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ANNOUNCING MEDIAMOTION BALL 2014 For the *17th* year running we are having another great IMUG party at NAB. Put aside Monday evening, April 7th 2014 from 5:30pm for what will be another fantastic MediaMotion Ball! This is our 17th anniversary of this great event. The MediaMotion Ball will be held at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. There is so much happening industry-wide, from breakthroughs in camera technology, maturing editing software, brand new motion graphics and effects tools, radical changes in post workflows, developments in video processing, monitoring and so much more. This is shaping up to be a MUST-ATTEND NAB. Most importantly, the best and the brightest of the industry will be gathering in Las Vegas and at the MediaMotion Ball. Many alumni tell us the number one reason they come to NAB is to attend the MediaMotion Ball! Sign-ups and advance ticket purchase are NOW OPEN online at our web site: Tickets include a great catered meal and entry into the prize draw. This year will of course have great prizes, a fantastic meal, live music and the biggest draw: camaraderie with your peers from this great community! Fresh off last year's smashing success, the MediaMotion Ball is returning to the Monte Carlo for 2014. The event will feature our gourmet full-meal dinner buffet Tickets are just $49 advanced and, if we have space left, $70 at the door. (Fair Warning: we’ve sold out weeks in advance many years in a row). This is a first class event, and is only possible to deliver at this low price thanks to the generous subsidies of our sponsors, and the entirely volunteer crew that puts it together every year. The IMUG would also like to welcome AJA, who are returning this year as our 2014 Platinum sponsor of the MediaMotion Ball! AJA Video Systems has been a leading manufacturer of high-quality and cost-effective digital video interface, conversion and desktop solutions supporting the professional broadcast and post-production markets since 1993. We are very excited to announce that our keynote speaker will be the IMUG’s down Doug Blush! Doug Blush is an award-winning director, producer, editor, writer and cinematographer whose recent credits include 2012’s Academy Award nominated THE INVISIBLE WAR, as Editor and Associate Producer, and as the Supervising Editor for the 2013 Sundance and theatrical hit 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, also nominated for an Oscar. 20 FEET also brought him his first ACE Eddie Award win for 2013 Best Documentary Editing, from the prestigious American Cinema Editors. “I am tremendously excited to have Doug present this year” said Carey Dissmore, IMUG Founder. “Doug is a wonderfully talented long-term member of our community, and an inspiration to us all. We are all pulling for him once again at this year’s Oscars!” Of course our generous sponsors are providing us with huge stacks of prizes to give away…Stand by for prize announcements to flow thick and fast. As they are announced here, they will also be updated on the website. We've got a great lineup of sponsors shaping up this year from new and long-term MMB sponsors such as Video Copilot, Flanders Scientific, Pond5 and many many more. Never been to the MediaMotion Ball event? Then this is THE year. Experience what previous attendees have raved about for so long. Been before? then you know what to expect and enjoy! Truly, this is the highlight of NAB for most in this community. Check out the new video on our homepage for a glimpse into the fun! http://www.mediamotionball.com What else do you do at NAB? There'll also be the usual get togethers outside of the MediaMotion Ball - the Sunday night gathering (location TBA), the Supermeet on Tuesday, various lunches, dinners, and our now institutional Thursday after- show event: beers & appetizers at the Monte Carlo brew pub!... oh and visiting all the booths on the NAB show floor too! (can't forget that!). The MediaMotion Ball attracts attendees from countries as diverse as Sweden, The United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, India, Phllippines, The Netherlands and of course the USA. In addition to all of the attendees from the great Media-Motion lists like the IMUG and AE lists, we also have many attendees from online forums and existing groups like PixelCorps, CPUG, SF Cutters, FXPhD, DVInfo, DMN Forums etc., Reduser, Twitter, Facebook et al. Everyone is welcome. Tell your non-list colleagues. We have a big tent. Have a look at the MMB website for registration and details http://www.mediamotionball.com Steve Griffiths, Carey Dissmore, Chris Rogers, Dan Spiess, Houston Wells and Steve Kahn will be posting more info and prizes very soon. Come one, come all...to the MediaMotion Ball ! Sign up today at http://www.mediamotionball.com !!! All the best, Carey Dissmore IMUG |
