Texas

[Future user]

Reaching out to my brothers and sisters in Austin and Central Texas. Would like to see a group start up in this area.
Yes??

[Jay Rodriguez]

I'll be there bro... lol just kidding.....

[greg121]

Yes! Count me in. (job and family permitting) ;(

[jeff jassky]

Hey guys! I'm in Corpus Christi. I've been looking to make some friends around here. Unfortunately I currently don't own a vehicle. Hah. So I guess that makes it redundant. Anyway, just letting you know I'm here. See you guys later

-Jeff

[Drew Ott]

I live in Austin and am also looking for fellow users.


Edit: Poll posted. http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=66510

[aravance]

I'd love to meet with fellow DVX and HVXers. I'm located in Houston.

[jpsheets]

Hey guys,

I'm in Houston, but might be making a move to Austin very soon.

HVX + M2

JP

[Justin_Kirch]

Dudes, I'm there. I live in Fort Worth right now because of school but wouldn't mind coming down there and having a few drinks with you guys ;)

[x-angel]

would love to be there...

any one know the price for a 2 day ticket from Kosovo?

*loads up priceline*

[jpsheets]

We all need to get together and make a damn movie! I'm a writer, let the ideas commence!

cheers,

JP

[Drew Ott]

Sounds like there are a lot more people around here on DVXuser than I thought. I could PM some people who I know from here that live in Austin that haven't seen the thread yet.

I'm 15 years old so I'm not quite the "organizer" for this kind of thing... I hate being young because people always say, "Oh... he's just a kid," and assume I don't have work ethic or knowledge.

[bilgami]

im in corpus christi

[SouthBySoWhat]

I was just PM'ing bballplaya283 that we should throw together a 'hands on' gear party where everyone can see in person some of the different dvx accessories and also learn some camera technique as well.

[Drew Ott]

I think we should let this thread "marinate," a little longer. We can gather a decent sized group before we decide to do anything.

What I mean is, if somebody drove from Houston to Austin or vis vesa, we wouldn't want them to show up and find only 3 other people.

-Drew

[aravance]

Werd.

If we can get a group of about 10 - 20 people, that would be awesome.
Then we can start figuring out how it'll be structured.
But I'm down.

[Rakesh Jacob]

i'm in houston and love going to austin, count me and my production partner in

[Scott982]

i am in austin just moved back from florida

[Drew Ott]

Looks like out of this thread we could get about 10 people.

I'll PM the people who posted in here back in 2005, incase they haven't seen the updated interest.

[Drew Ott]

Oh, and if you know of any filmmakers in Austin be sure to let them know what is going down.

I think we need to try to decide what we want to do.

1) Meet each other
2) Meet each other and show equipment, etc.
3) Make a short (would require a lot of meetings and gatherings once we planned)
4) Make a feature (*x10)
5) Give BballPlaya283 all of your equipment...

I vote for 1, 3, and 5. :)

[MagicPie]

Iam in The Woodlands area in would be interested in anything around Austin and Houston

[Drew Ott]

Sounds good MagicPie.

Guys lets try to spread the word to all the Texas/Austin DVXusers and get something planned.

[jeff jassky]

Hey guys. I'm from around corpus christi. Id absolutely love to get together with you guys. Unfortunately I'm out of town and won't be baack till sometime in september. I'll keep checking back with you guys though. Good luck :)

[Drew Ott]

Hey Jeff, that's OK.

Hopefully this meeting won't be a 1-time-only thing.

-Drew

[bilgami]

im in cc if any one wants to talk shop.

[Drew Ott]

What does everybody say to deciding what the purpose will be.

Should we take a vote?

[SouthBySoWhat]

How about creating a poll bball?

[Drew Ott]

I'll make that poll.

Can I do it in this thread or would I have to create a new one?

[Drew Ott]

K, got that poll up.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=66510

[Drew Ott]

I'm PMing everybody who showed interest the poll thread because only 4 people have participated.

Maybe I'm rushing this, or maybe I just get on DVXuser more than a lot of people.

[Drew Ott]

And post a message in the poll thread and this thread saying if you've voted yet.

[aravance]

I voted.

Bballplaya, you should PM me. I'd be willing to share the duties of setting up and organizing a meeting for all us Texans.

[jeff jassky]

voted

Same here. I'd definitely be willing to help organize if necessary.

