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Princeton Media Communications Association FEBRUARY 2003 MEETINGMaking Documentaries Scott Nielsen, Tom Spain, Robert Goodman Date:
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Additional Information This meeting will examine the current state of documentary "filmmaking." the primary focus will be on new technologies for acquisition and editing and marketing documentaries. You'll hear outstanding, accomplished speakers and see the hot Panasonic variable frame rate pro DV camera and Avid's DV Express. As a cameraman, soundman, director, editor, producer -even composer and lyricist - Scott Nielsen has worked at almost every level of the motion picture industry. In the years before co-founding Telequest, Scott produced documentaries for PBS and taught filmmaking at Princeton University. For more than twenty years, Tom Spain has produced prize winning documentaries for prime-time broadcasts, including The Fire Next Door and America's First River, with Bill Moyers. Tom honed his skills in New York, producing industrial films, and then moved to CBS where he worked on the archival series The Twentieth Century and World War One. Emmy-nominated Robert Goodman has been writing scripts and producing corporate and industrial video, infomercials, and commercials for the past twenty years. He has written books on production techniques and is a regular contributor to video trade magazines. In the past several years Robert has shifted gears into documentary production, completing both short and feature-length projects. His latest award-winning feature opens this month at the Film Forum. Robert frequently teaches production workshops at film festivals and sees a bright future in entertainment for the documentary genre. We are pleased to announce that this meeting is sponsored by Paul A. Distefano of the production equipment supplier Visual Sound Company in Broomall, Pa. (www.visualsound.com) Paul will be showing the Panasonic camera and Avid equipment. He can be reached at 610-690-1491 (office), 609- 371-0466 (home), and 856-207-6995 (cell). He's a multi area code kind of guy.
If these meetings sound intriguing, now would be a good time to join PMCA. And our board is always looking for people who are excited about the video or electronic media profession and want to help us make the organization successful and rewarding. Those interested in joining or sponsoring our activities should contact Andy Kienzle, PMCA President. Contact: Andy Kienzle, PMCA
President, at Newton Gravity Shift, Princeton MCA-I Philadelphia MCA-I Directions to Sarnoff Corporation Sarnoff Corp. is on Routes 1 and 571, From Route 1, take Route 571 towards Hightstown |
