This group is focused on helping advertisers, marketers, content owners and others monetize video content across all four screens. We will explore new services, technologies, ad formats, distribution systems and best practices.   This group is also focusing on helping advertisers, distributors, owners, technology providers and others in the video industry connect and do business.

The NY Video Meetup is the world's largest organization of online video entrepreneurs. We meet monthly in NYC to showcase and discuss the emerging trends of our industry. Each month local startups, content producers and big media companies demo in front of hundreds of peers followed by bi-directional Q&A. Industry thought leaders are also interviewed in our "Founder DNA" Series. Our goal is to bring the local online video community closer together and to inspire and help each other succeed by sh …

This film series provides a forum for local and independent filmmakers and video artists to share and discuss their work and ideas. Each month we'll screen one or more works and then circle up for an intimate conversation with the artists or guest speaker. We'll focus on "art" films, both abstract and and narrative, primarily by local filmmakers, as well as hard-to-find foreign classics, and new documentaries. We have also started to organize and attend seminars on various industry topics like h …

Welcome to the Light & Shadow Workshop Group. Our mission is to share with the New York independent film community the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the art of lighting and cinematography. When it is your turn to make a movie, you must ask two questions: 1) "Where should I put the LIGHT?" A single strategically placed light can work the magic of four or five incorrectly placed lights. 2) "How to create SHADOW?" Anybody can switch on a light and flood a scene with light and ma …

The Hottest Dance Classes in NYC! With Hip Hop/Modern Dance Choreography From Your Favorite Music Videos! Including Other Cultural Dance Fusion Classes Such As Indian/Bollywood! Move Over Beyonce and Aishwarya Rai, We're Taking Over! Come Prepared to Work Out and Have Fun! Cultural Competence Via the Art of Dance!

Storyhunter Screenup NYC is a monthly event for video journalist, filmmakers and documentary enthusiasts to hang out, screen some short documentaries, chat about journalism, have a drink or two, and jam to some cool global music videos. The screening, sponsored by www.Storyhunter.tv, will feature 6-7 minute video journalism pieces, trailers and short documentaries from local, or international, filmmakers (with Q&As with the directors afterwards). The format of the events vary but always include …

Big Screen Little Screen - The Creative Side of Web Video - is a monthly event devoted to celebrating and supporting innovation in the creative side of web video and the exploding online entertainment industry and hosted by Matt Semel and Paul Kontonis. Each month, we’ll take an in-depth look at the processes and people behind some of the most successful entertainment products created for broadband distribution, followed by networking with industry peers, artists, executives, producers, and up-a …

Mark and I are two NYC Vloggers who want to get out and meet more people in the YouTube community. Both of us are interested in doing awesome collaboration videos, parodies, and short comedy skits. We also want to plan events to just hang out and have a fun in NYC. -Mark and Milena

If you own a GoPro camera or love the idea of portable, wearable, durable cameras then let's make something awesome. Do you use GoPro cameras for extreme sports? Music videos? Experimental works of art? Do you capture video from the clouds in your drone copter? Let's talk shop!

The goal of this meetup group is make good short films. Filmmaking is not an easy task and requires people who are dedicated to the art form and willing to work hard to improve in their craft. With that said, you can only learn so much about filmmaking from reading books (which is helpful in its own right), or going to film school (very expensive/time intensive)... but the best way is improve as a filmmaker and actor is to get involved in the whole process numerous times (Director Robert Rodrigu …

Socialize with your peers in film, video and the arts! We've been having FREE meetings around NYC since 2005, looking at the creative process, often in conjunction with cutting edge technologies from Adobe, Apple, Autodesk and Avid, featuring Adobe Premiere Pro and elements from the Adobe Creative Suite, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, writer’s tools, DSLR and an assortment of third party applications. We're a social and media network, looking forward to having some fun, featuring guest spea …

The New York Filming Locations Group is a group for independent film/video makers, wherein they can share and find production locations and ideas. The group is for anyone interested in independent film/video production.

Anyone shooting Video or photo with the Canon 5D Mark II, 7D or T2i are welcome to join and meet throughout NYC on a monthly basis to share ideas, workflow, shoot and showoff their gear. Website coming soon www.nycdslr.com The Twitter hashtag for this group is #nycdslr, the Twitter account is @nycdslr and the contacts are: Anthony Quintano - www.anthonyquintano.com, @anthonyquintanoJohn Hyland - www.paperfieldfilms.com, @johnhyland Find us on Facebook at

Armed with whatever equipment we can get our hands on, we will aim to write, shoot, edit and premiere our own short films, music videos, documentaries etc. This meetup is open to anyone with an interest in Films/Music. So whether you're a great writer, kick ass camera operator or actor; this ones for you!