[bilgami]

just voted

[meta4]

Just voted, up for whatever. I won't be bringing much in the way of equipment. But I'd like to meet guys who've successfully started their production careers.

I'm in San Antonio, gonna move to Austin when I have the chance.
Currently borrowing an XL2, hoping to buy a Canon XH-A1.

[jpsheets]

Hi all,

Well, I'm finally here in Austin. Everything is in boxes and a mess but we're all in one piece. Looking forward to meeting everyone when we have that meeting.

cheers,

JP

[Justin_Kirch]

Future user, weren't you going to make this meeting happen? I'll be in town this weekend. We should all get together.

[hordeprime]

Hey all, I just arrived here in Austin about a month ago. Did the meeting already happen? I'm a new member here at dvxuser.com, a writer/director looking to network with other indy filmmakers in the local area ... since I'm relatively sure that Robert Rodriguez will NOT be answering the door at his studio, no matter how many times I ring the doorbell ;-) .

[Drew Ott]

Nope meeting never happend. Maybe sometime in December.

[jpsheets]

Hey check me out! I'm in the Austin American Statesman on the inside cover of the business section. Advertisement for Austin Telco. Any of you guys need mutual funds? LOL. I think the ad also ran in some of the smaller local papers as well.

[Drew Ott]

I would check the paper but... I'm not sure it would be worth it.

Is it a picture of you or just an Austin Telco ad, because I've seen about 124192 Austin Telco ads.

[jpsheets]

It's a picture of my handesome self! If you need financial advice bballplaya, come see me, you'll be helping to finance my next movie!

[Drew Ott]

Bump to anybody who might see this. I'm trying to re-spark interest in the Texas users meeting now that it is Christmas time and people might be off of school/work.

[aravance]

Hey everyone,

I'm still interesting in helping organize this. However, i would like it to be a little more organized and content-filled rather than all of us just showing up.

Not to put you in the spot Mr. Sheets (but I will because I know you...:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG) ) but do you think you might be able to find out a location to host us for a day?

I'm thinking we should probably wait till January or February and try to organize it a little better. That way it'll be more worth it for people coming from out of town.

How does that sound?

I say we start gathering e-mail addresses. I can compile it.

PM me with your e-mail address if you are interested in attending this meeting and if you have anything to contribute as far as content.

I'm no guru, but I can contribute with a Music Video seminar and Q&A about making music videos (attack plan, workflow, considerations, etc).

[hordeprime]

Sounds good! I'm somewhat of a beginner as far as the technical aspects of shooting are concerned, however if anyone's interested in learning storyboarding then I'd be happy to contribute!

[jpsheets]

Hey everyone,

Sorry, I've been moving and haven't been able to check this thread for a while. I'd be happy to try to find a place, although I'm still pretty new to Austin. My subdivision has a lodge/party room that I could reserve. That is if you guys don't mind coming out to Cedar Park.

cheers,
JP

[hordeprime]

I'm over on 620 so that's right up the road from me.

[aravance]

That actually sounds great Jonathan!

So far I've received about 4 PM's with contact information.

Once we get a big enough group interested, we can start planning a date.

PM me with your e-mail address if you are interested in attending this meeting and if you have anything to contribute as far as content.

[Drew Ott]

Sorry, I've been moving and haven't been able to check this thread for a while. I'd be happy to try to find a place, although I'm still pretty new to Austin. My subdivision has a lodge/party room that I could reserve. That is if you guys don't mind coming out to Cedar Park.


That sounds great, if you can reserve it. Does it by any chance have a large HDTV? I want to show off my A1 footage. :)

[jpsheets]

Hi everyone,

I'll find out how much it would cost & availability. I don't think it'll be very much. I'll also find out about electrical supply/demand.

I'm happy to bring my M2 w/hard mount, though I'm still experimenting with it.

I assume a Saturday would work best for everyone?

cheers,

Jonathan

[Drew Ott]

Yes Saturday would probably be best. Thanks for checking it out and trying to get this going.

[jpsheets]

Hey everyone,

I've been doing some research and the Austin Studios rents out a screening and conference room for meetings like ours. You can check out pictures at www.austinfilm.org (http://www.austinfilm.org). I've been talking to Rachel in facilities and the rate is $200 for four hours. So if we can get 20 people, that's only $10 per person.

