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GlimmerGhost

08-25-2006, 11:54 PM

Name: Jim Figueroa
Age: 26
Married: for 3 years this OCT.
No kids
Moved over from Cali 2 years ago because I went to LA with the wrong mindset, totally incorrect information, temptations that made me lose my bearings and I was surrounded by friggin vultures from the moment I got off the plane, I swear.
In cleveland I've directed two pilots for PAX, an AD for news show for Telemundo, I've done the "one man band" thing on way too many projects and pretty much learned my craft from everyone here on DVXuser and the "if at first you don't succeed" method. I'm blessed with an amazingly gorgeous wife that everyone "mistakes" for my sister at parties, and I am making my very first short film in one week.
I am a Bi-polar and a perfectionist and it makes most of the stuff I shoot look good. It's also one of the the reasons why I cant make a demo reel or set up a website or even give people my card... if i'm not happy with it then I scrap it. For anyone that knows bi polars then you'll get that last sentence.

My message for guys like Ballplaya and PTO and all the rest of you young DVXusers is: feel proud of yourselves. You had the good sense to start now, dont call yourselves unknowledgeable, or dumb or say its unfortunate that your young. All I can say is take me as an example, i'm 26 and I just started my lifelong dream in feb., all because I never had the good sense to just jump in. Don't ever think you don't know enough, even the oldest,wisest Most valuable DVXuser still has stuff to learn, and these things you are learning now from him/her at the age of 14,15 and 16.
Good call.

Tom Marshall

08-26-2006, 12:12 AM

It's also one of the the reasons why I cant make a demo reel or set up a website or even give people my card... if i'm not happy with it then I scrap it. For anyone that knows bi polars then you'll get that last sentence.
I'm the same way man... when I first started playing guitar in high school, I didn't even consider myself a guitar player until after I'd been playing for about a year. I don't consider myself a filmmaker, well, mainly because I haven't bought myself a camera... but even when I do, I won't consider myself a filmmaker for a long time...

My message for guys like Ballplaya and PTO and all the rest of you young DVXusers is: feel proud of yourselves. You had the good sense to start now, dont call yourselves unknowledgeable, or dumb or say its unfortunate that your young. All I can say is take me as an example, i'm 26 and I just started my lifelong dream in feb., all because I never had the good sense to just jump in. Don't ever think you don't know enough, even the oldest,wisest Most valuable DVXuser still has stuff to learn, and these things you are learning now from him/her at the age of 14,15 and 16.
Good call.
True. I'm 33 and just getting started... I WISH I knew what I wanted to do when I was still a teenager...

yagfxg33k

08-26-2006, 12:16 AM

48. Yeah, 48. Live with my girlfriend of 9 years. No kids - No wife. The GF is my DP and I write and direct. The GF is also a videographer and I do software engineering.

spidey

08-26-2006, 05:34 AM

Name: Jeremy Hyler

Age: 20

Location: usa, Eden, North Carolina

Status: Single

Education: Associate Degree in Film and Video Production; working on bachlors.

Employment: freelance; work under Adam Ross Productions/ Good As A MUgg Pictures/ King Coyote Productions/ and Binary Studio

Talent: Drawing and painting

Skills: lots I suppose.

Car: Scion Xb 2006 model

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 06:01 AM

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 06:02 AM

48
still a virgin ( waiting for that special someone)
lives with mom
drives a geo metro with 21 inch rims
trying to loose 50 pounds
I work at Costco
I have 3 gold teeth
and I'm still a virgin.. :-*

ur kidding about all of that, right?

MalcolmOng

08-26-2006, 07:09 AM

Tommie Green
21
Detroit, MI
President & CEO of WhiteWood Entertainment
(Click my sig to visit the website)

Just started in November of 2005, WhiteWood is a multimedia Entertainment corporation. I direct films, I draw comics for my city's local newspaper, throw parties, and I have a clothing line under way.

I've been writing screenplays since 2003 and I'm shootin my first full length film in 2007. I'll be moving to LA in 2008 to pursue my film making career and I plan on becoming the YOUNGEST and FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN to win an Academy Award for best director. All of my other goals are on my website. Don't want to say them here...hearing them sounds ludacris without getting to know me first.

*Sold my car to Purchase to my DVX and still haven't bought a new car.
*Addicted to MySpace.com and Sex.
*Been with the same woman for 5 years, But the U.S. Army has had her stationed in Korea for the last 3.
*Been fired 7 times in 2 years and decided never to 9-5 it for another man again.

You do mean ludicrous, don't you? Ludacris is a rapper the last time i checked... And i think getting a new car soon would be a pretty good idea...

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 07:32 AM

No, no, no. Diz said his/her breakdancing career didn't get off the ground. Sounded like an old school Henny Youngman one-liner to me. Did nobody else read that as a joke? D'oh.

I did. I was expecting him to say 'No pun intended' or 'litterally' or something...

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 07:41 AM

RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME:
*Sold my car to Purchase to my DVX and still haven't bought a new car.
*Addicted to MySpace.com and Sex.
*Been with the same woman for 5 years, But the U.S. Army has had her stationed in Korea for the last 3 (She comes back in 30 days!).
*Been fired 7 times in 2 years and decided never to 9-5 it for another man again.

GlimmerGhost

08-26-2006, 07:49 AM

I'm the same way man... when I first started playing guitar in high school, I didn't even consider myself a guitar player until after I'd been playing for about a year. I don't consider myself a filmmaker, well, mainly because I haven't bought myself a camera... but even when I do, I won't consider myself a filmmaker for a long time...

