Selling: 15″ Location/StudioTeleprompter Original Price: $1180 Asking Price: $900 or best offer. Shipping outside of the area is possible. Delivery to the MD/VA/DC area is possible as well. Payment: Cash or Paypal only. No money orders or personal checks. Contact: info[at]momentacreative.com or 202 688 1448.
Reason for selling:
We purchased a new Ikan PT3000, used it 2 times for a client project and now we have no further use for it. We have all original parts in perfect condition. There are the usual few wear marks on the mounts from the tripod/camera but no cracks or dents. It has literally been used twice for a contract client since purchased so it looks exactly like it did when it was shipped to us (see stock images below). It even still has the protective gel cover on the teleprompter surface.
Perfect for DSLRs and those in need of a portable solution.
Also included it with the teleprompter:
- an Audio Technica audio connector extension cable
- a Comprehensive VGA 15 pin extension cable
- a compact Ikan carrying case
The PT3000 is large enough for studio usage, while still retaining enough portability that it could be used for a fixed location shoot. With a 15 VGA AC-powered monitor, the PT3000 offers a large viewing surface along with many of the same features that have made the PT2100 popular.
So we had a student with Momenta who is totally new to multimedia and just bought an Edirol R-09 with no idea how to use it. I sent him these tips on how to use Audacity and Soundslides which is the best budget friendly option for exploring multimedia before making the investment into Final Cut. This of course is more for hobbyists and not something that pros use, I realize. However, I figured I’d share the tips here too. Enjoy! – Jamie
Audacity, Soundslides & Multimedia Basics
Soundslides and Audacity, as I said during the workshop, are really dumb simple easy and very intuitive. They are the baby steps to getting familiar with these concepts before graduating to Final Cut. But I believe you have to learn to crawl before you walk and these two programs help you do that.
First, you’ll need the programs. Second, you’ll need to download your audio and hopefully have it logged and ready to go based on our Audio Tips in the Momenta Student Handbook. Sit down at your computer with an audio track (interview, music, doesn’t matter) of approximately 1-2 minutes long. Have a folder of images (20 total) ready to go as well in jpeg format. Now let’s get started….
First, let’s start with basic multimedia understanding.
As you start working in multimedia, you need to switch your brain around from just being visual to starting to see and hear in the field. You also need to start thinking like a producer. Think NPR meets MediaStorm. So let’s take a look at some sites that will help with that:
Those are fine but rather bookish and less “hands on” for my taste. However, there are also these good video series which will help you gain a great understanding of the basic of audio manipulation. The audible marketing is primarily for podcasters but I think this will be good for you since you’re mainly working with audio interviews and not doing musical tracks manipulation as such. However, I including mixing audio tracks in these links just for the hell of it for you.
Now that you’ve started to understand audio manipulation and have a manipulated, renamed audio track, let’s move onto Soundslides Tutorials.
You’ve got the images, you’ve got the audio track ready to go and saved as an MP3. Let’s start a slideshow with audio in Soundslides. These two should help you figure out how to do this very easily and quickly. Like I said: it’s totally intuitive and really simple:
Now you’re set! You can upload a slideshow to the internet, send it friends, put it on your blog or just simply show your friends and family. There’s lots of other tutorials but these are pretty much all you should need to get started and go out and create more of the same!
Finally, educational opportunities you can explore to make yourself an expert with this technology and start to explore Final Cut Pro:
One way to truly emerse yourself in much more advanced storytelling with multimedia is to attend the NPPA convergence event where the best of the best teach audio and multimedia. This is a great way to find and network with multimedia professionals and also to get in touch with people who publish and produce good work. If you’ve followed these tutorials and started trying this out yourself by the time Convergence rolls around, you’ll be a perfect student for their workshops. Just something to think about for the future….
I’m really excited to announce the launch of Momenta Workshops’ YouTube Channel. We are so excited to present our first piece on this space from our Project Uganda workshops. A collaboration among multiple photographers and technicians. Please see this lovely piece produced by our summer intern, Jonathan Miller from Virginia Tech.
WPOW : Women Photojournalists of Washington launched a mentorship program this year for two members to team up to learn new skills. You could be one year in to the biz and be teamed with a veteran who wants to learn something new or vice versa. This week a great success story comes from mentorship partners Molly Roberts and Danielle Williams, who have been working on their multimedia skills together.
A senior photo editor Molly Roberts created a multimedia presentation for Smithsonian Magazine. The project focuses on photographer David Burnett and his experience covering the tourists who watched the launch of Apollo 11. The audio and still show is just entracing and a great slice of American History that will be held to a microscope for a long time thanks to this amazing piece. Great job and congrats!!!
