The Digital Media SIG (special interest group) meets 5 times per year to explore the emerging concepts and platforms that are constantly reshaping "digital media" as we know it. New platforms are mobile, new currencies are virtual, and the reality has been augmented. A generation has grown up digital, and the game is increasingly social. The Digital Media SIG is the place to find the talent and projects that will reshape the territory in ways we haven't yet thought of. Have your own ideas about …

The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS) promotes interest in underwater photography. The Club has been active since 1957, sponsoring educational events on both underwater photography and video while promoting awareness of the underwater environment and pertinent ecological issues. NCUPS serves the greater San Francisco Bay area, including Silicon Valley.  For more about us and our offical website check out http://www.ncups.org

Meet fellow Coincident Developers in your area! Discover more about interactive media/video. Learn how to use Coincident's technology in order to increase user experience and engagement. If you are interested in interactive media or a current Coincident Author, this group is for you!

Webcasting and live streaming are essentially interchangeable terms. If you are a webcaster or are interested in learning how to live stream, you've come to the right place. In our meetups, we'll talk about best practices, trade real-world stories and evaluate equipment and platforms. From mobile phone live streaming to professional large scale webcast productions, we'll cover the gamut. 

The purpose of the "Let's make a FILM"  group is to help one another in making short films, music videos, documentaries or what ever we can dream up. All experience levels welcome. Also come participate in our LMAF writers group to create original material for us to produce. Current LMAF members must Log In to view current and past projects under the "Pages" tab.

Most our stories revolve around the lives of Asian indians in american setting. I find the idea to be as educational for americans here and indians back home as its entertaining for anyone.   While networking is always a good idea, the motto here is to work together using our free time so we make good stuff and have something to show for.   So we meet most every weekend in Sunnyvale Downtown in my office to plan and create entertaining content, be it music video, short movie, satire, real st …

Rather than focusing on one specific profession, we want to mingle with varieties of visual creators; graphic designers, interior designers, product designers, architects, videographers, photographers, filmmakers and more. Visual creators should have something in common and expand their expertise in different directions, but we all probably want to get inspired by other visual creators. The main activity of this group is social mixers, which help members meet new visual creators, get inspiration …

“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.” - Gandhi   *If you're a film lover looking to check out and support indie films, please feel free to join. We want you to provide us filmmakers with your opinions and feedback. After all, you are the ones we make films for.* Continue reading if you consider yourself a filmmaker and want to join: As a filmmaker in the Bay Area, I wanted to create a meetup group for other filmmakers who have FINISHED projects and are looking for venues a …

This Meetup group is about helping Image Makers - primarily photographers and videographers - connect and collaborate with each other. All too often, projects and shoots are pushed off because they're difficult to handle solo; this Collective hopes to help alleviate that problem. Join up, meet other photographers and videographers, find assistants, assist on projects yourself, and further our skills as a community. Combine forces, and get out and create great things! Click here for a more detail …

The SJSFF is getting ready to launch it's fourth year and after the amazing success at Santana Row in 2011, we are initiating the SJSFF Project where YOU can be part of the filmmaking experience and walk the Red Carpet at the next festival. Launched by SJ filmmakers to support local filmmaking, together we will help craft new short films that will introduce the world class films that will be screened as part of the SJSFF. Filmmakers, film lovers and those who want to get involved in the filmmaki …

 http://www.moviemakersunite.com/.org MMU Presents : SILICON VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARDS  OCT-NOV. , 2012 www.svfilmfestival.org   MMU FILM FESTIVAL '09 :  http://www.meetup.com/moviemakersunit......   MMU - PRODUCTION , PITCH AND NETWORKING MEETINGS:       Bi Weekly. Bring your script / idea in one page. If you have a script, you will get your film production scheduled immediately. And network with fellow film makers, actors, camera, editors,etc.   Current Projects: (Details in the abo …

Meet fellow SF Bay Area Movie Makers near you! Come to a local Meeting to have fun and make friends with people making projects small and large in and around San Francisco. From film students, to professionals, and anyone else with the dream of making a movies for fun or profit, this is the one place to meet those who share the passion and drive for movie making in the Bay Area. This group is less about talking about making movies and more about DOING it. Some projects will be keenly organi …

… This is for everyone who wants to: (1) develop a strategy for a web, tech, or digital media startup or retail business; (2) share ideas with other entrepreneurs; (3) meet potential partners or investors; (4) learn about the latest tech trends; (5) practice your pitch; (6) meet mentors; (7) show demos and get supportive feedback. We will meet twice a month and feature small group discussions with experts on topics relevant to startups like:   How to develop ecommerce strategies to …

As a creative laboratory, Palo Alto Int'l Film Festival's mission is to foster innovation and educate the community about those ideas that most inspire its members. John Lasseter of Pixar expressed that "Art challenges technology. Technology inspires art." PAIFF strives to be a conduit for increased innovation in art, technology and film. As movies migrate to digital, the future of cinema will depend on the cutting edge tools that continue to be conceived and developed in the Bay Area. These too …

… Discussions about investigative journalism, public records access, citizen arrests, martial arts, the use of force, maintaining privacy, weapons, armor, uniform design, team work, legal protections, medical backup, digital technologies, and more will occur, and professional speakers brought in to address these very issues. Civil codes, case law, codes of conduct and core values will be parsed as discussion and debate amongst this diverse community of characters. This is a serious group. It is NO …

… http://silicon-valley.siggraph.org Recent meetings: Our annual presentation of the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, a video presentation of cutting edge computer animation from the SIGGRAPH conference, that occurs around the start of the year. Computer Vision Techniques for High-end Visual Effects by Chris Bregler and Kiran Bhat, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the VFX branch of LucasFilm Mobile Visual Computing by Kari Pulli and Radek Grzeszczuk, Nokia Research Center Unity Techn …