Nathan Chaszeyka

By all reports that I read during the months I spent researching which NLE to buy, the only area that Vegas was noted for was it's color correction. Many people I spoke to and many articles and internet posts that I read stated that the color corrector in Vegas was BETTER than that of FCP. Just my experience, your results may vary. With that being said, most of the built in color correction tools that are part of NLE's are inferior to dedicated programs.

I agree with most of what has been said in this thread from both sides of the discussion except the abot quoted post. Generally when people have closed thier mind to the idea that there could be merit in the other option, they make hasty generaliztions and stand behind them as fact. It appears that is what you are doing here. Perhaps you didn't look around and find the right "gulag" to spend time in. And your shortsighted quib about teaching at a local community college is laughable. I attend a Community College with a very strong 2 year film program. I'm not under piles of debt, as a matter of fact my tuition is roughly $3000 a year including books and fees. On top of that, the program head at my college has worked a lifetime in the film industry and decided to retire to teaching as his health began to fade from the stress. My cinematography professor is an emmy award winner, a founding member of the Society of Camera Operators and member of the director's, camera operators, and editor's guilds. The other members of the faculty have all worked professionally in Hollywood or New York and have equally impressive credits. Perhaps writing off all professors as "little Tin Napoleans" isn't as easy as you would like it to be.

This doesn't really work for what you are advertising it for. Any HVX footage on mini DV or DVD would be downconverted so what's the point of paying for all that footage when it will just be SD?

Yep. That's me.

Just to add $.02 that might be relevant to some responses to this post. The I know the thread starter from another board. He is a 6 or 7th grade student if I remember correctly but he has a lot of desire to learn and doesn't need it crushed. Everyone has been cordial but just try to keep it in mind.

John, I emailed last week about the Kodak workshops and was told that there were no workshops scheduled. Do you have any idea when or if they will be offered again and where they may possibly be held? I have been told that they are usually very high quality and worth the money.

I am planning on attending the assistant camera operator and then the camera operator shops (very tentative at the moment). I would be willing to split a room or make some sort of arrangements, but it all depends on what your idea of living cheaply is though. I lived in the bed of a truck for three years and survived whole summers on $500.

Can anyone vouch for the quality of the workshops offered by them. I was considering a course they are offering this summer but have very very limited resources and can't afford to waste them.