If you are a member of NPPA, WHNPA, ASMP, APA, PPA, WPOWor ASPP, you will receive 10% off the cost of tuition for the Momenta Memorial Day workshop. Simply email me at jamie@momentaworkshops.com and I’ll give you the discount code for registration.
If you are intersted in learning audio and still photography storytelling or introductory video production, this workshop was designed specifically for you. Sign up today for 3 intense days of learning with NPR’s John Poole as the lead instructor on this great weekend adventure!
Jenn’s been doing amazing work in the Congo, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda for years now and has become one of the best NGO photographers I know. Congrats on another great piece, Jenn!
(wanna learn how to make packages like this? Sign up for Momenta’s DC Multimedia Workshop this Memorial Day for 3 days of intensive audio and still photography multimedia training: http://www.momentaworkshops.com/memorialday09.php)
MOMENTA ANNOUNCES A NEW PRICE AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR 3-DAY MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP
Momenta Workshops announced today the lead instructor for Memorial Day Multimedia audio and video training workshop will be National Public Radio’s video producer John Poole. The workshop will take place on May 23-25, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
Poole has won numerous awards including Television Editor of the Year. His current position is video producer for NPR and, previously, he was the senior documentary video producer for Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. Poole also is a skilled instructor, honing his teaching skills while on faculty at the prestigious Corcoran School of Art + Design in Washington, DC.
The price of the workshop is $775 for 3 days of training. This price allows professionals to get affordable, hands-on training during this economic downturn. Momenta also made the workshop public transportation accessible so participants can take the subway or walk to all the activities.
“We know times are hard, especially for journalists and people need relevant training to be competitive,” said Rose. “We designed this particular workshop to be affordable and accessible. Whether you want to hop the train from New York or Philly or if you are walking over from downtown DC, you can do it for under a grand.”
Momenta Workshops is a division of Momenta Group LLC, a communications company based in Washington, DC. For company information, visit http://www.momentaworkshops.com.
CONTACT: Director of Workshops, Jamie Rose, at 202.203.8758 or via email Jamie@momentaworkshops.com.
You asked for it! Momenta Workshops will be hosting a multimedia workshop this Memorial Day in Washington, D.C. You can choose audio or video production for this great workshop. It is going to be an amazing, intense learning experience with two really talented instructors!
You’ll get Final Cut Express How To lectures, hands-on training on audio and video recording gear, Audacity and Soundslides lectures, daily editing and mentoring and by the end of the weekend you’ll be ready to make short form multimedia package. This workshop will help you boost your career goals, make your portfolio more diverse and get you the right tools to expand your visual expression.
The Battle of Sacramento, Kentucky
with Jim Lo Scalzo
Level One & Two/Beginner & Intermediate: Multi-media Intensive Classroom: 15 Students/3 Instructors/Digital Only Dates: May 15th – 17th, 2009 Cost: $1150
Imagine wading into the thick of a historic civil war battle. Cannon fire raging in the distance, the screams of the wounded in the foreground. Smoke, action, and mayhem surrounding the enterprising photojournalist. Whether you fancy yourself a modern day Mathew Brady or a Civil War-era Robert Capa, this weekend workshop is for you.
Join 800 Civil War re-enactors, 20 cannons, and a whole load of spectatin’ locals on the site of the historic Battle of Sacramento in McLean County, Kentucky. The 15th annual enactment of this battle will prove to be an amazing opportunity to photograph a classically American spectacle. The workshop will be inclusive of many different styles and a true opportunity to create something different.
Audio capture and interview skills will be a strong component of this workshop. Students will not only photograph events, but also record materials to integrate into a multi-media short form presentation. Hands-on training of microphones and digital recorders will add to your cache of knowledge and make you a more diverse documentarian. If there was any better place to explore these skills in a weekend, we can’t think of it.
Momenta Workshop’s weekend adventures specialize in short but intensive educational programs which focus on skills building in photo-rich locations. We spend time reviewing portfolios to assess individual capabilities, and then put students into environments to shoot intensively for an entire day while being mentored. This is then followed by individual review of the day’s shoot and a slideshow party. They are an enjoyable and affordable alternative to longer, more intensive workshops.
The workshop fees include handouts and workshop materials, daily editing and instruction on both software and equipment, lectures by lead instructor Jim Lo Scalzo on tips and tricks in the field, coffee and light drinks through the day at the headquarters and the famous Momenta open bar at the headquarters. This does not include hotel, food or transportation.
I’m selling my digital audio recorder on eBay if any of you are interested. It’s the Zoom H4 Handy Digitial Recorder. Originally $400 with shipping last summer. I’ve only it used it about 3 times on a multimedia project and then I got an Edirol from a client with a mic so I’m more than set! It’s a great, cheap, light weight way to get interviews and ambient for audio slideshows! Supposedly it’s great for music recording. It got great reviews online and the best part: it runs on two double AA batteries.
