It's official, HDV at HDFEST (www.hdfest.com/hdfest_2005.htm) NYC!

For anyone interested in learning more about HDV, I will be giving a lecture at this years HDFEST in New York City (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05.htm) entitled, "HDV: A Cinematographers Point of View" (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05panels.htm), Saturday October 1st, at the Goldcrest Post Screening Room (www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.html) in Manhattan. I will share my experiences and opinions on the new HDV format, focusing on its viability as a production format for narrative film. Presentation will include a brief overview of the technology, the current crop of cameras available, and comparison screening of HDV footage in full HD resolution. Followed by a brief Q&A session.

"HDV: A Cinematographers Point of View" (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05panels.htm) will take place Saturday October 1st, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Goldcrest Post Screening Room (www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.html) , 799 Washington Street in Manhattan, NY. Tickets (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05_tickets_panels.htm) are $8, with advanced purchase available through the HDFEST website (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05_tickets_panels.htm).

WHAT: "HDV: A Cinematographers Point of View" (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05panels.htm)
WHEN: Saturday October 1st from 3p.m. to 4p.m.
WHERE: Goldcrest Post Screening Room 799 Washington Street in Manhattan, NY (www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.html)

For more information:

HDFEST Panels (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05panels.htm)
www.hdfest.com/nyc_05panels.htm

Tickets (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05_tickets_panels.htm)
www.hdfest.com/nyc_05_tickets_panels.htm

Directions (www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.html)
www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.html

I just gave a little seminar on the cameras at HD Fest South Florida and had pretty much every HDV camera available (not including the Canon one, announced as of September 14, 2005) except the HD1 (we had the HD10). Jon Fordham even showed up and answered some questions.

I highly recommend attending this event, as Jon knows his stuff when it comes to HD and HDV.

heath

Just a quick reminder for those of you in the tri-state area interested in learning more about HDV, that HDFEST NYC (www.hdfest.com/nyc_05.htm) starts tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow evening I will be serving on the panel discussion, "Filmmaking at the Edge of the High-Definition Transition" presented by Film & Video Magazine at the Goldcrest Post Screening Room from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.

And on Saturday afternoon I will be presenting "HDV: A Cinematographer's Point of View" from 3pm to 4pm at the Goldcrest Post Screening Room. The presentation will include screening of HDV in full resolution via High Definition projection. For those of you interested in 24 frame HDV, some of the HDV footage being screened has been 3:2 pulldown converted to 24fps using Nattress' FCP G-Film plug in!

For more information:

HDFEST Panels
www.hdfest.com/nyc_05panels.htm

Tickets
www.hdfest.com/nyc_05_tickets_panels.htm

Directions
www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.html

Nattress
www.nattress.com