Digital Shootout 2002 Bonaire

	Support for Video Shooters The Digital Shootout has a lot to offer the underwater videographer. We will be presenting seminars on shooting techniques as well as video editing to help you create high quality videos of your dive vacations. We will also be holding a contest for the best video shot during the week. So bring your underwater video system to the Digital Shootout and join us in the fun.
	Underwater Shooting Technique Seminars: Underwater video is easy. In fact it can be too easy. Anyone can hit the record button and fill a tape with underwater video, but how do you replace quantity with quality? We're here to teach you the essential skills of underwater video. Learn the art of shot selection. Make sure you get all the right shots needed to make a complete video. We'll work on transition shots and techniques to give your work a professional look. This course is geared toward teaching you how to capture the underwater world so that you have useable clips to create a larger body of work. Take your video to the next level.
	Hendrik Wuyts Specialized in underwater filming, owner of Scuba Vision Films on the island Bonaire, is your best expert in under water filming. Working on a broadcasting level he will reveal his secrets on making your shoot better, more compact and focused. He will teach you the advanced shooting technique that will give your video's not only a professional look but will let you relieve your experience when reviewing you shoots. Filming is more than knowing your camera, your subject or the knowledge of diving, its a way of learning how to breath water. Every shot you make you will have to live the movement of water, the energy of the light and the love for your subject. As the creator of "World of Ocean Film-Bonaire" and the maker of different nature documentaries all over the planet, he's willing to share his secrets and experience. Hendrik will lecture you on the advanced shooting technique, he will tell you what it takes to capture that exclusive footage and unforgettable moment.
	Video Editing Seminars: Only a few years ago, digital video editing systems with any power would run you tens of thousands of dollars. Now an investment of two thousand will build a powerful editing studio in your own home. Screenwriter, techno guru, and Adobe staffer Daniel Brown will introduce you to the power of filmmaking. From connecting the camera to correcting the color, Daniel will walk you through the steps of creating your own movie masterpiece. With an amazing ability to keep you laughing all the way, Daniel will also cut out the tech and plop the basics of video editing right into your lap. A session will be offered at each resort and videoheads might wish to hop in a taxi and attend each. Daniel will also be available for questions after each session.
	Contest with great prizes: Enter your favorite 2 minute clip into our imaging contest for a chance to win great prizes. Bring your own laptop editing system or plan to edit from camera to camera. Without an editing plan you'll need to carefully plan your shots to get a well designed piece in camera. Either way, our team of experts will be available to help you make the most of the equipment you own.