I'm going there tomorrow for the Austin screenwriters meeting so I can report back with a more detailed report tomorrow, but it sounds like a good set up. We can screen the short films our Texas DVX brothers have made, and run a few short seminars, i.e. workflow, Redrock M2, etc.

Let me know what your initial thoughts are.

cheers!
JP

[hoofandmouf]

dudes! lets just meet up at a massage parlor.... on me (yeah, all jokes)



jpsheets, I was gonna go to that meeting as well but I got a gig at the convention center that will prevent it, drop me a line jacob@roadwerkpictures.com and let me know how it went..... I been curious about those meetings

and concerning the user meeting, hordeprime and I are prolly just gonna meet up at a random bar and kick back a few brewskies and shoot the sh*t..... anyone wanna join? drop me a PM or email..... peace.

[jpsheets]

Hey, a bar sounds good to me! But seriously, I'm looking at some other places which would be free.

Went to Austin Studios this morning, and the facilities are nice. And if you guys want to screen your short films and/or footage then that would be the way to go. But maybe for our first meeting we ought to have that at a free location and have it a bit more casual.

cheers,

JP

[hoofandmouf]

austin studios would be rad for sure... if we can gather enough interest, lets do it

jp, how was the ASG meeting? very curious to hear some feedback

[jpsheets]

Some really nice folks there. Mostly we watched short films shot by their members, most of which weren't very good. But hey, who am I to judge? Not sure of the caliber of writing ability in the group yet. They have their second meeting Jan. 20 I think and I'll be able to find out more.

[hordeprime]

Heh, yeah, let's arrange a meeting at BoneDaddy's off of 183 ... have some brews and talk film. ;-)

That said ... Austin Studios sounds great, but for a first, free, casual meeting? Hmmm ... not too sure. How formal are you guys wanting to take this? I guess I envisioned the first meeting being pretty relaxed, rather than a "seminar" approach. Though ... I could be wrong about that. ;-)

I know Hoofandmouf and I are looking to branch out and get together part time film crews, etc. Perhaps we could discuss our upcoming projects and see what we can do about networking in the local area?

[aravance]

You Austinites can get together at a bar and talk film, that's fine, but if we are going to make this an event where people are going to drive from other parts of Texas for (Houston, Dallas/FW, San Antonio) I'd prefer it being more organized and content filled.

If you will PM me your e-mail address, I will add you to the ongoing roster of people interested in attending an event like this. Once enough people are interested, we can start talking about dates and costs. I'm volunteering to help organize this more 'formal' meeting with the help of Jonathan (JPSheets).

[hoofandmouf]

I'm down for a formal meeting for sure, especially if folks are driving from other parts of Texas.... we could bring some of our current projects or films to get screened, have some feedback going on... do some gear/equip demos.... etc

the pub meeting is mainly for the austin dvxusers

better yet, lets all just get hopped up on extasy and go to a massage parlor!

[hordeprime]

Aravance, sorry for the miscommunication. Like Hoof said, the "bar thing" was intended for us Austin people, not the people who have to travel.

The formal meeting sounds great!

[jpsheets]

Hi everyone,
How about a first informal meeting at Bone Daddy's off of 183? (Hordeprime's suggestion) This will give us a chance to shoot the breeze, and throw some ideas around about a more formal meeting. I'm thinking Saturday Feb 3. How about a 3:00 meeting? What do you guys say?

cheers,

JP

[castnshoot]

I'm in Dallas/Plano area but originally from Corpus so I travel down 35 all the time....would love to meet some folks...especially in corpus christi.

[bilgami]

cc tx myself

[jpsheets]

Hey guys,

Is there any interest in having an informal get together here in Austin? I'm happy to organize something more formal but we ought to get together first and toss around what we want to do.

Please make a note here or PM me with your email address.

thanks,
JP

[Drew Ott]

I'm interested in anything. I think some PMs to everybody from the thread would get way more attention than posting in this thread. I check this thread once a week.

[Drew Ott]

Did it go down?

[Dick Campbell]

Hi - Dick here, in Waco, shooting with the HVX200. My production group is Sundog Films in Austin. Would look forward to networking with some other shooters. Anybody in my area?

JP, check your PM for my info.

[mikecost]

Im just north of Fort Worth by 20 minutes. Im interested in meeting other dvx users as well. PM if you live in the area.

