Join Mr. Alvin Paver; Mayad Studios’ Creative Director as he speaks for the “Exposed Down Under” Wedding Filmmaking Workshop on July 12-17 at Sydney Australia.

If you want to have coffee with him, have dinner and talk to him about anything and everything under the sun..email him at alvinpaver@mayadstudios.com and have the chance to meet him in the flesh.

Here’s his schedule :
Sydney - July 4-18
Melbourne : July 18-30

For the past two years we’ve been giving an opportunity to young students to embrace the world of videography. But time and again we also get inquiries asking us to entertain Professional videographers in order to share with them what we know. And so, for this year we made it bigger and better for each and everyone by introducing the Pro-Weddings Sessions. Despite the hectic schedule and the all too limited time, we were able to pull it off. We met a lot of passionate videographers and at the same time we all became friends. Witness the work,passion,fun and friendship the workshop gave to us all as we share a sneak peak of what happened in our 3-days workshop. Enjoy!

Mayad Academy 2010 Pro from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.

Note:Big thanks to all suppliers who helped us achieve the success of this workshop; Christine Ong-Te,Karen Marek Atendido,Veluz,Sereneight Band (c/o Rj Gunlao),K Cunanan,Josaiah’s Catering,Bob Nicolas,Calibre Studios (c/o Darrel Pobre of BnS),Lancaster Hotel,Sennheiser Philippines and of course our couple models

We would also like to share with you their works during their concept shoot and edit video challenge. Considering that they only a day and half to prepare (shoot and edit) I think everyone did an awesome job including our couple models. Congrats guys.

Group 1
Models : Christina Palermo-Ang and Mark Ches Ang

Group 1 from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.

Group 2
Models : Amee Denise Go and Allan Prince Diu

Group 2 from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.

Group 3
Models: Cai Vegamora-Quiambao and James Quiambao

Group 3 from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.

Group 4
Models: Karen Marek - Atendido and Ariel Atendido

Group 4 from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.

We’ve been asked over and over again..why do we do this? and like what we’ve said last year, the answer is simple..we want to give the young generation an opportunity to realize their passion for videography and to uplift the the Filipino artists.

a new breed of artists..
48 hours…
and 27 creative minds..
for one epic adventure…

Ladies and Gentlemen Mayad Studios Presents the graduates of Mayad Academy 2010-Beginners. Cheers!!!

Mayad Academy 2010 - Beginners from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.

Video created by no less than Mr. Cecilio Quimpo Jr.
together with Von and Kiko!

Mayad Academy Pro- Wedding you’re NEXT!!!

Topics and activities during the workshop

Beginners :
May 11-12, 2010 - 9am
Emilion Roundhouse Function Center, General Luna St. Iloilo City

For our Beginner course, the highlight will be general videography with the Mayad team attempting to squeeze the screaming videographer inside the body of our young artist participants. We will be teaching the nature of Premiere pro for editing along with some cool editing techniques. We will showcase the beauty of camera works like the basic composition and camera handling. We will let the participants shoot their own video, they will have a hands on training guided by our very own the Mayad team members. At the same time we will incorporate both edit and shoot and guide the participants in creating a masterpiece. At the end of our second day workshop, we will showcase the works and output of the participants.

Pros-Weddings:
May 18-20,2010 - 9am
UNIT 319 3/F LRI Design Plaza, 210 Nicanor Garcia Ave., Bel-Air Makati City

Our main goal for the pros is to enhance and maximize the full potential of the videographer as we focus on wedding videography.

For our first day we will be showing a never-before-seen full length video made by one of our own Mayad team member as we thoroughly discuss the steps in achieving the best video based on the materials on-hand. We will also give you some of our personal tips, tricks and techniques on shooting on DSLR and the story-telling type of editing Mayad is known for. In addition, we will let you in on our trade secrets, like same-day edit workflow, glide moves, and must-haves on the shoots. To top it off, you will also be entitled to show us one of your best work; an SDE or highlights and will have a one-on-one consultation with us.

For the second day, we will be teaching shooting using a style that’s truly the “Mayad Way”. At the same time we’ll show the participants how we shoot and direct our couples during the actual pictorial. An opportunity will be given for the participants to shoot a Concept Video with real model couples as for their models.

And for the last day, we will let the participants edit their concept video as they compete against each other for the best group during the dinner gathering later that evening. The day will not be complete, not until we party the night away.

For more info email us learn@mayadstudios.com

The long wait is over, we are now finally opening our doors for new breed of artists who are in thirst for knowledge and has the passion for creativity. Videography has never been this cool.

For this year, we will be serving 2 workshops. One for Beginners and another one for Pros.

BEGINNERS
Date : May 11-12, 2010
Where: Iloilo City
Age Limit : 25 years old and below
Requirements :
-Laptop with specs that can handle multimedia tasks (installed Premiere CS3)
-Hard Disks with at least 50gig disk space
Php 2,500.00 (meals included)

PROS - WEDDINGS
Date : May 18-20, 2010
Where : Metro Manila
Age Limit : No age limit
Requirements :
-Has basic knowledge of using Premiere
-Has basic knowledge of shooting a video camera
-Must have the knowledge and passion for event videography
-Laptop with specs that can handle multimedia tasks (installed Premiere CS3)
-Hard Disks with at least 120gig disk space
-Any professional video camera ( preferably Canon 5d or 7d)
*Option : Other video equipments such as glide track,glide cam,tripod etc for shoots
Php 10,000.00 (meals included)

Limited Slots available ..First come first serve.
For more info email us at learn@mayadstudios.com

Remembering last year’s workshop

Mayad Academy highlights from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.

Mayad Academy Year 3 will soon open its doors ,both for pros and beginners. Soon…

“Creativity”, we are all born with it but one needs practice and guidance in order to enhance our potential.The Mayad Academy for the past 2 years has been teaching kids on ways to nurture their creativity and developing it behind the lens, extending it in post production and making growth in the world of Videography.

Bigger and Better! That is how we want to serve Mayad Academy on our 3rd year. Interested? Do you have tons of questions? Don’t hesitate to shoot us an email at “learn@mayadstudios.com” so we can start our head count as early as now! It’s a three day workshop and the pending schedule for our workshop would be in the month of May. So free your dates for us guys! As usual we will only open limited slots, so give us a shout out now to be heard.