Thursday, July 19, 2007

Welcome newbies...

As one of our main points of running PnP is to get some new VJ talent happening here in Perth, you might find these resources useful to get you started:

Download VJzoo Beginners Manual as pdf (9 meg)

- something to get you started with PC-based VJing

VJ Loops at archive.org

- free loops to play with

VJCentral.com
- Hundreds of hardware and software reviews and a warm, helpful community supportive of all levels of VJ from newbies to expert level. Their vjforums.com is especially helpful.

ProjectorCentral.com
- find out about any digital projector on the market, compare specs etc.

SoftwareVJ - compare all the major VJ softwares available. Awesome resource - so simple, and yet so useful.

More info about VJ hardware and software can be found at our site VJzoo.com - and come along to a PnP to ask questions.

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Plug n Play Perth

Plug n Play Perth is a regular VJ/AV get-together where newbs, experienced VJs or anyone interested in live video performance can come along and meet with likeminded people. We showcase VJ software and hardware (new and vintage) and often have a Special Guest DJ, musician or AV act play a set later in the evening. PnP is free to attend, you can BYO laptop, hard-drive or DVD reel to Show n Tell. See below for link to dates - usually once a month or so, on a Thursday at Luxe Bar in Mt Lawley.

Plug n Play Perth

Our Plug n Play Agenda

Why do we run PnP?

We aim to foster a more professional VJ community in Perth, for example:

encouraging use of legal software;
assisting skills development;
cultivation of new VJs (Perth needs more good VJs);
offering an opportunity for VJs to test out new (and vintage!) hardware and software;
provision of freeware and legal loops for beginners to practice with;
encouraging development of original content as VJs become commercial;
discussion about ethical and business issues relating to VJing;
'AV matchmaking' - referral of gigs to most appropriate VJs;
networking and mutual support;
finding new musicians to collaborate with.
educating venues and promoters about what VJing is and the difference between a lighting guy with an illegal copy of Resolume and a bunch of junk clips nicked off the web and a professional VJ... (it's like the guy that DJ'd at your cousin's wedding and DJ Shadow...they both call themselves a DJ and play music - so, same thing, right?)
encouraging appropriate payment of VJ's. Pay peanuts and you'll get monkeys. We're not saying we disapprove of VJs doing benefit and non-profit gigs for free, but for commercially viable events it's appropriate that VJs are paid a rate that reflects their skills, the value of their equipment and what they will add to the experience at the event.
encouraging venues and promoters to give VJ's billing on posters, ads etc. Professional VJ's work just as hard as a support band/DJ and usually for a lot more hours, and increasingly punters will be looking for VJ's names it will become an additional draw for the event.

Basically, trying to develop an interesting enough VJ scene to keep us in Perth....

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Welcome newbies...

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Plug n Play Perth

Plug n Play Perth

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