[Super Trooper]

I'm right outside of Houston. I'd love to come down and hang out. :)

[Drew Ott]

We were so close to doing this at one point. We really should just set a date in a month or two and see who can come.

[srproductions]

I am interested. I am about 2 hours from Austin and 1 hour from Dallas.

[jpsheets]

Hey everyone,

If we're going to have a meeting, we should just have an informal meeting here first to brainstorm about having a real meeting with user films and what not.

On another note, is anybody here in Austin up for Spyfest? I've got an HVX/M2 combo that I need to put to use. I'm looking to collaborate with some folks.

cheers,

JP

[Drew Ott]

I'd be willing to collaborate. I wanted to enter but I can't for the life of me think of a script that I have the resources to pull off.


edit: more than willing; I would like to

[jpsheets]

Yeah, it's a bit tough, but if we can come up with an idea, I can whip up a script.

[spooky138]

Hey all! You guys ever get the Austin User's Group up and running? I'm moving back to central TX next month (I've been living in Germany for the past three years) and I'd love to hook up with y'all. Any info is stupendously appreciated! :thumbsup:

- Mikey

[Drew Ott]

Guten tag aus USA.

We never ended up having a meeting (unless I wasn't invited; I hope not) which is pretty disappointing. There is a lot of interest, but I think a lot of us are just busy. I'm still up for something for sure if anybody else is. Anybody want to team up for Adfest?

[spooky138]

Cool. We'll keep in touch for sure and I'm definitely down for some collaboration after I get settled in!

[Drew Ott]

Sounds good.

[asphaltplanet]

Did anything happen as far as an Austin meetup? I have been off the boards for a bit, but I would really like to see this happen. At the very least, if you're in the Austin and might be interested in working together on a few projects, hit me up via PM.

[Drew Ott]

No meeting has ever happened as far as I know. I really want to get this together.

[hordeprime]

Yeah, we definitely need to get this Austin meetup organized.

Speaking of which, I'm writing a script for a horror short film, hoping to shoot it before October in time for halloween. Anyone who feels interested can feel free to PM me.

[mcvideo]

DALLAS TX HERE. Would love to attend a meeting and learn things i still have not learned with my new hxv.

[BOG]

I'm from Austin and have a XL2. I might be willing to collaborate if positions (directing, camera, lighting, audio, assisting) were assigned before hand. I find when you try to collaborate with different people, all with cameras, everyone wants to be be camera operator or director, and nobody wants to do anything else and the collaboration crumbles and everyone walks away. This happened on the last two "collaborations" I volunteered for. No egos either please.

Obviously some people can do the acting too. It's all about getting practice. You're not going for an award. Just something fun you can just prolly throw up on YouTube. Share copies of the footage with each in the group and they can each practice editing it one their own, or pair up or work as a group to edit it as a whole.

[Drew Ott]

Talk to hordeprime, BOG.

[Polyphonic]

Wow, ok im a new user and I just read through this whole thread starting more than a year ago. I use a VX2k and will soon be upgrading to a dvx(preferably in a week or so). But i would definately be down to meet up with you guys also. Im more of an amateur/rollerblading filmer and it would be really nice to learn techniques outside the "action sports" aspect of filming. So ill make an effort to stay active in this thread and input anything I can.

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

Hey all, I just moved to North Austin a couple weeks ago and this is just the type of thing iv been looking for. I have been working with the XL1s since its release but I am ordering a HVX in a few months, been long over due for a HD upgrade. Once I get my new cam ill be itching to get some footage for a demo reel so hit me up.

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

Does this group have a website? If not maybe I can throw something together where people can post crew calls, news, private forum, personal profiles etc.

[robyne]

Has anything collaborated yet? If not, why dont we think about organizing local groups then have an every other month meeting, even film competition between the groups... or something like that!! This way its a little more organized and chances are even greater the groups will get started. Just a thought!!

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

Was bored at work so I put up a website for Austin and surrounding area filmmakers to group, stop by and register for the site :D

http://HVXinATX.spruz.com

[robyne]

Sweet site!!! Now you need to make one for Houston ( :

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

Sweet site!!! Now you need to make one for Houston ( :

It would be really easy for me to add a section in the forums for Houston if you would like, can also add Dallas/Ft Worth.

