What you MUST have for your workshop:

Important note:

If you have a PC or another editing program, we can still work together. I’ll be working on a Mac with Final Cut Pro, if you can translate what I teach to your system – that’s no problem for me.

Camera/Audio Gear

• A standard type digital HD video camera or DSLR with at least one lens
• If you have a DSLR you’ll need a Zacuto Z-Finder or similar to focus & compose on the LCD screen,
• Sennheiser ME-64 or other type of shotgun mic.  If your using a DSLR you should have H4N style audio recorder.
• A wireless mic kit would be nice but not essential and of course bring a tripod with video fluid head.

Computer Gear

• MacBook Pro Laptop
• 2TB 7200 RPM External FW 800 Hard Drive with at least 1TB free space available
• Firewire 800 cable for the hard drive
• Sandisk FW800 card reader and cable
• Sandisk 16GB or 32 GB CF cards  (your camera may take SDHC cards and not CF cards – same specs and bring the card reader!)

Software

• Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 (Part of Final Cut Studio)
• Soundtrack Pro (Part of Final Cut Studio)
• Pluraleyes for those of you recording on the H4N or similar style audio recorder
• Photoshop – in case you need to use photographs in your story