Avid NAB 2007 Student Blog

Over???? (PIX)

Claire-Klara Egei — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:45:50 -0500

Yes I know what you mean Tasha. I still can’t get over Vegas. Congratulation SCAD for the first prize, but I think all of us did really good. Look at the numbers? They are as close as they could get....

It really is over

Tasha Brown — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:14:57 -0500

I can not believe that I just spent a week in Vegas. I met some of the greatest people ever, students. Avid employees, and a ton of other great people. I have emailed every person I got a card from...

Interview with Chris McCaleb from PromQueen.tv

Eric Heikkinen — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:11:58 -0500

This week I had a chance to ask a few questions to one of the writer/directors of the popular online show Prom Queen. Writer/director Chris McCaleb spoke to me about his involvement with the show Prom Queen and discussed the...

Thank You Avid

Dondra Maynor — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:58:43 -0500

I want to say a huge thank you to Avid for the opportunity to work as a Student Representative at NAB 2007. It has been such a great experience and an honor to represent SCAD at this event. Special thanks...

My last blog and a word of thanks (video)

Patricia Brown — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:58:56 -0500

When I came into this experience I knew something good would have come from it. The unexpected extra was making friends and networking with my peers. I have stepped out of my comfort zone and let my hair down and...

Props to You

Brandon Prebynski — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:58:44 -0500

Thank you Avid for making NAB 2007 such a great experience! The people we met, the projects we worked on, and the connections we made are priceless. I appreciate being treated so well by the Avid company and everybody involved....

Facebook Me

Laura Fennema — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:08:49 -0500

Lame I know...but I made a Facebook group for all the Avid student Reps. What better way to stay in touch than through the impersonal world of the internet? So if you are interested in joining the group, posting photos,...

Vegas slideshow

Patricia Brown — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:49:37 -0500

The minute we came back to New York I had to work for my internship . The producer informed me that I will go from VTR operator to host. I had a script in my hand while putting on my...

Back to Reality....

Brandon Porter — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:29:01 -0500

Well we are finally home and settled back in. Not much time for rest though seeing as we all have a ton of work to do. I didn't want to say much in this post except the fact that it...

last words

Maru Buendia-Senties — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:12:09 -0500

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...

camera 1 camera 2

Maru Buendia-Senties — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:36:08 -0500

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?

[Video] AVID can help HUMANITY

Robert Hess — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:14:37 -0500

We just recently got home from NAB today and, like many of my fellow students, I arrived home with a plethora of work waiting for me. There was a recent national competition that employed film students from around the country...

UT VIDEO - going bananas

Maru Buendia-Senties — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:51:41 -0500

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...

Dan Rather Honored by BEA

Dondra Maynor — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:17:37 -0500

Wednesday night, we attended an event hosted by the Broadcast Education Association. Dan Rather was honored with an award from the BEA. Unfortunately, Mr. Rather was unable to attend the event because he was on location filming a story about...

Gokhan Ozaysin Ph.D. Speaks on Postproduction Panel

Dondra Maynor — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:47:48 -0500

Yesterday, our professor Gokhan Ozaysin, Ph.D. was a guest panelist for a postproduction education seminar for the Broadcast Education Association in Las Vegas. The SCAD Team was able to catch the last half of the seminar after finishing our duties...

Home from NAB

Dondra Maynor — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:30:47 -0500

The SCAD Team has returned home from NAB. Working for Avid at NAB was an awesome experience. The Avid staff are first class. We have made many new friendships. It was exciting to be on the NAB floor checking out...

UT AVID @ NAB - redux

Lucas Millard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:19:22 -0500

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)...

UT VIDEO - lucas a.k.a macho dropper

Maru Buendia-Senties — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:50:23 -0500

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...

102 degrees

Marianela Vega — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:40:41 -0500

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...

UT VIDEO - in focus

Maru Buendia-Senties — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:40:30 -0500

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...

and then it ended - words and photos

Lucas Millard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:18:54 -0500

(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...

Good old times

Maru Buendia-Senties — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:30:32 -0500

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...

How to Produce Internet TV

Eric Heikkinen — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:02:06 -0500

A lot of people want to get into making videos for the web, but not everyone reading this has the proper knowledge for creating and distributing online videos. Thank goodness for MakeInternettv.org, a new site that is designed to help...

Right back to work

Patti Carter — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:36:07 -0500

The WSU group got back to school at about 2am and the weather is certainly cooler, but sunny thankfully. I'm getting ready for the end of the year concert my performing (singing, dancing) music group has tonight. Lots to do...

"B-E-A-UTIFUL, 73 degrees from sunny Las Vegas, Nevada"

Chris Flook — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:16:33 -0500

As AVID moves on to BEA, we went home to sing the joys of AVID and NAB 2007. The experience was fantastic and I think it will open a great deal of doors in the future. I learned a great...

UT AVID @ NAB - video links

Lucas Millard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:00:11 -0500

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...

tic toc tic toc

Maru Buendia-Senties — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:45:00 -0500

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.

UT-VIDEO The First Avid

Autumn Leonard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:05:14 -0500

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...

UT-VIDEO Dreamgirl Interview

Autumn Leonard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:27:32 -0500

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...

UT VIDEO - LED lights at NAB

Lucas Millard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:39:59 -0500

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...

UT VIDEO - PETA says GO! electric monkey GO!

Lucas Millard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:07:10 -0500

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,...

goodbye Las Vegas, Happy Birthday Jacob!

Lucas Millard — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:27:58 -0500

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...

Bring It Video Challenge – (Create Now)

Patricia Brown — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:59:46 -0500

BMCC is back in NY and I have a challenge. I would over use this expression – “Bring It!” My challenge to every school is to creatively express themselves through camera clips, photos, dubs, etc. and raise the bar to...

Thanks AVID :)

Tasha Brown — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:55:05 -0500

I have never been so lucky in my life. I have come to Vegas and learned more than I imagined I could. Every person I met has a job that intrigued me and all of the Avid staff really impressed...

[Video] Waiting to Depart

Brandon Porter — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:49:49 -0500

We wasted some time at the Las Vegas airport playing with the slot machines. We decided to record it with the webcam on the laptop because we were bored. we'll be landing in ATL at 6am so we'll do a...