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

It would be really easy for me to add a section in the forums for Houston if you would like, can also add Dallas/Ft Worth.

Just added Houston and DFW Extentions to the site.

[Drew Ott]

Sweet site.

I hope a lot of people join because this could be pretty useful.

[robyne]

Great idea!!! Im joining.. but first there needs to be a plan with the groups and/or the site... don't you think.. or else we wont know what we are signing up for. What about asking those who are interested... what they want to get out of their local group; austin, dallas, houston.. best times to meet, location to meet, are they looking to be a mentor or looking for a mentor, whether they would like to take part in a monthly video contest/competition with one another in their group, and/or sister sites, do they have a dvx/hvx or other, their goals in the industry, etc., etc., Just a few ideas anyway. Should we start a whole seperate thread for this on dvxuser in this section???

I know keeping it simple is important.. but there really should be a plan... :shocked:

[spooky138]

In case anyone watches this thread and hasn't seen the thread for the All Hallows fest Austin meet-up: http://dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=107283

Am I correct in assuming that this Sunday is going to be the first official meet up of Austin DVXUsers organized through this site?

I hope to see everyone at Dolce Vita in Austin this Sunday!

[hordeprime]

I'll be there, for sure.

[spooky138]

Can't wait!

[jeff jassky]

Hey, Guys.

I'm down in Corpus Christi right now, however I may be moving to Austin in the near future and I'd definitely be looking to meet up with some folks and maybe collaborate on some video work.

Later, guys.

-Jeff

[jpsheets]

Hey Jeff,

Love to see you move up here. Me and a couple other members here are collaborating on Love Fest. Check out A Winter Tale in the discussion area.

cheers,

JP

[LucidDream]

Hey guys, I know this thread is old, but any DVX users still hanging around in Austin?

[shihan]

I live in the heights. My last (and only) feature was shot HVX but I just purchased a DVX100A.


I'd love to meet with fellow DVX and HVXers. I'm located in Houston.

[shihan]

I'm in the heights and about to start my second production. I like the idea of a Houston DVX group. PM me if you are still interested.


I'm right outside of Houston. I'd love to come down and hang out. :)

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

Hey Lucid, sorry just now saw your post, there are still plenty of DVX users hanging around Austin, alot of which are working on TimeFest projects.

Hey Shihan its great to see another Texan on the forums.

[shihan]

Thanks, It's good to be back.



Hey Shihan its great to see another Texan on the forums.

[Drew Ott]

There are tons of us with TimeFest projects in Austin.

[muonwave]

I'm in Houston (Clear Lake area). Is this thing still viable?

[John102774]

I live in the Houston area as well. Let me know if you guys decide on meeting up in Houston. I will be availabe.

[Dustin R. Rogan]

rep'in Waco got 2 other dvxuser i work with on here, (jasonthewho and Gary French) we're doing 2 timefest entries (though we helped on jason's) WHATS GOOD TEXAS!!!

[Collink]

Hey I'm going to the IndieClub Gong Show at the Studio Movie Grill Dallas location on Sunday June 21st 6:30pm. It's a showcase of cool short films from Texas and around the world in a fun Gong Show format (as the name implies) It would be a good place to meet other filmmakers and crew in the area, network, eat, drink tasty beverages (brewed or otherwise), and see other movies. Let's meet up and talk indie film!

- Collin

Here's the website for the event:

www.indieclubgongshow.com

shoot me an e-mail if you will be there and want to meet up.
collin@collinkennedy.com

[Cryogenic Filmworks]

Hey I'm going to the IndieClub Gong Show at the Studio Movie Grill Dallas location on Sunday June 21st 6:30pm. It's a showcase of cool short films from Texas and around the world in a fun Gong Show format (as the name implies) It would be a good place to meet other filmmakers and crew in the area, network, eat, drink tasty beverages (brewed or otherwise), and see other movies. Let's meet up and talk indie film!

- Collin

Here's the website for the event:

www.indieclubgongshow.com

shoot me an e-mail if you will be there and want to meet up.
collin@collinkennedy.com

I believe that is actually June 22nd.

This is put on by the Dallas / Fort Worth area Indieclub Chapter. This is the largest IndieClub chapter with over 600 members I believe, granted not all of them are that active.

I believe Collin has an entry showing in this as well as myself.