Attend WEVA Pre-EXPO Power Sessions to Increase Creativity & Profits
May 29, 2008
Sarasota, FL - Arrive early for the WEVA 18th Annual Wedding & Event Video Expo (August 11-14, 2008) and get more CREATIVITY, more TECHNIQUES, and more MARKETING to increase your referrals, your business, and your bottom-line income. WEVA EXPO is open to all industry professionals and guests. (Members receive discount registration, join today.)
New WEVA EXPO 2008 Pre-Convention Power Sessions for wedding and event videographers will be held Monday afternoon August 11, 2008 and end before the EXPO Opening Night Gala unfolds at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes Orlando.
Seating for each of the Pre-Convention Power Sessions (at the JW Marriott) and Special Pre-Convention Events (below) is limited. Advance registration is required. Seating is reserved on a first-come basis only. Registration will open shortly online at www.weva.com. Special Sessions and Events presented before WEVA EXPO 2008 officially opens (at 5:45pm August 11) are optional and require a separate fee. To be sure of getting seats, register early.
WEVA EXPO 2008 PRE-CONVENTION POWER SESSIONS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Monday August 11, 2008 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Adobe After Effects: Quick-Start Bootcamp
Rod Harlan - DV Confidential
1:00pm – 3:00pm ($55)
Not sure which effects suite is right for you? Here’s your chance to get a good look under the hood of Adobe After Effects and uncover new ways to jump-start your creative juices. Learn the basics from renowned Adobe trainer Rod Harlan who takes you through an intense overview of powerful new After Effects applications you can begin using immediately. Learn how to get started and up-to-speed quickly. Discover time-saving short-cuts, new techniques, and amazing AE creativity you can save and use again and again to create unique productions that command higher dollars.
Anatomy of a Corporate Video Production
Lisa Sherman - MediaFX Video
1:00pm – 3:00pm ($55)
Want more weekday work and lucrative new revenue streams? There’s more to corporate video than shooting and editing. Learn the complete process: From the initial phone call to the follow-up after delivery. See how to use wedding & event video skills you already have to outmaneuver competitors and capture higher dollars from corporate jobs you really want. Watch samples of Lisa’s productions as she breaks down the process of: 1. Making proposals; 2. Creating line-item bids; 3. Pitching clients; and 4. Carrying a job through to final delivery – and beyond. Through roll-playing you will learn the value of the soft-sell and how to retain clients long term. Plus, Lisa reveals successful lighting techniques for shooting interviews and how to create alternate moods using gels.
Hit the Ground Running…AND Making Money
Robert & Natalie Neal - Glass Slipper Productions
1:00pm – 3:00pm ($55)
Just getting started in wedding video? Learn successful methods and avoid the pitfalls. From video business management & marketing to production & delivery, Robert and Natalie will show you the key ingredients for attracting today’s brides, what they expect, and how to increase your income from new changes in digital technologies. From getting the right gear, to determining the type of bride your business will cater to, this session will enable you to leapfrog costly and time-consuming "trial and error" by allowing you to walk away with a business blueprint for success.
Final Cut Tips & Tricks
Don and Miriam Moran - Omaha Wedding Video
1:00pm – 3:00pm ($55)
Why won't copy-and-paste work for me? How do you use a garbage matte? What is a garbage matte? How do I separate audio and video tracks? Whether you’re already into Final Cut or just getting off the ground you will learn a bushel full of efficient ways for increasing your workflow, and your artistry. Discover techniques and tips on editing, navigation, color correction, transitions, mattes, keyboard shortcuts, buttons, and more. Plus, learn 5 impressive effects that produce creativity clients will love and how to produce each in just 2 minutes – or less.
MONDAY AUGUST 11, 2008 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Creating Spectacular 2D & 3D Photo Montages
Dominic Velasco - IMACRON
3:30pm - 5:30pm ($55)
Learn how to use the WOW! factor to increase your photo montage creativity and increase your profits. Multi-year WEVA Creative Excellence Award winner, Dominic Velasco shows you how to create over-the-top photo montages that command top-dollar prices. From brainstorming the storyline to using Photoshop and After Effects to produce breathtaking videos, this session will help you double, even triple your photo montage business.
Getting Started in Funeral and Memorial Video
Alan Naumann - MemoryVision
3:30pm - 5:30pm ($55)
Make more money by expanding your video services. Find out how to get into this fast-growing niche market and get answers to key questions including: Where do you start? What’s expected? What are the video requirements, responsibilities and protocol? How do you market? What do you charge? How are current trends in funeral videography changing? Do you have to cover funeral services to expand into Memorial Videos? How will the Internet impact the future. Alan shares his unique insights for success in this emerging market and shows how you, too, can be profitable.
Creativity Starts With the Camera!
Ryan Bodie - Studio 26 Productions
3:30pm - 5:30pm ($55)
Ever wonder how those creative shots are done? There are some breathtaking “looks” that even post can’t create. Get out of auto! See how to take your camerawork and your creativity to the next level by learning how and why manual settings affect your images and how to use settings to enhance your storytelling visually. Discover new, hand-held techniques for using depth of field (DOF) to get more creative and how DOF can change mood. See how shutter speed, ND filters, aperture and focal distance work to increase or decrease DOF. Learn successful techniques for enhancing your camera creativity using white balance, calibration, lighting and more.
