So last weekend my fellow film students and I went to Amsterdam to take part in the IBC (International Broadcasting Conference), which is a big film convention A.K.A. film heaven. It felt like I was a kid in the candy store and we got to check out all these film equipment that I didn’t quite know the names of or what it exactly did but it was super cool. There were different booths sets up that allowed anyone passing by to actually try out the equipment. As soon as we walked in the first thing we saw was a broadcast van. It had switch board, TV screens and everything you could possibly imagine to be inside of a broadcasting van. Meredith, who is interested in being a anchor one day went inside of the van and we all pretended that she was delivering a breaking news story. She performed nothing less than a pro but I’m sure the authentic setting had a lot to do with it.
We then got to play around with the different professional cameras and talk to experts of the brands being represented on the cool features. One thing that stands out in my mind was the ARRI Digital Camera presentation. Big named cinematographers and gaffers came to share their experience in using ARRI. We even got to see the behind the scenes and a sneak peak of films that are not even out yet. It was truly a “game changer”, which was the word used about a hundred times by the film professionals that used ARRI equipment.
We also had the opportunity to put our names in a drawing to win a brand new Go Pro. Unfortunately, even though we went back a second time to put our names in we had no luck. However, this was a priceless experience and it got all of us excited about our future film careers. I would love to attend this amazing event again next year and hopefully next time I can win a little something.
Written by Melissa Effa
