Join the FCPUG Network, including Final Cut Pro and Digital Video User Groups from within the US and Canada, in BOSTON for the largest single day gathering of creative and collaborative editors, HDSLR filmmakers, digital content creators and Gurus in the Northeast in 2011! Enjoy a few cocktails, network and party with industry peers while learning latest trends in collaborative editing workflows! Further celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of SuperMeets with the last SuperMeet of 2011!

Where? - STUART STREET PLAYHOUSE
Radisson Hotel Boston 
200 Stuart Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Click HERE for map.

When? - Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 7:00PM - 11:00pm for Actual SUperMeet with Walter Murch (Doors open 3:30PM for Digital Vendor Showcase, SuperMeet begins at 7PM)
How Much? - $10.00 -
$7.00 for Students and Teachers
Includes 2 raffle tickets per person. 
($20.00 at door)
Any raffle prizes? -Of course. $2.00 per raffle ticket or 3 for $5.00
Who should attend? - Everyone who wants to learn more about the craft of editing, digital filmmaking and meet others who may know more than you do.
Food and Drink? - Food (free) and Cash Bars will be available to enjoy a few cocktails!

 

- In Conversation with WALTER MURCH

"I'm very excited to be part of another SuperMeet, especially in the present moment of great ferment, and in Boston where I have many family connections." - Walter Murch

This will be the FIRST public appearance by Oscar and BAFTA Award-winning editor Walter Murch since the launch of Final Cut Pro X. We look forward not only to hearing Walter's thoughts on Final Cut Pro X but more importantly we are truly excited to offer Boston SuperMeet attendees a rare chance to listen to and learn more from Walter on the craft of editing itself. - This is ONE session you can't afford to miss. Register today.

About Walter Murch (full IMDB Bio)
Walter Murch has been editing sound in Hollywood since starting on Francis Ford Coppola's film The Rain People (1969). He edited sound on American Graffiti (1973) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation (1974), won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now (1979), and won an unprecedented double Oscar for sound and film editing for his work on The English Patient (1996). Most recently he helped reconstruct Touch of Evil (1958) to Orson Welles' original notes, and edited The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). Mr. Murch was, along with George Lucas and Francis Coppola, a founding member of northern California cinema. Mr. Murch has directed -- Return to Oz (1985) -- and longs to do so again, but as an editor and sound man he is one of the few universally acknowledged masters in his field. For his work on the film "Apocolypse Now", Walter coined the term "Sound Designer", and along with colleagues such as Ben Burtt, helped to elevate the art and impact of film sound to a new level.

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- Editing BLACK SWAN and Avid Special Announcement - Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E. and Bob Russo, Avid

AVID will feature ANDREW WEISBLUM, A.C.E., who will discuss his editorial workflow on BLACK SWAN. Weisblum was also editor on THE WRESTLER, and supervising editor on FANTASTIC MR. FOX, among other credits. Plus Avid will have a VERY special Announcement.

About Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E. ANDREW WEISBLUM, A.C.E. was nominated this year for an Academy Award® for Best Film Editing for BLACK SWAN. His work on that film was also recognized with BAFTA and ACE Eddie award nominations as well as recognition from multiple film critics associations, including the award for best film editing of the year from the Boston Society of Film Critics. He previously collaborated with Darren Aronofsky on THE WRESTLER. More recently, he edited the Oscar® nominated FANTASTIC MR. FOX for Wes Anderson for which he earned a Best Edited Animated Feature ACE Eddie nomination. Weisblum also edited THE DARJEELING LIMITED with Anderson and BROKEN ENGLISH for Zoe Cassavetes. He is currently editing MOONRISE KINGDOM for Anderson as well.

ANDREW WEISBLUM, A.C.E. was nominated this year for an Academy Award® for Best Film Editing for BLACK SWAN. His work on that film was also recognized with BAFTA and ACE Eddie award nominations as well as recognition from multiple film critics associations, including the award for best film editing of the year from the Boston Society of Film Critics. He previously collaborated with Darren Aronofsky on THE WRESTLER. More recently, he edited the Oscar® nominated FANTASTIC MR. FOX for Wes Anderson for which he earned a Best Edited Animated Feature ACE Eddie nomination. Weisblum also edited THE DARJEELING LIMITED with Anderson and BROKEN ENGLISH for Zoe Cassavetes. He is currently editing MOONRISE KINGDOM for Anderson as well.

Weisblum was an additional editor on Nora Ephron’s BEWITCHED as well as John Waters' A DIRTY SHAME. He served as the Visual Effects Editor on Aronofsky’s THE FOUNTAIN and Rob Marshall’s CHICAGO, which earned Academy Awards® for Best Editing and Best Picture, as well as the 2003 Eddie Award for Best Edited Musical/Comedy. He also cut the independent films UNDERMIND and CONEY ISLAND BABY.

