Sony To Provide F55 4K Camera Technology To The Brave New World Project, Sponsored By King David Films Focused On Advancing Students In The Film & Entertainment Industry

Sony To Provide F55 4K Camera Technology To The Brave New World Project, Sponsored By King David Films Focused On Advancing Students In The Film & Entertainment Industry

Fourteen Minority Students Will be Selected to Participate in the Program This Summer

LOS ANGELES, July 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --







WHAT: Bringing the latest technology to aspiring
young filmmakers, Sony Electronics'
Professional Solutions of America group is
teaming with King David Films to present
the Brave New World Project, hosted by
Director/Producer, David Merritt II.



The project will give 14 Los Angeles-area
students interested in motion picture
production careers the opportunity to work
and learn in a professional Hollywood
production environment. The selected teens
will participate in a 5-week hands-on
program at Sony's Digital Motion Picture
Center, using Sony F55 4K cameras and Sony
Vegas editing software. The sessions will
be led by CEO of King David Films, David
Merritt and Sony DMPC system specialist,
Dhanendra Patel.



The students will be divided into two teams
of seven. Each team will write, direct,
act and edit the films. Each team will
have access to one camera-person (DP),
one boom operator, and one editor, plus
extras for filming. The teams will also
have access to two professional (SAG)
actors. Both teams will produce a five-
minute digital film and will receive IMDB
credits. Students will learn to write and
build story structure, pre-production
fundamentals, production key elements and
editing skills. Sony Electronics plans to
screen the finished projects for the
students and their families at Sony
Pictures Studios.



More details about the program can be found
on The Brave New World Program's Facebook
page and Twitter.



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WHEN: Program Begins:
August 10, 2013



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WHERE: Sony Electronics
Digital Motion Picture Center
Located at Sony Pictures Studios



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VISUALS: Students participating in the Brave New
World Program at the Digital Motion
Picture Center on Sony lot
Instruction
with the F55 camera and students editing
on Sony Vegas Editing Software


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INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES: Dhanendra Patel, Digital Motion Picture
System Specialist
David Merritt II, CEO
of King David Films, Founder of Brave New
World Project
Alec Shapiro, President of
Sony Professional Solutions of America


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WHY: The Brave New World project's mission is to
empower minority youth by giving them
access to current film technology and
teaching them the art of filmmaking. By
providing these youth with an introduction
to the latest in digital/film technology,
the program looks to increase interest in
film production and post -production
careers and open the door to a new world
that many of these young people may never
have imagined.
The program's goal is to
foster diversity and increase
opportunities for minority talent and
employment in the film industry.


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SOURCE Sony Electronics

Sony Electronics

CONTACT: Tom Di Nome, Sony Electronics, 201-930-6357, Tom.dinome@am.sony.com

Web Site: http://www.sony.com/news


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