MCA-I is on the grow again with new members and developments. Again, I want to thank a few of the committee chairs for their tireless work:
Stevan Pope, and his committees to revise the MCA-I website.
Clay Stubblefield and his committee in establishing the road crew.
Skip Neeley and his work on the holiday awards festival.
And Heidi Capriotti for her efforts with the PSA community project.

I want to encourage the rest of you to take advantage of your membership by getting involved on a committee, or by getting to know another member well enough to recommend them. Getting the most from your membership requires more than attending monthly meetings. It’s putting your time and energy into building relationships and growing the association.

MCA-I is collaborating with the AZ Department of Commerce, and with National on some exciting development for NAB. Check out the website www.mca-i.org for recent updates.

- David Haneke, President, MCA-I AZ

• An awesome Italian Dinner from Rosati’s Restaurant & Great Dessert from Costco was served before the meeting!
• A tremendous technical tip presented by Heidi Capriotti -- borrowed from “Create” Magazine. Check out the “Sex And The City” DVDs for particularly useful Director’s Commentary.
• The Member Moment allowed us to get to know Bruce Liddel and hear some of his memorable stories of shooting in compost and learning to fly an F-16 in a flight simulator!
• Sony Engineer, Bob Lofland, was available first-hand to present Sony’s new Anycast Station!
• Attendees learned about the Sony Anycast Station, a portable, all-in-one studio solution for live event production. To learn more visit www.sony.com
• Submittal Forms were handed out so that you can “Show Off Your Best Work” with an evening of Networking and Prizes at the November meeting. Deadline on video submissions is October 20th, 2005.
• We learned that all of the PSA’s are finished and many members contributed their talents to better our community!
• Lots of Raffle Prizes were awarded, including movie tickets & candy!
• You would have had a chance to win the cash drawing! Brian Kohatsu - you would have walked out with $40 from the Broadcast Rentals Cash Pool!
• And finally, lots of networking and laughs were shared as we all got to know each other better!

Can you identify this vintage piece of equipment?

Find the answer following the 2005 PSA Crews list at the end of the newsletter.

With production on the MCA-I PSAs in the can, we owe a big thank you to all the members who stepped forward to represent our chapter this year. With tape stock generously donated by Peak Media, all Valley television and cable stations will have a copy of our PSAs by the end of November. So if you see one of our PSAs during your late night channel surfing let us know!

Check out the end of the newsletter for a complete list of the 2005 PSAs & crews.

A BIG thank you to Peak Media for donating tape stock for duplication of our PSAs. Because of their generosity we'll be able to send our PSAs to all the valley broadcast and cable stations. Thank you Peak Media for your continued support of MCA-I, Chapter 44!

Sunday, October 23rd: Headshot Marathon Day with Photographer, Ryan Nicholson

The Arizona Film & Media Coalition, Inc. (AFMC) in association with Ryan Nicholson Photography presents the AFMC Headshot Marathon Part 1. Photographer, Ryan Nicholson, has offered the AFMC his services for one full day from 9:00am to 4:00pm, Sunday, October 23rd to shoot actor headshots of any and all teen and adult actors.

Proceeds to benefit the AFMC and their ongoing lobbying efforts with the passage of Senate Bill 1347 which offers tax incentives to producers who are considering shooting in Arizona.

Space is limited and appointments are first come-first served.

Here is your chance to get a great headshot from a fantastic photographer and to help your state become more competitive on the national level.

Contact: Gay Gilbert 480-423-8722
Location: Illuma Studios 11601 N. 90th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (SE corner of Bell Rd. and 90th St. east of the 101 freeway)
Cost: $125 which includes styling and make-up; 18 images and a CD of all of the images.
Payments: Cash, check or credit/debit card. Checks should be made payable to the Arizona Film & Media Coalition, Inc and should be brought day of the event. *Credit/Debit card payments can be made on the AFMC website via PayPal, www.azfilmand media.org. Please click on the "Events Calendar" page for the PayPal link.

*To see samples of Ryan Nicholson's work, please visit his website, www.ryan-nicholson.com.

