DCFCPUG is partnering with the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University to host our next meeting/event – Film Financing 101 (The DIY Basics) and the The Storytelling Craft, featuring screenwriting consultant Jim Mercurio.

The event takes place on April 24, 2009 in Georgetown.

REGISTER FOR A FREE TICKET TO ATTEND:

• Special Guest: Jim Mercurio – a top-ranked national screenwriter consultant from Los Angeles (http://www.a-listscreenwriting.com/)
• See YouTube videos on Jim.
• Read about Jim’s work with Chris Cooley of the Washington Redskins. The “Ghost Don’t Exist” film is shooting using the RED camera in the coming months right in our backyard!

• Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University
  1055 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
  Foundry Building – Studio A
  Washington, DC 20007
  Phone: 202-625-1110/800-808-CDIA

  http://www.cdiabu.com

• DC Georgetown Campus:  In the heart of Georgetown, the Washington, DC campus is part of an energetic, historic community. Located in The Foundry Building, the campus is only blocks from the waterfront. From its unique beginnings at the former Foundry Theater, the campus features 18,000-square feet of advanced studios and classrooms in a spacious, gallery-like location. Getting to and from school is also convenient, by car or public transportation. The Georgetown Metro Connection runs a regular service to and from nearby Foggy Bottom Metro stop, while the DC Circulator links to destinations across the city.

MORE RESOURCES

For those interested in more screenwriting workshop opportunities, Jim will be conducting a full Screenwriter’s two day course at the Grand Hyatt in Washington DC on 25/26 April 2009.  Email for a DCFCPUG discount or check your email for the announcement. UPDATE: Additional deep discounts are available now for weekend workshop in DC, see event link for details.

SUMMARY

Make plans to attend on April 24th!  We need members and guests to be involved and participate, as this meeting will set the tone for future meetings and partnerships.

108 registered tickets so far! Thanks for supporting this valued DC community event.

Please REGISTER!

DCFCPUG, Women in Film & Video of DC and A-List Screenwriting are teaming up to bring you this exciting evening.  You don’t want to miss it!  If enough people signup for the weekend course, there will be some lucky person walking home with a authentic, personally signed autographed NFL football (from Chris Cooley, #47, Washington Redskins).

The DCFCPUG forums are launched!  The forums are integrated, so you can use your current DCFCPUG username and password.  Click here to drop by, introduce yourself, and join the discussion.

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Ok, cutter-blogger-author-wanna-be’s, here’s your chance.  We can’t compete with the Apple Discussion Forums, and we aren’t Creative Cows.  But it’s time to get a little local FCP chatter going.  So, if you fit any of the categories below, please email us so we can get these forums running.  We have a couple interested takers, but we need a critical mass (say, a dozen or so actual committed posters!) before we can go public with any dignity.

Moderator:  You like checking in to the forum frequently and doing everything from adding substantive content to putting the hose on nasty virtual feuds.  You should have experience and skill with FCP, so you can at least pretend to be an expert.

Contributor:  You are willing to spend some time on the forums, at least initially.  You want to fire off some original posts as well as responses to other contributors.  Experience and skill with FCP is a bonus, but all you really need is an internet connection, a willingness to post/beta-test and an understanding of the QWERTY keyboard.

Web Dude/Dudette:  Some back-end help is always appreciated, especially once we start identifying forum bugs.  If you have skills and understanding related to WordPress, BB Press forums and related “behind the scenes” issues, your help is most welcome.  There will be more serious vetting for these positions.

So, those are the openings.  Surely, there are FCP’ophiles interested in building their local DC metro area community.

Email us with your desired position today!  (As in, right now!  Why wait?)

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POSTPONED: The next meeting of the DCFCPUG – originally scheduled for July 29, 2008 in Georgetown, DC – has been postponed. We will announce the rescheduled meeting in the near future.

Our apologies to anyone inconvenienced by this postponement, and our thanks to CDIA for offering to host.

Should DCFCPUG.org add a forums page?

Our user group quickly amassed an impressive number of members, and the first meeting had a surprisingly good turnout (thanks to lots of help from industry stalwarts). But, are users looking for forums here? Or are the Apple, Creative Cow, 2-Pop and other global forums enough to scratch everyone’s itch?

Personally, I see potential for a forum containing discussions about the local scene, and maybe filling in some holes left open by the bigger forums (which can be impersonal on occasion). That said, nothing is more pathetic than a page full of forums that sit fallow – populated only with a few lonely posts by the moderators, who try desperately to invite debate.

So, forums or no forums? Please vote by adding your Comments below.

Our June 2, 2008 Meeting was a great success. In coming posts, we’ll be breaking down what we saw from each of the fantastic vendors and speakers (or what you missed, if you couldn’t make it down).

Please register to become a member of the DCFCPUG, and contribute to the community with your comments, suggestions, articles, tutorials, and anything else you’d like to submit for consideration!

Check out this Thursday’s TIVA-DC Event:

All about the Blus! (ray)
Thursday, June 05 2008, 6:30pm – 9:00pm Read the rest of this entry »

JUST ADDED: Directions (Video) and agenda updates.

Here are the latest details on the meeting agenda, which is packed with special guests, tips and tricks, and prize giveaways: Read the rest of this entry »

With vendors in town and editors in a tizzy over the soon-arriving Final Cut Studio World Tour, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to have a meeting.

Here are the details:

There is no cost to attend this event! Please RSVP by email, as seating may be limited. Also, please register to become a member of the DCFCPUG. It’s free and easy!

We will endeavor to keep you informed of meeting developments, including which vendors have agreed to attend. The more RSVPs we get, the better leverage we may have to get more vendors (and maybe even some freebies).

So, please spread the word, and we hope to see you there!