Monday, February 20, 2012

The Award For Documentary Goes To...

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Thornhill Digital Storytelling (TDS)

Monday, February 20, 2012 – Week 9

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Digital Storytelling As Documentary Process

Creating Programming For Digital Media

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The Documentary Is The Reason For All This Work

Documentary style is golden.  Film, Television, Radio, Webisodes, Photo Essays and Narration are all reliable storyteller tools. 

This week on Oscar Sunday at The 84th Academy Awards, key members of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences will vote on, and award statuettes to, the film winners.

And the nominees are:

For Documentary Feature






And for Documentary Short






This year deserves something new.  I will make every effort to see each and every nominee.  With the many digital downloads, repositories, archives and distribution channels, that should not be difficult.

If you want to follow the actual presentation and the rest of the big night, go to: http://oscar.go.com/nominees#documentary-feature.

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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Let’s Do It Again!
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Culver City, California
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