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EQUIPMENT RENTAL RULES

1. In order to rent equipment members must:
a) Have paid all membership fees and have no outstanding debts to MediaNet.
b) Have satisfactorily completed training conducted by an appointee of MediaNet or can demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the equipment being rented.
2. Members are liable for damage or loss not covered by MediaNet’s insurance. If equipment becomes damaged or lost during use, members must notify MediaNet immediately and wait for instructions on how to proceed. The member must not take any piece of equipment in for repair or attempt to repair it without permission. MediaNet will not be liable for any repair bills that are not authorized.
3. The member must restore all equipment to clean and orderly condition after each use.
4. MediaNet requests that credit for use of facilities and/or equipment appear in the titles of the production (or, where credits are inappropriate, MediaNet will be acknowledged in written material accompanying the work): "Produced through the facilities of MediaNet”. Acknowledgements and logos are available from MediaNet.
5. MediaNet accepts no liability for injury or accident while the facilities or equipment are in use by a member.
6. Personal Injury, such as invasion of privacy, libel, slander: the member agrees to waive, release absolutely, indemnify and hold harmless MediaNet, its servants and agents from and against all claims, demands, awards, judgments, actions, caused directly or indirectly by or as a result of the member’s entering onto MediaNet facilities, or using property belonging to or under the control of MediaNet.
7. In the event that a member does not wish to operate the equipment themselves, crew members and editors must either satisfy the Technical Director (or an appointed representative of MediaNet) that he/she can completely and safely operate the equipment; or take the necessary workshops to obtain accreditation in the use of said equipment. However only the member is authorized to sign out equipment.
8. Members are responsible for the actions of any crew members or guests accessing any of MediaNet’s facilities or rental equipment on their behalf.
9. It is recommended that members check equipment before taking it out. In the event of genuine equipment failure (i.e. if it can be demonstrated that it was not the result of the operator's error), a refund of the rental fee will be made. Any equipment malfunction should be reported and a damage report filed before a refund can be given.

EQUIPMENT BOOKING PROCEDURE:

Phone 381-4428 between 9am and 1 pm Monday to Friday, Saturday 9 am to noon; no messages!

Email Program Director at info@media-net.bc.ca or the Technical Director at technical@media-net.bc.ca specifying your name, equipment needed, and dates. Wait for a confirmation email.

In person - Fill out the Equipment Request Form with your name, equipment needed, and dates. Equipment returns are at 9:00 am, and equipment pick up is at 9:30 am.

EDIT SUITE BOOKING POLICY

Bookings can only be made through an authorized staff: in person during office hours; by email:
info@media-net.bc.ca or by phone: 381-4428. No bookings by phone messages! Bookings can be made up to 60 days in advance. Member may book up to 32 hours/month in advance, more upon availability.

A few useful links

Apple tutorials online
Final Cut Studio 2 suite
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/tutorials/
Apple’s own site with some basic video tutorials about the entire FCP Studio Suite

http://digitalcommons.psu.edu/ some useful tutorials from the Penn State University on all aspects of Digital Film making
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html
A “Must Visit” site for anyone using FCP and creating digital film

Final Cut Pro users Groups
are extreamly useful for getting your questions answered and for tutorial material and articles about all aspects of FCP
Vancouver - http://www.vfcpug.org/
LA final Cut users Group - http://www.lafcpug.org/

DVCafe - part of the dvshop site is full of useful info and articles and also useful for checking out Canadian prices for a variety of equipment http://www.dvshop.ca/dvcafe.html

DVD burning and DVD Studio Pro - lots of the user groups have articles about DVD burning as well but here are a couple to get you started http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html#dvd
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/dvdstudiopro/

DV production and resources - some great sites for learing about and coming to understand digital filmmanking

http://www.adamwilt.com/
http://www.dvuser.co.uk/index.php
http://www.dvshop.ca/dvcafe/canada/canfilm.html
filmmaking.com (article links are at the bottom of the page) http://www.filmmaking.com/

camcorder links
-great site for consumer level camcorders
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/
http://www.sony.ca/view/homepage.htm

Mac links
http://www.themacattack.us/

http://guides.macrumors.com/

Podcasts - are a great resource. Just open up iTunes on your computer and go to the iTunes store and do a search for a term like “Final Cut Pro” or “Soundtrack” or “photoshop” and you will be surprised by the number of free podcasts available.