It was a Full House at Full Sail when Avid Product Designer Michael Phillips presented Low Budget Filmmaking: Maintaining High Production Value and Increasing the Creative Process. Both students and faculty alike attended the first of what is hoped to be many educational events in Avid's partnership with Full Sail. Phillips discussed his invaluable, real-life experience in producing his feature-length thriller, Jack in the Box, and how the Avid Media Composer toolset allowed him to be more creative and get the look and feel he wanted while saving money.
Bob Russo, Avid Product Evangelist, was also on-hand and discussed the in's and out's of "tapeless" Panasonic P2 and Sony XDCAM file-based workflows.
The session ended with a a discussion of how -- and why -- the new RED camera is being embraced by independent filmmakers.