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September/October
1999
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Guild President Rides
Again
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Editors Guild president
Donn Cambern, A.C.E., was one of the featured guests at a
special 30th anniversary screening of "Easy Rider" on
September 17 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences. The sold-out audience was treated to the first
public showing of a new, pristine print, fully restored by
Sony Pictures Entertainment, along with digitally remastered
sound. As editor of the film, Donn was part of the panel
discussion that followed on the making of the seminal 1969
movie. Moderated by noted film critic Charles Champlin, the
panel also featured director/co-writer/ actor Dennis Hopper,
actor Peter Fonda, cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, production
manager Paul Lewis and executive producer Bert
Schneider.
The following companies have recently
become signatories to the I.A.T.S.E. Basic
Agreement:
The
Agency, Inc., Company Man
Bohemian
Prods., Inc.,
Joe Gould's Secret
Jesus' Son
Prods., Inc., Jesus' Son
Hostage
Prods., Inc.,
Keeping the Faith
Requiem for a
Dream, LLC, A
Requiem for a Dream
Up to You,
Inc., Down to
You
Just in case you
missed Alan Bell's "Introduction to Windows NT" seminar in
July, the "Windows Keyboard Secrets" handout is still
available on the web.
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Training And Practice
News
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from Hank Schloss
The Editors Guild training program for
the Avid is still available at both Video Symphony and
Montana Edit and both places offer many variations of what
can be done on this system. Training on the Lightworks
system is no longer available through the Guild but may be
available at other organizations.
The following regulations apply to
eligibility for the Guild program: You must be on
the roster of Local 700 as well as a member and you must
file an application for the course you want to take. Get the
application from the Guild receptionist and return it to the
Guild. You will be called by the facility you have selected
when they have an opening. You may take more than one class
but please file only one application at a time.
The practice room at the Guild now has
the latest model Avid and the latest ProTools. We also have
a Lightworks.
To book practice time at the Guild,
call the office (323)876-4770 ext.246. Time is available in
2-hour blocks and all the practice material is provided. An
excellent staff of instructors is on hand at all times and
the facilities are available Monday thru Friday from 9 am to
5 pm. To book practice time, you must be a member of Local
776 in good standing.
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Training and Practice Room
Update
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With outstanding co-operation from both
Avid and Digidesign, the Editors Guild stays in the
forefront with the latest model equipment for our editors
and assistants, maintaining their position as the best
available anywhere. Our ProTools is the latest model. Our
Avid is the 7.0.2 VI and now includes the Boris system for
special effects. Although the Lightworks will no longer be
on the market, the Guild will maintain the one we have for
those editors who will continue to use it.
To reserve practice time on any of the
systems, you must have some working knowledge of that
particular system, or else have recently completed a
training class. For such practice time, call the Guild
office (323) 876-4770 ext. 246. The hours are Monday through
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in 2 hour sessions. At this
time, ProTools is available only on Wednesdays.
The Guild is pleased to announce that
there are two highly qualified, knowledgeable, experienced
and good-natured instructors available in the training room
to coach those that need it. They alternate one week each
and their names are Brian Damsky and Dieter Rozek. Come and
meet them.
Our formal training program is still
in full operation. To access that, call the reception desk
and ask for an application.
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Improved Eye Sight at a Reduced
Cost
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The Union Members
Discount Network is working with the Aris Vision Institute
to offer union members refractive eye surgery at a
drastically reduced price. This arrangement includes LASIK,
the popular procedure for correcting nearsightedness,
farsightedness and astigmatism. LASIK can cost up to $2,500
per eye; through UMDN, patients can attain the benefit of
natural vision for as low as $1,800 per eye. Phone (888)
504-2020 to schedule your free vision evaluation, mentioning
code "SAM001" at the time of your call.
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Members' Parents Gain Access to
MPTF Nursing Facility
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The Motion Picture &
Television Fund's long-term care facility is now open to the
parents of all eligible industry members, including those in
the Editors Guild. The highly respected facility provides
long-term care for seniors, with board-certified physicians
and registered nurses on duty 24 hours a day. Eligibility
varies by type of service, and parents may not qualify for
all services. Phone (818) 876-1542 for specific
details.
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Media 100 Supports Apple's
G4
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The Media 100 family of
digital video systems was approved for use with Apple's new
high-speed Power Mac G4 platform. Debuted in September, the
G4 includes new technology that can improve performance of
critical functions such as compression and decompression of
video images, rendering and audio processing. Media 100
models that will support the G4 include the le, lx, xe, xs
and xr.
Accom recently
introduced the Affinity nonlinear editing system and
Dimension.8 software, designed for real-time uncompressed
digital 601 editing, effects, compositing and finishing for
broadcast television and video post production. The system
features five simultaneous, real-time streams of video and
the new frame-based, motion-adaptive Abekas DVE and Dveous
FX digital effects packages. Dimension.8 software offers
features such as three-point insert/overwrite/fit-to-fill
editing, clip pinning and track logging.
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