Registration Info 2011

Conference Dates:

17 - 20 March 2011 (Thursday morning - Sunday evening)
Conference Venue:

DUMC Dream Centre,

2 Jalan 13/1, Seksyen 13,

46200 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor, Malaysia

Click here for directions and map to conference venue on DUMC's website.

Click here to see where DUMC is located on GoogleMaps.

Streams:
A1. ADVANCED SOUND
B1. BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY

B2. INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY

C1: VIDEO PRODUCTION

C2: VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION

D1: BASIC DESIGN (limited to 30 participants)

E1: MOTION GRAPHICS - AFTER EFFECTS (limited to 15 participants)

E2: MOTION GRAPHICS - FLASH (limited to 15 participants)

F1: 2-DAY MEDIA FOR SHEPHERDS TRACK

Conference Fees:

Regular rate:

Registration with proof of payment by 20 Jan 2011: RM400
Registration with proof of payment by 17 Feb 2011: RM450
Registration with proof of payment from 18 Feb 2011: RM500

Group rate (4 or more in a group):

Registration with proof of payment by 20 Jan 2011: RM350
Registration with proof of payment by 17 Feb 2011: RM400
Registration with proof of payment from 18 Feb 2011: RM450

Student rate:

Registration with proof of payment by 20 Jan 2011: RM300
Registration with proof of payment by 17 Feb 2011: RM350
Registration with proof of payment from 18 Feb 2011: RM400

2-Day Media for Shepherds Track:

Registration with proof of payment by 20 Jan 2011: RM100
Registration with proof of payment by 17 Feb 2011: RM100
Registration with proof of payment from 18 Feb 2011: RM150

Note:

* Conference fees include 10 meals and 1 t-shirt & does NOT include transportation or accommodation.

* Delegates from out-of-town will need to make their own accommodation arrangements.

* Delegates whose registrations are received after 17 February may not be guaranteed their shirt sizes.

* ChargeUp! Conference is being held at the end of the Malaysian school break in March, and there will not be a Bolt Youth Media Camp in 2011.

Registration & Payment Process:

1. Register online here.

2. Make your payment by depositing cash/cheque or transferring funds into the Livewire Media Sdn Bhd account, or by credit card (incurs an extra RM10 fee per registration).

3. Email your proof of payment to talk2us@livewiremedia.org with subject heading "ChargeUp! 2011 payment".

Payment by Cash/Cheque:

You can deposit cash/cheques at Maybank ATM kiosks (Acct: 514271253491), then email a digital copy of the deposit slip to talk2us@livewiremedia.org after you have registered online. Cheques should be payable to LIVEWIRE MEDIA SDN BHD.

Cheques can also be mailed by post to:
56, Jalan BM1/4, Bukit Mayang Mas, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Payment by Funds Transfer:

You can transfer funds into the Livewire Media Sdn Bhd Maybank account (514271253491) via ATM kiosks or online banking services. Then email a digital copy of the deposit slip to talk2us@livewiremedia.org after you have registered online.

Payment by Credit Card:

https://pay.integricity.com/livewire

Note: Type in "CUC - your name" when asked for Transaction Code / Invoice No.

Please include an extra RM10 fee per registration for payments by credit card.

Confirmation of registration

will be sent upon receipt of proof of payment AND submission of registration. Please note down on your fax, email or image of your transaction slip your name, mobile number & cheque/transaction number. If you're paying for a group, please also list down the names of your group members accounted for in that particular payment.

Participants below the age of 18

are required to submit a signed Parental Consent Form.

For Further Enquiries:

talk2us@livewiremedia.org

or call Goh Choon Ean (+6012-2687795) or Saw Poh Sim (+6016-4050353)

Anyway a quick word here on my blog, I am trying very hard to stick to my new year's resolutions (I said I will blog more often) hence I am quickly sliding in this post here about the Charge Up Conference.