True. I'm 33 and just getting started... I WISH I knew what I wanted to do when I was still a teenager...
It's the fear sometimes, you know? Not like scared kinda fear, but more of the "time is slipping" kind of fear. My advice about the camera is just do it. I found one in the marketplace for real cheap, pm'd the guy and went on a lay-away plan. Every week, even if it was just $50 (even if'ts just $20) knock at that little by little until you have it payed off.
I wish i couldve recorded myself when I first got it, with a Bi Polar pattern also comes the excessive compulsive dissorder, Try to imagine Jack nicholson in "as good as it gets" but with a DVX, I'ts been 8 months and I still clean it everyday like it might rot away or something.
Anyway, don't wait any longer trying to get the HVX or a brand new DVX or just waiting...waiting is a good recipe to find yourself still waiting at 40.

Of course I dont know your particuler situation, so don't think i'd single you out, I mean this for everyone.

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 07:50 AM

Is a price a reason to buy a vehicle?

Sh*t yeah...When you're broke, it's the ONLY reason..wow...where are YOU from? (Rhetorical)

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 07:51 AM

OK- its my familie's minivan. My dad creates the engines for Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, so he can fix it cause its so old.

You couldn't BUY me into believing that.

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 07:55 AM

02-05-2005??!!?!

JESUS H. TAPDANCING CHRIST!
I JUST looked at that when I seen that guy say he was 20 on one page then 21 on the next. I've NEVER Seen a thread this old before, let alone post in one...it's going on two years old...And I just found out about it a couple of hours ago...I suck...

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 08:07 AM

You do mean ludicrous, don't you? Ludacris is a rapper the last time i checked... And i think getting a new car soon would be a pretty good idea...

Why?

SilverWolf

08-26-2006, 09:03 AM

That's a lot of consecutive posts Whitewood. You should use the edit button to keep the clutter down.

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 09:09 AM

That's a lot of consecutive posts Whitewood. You should use the edit button to keep the clutter down.

Sorry. I was catching up. And I didn't want to clutter everything in ONE post, or no one would reasd it, as I skip over LONG ASS post.

I'm JUST realizing that there is no Deleting ANYTHING on this site like in other website's threads (What's THAT about??)

MalcolmOng

08-26-2006, 10:14 AM

Come on man...its...a car

WhiteWood

08-26-2006, 10:20 AM

That cost money.

Cryogenic Filmworks

08-26-2006, 11:12 AM

It's the fear sometimes, you know? Not like scared kinda fear, but more of the "time is slipping" kind of fear. My advice about the camera is just do it. I found one in the marketplace for real cheap, pm'd the guy and went on a lay-away plan. Every week, even if it was just $50 (even if'ts just $20) knock at that little by little until you have it payed off.
I wish i couldve recorded myself when I first got it, with a Bi Polar pattern also comes the excessive compulsive dissorder, Try to imagine Jack nicholson in "as good as it gets" but with a DVX, I'ts been 8 months and I still clean it everyday like it might rot away or something.
Anyway, don't wait any longer trying to get the HVX or a brand new DVX or just waiting...waiting is a good recipe to find yourself still waiting at 40.

Of course I dont know your particuler situation, so don't think i'd single you out, I mean this for everyone.
I know that. I finally quit my MFTT (also known as job) late last year so I could cash in my 401k and get my DVX. After getting several emails a month for four months I went back. Still hate the MFTT but I do have the DVX and trying to get better at it. As Joel Goodsen would say. Sometimes you just gotta say, "What the fuck, make your move."

Tom Marshall

08-26-2006, 11:55 AM

It's the fear sometimes, you know? Not like scared kinda fear, but more of the "time is slipping" kind of fear.
Absolutely.

My advice about the camera is just do it. I found one in the marketplace for real cheap, pm'd the guy and went on a lay-away plan. Every week, even if it was just $50 (even if'ts just $20) knock at that little by little until you have it payed off.
Oddly enough, it isn't the money issue... not exactly. I could go out and pick up a DVX right now from a local dealer in LA and start filming with it tomorrow. The problem with me is I'm just such a perfectionist it's kind of scary. I want my stuff to look like film and the DVX won't get there for me. The HVX would get a lot closer, but still not. I wish I wasn't such a friggin perfectionist. It would make my life a LOT easier!

Anyway, don't wait any longer trying to get the HVX or a brand new DVX or just waiting...waiting is a good recipe to find yourself still waiting at 40.
I was reading this book I got from the library where they're interviewing directors about their first feature. Oliver Stone made his first real feature when he was 40. He said he'd been out of film school for 13 years and it was driving him nuts that he wasn't making films. The thing about these days is it's entirely possible to do an ultra low budget film with everything being digital... but will it be up to my almost unrealistic standards? I don't think it would.

Of course I dont know your particuler situation, so don't think i'd single you out, I mean this for everyone.
I've got a great job that pulls in about 50k a year and practically no bills. I don't plan to quit my day job soon (even though it is just a day job and I'd love to not be doing it anymore). If I actually made up my mind and decided to go the HVX route I'd have to spend X amount of dollars on the camera, the storage device, the lighting, the audio, the better computer to edit HD and effects, etc. etc. ... it gets quite overwhelming for me...

