Giving filmmakers the tools and resources they need to create their passion. Video Gear is a founding sponsor of the San Diego Filmmakers and supports the efforts of modern movie makers with the finest equipment available. Now providing both sales and rentals. On the web at www.Video-Gear.com or by phone at 858-356-0200.

Professionals who depend on HD, depend on Sony. In San Diego, call Val Reynolds at (858) 483-5859.

Digital Arts Center (DAC) is a branch of the University of California, San Diego, Extension, offering two comprehensive, career focused programs: Digital Graphics & Web Design and Video, Sound & Motion Graphics. In just one year you could be in a new creative career! Find out more at dac.ucsd.edu or call (858) 622-5750.

Your creative assets depend on the quality of your video master. P2 HD's workflow allows you to capture pristine, production-quality video with unmatched flexibility and reliability and the speed of solid state file-based recording, making it the industry's premier HD/SD video recording system. Find out more from Panasonic

Everyone has a story to tell. Let Groovy Like A Movie use the power of video and film to help tell yours in a manner that is precise, entertaining and compelling. Whatever your final deliverable, the award winning Groovy team can produce media that improves your bottom line. Go to groovylikeamovie.com or call (858) 715-0300.

Some out-of-town guest speakers at our monthly networking events stay at the filmmaker-friendly Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Central, conveniently located between Groovy Like A Movie and Stu Segall Productions in Kearny Mesa, in exchange for this announcement. Go to cy-kearnymesa.com or call (858) 573-0700 to book accommodations for your cast and crew now!

San Diego-based FiveSprockets, Inc. brings the resources of a Hollywood studio to the masses. It’s Your Virtual Production Studio, offering filmmakers, screenwriters, and digital-media producers the tools they need to make better media, more efficiently and profitably, anywhere they are. Log on to FiveSprockets.com and register for your free account today!

If your project is film, video, or broadcast, Brilliant Screen Studios can help in all areas of pre-production, principle photography, and post. And for audio, Brilliant Screen Studios can handle all size projects from on-hold messages to full albums to soundtrack mixing. 24-bit THX-certified equipment is available for 5.1 channel surround mixes. See brilliantscreen.com for more information, or call (619) 593-7312.

In business in La Mesa for over 20 years. Excellent, accommodating service with a friendly attitude, offering a wide variety of products and services. Mention "SAN DIEGO FILMMAKERS" and get your screenplays printed and copied at the special discounted rate of 3½¢ per page (normally 6¢)! Remember to ask for 3-hole paper. Order via the web at www.copy-it.com. 5344 Jackson Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942. 619.698.7000.