Welcome to the Light & Shadow Workshop Group. Our mission is to share with the New York independent film community the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the art of lighting and cinematography. When it is your turn to make a movie, you must ask two questions: 1) "Where should I put the LIGHT?" A single strategically placed light can work the magic of four or five incorrectly placed lights. 2) "How to create SHADOW?" Anybody can switch on a light and flood a scene with light and ma …

This is a gathering point for all of us finding our way in learning how to live creative in NYC. For filmmakers, video producers, camera ops, relevant start-ups, writers, coders, designers, actors, financiers, brain-stormers, make-up artists, costume designers, etc. A place to network, start projects, source talent, find a job and imagine new possibilities for how we can all leverage our contacts, talents and ideas to create more and better work. This a take 2, about 2 years ago I created "NYC I …

If you are in the field of web design, graphic design, online marketing or video production/editing then this group is for you.  Why? Because we can collaborate, teach and support each other since all of our specialties are intertwined and interdependent. We'll also discuss regularly how technology is influencing both marketing and design and how it can benefit us.

NYC Music Meetup focuses in empowering music professionals, promoters, artists, and fans.

CitiDance is a music video project for people who enjoy spontaneous dancing on the streets. I started this project back in 2005 because I began noticing that city dwellers in metropolitan areas of the world don't interact as much as they use to. Formerly called iDance project, CitiDance promotes spontaneous self-expression and creativity through dance in the otherwise typical day. How it's done: Random people are offered to film a music video of them dancing through the streets. The music is pla …

This group is a great way for young (Approx : 20-35) LGBT Geeks to make new geek and/or gaymer friends and just hang out! Anyone can join, as long as you 1. are an LGBT geek, or 2. admire them. It can be hard to fit into the gay community when you're a gay geek and this group is a safe haven for gay geeks and their admirers. So, please join this group and let the Video Gaming References (pwn it!), MIT Science Degrees, Thick Rim Glasses!, Apple Computer Obsessions, and horribly uncoordinated outf …

This group was founded on the simple principle that video games are infinitely more fun when you can play them with other people. So come have a beer, toss some blue shells, catch some ghosts, and have some fun! 3DS games with awesome multiplayer that you should probably buy: Fire Emblem: Awakening Kid Icarus: Uprising Luigi's Mansion Mario Kart 7 Monster Hunter 3 Star Fox (Have a suggestion for the game list? Let us know!) Note: This meetup group is intended for people who are 21 years of age …

Filmmaking became accessible for virtually everyone. Shooting on film is beautiful and as a Director/Writer I love it but I've seen remarkable Motion Pictures shot on cell phones and full frame digital cameras. There are many ways to make it in the Film Industry: Write a screenplay - hand it to an agent; make a short - send it to a festival; go to film school - make commercials/music videos; the key is MEET PEOPLE, WORK HARD TOGETHER, BE TENACIOUS and make films - don't talk about making them an …

For otaku's by otaku'sDescriptionWelcome to Otaku-Haven, lets get started shall we? O-ta-ku / ō’täko͞o : [Noun]: Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, or video games. Ha•ven / ˈhāvən: [Noun]: A place of refuge or sanctuary We are a not-for-profit group organization composed of people ranging from experts in the fields of science, business, music and art; to college students studying within their own respective fields; to high school student …

Are you a working professional or college student who prefers the company of other geeks? Do you find yourself frequently wishing there was some sort of watering hole for people like you who watch Adult Swim, revel in the joys of DDR/video games, read esoteric books, and indulge shamelessly in intelligent debate? Do you hate hipsters with an undying passion? Do you need people to drink shamelessly with in order to summon the courage to get on stage to croon in front of a large crowd of karaoke g …

An offshoot of the NYC Geek Adventure group, this is a group for female geeks to... uhhhh.... Get their geek on with other female geeks. Are you a female geek who needs more female friends with similar interests? Do you find the prevalence of men looking down your shirt at other geek meetups disconcerting? Do you have ovaries and like Joss Whedon, WoW, Star Trek, Sci-Fi, fantasy, Adult Swim, video games, and the like? Then this is the meetup for you.

If you are a tech geek and playing 8 and 16-bit video games and eating free pizza and drinking free beer sound like fun, you should probably join us.

We at Kvibe Productions LLC aim to bring together Directors, DP's, Actors, Editors, Writers, Producers and everybody interested in filmmaking who want to take their projects to the next level. Obtain feedback on current and future projects, explore creative ideas with other professionals, showcase your skill-sets in a productive and challenging environment and network with people in your area. Why travel to New York City if you can meet with talented professionals in Jersey City? Kvibe Filmmaker …

This is a very casual meetup for people involved in video/audio post production of any kind. The purpose of NYCPP is to connect like minded people and build both professional and personal relationships.