EDIT: After posting this and reading it, it doesn't really capture the essence of what I'm trying to say, so I hope it kind of makes sense... :)

Psynema

08-26-2006, 12:31 PM

25
BFA Film University of the Arts/Minor Screenwriting

Full time Editor for a high end corporate and event company, along with freelancing videography, editing, motion fx to other companies and own clients on the side.

Slowly starting up a studio of my own

Also will be teaching film at UArts parttime next Spring - always good to go back LOL.

Not married.

Ryan Patrick O'Hara

08-26-2006, 01:55 PM

21 in November! :beer:

Third Year Film and Television student at Savannah College of Art and Design, GA

Bought the HVX/M2 to make myself a portfolio and free myself from depending on renting our schools cams, plus they don't have no stinkin' HVX's.

The money would of probably been better spent on a car, but I am an avid bicyclist so it works out.

Wanted to be a director since I was 12, but am becoming more and more interested in cinematography and am considering becoming a DP.....

The best type of visual art (in my subjective opinion) would be music videos and narrative films.

Music videos being the surreal, creative, and strange types. NOT the cliche rap vids or band vids where the band just plays on a stage with some crappy drama subplot. (Sorry if I offend anyone that makes those, just not my style)

And don't get me wrong there are great Rap videos out there. Off the top of my head: Almost all kanye west vids, Common 'Testify', 'Sabatoge' Beastie Boys, Jay Z '99 problems was good..... I am not gonna go on anymore about this.

My music video influences would be M. Gondry, Chris Milk, C. White, S. Jonze, jonas Åckerlund, Jonathan Dayton, C. Cunningham, oh and did I say CHRIS MILK? :)

My aspirations are to direct music videos and jump to the big screen like Gondry (Eternal Sunshine, Science of Sleep), Dayton (Little Miss Sunshine), Jonze (Where the Wild Things Are (in production)), and many others have done.

Whew. That is all I want to disclose at this present time and place. :lipsrseal

GlimmerGhost

08-26-2006, 06:41 PM

EDIT: After posting this and reading it, it doesn't really capture the essence of what I'm trying to say, so I hope it kind of makes sense... :)
I think I understand. I don't know if this will catch the essence of what you want to say but:
It's like moving out of your house with two days notice. Seems pretty overwhelming but you can do it if you take breaks and don't try to carry everything out at once.

After that all you have to do is realize the 2 day notice was placed there by none other than yourself.
Good luck my friend.

Tom Marshall

08-26-2006, 07:15 PM

It's like moving out of your house with two days notice. Seems pretty overwhelming but you can do it if you take breaks and don't try to carry everything out at once.

After that all you have to do is realize the 2 day notice was placed there by none other than yourself.
Great analogy. And yes, that's a huge part of what I feel like...

Good luck my friend.
Thanks. :)

BrianMurphy

09-02-2006, 10:48 AM

Thought this was a great thread and will eventually make it all the way through it. For the record:
Started cutting mag stripe on a steenbeck and cutting drama and variety on an RA 4000 and 4 AVR1's.Thank God quad is dead.Now if you know what that means then you know why I was one of the first to jump on an AVID and buy an NLE. Frist video camera I shot with was a TK76.
Exectuive producer/director for 25 years worked around the world and love the biz.
Sold business(3 )_in June of 2006,went on sabbatical and bought a DVX in July.Shoot as often as I can and love to learn and DVX User has been AWESOME!
Will complete my MA Video and Film production by the end of the year and begin my PhD (small screen and just-in-time learning) in the spring of 07.
Live in Monteal and sometimes Toronto.
No gold teeth, not a virgin (at 55?)can't wait to make a decision on a 35mm adapter and happy to be back in the field and not running a production company.

William_Robinette

09-02-2006, 10:58 AM

18

freshman attending VCU in Richmond, Va going to major in film production

someday going to be a DP

pretty much just strait chillin at college. god it's fun.

Buqui Productions

09-10-2006, 06:12 PM

16 years of age
High School Student
Filmmaker
Trumpet player and music composer
I am still a virgin unlike 80% of my High School class, although 90% of those ademantly deny it.
I own no pets.
Oh and I like the History Channel...maybe that's why I'm a virgin.

Vincent Wong Yoon Wei

09-13-2006, 07:31 AM

Hi guys, I am Vincent, a new member here. I am from Malaysia.

I am 22 years old, was an Engineering drop out, then entered Mass Comm where I found my calling in filmmaking. Currently in the final year and final semester of my course. I am majoring in Film and TV Productions.

I am also a freelance DP and I guess what you all would term freelance videographer. I have worked on various corporate videos, shot a concert, shot a documentary, filling in from time to time as the Lighting Director for my juniors, did three of my own short films (one using the Canon XL1 and two using the DVX102), and have shot a feature length film for a local independant director (using the Sony FX1 and in black and white no less!!!). I am also currently in the middle of shooting another one for my lecture, another local independent director.

I will shoot my fourth short film this year before I am out of Uni for good.

I love horror movies and noir, and was greatly inspired by the filmmaking methods of Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriquez. I also love movies with postmodern themes and Memento and Akira Kurosawa's Roshamon remain one of my favourite movies ever.

I also have a healthy dose of obsession with Samurai films (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro), and spaghetti westerns (The Man With No Name Trilogy).

Influenced by a dark period in my life, all my shorts have similiar recurring themes of dread, surrealness, bleakness, suicide, destructiveness, tragic love, and death.

First and foremost, I love being a DP. I love the idea of painting with lights. My lighting style was influenced by horror movies and noir for that dark contrasting look. I am getting better at it and now can't wait to try out even more technique in my next project.