As an assistant editor for more than a decade, Weisblum worked on a wide variety of films ranging from independent features, including John Waters' CECIL B. DEMENTED and Allison Anders' GRACE OF MY HEART, to larger scale productions such as Brian De Palma's SNAKE EYES and FEMME FATALE, and Richard Linklater's SCHOOL OF ROCK.

 

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- Canon EOS 1DX and the Present and Future State of DSLR Filmmaking: - Jem Schofield, TheC47.com
CANON has just announced the Canon EOS-1D X DSLR, Canon's latest DSLR redesigned from the inside out, which features an 18-megapixel full-frame Canon CMOS sensor, Dual DIGIC 5+ Imaging Processors, a third dedicated DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor for metering and AF control, a completely new 61-Point autofocus, 14-bit A/D data conversion, fast shooting up to 12 frames per second (FPS), Full HD video recording and much more. CANON will join us again on stage by inviting filmmaker JEM SCHOFIELD of theC47.com, who will share with us his DSLR workflow and talk about the present and future state of Canon filmmaking. Jem is an engaging presenter and is certain to share some interesting news with us at the SuperMeet.

About Jem Schofield
Jem Schofield, producer and educator, is the founder of theC47.com (an online and offline resource that produces educational content focused on video production and filmmaking). He is also the founder and director of The Filmmaker's Intensive, an annual two week program that focuses on the craft of narrative filmmaking.

His company, Buttons Productions, produces projects for an ever expanding client base. Clients include Apple, Inc., CNN, The New York Times, Canon U.S.A. Inc., Manfrotto, Vision Research, Abel Cine and Blue Note Records.

Jem is an Apple Mentor Trainer and co-author of the Apple Pro Training Series book entitled Motion 4 Quick-Reference Guide. He is also the co-author of the Apple Pro Training Series book entitled Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2 and a contributing author of the Apple Pro Training Series book: DVD Studio Pro 4, 2nd Edition.

For more about Jem & his whereabouts visit theC47.com

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- Blackmagic Design Davinci Resolve 8.1 - Alexis Van Hurkman
Version 8.1 with support for Final Cut Pro X is here! And Alexis Van Hurkman will discuss how, in the last nine months, DaVinci Resolve from Blackmagic Design has changed his color correction practice. In the process he'll show off a few of his favorite Resolve workflow and color correction features in examples from projects he's worked on this last year, which includes the television pilot ‘Nuclear Family’ and the feature 'Cargo,' and give insight based on years of experience grading programs that have appeared on The History Channel, the BBC, and Discovery Channel networks.
About Alexis Van Hurkman
In Alex's words: "I divide my time working as a writer, director, and colorist. Based in Manhattan, I do color correction for a wide variety of broadcast programming, narrative and documentary features and shorts, spots, and experimental subjects. I’ve color-corrected programs that have aired on The History Channel, The Learning Channel, BBC Four, and WNET; features and shorts I’ve graded have played at the Telluride, Sundance, Tribeca, Hamptons, and Amsterdam film festivals, among many others; video art pieces I’ve worked on have been exhibited at the NYC Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. You can check my IMDB listing to see my latest specific credits."

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- On the Road with SMOKE on Mac and ThunderBolt - Marc-André Ferguson, Autodesk
Marc-André Ferguson, the Smoke Industry Manager at Autodesk, will be onstage demonstrating the groundbreaking new workflow for SMOKE on Mac OSX using a laptop. That's right, a laptop. You have got to see this. Using the latest MacBook Pro and a Promise Technology Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID, users can now bring the power of Smoke on the road. A long-time Final Cut Pro editor, Marc-André will demonstrate how accessible Autodesk Smoke really is, how to blast past the apparent steep learning curve it has and hit the ground running.

"During my editing career, I used Avid and FCP with a healthy dose of After Effects to get to where I wanted with the projects I worked on. Like many others doing finishing work, I aspired to use Smoke, which was out of my reach at the time. Now that Smoke is available on the Mac platform, it's accessible to a lot more people, even to those who don't build complex effects for Hollywood blockbusters and big budget advertisemenst."

About Marc-André Ferguson
Marc-André Ferguson Marc-André Ferguson, Founder of Final Cut Montreal User Group and is now the SMOKE Industry Manager at Autodesk.

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And then...there's the World Famous Raffle featuring over $50K in prizes, including a fully licensed copy of Autodesk SMOKE on Mac OSX (value $14,995)!

 

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