Wednesday, October 27th: Halloween BOWLING Monster Bash

A FUN-raiser to continue support for the Tax Incentive Bill - SB1347

Where: AMF Frontier Lanes, 7300 E Thomas Rd – Scottsdale, AZ
When: Thursday, Oct 27th, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Don’t miss out on the fun!

PRIZES FOR:
1ST, 2ND, 3RD BOWLING TEAMS
BEST COSTUME, SCARIEST COSTUME, FUNNIEST COSTUME
BEST PUMPKIN CARVING – BYOP (Bring Your Own Pumpkin)
GAMES: Guess Who? (Do you know who’s behind the Mask?), Pumpkin Ring Toss, Bobbing for Actors (hmmm - what could that be?)
BEST SCARY STORY “TEAM-TAG”
$$$ 50 /50 RAFFLE! $$$

Go to the AFMC Events Calendar for more details

Pet Grief Support Services
“My Little Mijho”
Phill Allen – Voiceover
J. Alan Thursby – Camera, Lighting
Paul McSween – Camera, Lighting
Mike Carro – Camera, Lighting
Steve Shepple – Camera, Editor
Scott Pfister – Producer
Stevan Pope – Executive Producer

Do It Now
Ed Kocner - Camera,
Kendon Victor – Writer
David Grossman - Boom mike
Gary Schafer - Editor
Jerold Chandler - Producer/ Director

RESCUE
Steve Wargo – Camera
Mitch Ives – Lighting
Steve Pender – Script Consultant
Mary Wright – Makeup
Matt Gismondi – Camera assistant
Georgia Tavera – Audio
Mike Carro – Production assistant, Animation
Brodie Keane – Collins College Location manager
Bob Rue - Voiceover
Heidi Capriotti – Producer

Maricopa Integrated Health Services – Arizona Burn Center
Mike McFadden – Producer, graphics, editing
Dan Crapsi – DP, chief editor, sound design
Steve Shepple – Grip, gaffer, lighting, photographer
Paul McSween – Location sound, lighting
Ginny Temple – Voiceover

AMVETS

17 On-Camera Talent provided by Dani Green of Dani’s Agency
Widow-Heather Nordquist
Mother-Laura Kobar
Father-Gary Smestad
Other friends and family members:
Aimee Liano, Melissa McGary, Mira Jordan, Marti Gessel, Jan Hayes, Janine Finney, Dana Eriksson, Lory Muirhead, Hethyre Baez, Vince Reign, Stephan Antony, Jason Young, PJ Quarequio, Kim Dulchinos

15 On-Camera Talent provided by Faith-Hibbs Clark of Good-Faith Casting
Janice Lombardos, Raymond Glath, Timothy Avent, Barbara McGrath, Karen Simmons & Alyssa Simmons, Robin Collins, Jerardo Mendosa, Garrett VanRooy, Holly Dell, Michelle Allen, Andrew Rose, Sarah McMinn, William McMinn-boy, Brandie McMinn-girl

9 Members of Luke Air Force Honor Guard
Ricardo Reynolds, Delbert Butcher, Christopher Barry, Shelly Matthews, Dustin Weyenberg, Ryan Sherbun, Jacob Nelson, Adrienne Tann, Brett Birch

Video Production Crew Volunteers:
Dave Welty - Concept,
Camera donated by Broadcast Rentals, Inc.
Ed Kocner - Location Manager
Robert Pflumm - Jib Arm
Mitch Ives - Editing
Bob Rue - Narrator,
Stevan Pope - Producer/Director

AMPEX VR-1000

"Of course, before we could make that first edit, we needed the video tape. And in 1956 Ampex stepped up with the VR-1000. While not the first Video Tape Recorder (VTR), the VR-1000 was the first, practical, broadcast quality recorder."

"The VR-1000 recorded a black and white picture with a mono audio channel on a 2" wide video tape. The tape ran at a familiar and economical 15-inches per second. The picture was recorded across the tape from top to bottom using four heads on a rotating drum (Quadraplex recording). This arrangement gives an effective video recording speed of approximately 1560 inches per second."