You guys are a cool bunch here.

spidey

09-13-2006, 08:07 AM

any of your work online?

Steve_Arm

09-13-2006, 08:28 AM

What do you mean?
Some people live online.

spidey

09-13-2006, 08:31 AM

no..... i said is anyof his work online. like a demo reel.

mystico

09-13-2006, 12:39 PM

Wow, lots of interesting people here. Here's my bit ...
- 36 years old
- Clinical Social Worker on a military base by day ... event videographer by night and weekend
- 13 y.o. son, 15 y.o. stepson; in committed relationship 4 yrs
- Goal: Figure out if I still want to be a therapist or try to sustain my finances doing what currently brings me passion--creating lasting digital mementos of special occasions.
- I love Starbucks Mocha Java ice cream--especially when I find it at half-price in the local grocery

Jason Ramsey

09-13-2006, 12:43 PM

27 next month
Married for one year as of September 10th.
Have a 5 month old daughter.
Work as a DJ at a radio station for chump change.
Am an actor.
Made 6k dollars last year.
About to start a production/indy film company
Jason
Luckily I get rent cheap. I live in a house on 11 acres for 300 a month. Thanks to Mr. Hicks for that :)

Vincent Wong Yoon Wei

09-14-2006, 06:24 AM

any of your work online?
Sadly no, most of those I did for freelance I never got a copy of it and those that I have I have not idea of how to rip it to my PC, any ideas here? I have some that are in DVDs.

MalcolmOng

09-14-2006, 06:32 AM

Put in the dvd, copy it and just paste it anywhere! Its that simple :D

mcgeedigital

09-14-2006, 08:29 AM

39
Video Producer/Editor for my own company.

Produce commercials, corp/industrials and marketing videos for several Fortune 500 companies.

Married 5 years this Oct.
2 dogs, 1 cat.
2 cars, one motorcycle.

Capt Quirk

09-14-2006, 08:48 AM

Hi, I'm Keith, and I'm an alcoholic... whoops- wrong room ;)

I'm 41, been doing graphic arts since cut and paste meant using real glue. Got interested in the internet when it first came out and got into web design. Got an AS degree at a crappy little school, where I had to help the teacher to get her frame exercises to work. Picked up a little experience in everything, including a brief glossing over on video capture and editing. That was what got me on the road to video and film.

I started editing surf and interview clips for SurfGuru.com, learned to shoot so I could show the camera guys what I wanted. Then I started doing band videos, corporate seminars, freelance camera, just about anything that doesn't involve kids or animals. Right now, I'm working on creating an hour long opera... of sorts.

On the hardware end, I started with an XL1s and a GL1, dropped the XL, and just recently replaced the GL with a HD100u. Working on upgradeding the audio now.

bosindy

09-14-2006, 09:23 AM

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.

I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.

Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets. I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.

I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby-Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.

I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four-course meals using only a Mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis. . and I stole this from Hugh Gallagher who wrote this for his application for admission to NYU. He got in. His last line being "But I have not yet gone to college."

They are Them

09-14-2006, 09:33 AM

33, partners in/operate a graphic production studio, just celebrated my 1 year wedding anniversary with my hot wife (Aug.28th) no kids....working on that, and i love the work ;) 1 cat named noki, a sh*t load of "sea monkeys" who only swim in circles, eat and pro-create.
currently having an affair with a special something....my now 1.5 week old HVX200...my first 24p camera....GOD i love it

salils

09-27-2006, 11:04 PM

16 year old filmmaker, junior in high school. After doing many of those "free ipod!!!!" offers along with some cash I had saved up, I scraped together enough money to buy a DVX100B -- 5/2/06. It's an incredible camera. :thumbup:

Domino Harvey

09-28-2006, 06:45 AM

Name -
Kieran Sam [Because I have 2 names - Its complicated]
Age -
17 [Because It sounds more mature than 16]
Sex -
Male
Eye Colour -
Depends on mood/day, haha
Degree's -
"Graduated High School" and have a first diploma In media
Job -
Indie Filmmaker 24/7
Income -
£30 p/w [Sucks don't It]
Camera -
3 Year Old One,
[U]Fun Facts That Arent Fun:
-) Almost died on 6th birthday [Damn you thomas the tank engine]
-) No Idea who my dad Is, but he owns pubs across Scotland? I think...

Pretty much my life In a paragraph. Wow...that sure don't make me suicidal...

Anhar Miah

09-28-2006, 08:11 AM

UPDATE:

Amazing this post has come back to hunt us!

Name: Still the same

Age: Now 25

Education: BEng(Hons) Mecahnical Engineering, Thinking about Masters.

Talent: Hmmm, None, I copy others, and I'm a "Information sponge"

Skills: Programming, 3d Modelling, Starting on Composting, Matchmoving, Digital Video, Webpage, NLE, Electronics, All things Computer/ "Tech Head"

Anhar

MalcolmOng

09-28-2006, 08:25 AM

UPDATE here too

Thought i'd go for the 16 year old filmmaker hat trick.

Student in secondary school moving on to junior college(high school in american speak), dvx owner since june 2006. See my stuff at http://wobblin.net/category/film/ and the latest screencaps are at the picture bar on the right hand side.

blckhawk542

09-28-2006, 09:58 AM

pto2212

09-28-2006, 03:27 PM

yo... teach me how you get money from those ads!!!!

