TDS NEWS Digital
Thornhill
Digital Storytelling (TDS)
Monday, February 27, 2012 – Week 10
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Digital Storytelling As Documentary Process
Creating Programming For Digital Media
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Partners, partners…
You might notice that the TDS News is shorter this week
than usual. And you are the very good
reason. My continuing call for new
partners has been heeded. So much that I
must take a few days to review the materials submitted by the candidates.
However, one quick point for the futurists in our midst. Among the great pleasures enjoyed during my
recent fact-finding mission to Mau is the discovery that there is an enormous
Technology Park in Kihei. When there I
presented the TDS seminar at the Maui Resource and Technology Center, not
knowing that is just a small part of a 400 acre site.
Could this work as a site for our studio? Is this in our future? Stay tuned.
The Documentary Is The
Reason
On Oscar Sunday at The 84th Academy Awards, members
of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, in the Documentary Feature category, selected “ Undefeated” a film
by TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas.
Check the big smiles at:
www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/26/2043869/wwu-grad-tj-martin-wins-academy.html
Documentary
style is golden. Film, Television,
Radio, Webisodes, Photo Essays and Narration are all reliable storyteller
tools.
Administration
Calling all planners, administrative assistants and project
managers. We need you to make our
aggressive program complete!
Administrative services interest in partnering for development of
businesses, events, publications and documentation might want to get their
information to me by March 1, 2012.
Duties as basic as maintaining the project calendar and as
difficult as database management will be offered to professional services.
Spaces:
With great luck we
will strengthen our facilities planning with a crew to start on Proposals and
eventually a presentation.
Our new home base is in Culver City, California.
These
seminars have survived interesting venues.
There has been a photography center meeting room, a music studio,
library meeting rooms, classrooms, a beautiful visual art gallery, a bar, a car
dealership showroom and a technology center.
Digital
Facilities…
Are facilities important enough to
create a true digital hub? The
presentation would be fantastic with internet connections, cable connections, a
satellite dish, large monitors, comfortable seating and hospitality. How expensive are these digital facilities
and who would build or outfit them? This
will certainly take additional research.
Production
and Learning Studio
Would such an environment result
in actual contracts? Could it start with
a training schedule? What design and
environment questions do we start with?
Digital
Metropolis
A much more efficient process
would be to start with a design for a cluster of buildings – planned for owner
or tenants with a mutual interest in digital development. Is there a plank in the local economic development
platform to address such issues?
An exciting option like this takes
about three years to evolve. Please
don’t think that immediate answers are required, but paying attention would be
a good idea.
Partner recruiting will not be easy. We continue to grow in sophistication – and
each year is better than the last. Our
upgrades are reasonable and we love our work.
It will happen
Thornhill
Digital Storytelling (TDS) is maturing very nicely in so many ways. Of course the piece that keeps making new friends
for the package – and keeps the veterans coming back – is our concept of Kai
Zen; Continuous Improvement. This is
most visible in product development.
Research
continues everyday. As we make this
primary product better, we are really following a game plan that will keep us
on the right track for years.
You Can Participate
- Let me know that you are interested in this or similar projects
- Refer this information to everyone you know who needs to be enlightened
- Attend, or sponsor ($20 each) a seminar
- Attend, or sponsor, one or more of the social events
If you are interested in becoming
a sponsor, send your e-mail indicating what part of our package has your
attention. You can pledge with an e-mail
or a phone call to (206) 265-2279.
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Quarterly Design Review – Q2 2012
Thursday, May 3, Friday, May 4 - 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
& Saturday, May 5 - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Free
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Saturday Main Venue: Blue Martini Lounge
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295
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