WEVA EXPO 2008 SPECIAL PRE-CONVENTION EVENTS
Universal Studios Private Backlot Tour
Universal Studios Florida Production Group
Monday, August 11, 2008 9:00am - 11:45am & 12:45pm – 3:00pm
Introducing another "industry-first" – WEVA International has partnered with Universal Studios Florida Production Group for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the Universal Studios Production Facilities custom-created for WEVA professionals. The largest working motion picture and television studio outside of Hollywood, Universal Studios Florida (10 minutes from Grande Lakes) boasts 9 state-of-the-art soundstages, multiple broadcast studios, and more than 100 backlot sets. Numerous feature films (including The Waterboy, Matinee, and Parenthood) have been shot on the studio backlot. Home to cable network’s Nickelodeon, Universal Studios Florida has hosted TV programs as diverse as The Ellen Degeneres Show; The Food Network's Emeril, Live!; The Steve Harvey Show; America's Most Wanted; Fear Factor; BattleBotsIQ and TNA (Total Nonstop Action). TNA, today's popular contemporary wrestling show is taped in Stage 21 (adjacent to the park). Reservations for this special Backlot Tour are on a first-come basis. Participation is limited. Private buses will depart from the JW Marriott starting at 9am on Monday. Watch www.weva.com for more Tour details posting shortly.
How To Get the Most From WEVA EXPO 2008
Tim Sudall - Video One Productions
Monday August 11, 2008 10:30am – 12:00pm - JW Marriott (Free to Registered Attendees)
With so many exciting sessions, trade show and special events to choose from, what’s the best way to plan your Wedding & Event Video Expo 2008 conference schedule? Discover how thousands of wedding and event videographers have soared to new heights of video creativity - and greater profits - by creating a personalized schedule to hit the ground running at every WEVA EXPO. This free, pre-EXPO orientation session, presented by WEVA Wedding & Event Videography Hall of Fame inductee, and WEVA Creative Excellence Award-winner, Tim Sudall will help you organize and maximize a WEVA EXPO 2008 experience that’s perfect for your specific needs. (Seating is limited. Register in advance to guarantee admission.)
WEVA Golf Classic
Monday, August 11, 2008 Shotgun Start 7:15am
The WEVA Golf Classic returns this year hosted by The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Grande Lakes Orlando. The on-property Greg Norman designed course offers a challenge to golfers of all skills. Players will enjoy a worry-free morning enhanced by the services of The Ritz-Carlton Caddie Concierge who accompanies each group to offer tips for playing the course, locate golf balls, give accurate yardages, repair ball marks, clean clubs and rake bunkers. Of course if you are always in the fairway and on the green, then your caddie will have an easier time. On Monday August 11th, enjoy the pre-EXPO morning with your fellow WEVA colleagues at a 7:15am shotgun start. Golf, cart, Caddie fee, special prizes & contest including a Hole-in-One prize and Beat the Pro Par 3 are included in the green fee of just $125. Bring your clubs down to the JW Marriott bell desk on Sunday and they will be on your cart Monday morning ready when you are. Or, you can rent clubs on-site. Don’t forget to bring your camera too! Visit the The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club online. WEVA Golf Classic sign-up begins shortly when WEVA EXPO 2008 registration opens online at www.weva.com.
Make Guest Room Reservations Online Now and Save
The JW Marriott Grande Lakes Orlando is taking EXPO room reservations online. The special discount for all EXPO attendees is only $99/night (single or double). To reserve rooms Click Here and in the "Additional Information" area, checkmark the Group Code box, then enter the code: WEVWEVA
The special EXPO rate is also valid three days before and after WEVA EXPO 2008. Watch WEVA.com for WEVA EXPO 2008 updates.
About Wedding & Event Videographers Association International (WEVA)
Founded over a decade ago, WEVA International is the world's largest trade association for professional wedding and event videographers and leads the field with education that's on the cutting-edge of industry developments. WEVA is dedicated to advancing the professional interests of videographers globally through continuing education at events such as Wedding & Event Video Expo 2008 and WEVA's Wide World of Weddings & Events, technical support, group benefits, advocacy committees, new media, including Wedding & Event Videography Resource Guide, plus WEVA NEWS MINUTE videos, WEVA On-The-Air Podcasts, and streaming video on WEVA-TV.
Join WEVA online today to access valuable WEVA membership benefits that can help you succeed in your business, including new opportunities through ImageSpan's LicenseStream and CurbStream programs, plus low-cost Visa/MasterCard Merchant Status, Equipment Insurance, Liability Insurance, new Equipment Financing Program, WEVA NEWS MINUTE videos, WEVA On-The-Air podcasts, and more. Membership also provides opportunities for professional videographer (MPV) accreditation, and system-training at WEVA EXPO 2008 our industry’s biggest international convention and trade show. For more information contact the association at 941-923-5334 or email: [email protected] |