..i need some spending money. lol

blackhawk, you need 15 buddies with credit cards to sign up for a free trial of RealArcade, you get the credits, and have them cancel it (or keep the free trial if they like it). Its really actually free, you just need willing people to help you.

blckhawk542

09-28-2006, 03:31 PM

....too much effort and presuading..id rather film a sweet 16 and get chick's phone numbers while im at it..

...and i thought it would be reallyy easy....

haha

pto2212

09-28-2006, 03:36 PM

....too much effort and presuading..id rather film a sweet 16 and get chick's phone numbers while im at it..

...and i thought it would be reallyy easy....

haha

LOL. Yea, its tough to find enough people. I couldnt- no free iPod for me.:crybaby:

But, I have to say, its a whole lot easier to get free money another way... its called asking. You send a nice letter to a local branch of a business (not big box stores) and they usually are very nice to you.

morten

09-28-2006, 05:37 PM

Name: Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Age: Turning 28 in October

Location: Burnaby, BC

Born: Levanger, Norway

Genes - True Viking: grey/blonde hair, blue/grey eyes, red beard

Education: Philosophy Major from the University of Oslo, Norway - several years in politics

Work:
- Technical Operator for Pratt & Taylor Show on the TEAM1040 Rogers Sportsnet (one man production crew - 3 cameras, Inscriber Inca Studio, two switchers, audio, keys - the works).

- Also runs a small digital media company called Pink & Yellow Media (design, photography, video, web etc etc). Last project was a massive video/graphics/animation project for a workshop with Anne Heche.

- Independent writer for several music magazines

- Studio musician

Status: To be married to Angela - Taiwanese/Canadian producer - Summer of 2008

Speaks: Norwegian, Danish, English and can make myself misunderstood in German

Gear: DVX100A, Canon EOS 1 and 10D, Hasselblad, Toyota Prius, Gibson Les Paul

Tunes: Everything you would never hear on radio

Story_of_Yesterday

09-29-2006, 01:29 PM

The names Brian, I'm 21 years old. I'm a Marine stationed at MCBH Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii (island of O'ahu). Joined May of 2005.

I've shot a feature and a few shorts with my DVX100a.

No significant other, yet.

...In a nutshell...

faultygoblin

10-02-2006, 09:13 PM

Name: Juard
Age: 23 or just old enough to wish I could stop aging..

Occupation: Student, Computer lab assistant at Uni, Video game store clerk, and volunteer on any and all shootss I can get onto...

Education: St Louis community college at meramec, St. Charles Community College, University of Stirilng Scotland, currently at MSU (SMSU)
B.S Mass Media Production, Minor in medieval history...

A few shorts, festivals, and a little work in 8mm and 16mm, nothing special
(I've deleted most)

From South Africa, love to travel, live in the midwest for now.. Have had my dvx now for a little over two years, building my kit and planning some other shorts.....

acoreasc

10-02-2006, 09:28 PM

Adrian -

age - 33
married for one year yesterday
Degrees in History and Sociology. Left Doctoral studies on a dare from my college professor to take my still photography hobby to a bit farther level - never went back. So, yeah, I am a cinematographer.
Shoot narratives, documentaries, music videos (just did my first for Zero7!) and commercials (just booked 40 days for America On-Line....a job and a half....)
It has been seven years shooting and this is the first year I have started getting consistent paid work.....so yeah! My wife's faith has been validated!
I have two cats, and yes they run my house

Cineaste

10-03-2006, 02:18 PM

Name: Edwin
Age: 29 in Nov
Sex: Yes please
Status: Single and not complaining ;)
I have a cat and like a good whisky
for the cat lovers out there here's a pic of my cat
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=62917137&imageID=1201596278&MyToken=69258637-be5b-4499-97f6-88b07fa61ad4

Education: 7 months of ESL in Los Angeles + 7 months of lite computer programming

Job: The computer guy at a small company in LA.

I been a member of this awesome site since 01/05, don't really post much as everything else is already been discussed, so I spent my time using the search engine and getting all the answers there. I been writing since I was 12, I always loved films, worked as a PA for a few days in a feature, then did photography and AD in a short film.
After that I decided it would be cool to do something of my own, bought a dvx and decided to make a film trilogy in order to learn the craft.

I shot my first feature in a 9 day period, spent about $3500 to shoot it, best money i've ever spent (besides of course buying the dvx) it was a hell of an experience, the shoot had a lot of problems, it was everyone's first feature film but it was so much fun and we all learned a lot.

I am in the middle of shooting the second feature of the trilogy now. To make things a little more interesting, I decide to set the story in 3 different countries, El Salvador, Mexico and Los Angeles.

I am hoping to finish all 3 films by 10-07 and be a better filmmaker then.

Cheers!

pto2212

10-03-2006, 02:25 PM

Why does this thing keep being bumped up? It seems like everytime it manages to go away, it jumps for joy and reaches the top again.

Cheesesailor77

10-03-2006, 02:36 PM

true, oh well it's on top now, I may as well participate.

Name: Brandon Fraley

Age: 21

Location: Monterey, California

School: currently taking 1 or 2 classes at community college, taking it REALLY easy.

Work: I work as a web designer (amazing, considering how little I know about web design) but that ends up only being about 1-5 hours a week. Not enough to live on. Trying to do music videos for local acts.

Cinematic Ambitions: I try to do one short every semester and do music videos every opportunity i get. I try to avoid corporate work (really not my strength) but did just have a paying job shooting a bellydance video. Otherwise I'm really just getting started in my filmmaking career, started just under 2 years ago.

