DSR-11 VTR The Sony DSR-11 DVCAM VTR is remarkable for two reasons. First, it is a compact portable model. With dimensions of 180 mm (w) x 258 mm (l) x 69 mm (h) and a weight of 2.8 kg, it is indeed a mini DVCAM videotape recorder. Second, this DVCAM camera can be used in both landscape and portrait modes (with the aid of a stand). Just like its larger siblings, it is compatible with various digital video cassettes: mini-DV, standard-DV (large), mini-DVCAM, and standard-DVCAM. This makes the DSR-11 VTR highly versatile. Handy, whether in a small digital or traditional tape studio or in the field. A professional DVCAM tape recorder thrives on the versatility of its connections. After all, these determine which FireWire peripherals and types of video recorders can be connected to it. Consequently, there are plenty of AV connectors, albeit somewhat more limited than on the larger stationary versions. On the back, we find the connections for FireWire (4-pin), Hosiden Y/S, RCA audio, RCA video, Lanc, and DC-in. The DC-in is for a separate power supply or a 12V battery adapter. Analog Component video over BNC connectors is absent. Furthermore, there is a switch for PAL or NTSC on the rear. For the avid playbacker, there is an auto-repeat function to endlessly repeat programs on tape. The front panel has been kept relatively simple. At the top sits the large cassette loading door. Below that are the recorder touch buttons and input switches. Just like with a large tape recorder, a full-featured wireless IR remote control is included. The DSR-11 VTR is simply a handy DVCAM-VTR device for on the go and cramped studios. Pre-editing can be done on the spot via i.Link/FireWire or Lanc. Another welcome feature is that incoming analog signals can be converted directly to DV and passed through via i.Link. That eliminates the need for an A/D converter. We only miss a second DV in/out and an XLR connection. Given the compact dimensions, there was no room for those. At first glance, you get the feeling that such a small DVCAM video recorder must have a poor transport mechanism. The opposite turns out to be true: the cassette and drive mechanism are very robust, and tape winding is lightning fast—even faster than on many DVCAM/DV video recorders. The DSR-11 VTR is easy to conextra using the on-screen menu. Also nice is the interference-free looping at 1/3 of the normal speed in both tape directions. Regarding the sound, there is a limitation compared to larger DVCAM recorders. Only two separately controllable audio channels are available, and an audio dub for dubbing is missing. However, when transferring via the FireWire DV cable, it is possible to write and read four channels. All in all, a recommendation for the DVCAM filmmaker looking for a tape feeder for their editing system or wanting to utilize perfect audio synchronization when editing from CAM to tape recorder. Unfortunately, the remote control and power cable are no longer included.

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My name is Manouk Stavenuiter, born on July 30, 1988. At the moment, I am studying Junior Producer at the ROC in Hilversum. We mainly learn the ins and outs of production there, but we also learn a bit about the editing and directing side. We are also gaining a lot of experience there, as we had to create formats ourselves and then executed them on a large scale. You were put in charge of your own program and were judged on it by a professional jury. You gain a lot of experience through projects like that. For instance, I have taken on various roles such as Production Manager, Director, Editor, and Producer. In every project, you have your own specific role, and you learn so much from that. Ultimately, I benefited a lot from that during my internship. I am now looking for a new production internship for five months. From September 12. Experience Harpen Gala 2010 ( Position: Production assistance) Holiday Romances Net 5 (Position: Part-time Production/Editing Spot work) Mercwaardig (Project ROC Studio program Function; Recording management) Narrowcasting (Project ROC Items running Function: Direction, Production, and Editing) On air online (Project ROC Executing own format Function Direction; Production, Editing) Manouk Stavenuiter Eemnesserweg 2a 1221 CX Hilversum 0630721268

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RAUL RUIZ: IMAGINATIVE SURREALIST Some time ago, the imaginative and magical realist Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz (1941-2011) passed away. Four quotes that are typical of Ruiz: 'Film is what you make of it; every viewer makes their own hidden, subconscious film, which lies over the original and eventually displaces it.' (Volkskrant) 'My films are ruins in which you can wander like a true romantic and cherish the feeling that you could also get lost in them.' (Cinema.nl) 'My films are about sublime things that inevitably become commonplace and ordinary things that suddenly become sublime in a strange way.' (Filmkrant) . And: 'I believe in the diversity of cultural identities; you need many of them if you want to become yourself.' (IFFR 2004 catalogue) Raúl Ruiz was born in Chile, but he lived in Paris as an exile since 1973, following General Pinochet's coup. Among his best-known films are *Three Lives and Only One Death*, *Klimt*, *Le Temps Retrouvé* (after Proust), and his costume epic *Misterios de Lisboa*, which was recently released in cinemas. *La Noche d'Enfrente* has already been screened but has not yet been released. He was an extraordinarily prolific artist with over a hundred films to his name and numerous plays; he was also a gifted film teacher. He wrote the widely cited book *Poetique du Cinéma*. Raúl Ruiz also made a film in the Netherlands in 1981: *The Whale’s Roof*, starring Willeke van Ammelrooy and featuring a funny role by actor/director Herbert Curiël as a Native American. The film is about an anthropologist who tries to learn the language of an obscure Native American tribe from Patagonia. It was not his only visit to the Netherlands; he was a welcome guest at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam from the very beginning, and many of his films were screened there. In 2004, he was Filmmaker in Focus there. Ruiz's films are always set in the realm of fantasy, full of parallel lives, dreams, and memories. He counts Bunûl, Max Ophüls, and Godard among his mentors. Rarely, if ever, are they formulaic films with a consistent story. In his films, Raúl Ruiz flirted with the surreal and the absurd, and all his work is steeped in magic. This is also evident in one of his best films, *Three Lives and Only One Death*. The protagonist, portrayed by the magnificent actor Marcello Mastroianni, dreams of multiple parallel lives. The film is an artful variation on 'multipersonality disorder'. One of the most beautiful films by Ruiz that I saw was *Time Regained*, starring the charismatic actor John Malkovich. Loosely based on the classic *Research for Lost Time* by Marcel Proust. A cinematically fluid interplay of memories, dreams, and reality. Nothing is quite what it seems. An English critic wrote of *Time Regained*: 'Time Regained succeeds in turning Proust's madeleine into a kind of fatal epidemic.' Raúl Ruiz was an extremely passionate, idiosyncratic (film) artist who did not allow himself to be influenced by trends or conventional views, but went his own way. He was a unique filmmaker, 'larger than life', and very colorful. Hats off to Maestro Raúl Ruiz! -Jaap Mees-