[SA] Fwd: Video Report

[David D'Antonio]

Here is Lance's Video report.

Begin forwarded message:

>
> Haym Solomon was a decent layout for a video room. Not noisy, good  
> blackout curtains .
> The blackout curtains in that room were not supposed to cover the  
> fire exit.
> Mike Tool’s dvd player upscaling to 1080i  with a DVI  cable gave a  
> better than dvd image.
>
> Molly Pitcher  had a low ceiling the screen  supports barely fit.
> The room had a glass exterior exit door  that  was blocked  by   
> track screws from being concealed by the curtains. Daytime  
> slideshows were affected.
> Black opaque plastic could cure the light problem. The hotels taped  
> tablecloths soon fell down.
>
> The Arisia speaker system needed a jumper cable connection to  
> receive the audio signals.
> The two audio feeds used 2 of 3 ycb cables, which presented an  
> audio problem as the unlabelled cables were disconnected several  
> times. POTC 2 was mono instead of stereo.
>
> Friday afternoon after the sound and regular projector was  
> verified; there were a couple of hours before programming started  
> using the Molly Pitcher room.
>
> With the layout the panelist table,  screen and projector remained  
> in place all weekend.
> Also note that Luckily Mike Tool printed out a schedule for both  
> rooms.
>
>
> King Kong at 3:30 hours may have been too much of a good thing.
> The audience was average.
> Renegade aka Blueberry by Moebius drew only 1 viewer. French  
> fantasy westerns even in English is too small a genre.
>
> Thanks to Arisia Signs for printing out the Posters of Star Trek  
> New Voyages
> They helped draw a good audience at 11 a.m. even with a episode  
> that featured 3 Enterprises on screen simultaneously..
>
> Reign of the Fallen was less popular only 9 watched the star wars  
> fan film.
>
> Short Attention Span theatre drew good comments and a rotating  
> audience.
> I had to switch dvd players when Mike Tool’s player had trouble  
> with superimposed titles in I.M.P.S aka Troops 2.
>
> Star Wreck even in Finnish with subtitles was popular.  Dealer’s  
> room reported people wanting to buy the dvd.
>
> Wonder Woman – the audience was odd in addition to a modest  
> audience there were 4 or 5 misogynists intent on being bitter and  
> insulting the film. Other films had people cracking the occasional  
> joke.
>
> Star Trek New Voyages episode 2 with Walter Koenig had a large  
> audience.
>
> Coming Attractions were meant as a filler until Star Trek  Of Gods  
> & Men trailer became available. Had I known of the demand for  
> Trailers, I could have pursued more.
>
> POTC 2 opposite the masquerade at 2 hours 30 minutes drew a good  
> crowd.
>
> Krrish at 3 hours  was well attended though 100 minutes went by before
> The hero put on a costume.
>
> Sunday morning had Brit TV from an internet service www.guba.com
> South African tv and Time Tunnel  2002 had about 20  viewers each.
>
>
> Arisia 2008  I have some ideas in mind for  next year.
>
> Star Trek New Voyages episodes 4x03  & 4x04  will be out.
> New Voyages is doing an alternate version of the Chekov episode  
> with commercials and an alternate ending.
> http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/download/dvd/TSAMD-SE_DVD_Cover.jpg
> Star Trek of Gods & Men rolls out in 3 parts April, May,  June 2007
> I.M.P.S. 2  should be out soon.
> Wonder Woman/ Superman fan film should be out by 2008
> Star Wreck might have Iron Sky available.
>
>
> Epsilon  from  Australia is a topical SF Green movie with brief nudity
> Eolomea  is an East German Film made after Kubrick’s 2001.
> Stara Basn  is a pre-Christian epic with evil warlords, Vikings and  
> a cute Wicca priestess.
>
> Renaissance is available as a UK import, but the Miramax version  
> may come out.
>
> Short Attention Span Theatre 2008
>
> The next installment of the Bollywood Superhero Krrish will be  
> filmed late 2007, so the dvd would not be ready till 2009.
>
> Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 :At Worlds End  will be out on dvd in 2007.
>
>  Japan’s Longest Day with Toshiro Mifune , after Hiroshima and  
> Nagasaki  army officers stage a coup to fight an atomic war. First  
> portrayal of the Emperor .
>
>
> Sidekick from Canada  is available on dvd
> http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000IB0DA8/imdbca-20/
>
>  More Trailers....
>                                                                        
>                                   Lance Oszko
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Events DivHead, Arisia '07 (retired)