Hobbies: watching movies and reading/studying film and music. I play bass and drums in a couple bands. Video games. Travel.

Whats the point of doing this? :) there are so many posts, so many members, who reads this? I just read the 3 above me and that it lol

GlimmerGhost

10-03-2006, 02:47 PM

Jim Figueroa - 26

I directed "Last of the PoRicans"... nuff said mang.

jrodjared

11-17-2006, 10:42 PM

Jared Morgan - 26

Member since October 2005, although I was checking out the site since I owned the camera upon its release back in October 2002. Still rocking the original (can't kill a classic) I have dropped, abused, and put more dust and dirt on my dvx than I care to admit.. but it still works like the day I boght it. Best investment I ever made (along with the 1000's of dollars in accesories I now own for it. aarrggghh!!!)

Got my start shooting the first season of the Chappelle Show using the DVX. I was a dumb kid who saved every dime her had to get the camera, and at the time no one really knew anything about it, except that the image looked just like that of the Varicam. Since Comedy Central broadcasts SD, they hired me as bcam for $100 bucks a day. Man was I happy to be there!! although at the time I thought the show was gonna fail miserably! Now everyone is "Rick James.. Bitch"

To pay the bills I am an editor at College Sports Television in NY. Cut promos, teases, whole shows, long and short format features, etc. Final Cut at work, although I am a Liquid Edition fan.

Last year I took a 2 month journey around the US creating a show about Nissan trucks. I never posted it cause I was always self conscious about it.. but what the hell.. here it is:
http://www.destinationxterra.com

And my website:
http://www.pantlessproductions.com

Not married. Serious GF who just joined the Army cause she hated her job. Now we are both in the service. I love shooting, although I must say I am SERIOUSLY humbled by all of the talent on this site. I study everyone's posts and projects to learn what I can for my upcoming shoots, and appreciate everyone's hard work!

BergVision

11-22-2006, 11:53 PM

Dang, with that many kids you need revenue like that. LOL

Alkali

11-23-2006, 06:18 AM

Im 21 today+my first post, I work in a cinema. And I just bought my first Dvx100b yesterday!Ill be shooting my short film very soon.:thumbup:

Scott

TimurCivan

11-23-2006, 02:56 PM

Good for you Alkali welcome. Dont get addicted.....

Anhar Miah

11-23-2006, 03:08 PM

Tim, thats like saying "here take some cocaine, but be careful you *might* just get addicted!"

:) I'm joking

Clintizzle

11-23-2006, 08:08 PM

Name: Clint Omelaniec
Age: 19
Single:
Location: Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Formal video education: none
Experience: two summers of DVD production at a summer camp
Employment: Northview Community Church as Multimedia Coordinator (interviews, promo videos, event, live webcasting, broadcast)

DVX user since: Never! bought a DVC30 last year and am getting my A1 next week!

Alkali

11-23-2006, 08:35 PM

Good for you Alkali welcome. Dont ge addicted.....

Lol, I dvx, I like dvxuser, Is nice, High 5!.
Dziękuję :D

Bakushan

11-23-2006, 09:17 PM

22 Years Old... Art Director / Marketing

dory_breaux

12-06-2007, 10:28 AM

sorry for the major bumpage

dory breaux
16
north coast of cali (moving to utah or colorado in a year and 8 months then to canada or alaska in a few years)
DVX user starting in a few days (hopefully)
the main reason of my life is to ski powder and make snow and bike films
single and have been for a while altho not by my design
spend most of my time riding my bike or on the computer either doing video or audio related work or playing DUke Nuklem 3d
unemployed

Ki-Ki

12-06-2007, 10:35 AM

47 \ Filmmaker/Military

greeches

12-06-2007, 10:40 AM

26
Systems Engineer
Not married/no kids
Been a member since 04 methinks:lipsrseal

arges03

12-06-2007, 11:12 AM

22
"Web Multimedia Developer" in Marketing Dept.
Freelance shooter/editor
HVX/DVX much love

manglerBMX

12-06-2007, 12:01 PM

name is michael
26
freakin tall
married, still newly wed status
no kids, but dog, 2 cats, 2 turtles
i ride/film bmx for fun but make $ doin in
work as an online video producer for a newspaper
used to work in tv, glad i don't anymore
school was done for design/animation
been a user since nov 16 of 2004
tapeless for life.

Mattykins

12-06-2007, 12:23 PM

Oh wow, never knew the people behind the names...

My name is actually Matt. My ex called me Matty, her friend decided it would be cute to call me Mattykins, thus the name...

Single still after a (very) rough breakup last year.

19 and an intern whore.

Never worked with a DVX, but worked with 16mm, super 16, HV20s, consumer cams, and my personal favorite...the Panavision HD-900F

Worked for A&E for a bit, and Beauty and the Geek (for casting).

Current Student at Ithaca College for Cinema Production.

4 completed feature screenplays, numerous shorts.

Wrapped my second 16mm shoot this weekend actually. Waiting on the telecine from the lab.

And looking to work as a director/DP in the future sometime. Working on putting a feature film together to go into production next summer.

TheMacB

12-06-2007, 01:30 PM

my name is Adam, I'm also freakin tall, 27 years old

worked at Kinko's for 7 years (asst mgr at Copley Square in Boston)

Played in a band called Arcoda and in 2003 we recorded a record with Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Levon Helm of The Band on drums. It was named in a few top 10 lists by some newspapers and radio stations.

Graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Music Industry and had absolutely no idea what i wanted to do.

Then I watched Big Lebowski, fell in love with movies, quit the band, and bought my first video camera in 2004. Since then I've watched about 500 movies a year.

Started making shorts and won third place in Sci-Fest with A Brief Case which was then accepted by the Boston Int'l Film Festival.

Six months ago I quit Kinko's and now i write and direct local TV commercials with my brother Evan (23) for an ad agency called Mt Mansfield Media. We've made about 40 spots so far.

Robbie Comeau

12-06-2007, 02:09 PM

-Robbie Comeau
-17
-40 Minutes from Toronto
-Trying to start my own company, while being in another (www.waterandoil-productions.com) its being fixed up right now
-Own a DVX, with a RODE mic and a boom pole.
-Not single (if my DVX counts...)
-Love to make shorts films, music videos, and weddings.

dougspice

12-06-2007, 03:33 PM

Oh well here we are then.

Doug Spice
27
Los Angeles

Graduated USC Cinema, now co-own a production / design / interactive company called Psychic Bunny, where I do about a million things including writing, motion graphics, game design, shooting, directing, producing, sound editing, and taking an awful lot of meetings.

I've done a few cool projects I'm really proud of... an interactive cinema thing we came up with for BP, a game for the US Army, a music video, and a bunch of short stuff. Currently lined up to produce a feature film, but first must put together the package and the money... meanwhile pursuing some web serial stuff.

Having a lot of fun. Still waiting on the money.

JoeFowler

12-06-2007, 04:04 PM

Oh man, seeing this thread up again had me trying to remember what I put oh so long ago.

I like to kick, stretch, aaaaaaand kick, I'm fifty, fifty years old.

I'm an ass.

I am 31, and make cartoons, been doing it for over 2 years now. If I'm lucky, I get to bust out my DVX once a year or so.

...sad.

ilauzirika

12-06-2007, 04:19 PM

Iñaki Lauzirika

17 (18 next week)

Studying at the university (audiovisual communication)

Other than that I like making movies and have done some video projects for my town.
In two days I will film my first videoclip.

Its great answering threads that were created two years ago!!!

Andrew Brinkhaus

12-06-2007, 06:56 PM

19
go to college at Full Sail in Orlando
have an amazing girlfriend
camera assistant/dp
work as an intern in the Final Project (35mm) department of the school
moving to LA in exactly a year.

Billy Pilgrim

12-06-2007, 07:31 PM

Mat Kieley
20
I'm an eligible bachelor (In my dreams)
I take art and photography classes sometimes at the local community college
I was just hired temporarily at Gamestop, although I haven't been called in yet
I'm getting ready to (hopefully) direct my first feature in February
I like long walks on the beach
I like sex on the beach (I don't drink, but if I did, I'd probably like it)
I also like Sax on the Beach, the album by Bleedin' Gums Murphy
I like the Danny Boyle film "The Beach" with Leo D (But not really)
I have also never won any film contest I've entered, but I won't hold that against myself
Aside from filmmaking, I also write short stories, and have been slowly pecking away at a novel
I sometimes experience sleep paralysis
I was going to write something else, but I forgot what it was

Jim Brennan

12-06-2007, 08:26 PM

Jim Brennan
42 in February
If it hurts, I've probably done it for a living...or something close.
Now I own a production company in Colorado with my wife, Veronica. We do corporate stuff and develop our own projects.
I collect my own navel lint. I have barrels of it and hope to use it to make a suitable hairpiece for my sunset years.
I have 2 kids whom I love, and pretty much hate all the rest of them.
I think reality TV is a sign of a growing malignancy in our collective emotional and intellectual capacity.
I like Vanilla. It is a flavor (not an absence of one), and damn tasty.
I also like garlic....but usually not with the vanilla.
Sometimes i drink. Sometimes i drive.

Oh, and I think that almost any excuse can be tied to either arrogance, insecurity or laziness.

Robbie Comeau

12-06-2007, 08:30 PM

Sometimes i drink. Sometimes i drive.

At the same time? Or no?

Lol. God I'm funny!

r

Jim Brennan

12-06-2007, 08:31 PM

Never. That's why I'm still alive.

Raptor365

12-06-2007, 09:10 PM

Never. That's why I'm still alive.

hehe. Rephrasing, That's THE ONLY reason why I'M still alive.

scharky

12-06-2007, 09:38 PM

Wow, you sure can learn a lot about people here on the forum.

Here we go

Just turned 26
Married for 2.5 years, no kids
Currently in my final year for my BFA in Photography
Technically unemployed, living off lots of Grants/scholarships and my wifes income. Plus I do weddings and freelance photography on the side.
Am currently working on a short film for my degree
Currently working as the DP and editor for a documentary entitled "Depot", for Blue Aggot productions
Am addicted to DVXuser.com and sex.

Wow, so it's been quite a while, here is a little update

About to turn 29
Married just over 5 years, no kids
Graduated with my BFA in Photography
Working as DP and editor for Fueled creative doing commercials, music videos, and corporate work, also DP'd one Feature and 5 short films this year.
The Depot documentary burned and died, never saw the light of day :(
Not as addicted to DVXuser.com, but still visit every so often, but still addicted to sex.

Rick Meyer

12-06-2007, 09:40 PM

If I'm lucky, I get to bust out my DVX once a year or so....sad.

