

a few days more

with only a few more days to go for the NAB conference the University of Texas team and I wanted to let all of you know that the days that we are at that conference you are going to be... Read more...

UT VIDEO - dog day afternoon - austin style

hello everyone, well here's the mini-tour i promised you of the beautiful city of austin, tx. hope you enjoy it. Read more...

a clip from my film

Hello again here's a clip from my short film The light bulb (16mm, color.2006), the one I screened a couple of days ago here in Austin. marianela Read more...

part II-video

the second part to my nostalgic afternoon. blame it on the weather!! marianela Read more...

wish I could be there

This cold weather makes me wish I were back in Lima now, where everyone is enjoying easter weekend, the last weekend of summer. Hello to all of you at the beach, please enjoy it for me. Here are some pictures... Read more...

Dreamgirls - any questions?

Hello everyone Unlike Maru, I hate c old and rainy days. It's still strange for me the fact that the weather changes so drastically here; only 3 days ago it was 85 dregrees and today it's 38! But well...As Luke... Read more...

Cold Rain

Alo!!! today has been a cold, wet, grey day... which got many of us here at Austin by surprise. for me its not that bad i love this kind of weather... i was going to give all of you a... Read more...

UT VIDEO - master suite

here's a film i shot on 16mm and edited on avid... please do scroll forward to the 54sec or so since i have color bars & tone... unless you want to be annoyed for about 54 sec. this story is... Read more...

Post-production

As time goes by I find myself closer and closer to my mixing date and its funny how you start getting "mixed" feelings about the cut you loved only a few weeks behind. on the other hand once you start... Read more...

One Week Left - send your requests

Hello again! This is only my 2nd post, so thanks for reading. Check out the videos that Maru posted (click on her blog or the UT blog to find them). They are fun. Play them again and again. As for... Read more...

UT VIDEO - we're ready las vegas

well we are getting ready for las vegas! so enjoy this little video where you see us just having a little fun. Read more...

remember

i have experienced so many things here at grad film school that it's incredible how time has passed by and how much has been achieved. i look back and see all those people that are now friends and value all... Read more...

screening last night

screening last night at spider house was great, the place had a lot of people and its always good to have our projects out in the open and see the reaction of the audience is always a great feeling... this... Read more...

float

float is an experimental film that's process of making from a recollection of images and random thoughts i've had over years. Read more...

Helllooooo Las Vegas

Hey friends and famn-damily, This is the new Type Pad blog the loving folks at AVID have set up for us (My 4-person AVID team) to blog about our experiences at NAB. What in the Sam Hill is NAB? Check... Read more...

Documentary 100 meals

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MY CUT

Today I’m going to be screening the final cut of my newest film, the one you guys have previewed as a trailer, I know some of you did not know what was going on there but I'll upload one with... Read more...

Screening 100 meals & Trailer

SCREENING! SCREENING! alo! as well as marianela's work " the light bulb", my documentary "100 meals" about a gourmet chef that prepares meal at the austin resource center for the homeless will be screening tomorrow night at spider house at... Read more...

screening our films

To everyone in Austin, you are invited tomorrow night (April 3rd) to the Spider House Cafe, to the Graduate Film Showcase where Luke, Maru and I will be showing our films. The show starts at 8pm. For everyone who cannot... Read more...

Trailer La Pared

here's the trailer that i did for my film "la pared" which is in post-production right now. take a look at it and let me know what you think. as a small note for some reason once i post this... Read more...

I'm back

Well now that i've got my identity after that credit card fraud i feel a lot better., now lets move unto better and bigger things. At the moment i'm working on the post-production of my film, working on AVID and... Read more...

Meet Us

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hello, I'm Lucas

Greetings from sunny Texas. Only two weeks left before NAB 2007 kicks off in Las Vegas, and I'd like to take the opportunity to give a quick introduction. My name is Lucas Millard and I'm in my final year of... Read more...

Avid Advantages

he llo everyone Some people are asking about the advantages of editing in avid over other software like FCP. Here are a few. Warning: this might be too technical for anyone who is not an editor.Sorry! -Better title tool, easier... Read more...

LONG LONG NIGHT

I decided to take a break from grading projects and go back to my pre thesis documentary. Another long night with Avid in the editing suite. Read more...