Technically, the conference has already started and I am rather sad that I can't participate in it for today's session as well as tomorrow's session as I am currently stuck in Putrajaya for training at the moment. At the very earliest, I will make it there on Friday afternoon. This year's Charge Up Conference is the largest one ever with the largest group of participants.

This time round it will be in KL, held at DUMC. Check out some of my blog posts from last year's Charge Up which was held in Penang over here, here and here.

For the participants over there, see you all on Friday afternoon!

The story behind this quick slideshow I made begins a couple weeks ago during the Charge Up Conference. I was one of the coaches during the workshop time for the photography stream and the delegates had to complete a project based on themes. The coaches decided to give the delegates themes based on human expression and the team I was overseeing chose the theme, Joy. What the delegates had to do was to shoot as a team, come out with a story and create a slideshow with the photos they took which depict joy.

How they want to depict "Joy" can be anyway they want. It could have been a story of a person who found joy or even things that bring us joy. The group then proceeded to head to New World in Penang (I am from KL by the way so I was being led around by the Penangites) where they thought might be a good place to take photos and get some interesting shots. So while the group was running about shooting, I decided to take some shots as well of the surroundings.

By the time the delegates had finished shooting, they were busy hustling and bustling through their photos as well as trying to pick the ones to be able to form a proper storyboard. Trust me, it is during these times you wouldn't want to get into their way. Tension was really building up, it was getting late and everyone was trying to complete it before the showcase tomorrow (the showcase is where each team from the photography stream and video streams show their project work which they completed in just one day).

Anyway, noticing that they were getting tense and nervous as well as trying to overdo the other teams, I quickly put together the photos I shot and produced the slideshow below.



Well I managed to get some of their attention and hopefully, made them feel a little bit more relaxed after that. Thought I would like to share this with everyone as well :)

It's the last day of Charge Up and after working through the night to compile everyone's photos to be included in the DVD, I am just dead tired. Anyway the final screening is about to be shown soon and for Ps. Victor's last PowerUp Session. I was really touched by all of the delegate's work from both the videography and photography stream. You guys are absolutely awesome!

Here are the group shots that we took on Friday.



I took a couple shots of this angle with various exposures and layered them to get the background and foreground correctly exposed.

This next group shot was taken by Grace.



Traveling back to KL after the last PowerUp Session and I can't wait for Ps. Victor's last sermon. Awesome stuff!

p.s. Super tired from collecting and sorting through all the photos taken by loads of people during the conference, got back to my room at 4am.

Yes I am here now in Penang attending the Charge Up 2009 Conference and this time not as a participant but rather as one of the coaches for the Photography Stream. Every year Livewire Media organizes a conference for the AV folks and this year it is held at the Penang Christian Centre (PCC). There are 3 available streams for all conference delegates, video, audio and photography and all of these streams are taught by experts from the industry themselves.

Here is Choon Ean giving her opening speech about how she fractured her fibula while trying to take photos while paragliding. I won't say what that gesture was ;)



Ps. Victor Wong is our pastor who will be preaching during all the Power Up sessions.



Every day after the Power up sessions in the morning, we will all proceed to individual workshops. Here is Grace teaching the first workshop on exposure.





Ke Wynn who is our head honcho for the photography stream teaches about posing and portraiture as well as lighting.





Ke Wynn was awesome and he is really down to earth. Each time to constantly reminds the participants that you don't need great gear to take great photos. It takes great photographers to take great photos.

Of course during the course of the workshop, Ian decides to have some fun with Joseph's funky stuff.



Here are some of the participants being shot and shooting with a technique using video lights.



My group which I am helping out with on their practical shoot and trying to practice what they have learned in the earlier workshops.



Joseph assisting the rest with the video light and reflector.



And of course, a quick candid of our wonderful bag seller, Jonathan. Jonathan has the most outstanding portfolio that I have seen I am still trying to get him to share with me his thoughts and thinking process behind his shoots.



Ok, I got to get back to class and begin to capture more photos of the participants.