Where to see RED ONE & the team

[Joe Carney]

The only thing I did wrong last year was spend money on the After Effects courses. Total bust, boring teachers, poor presentation. Won't do that again.
Save your money. (It was my first NAB).

I switched to another course line on the last day of classes and sat in Jeffry Fishers' audio for video class (using Vegas). That one was excellent. Anything Douglas Spotted Eagle (aka Spot) does is guaranteed to be good too.

Count me in for a hotel room block. I'll wait until something is posted here.

Joe C.

[Sam Druckerman]

we should get a reduser hotel deal from one of the hotels.. im sure we could get at least a wing in one of the hotels with all the members going, and get a good rate on them all.

I'm interested.

[IAN SUN]

Interest here also. Maybe someone who has attended previously can post a ballpark breakdown of expenses. Convention fees, seminars, special events, hotel rates etc.

[Finner]

Interest here also. Maybe someone who has attended previously can post a ballpark breakdown of expenses. Convention fees, seminars, special events, hotel rates etc.

Great idea. Anyone who can make any sugestions about NAB would be great. I went to the NAB site and could not even find out the price to attend. What seminars are worth attending as well would be great information. What I did find was prices on seminars which seemed very expensive ($500+ for a couple days of a seminar seems like a lot to me unless there is hands on work involved).

[Brook Willard]

I paid about $40/night at NAB last year. That said, the hotel was named "The Downtowner" and I got to listen to gunshots all night. Remember that background I used for the Jarred comp? Well, that was the hotel where I stayed. I guess I survived.

I'll definitely be at NAB this year - hopefully for the whole time [I was only there two days last year]. I really can't wait... and unless there's a "Brook Visits RED Headquarters" thread in the near future, I can't wait to meet you all there. :D

[Mardi_Gras]

This might also help...

https://registration.expoexchange.co...faultfull.aspx

BTW, Jarred or Rob, under what conference sub heading should one register? I see the one for broadcast engineering etal is for $795. Please shed some more light into this if you can... thx.

[Brook Willard]

I was able to register for free with a VIP pass last year. Unless I've missed some new NAB literature in the mail with my number on it, the option is MIA so far this year.

[Jarred Land]

the seminars are a little lame.. To see all the cool stuff all you need is the free VIP pass that im sure someone will post this year.. that lets you goto all the booths and see the free stuff. Apple usually has free seminars you can sit into along with some other companies.

Some of the Keynotes are worth going too.. but the seminars unless you know whos teaching them are a little iffy.

[Blair S. Paulsen]

I have been many times and usually do the Post/Production World conference (it used to go by another name). The quality of the classes is hit or miss but the good ones are gold. Douglas Spotted Eagle is strong, Gary Adcock always gives me info I can use, Phillip Hodgetts is very sharp, and more whose names I have forgotten - but not their knowledge. This year they are offering a DoP track that I am considering, they also have a digital tech program but it looks like its mostly for site installation issues not field acquistion.

Hotel costs can be substantial, the first few years I drove up in my pick-up camper and showered at the health club. The last few years I have stayed as cheap and close as possible so I could walk to the LVCC - there are never enough taxis or bus seats.

I think a hotel REDwing sounds like a gas. It will be particularly valuable if there are shipping units by then and we can combine our brain power in figuring out best practices. I have rezzie #19 and will bring the rig if it is in my hands by NAB.

My hotel input would be not too pricey and within a mile (2km) of the LVCC - the Skytram is great but the lines get huge during a show the size of NAB. I want to at least have the option of walking.

In order to make this cost effective we need to figure it out sooner than later. Jarred, count me in your head count - looking forward to it.

[Finner]

the seminars are a little lame.. To see all the cool stuff all you need is the free VIP pass that im sure someone will post this year.. that lets you goto all the booths and see the free stuff.

This sounds great Jarred. I am a liitle unsure of how you go about getting the free VIP pass that someone will post, can you explain further? Also how many days do you recomend going for and why?