Introduction : Who are you, what do you do, why Mac?

General theme : Video on the Mac - From Beginner to Pro

Not essential, but so inexpensive to get into that one should - today's HD cam is so much better than yesterday's SD / DV cam

Mac Pro Dual Core Xeon 2.66, 16 GB Ram, BlackMagic HD Extreme video card

Apple Cinema Display 23", Cheap Acer 2nd display

Flanders Scientific LM-1760W Grade 1 LCD monitor (hooked via HD-SDi to Blackmagic card)

JVC SD CRT monitor

Sonnett Fusion 4-Bay SATA array with 4 1 TB drives (SATA faster than FW, interchangeable)

Sound: MOTU Traveler (FireWire)

Mackie HR 824 monitors (self-powered, flat, sound great)

Neumann TLM-103 mic (cheapest expensive mic i could afford at the time)

Tangent Wave Panel color control surface

Custom edit desk -- can be seen on about page at HiLo Media.com (on wheels, has a monitor bridge, rack mount equipment)

Daylight balanced lighting in studio with 10% gray walls (for color sensitivity)

Flip Mino, iPhone good starting points

Next- Canon HV series and equivelants from Canon, Sony, etc.

Canon (5D, 7D) and Nikon making SLRs that shoot beautiful video as well . . . win-win if you want a still cam and a video cam

Blip, Revver, Vimeo good quality

Facebook has great quality 

iMovie: not very far, best for home movies and stuff

FCE is good for learning editing / FCP but not pro. Can buy it by itself and not the whole suite

Proven that audience notices bad sound before bad video

Pro level : Final Cut Studio, Colour (yes that's right , the right spelling)  Correction

Intern

Pro Bono (with caveat)

Podcasting

Do lots of work (indy film)

Move to where the action is