Yeah, you and me both. Very sad. I've got two...getting to that point I think I should use 'em or lose 'em.....

Zak Forsman

12-06-2007, 09:52 PM

32 yrs old, 33 in a few weeks
a dvxuser since december 2003
have come close but have never been banned
own an epk/dvd/bluray company called Sabi Creative Agency
I produce and edit (i'm a "preditor") original content for home video releases of studio pictures (transformers, knocked up, etc)
use that money to seed my own feature films under the Sabi Pictures banner.
my girlfriend, 26 years old, is also my editor
we've lived together for three years, thinking about marriage soon

HBlack

12-06-2007, 10:17 PM

16
Standard unimpressive high school part time job
This whole film making thing has left my paintball gun collecting dust. Man, I miss shooting people.

Blaine

12-06-2007, 10:38 PM

A riddle wrapped in an enigma...

Mino

12-07-2007, 09:07 PM

Man...This post was from back in the day! Oh to be young again!:)

Mark Harris

12-07-2007, 09:43 PM

A riddle wrapped in an enigma...

wrapped in a Guinness. :)

Blaine

12-07-2007, 09:45 PM

http://www.geocities.com/chad_callaghan/Guinness.gif

Jim Brennan

12-07-2007, 09:57 PM

http://www.geocities.com/chad_callaghan/Guinness.gif

mmmmmmmm

Arson

12-08-2007, 04:35 AM

Full time alcoholic, part time genius. I used to be a full time genius but I quit to focus on the alcoholism full time.

Dan Shearer

12-09-2007, 04:10 PM

19.
Single.
I live about 30 minutes away from Pittsburgh, PA
In college, working on a B.A. majoring in Psychology. (I really don't know why.)
I also am taking classes at a community college. (well one class right now.)
Sometimes I interview musicians or bands, but I don't really have a reason too.
I got my DVX a few months ago.
I really enjoy photography.
I have no friends that enjoy making films or photography.
Pretty much any question (dvx related) that I have ever had (so far) have been answered on this website.
I have a collection of aquatic snails.
I like rubbing alcohol, but not the green kind.
I come to this website daily but never really contribute. I just leech information off of everyone else. I deserved to be stoned.

Mattykins

12-09-2007, 04:34 PM

16

This whole film making thing has left my paintball gun collecting dust. Man, I miss shooting people.

Haha, mine too actually. Used to play in the PSP division 2. Then it got too expensive. And I hated the people in the industry. My lovely Angel is hitting Ebay this week. Wanting to buy an XL2. So sad to see it go.

Eastside Parkway

12-09-2007, 09:41 PM

I'm 21
I'm a college student
I'm single, by choice
I work part time for a primetime PBS series
I drive a Nissan Pathfinder
I grew up in Boston but I have also lived in New Zealand and South Africa
I do AD and Location work on indie films
I like airports, highway rest stops, extreme weather, construction sites, post-it notes, leftovers, and baseball
I briefly worked in reality TV. Never again.

Max R. Wilson

12-10-2007, 10:39 AM

I'm 21
And have been working for the same company for almost 3 years, I started as a Web Developer did that for about a year until they where talking about doing videos, So i jumped on that opportunity. Convinced them to buy a DVX since i already had one for about a year and know it in and out. So i was then shooting pretty much every convention that was in the LA, LV, SD areas. This was until the news side of the company split and i was still with the main company, so i still did some with him and some with the main company.

We moved into new offices and i have built a small (very small 8x7 ft) studio for web casts, I got a new supervisor and we started making more videos again.

This whole time i was still being paid as a entry level web developer $14 hr, i push for a raise but they don't budge.
So i proposed going freelance at a much more reasonable rate and it looks like JAN 1st 2008 i will be officially freelance!

Nathyn

09-02-2008, 05:19 PM

Been done before...

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=13035

Post there
________________

Here you go guys.

-Nate

SpizyChicken

09-02-2008, 06:43 PM

-32
-Owner for a video production studio
-17 years experience

Charli

09-02-2008, 07:12 PM

-Charli
-45 years of age
-nothing currently, seeking to become professional slacker with pay
-loving Santa Monica

Macaholic262

09-02-2008, 07:57 PM

Loren
15
Highschool Student
Director of Photography (or thats what they* call me)
Disclaimer
*they being the voices in my head

spidey

09-02-2008, 09:02 PM

charli, you're 45.... who would have knew.

TimurCivan

09-02-2008, 09:41 PM

Haha, mine too actually. Used to play in the PSP division 2. Then it got too expensive. And I hated the people in the industry. My lovely Angel is hitting Ebay this week. Wanting to buy an XL2. So sad to see it go.

dont give up on your angel!!!!!!!!!! i cant bear to sell mine...

Mattykins

09-02-2008, 09:56 PM

Timur, you played as well?

I had an Angel Speed 04. Best marker I ever owned and shot. And I shot a lot of them. While everyone was toting around the Ego, I still had my beast of an angel. She never failed me once - though I walked on the field shooting 410 once by accident. When I first got it - adjusted it wrong. That got me in a scuffle with a referee back in the day.

Haven't been on a field in two years. I still miss my Angel. But I have an old spyder compact lying in my closet in the event I ever wanted to play a pickup round. And let me tell you - I played with that spyder in several tournaments. It's always hysterical when you are walking around with 500 dollars worth of gear. Dye Division pants, Angel jersey, 90 dollar mask and a marker that costs 50 bucks.

Those were the days...