TDS NEWS Digital
Thornhill
Digital Storytelling (TDS)
Monday, March 26, 2012 – Week 14
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Digital Storytelling As Documentary Process
Creating Programming For Digital Media
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Thornhill Digital
Storytelling
Documentary
Proposal Seminar
And Introducing
The New Video Marketplace
Thursday, April
12, 2012 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Open To The Public And Free
The Seattle Public Library, Columbia Branch
4721 Rainier Avenue, S.
98118 - For Directions (206) 386-1908
To Register Go To: http://thornhilldigitalstorytellingseminars20.eventbrite.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Documentary
Funding Proposals
What’s
Your Story?
The focus of this leading-edge
workshop is showing how to link the many necessary parts – from inception,
through creative, technology and production, to traditional or digital
distribution and real world business development. These are the elements that will make your
funding proposal rise above all the rest.
The agenda for this brand of storytelling covers more than
50 items. Each one is offered in a way
that shows how to be a winner in the specific category, yet still blend them
all into a meld that guarantees continuity and continuous improvement.
Are you expected to integrate
digital assets into your documentary funding proposal? If you, your organization, office or company
are planning a film, television show, radio special, Internet presentation or a
interactive photo essay, the answer is yes!
To create a digital documentary
using a competitive, multiplatform model, your timeline could be 3 years. Also, expect that your expenses might creep
to $2 Million dollars or more.
As we each grow beyond social media, Digital Storytelling
is turning into a hotbed for collaborative development and ever-expanding
production crews. Team members learn
from one another and your end product gains from the combined intellect, energy
and projections. This means greater
expenses.
Producers or project managers have no intention of adopting
a new plan or process, at the risk of losing their financial success.
If your
associates can’t relate to Digital Storytelling as a genre, try Multimedia,
Transmedia, Webisodes, Branded Content or even Branded Entertainment. We offer these and many subcategories in the
Thornhill Digital Storytelling Seminar.
Included in our agenda is an open
discussion about digital media devices.
Do you have an e-reader, smartphone or computer tablet? Are you ready for the upgrade in your
category or the next step up to a sophisticated digital tablet? What brand, what carrier and what price are
best for your needs?
TDS NEWS, our detailed event program, includes:
·
The Thornhill Digital
Storytelling “50 Steps To Documentary Success” checklist and
up-to-date industry examples and news links.
·
The publication lists
“Everyday Resources” a slate of industry stalwarts providing no-cost,
e-mailed, daily information reports on individuals,
companies and trends in digital media – and the support for digital
storytelling they offer.
·
TDS NEWS is available
only at the seminar.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Ask About The Maui Video Marketplace
Our
marketplace concept brings together all parts needed to build a film, or a
production studio or a collaborative cluster of film-related businesses to grow
the region.
We start
with a seminar series, printed programs and access to information supporting
the global transition from analog to digital product distribution. From Internet applications to digital
television to digital channels, your career in the industry will be given a
major boost by participating in the Thornhill Digital Storytelling seminar.
The Maui
Video Marketplace will grow from an idea to a location for training, serving
clients and developing proprietary and contract media products. The choices will include live events, classes,
print media, audio and radio, video and television, digital and Internet, plus film
industry connections.
For Digital Storytelling Weekly Updates: http://digitalstorytellingseminar.blogspot.com/
The Thornhill Design Laboratory
Andrew W. Thornhill
www.thornhillportfolio.com - thornhillnews@hotmail.com
Copyright © 1971 - 2012, Andrew W. Thornhill, All Rights Reserved
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
In order to have an
event occur, we truly rely on the support of our Event Partners in each
city. The local team must be dedicated,
great communicators and willing to help with every level of prep, promotion and
review. In our next meeting, with the
files, we will look very closely at our track record and list those things we
believe are important to make every trip and presentation giantly successful.
--------------------------------------------------------------
For Digital Storytelling Weekly Updates: http://digitalstorytellingseminar.blogspot.com/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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.
In the meantime, I
am searching for space to host meetings, conduct training for our new friends
and to establish an office. We can build
a template for seeking support for documentary filmmakers and refine the
protocol from our simple list to full automation.
Recently, to further
this quest, I have attended meetings with writers, toured possible meeting
spaces and delved deeply into the new co-working model
The TDS
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.
--------------------------------------------------------------
The
Thornhill Design Laboratory
The Thornhill Design
Laboratory is responsible for Thornhill Digital Storytelling.
Continuity is more than a concept.
We work from an annual calendar, spend a considerable amount of time
researching, preparing for the seminars and publications and worry just a bit
too much in our periodic reviews.
1. There will soon be a Thornhill Design Laboratory Strategy Meeting.
2. Prior to that meeting there will be constant
evaluation to determine what new course and/or strategy to be taken. These issues will get special attention:
Administration, Schedule, Revenue, Joint Proposals and Potential Partners.
Here is the agenda
for the meeting:
- Inventory
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Thornhill Design Lab Workshop
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Thornhill Digital Storytelling (TDS)
- Thornhill Digital Storytelling Proposal Seminar
- TDS Maui
- TDS NEWS
- TDS NEWS Digital
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- The Fashion Media Project
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Client Services
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Enterprise Development
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Space
- Production & Learning Studio
- TDS Library
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TDS Review
I hope you will be
available.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have friends,
partners and clients who are also interested in corporate and personal lab
development.
So let’s take a
brief survey of what is available. This
is a partial list. If you have
suggestion of others to report, let me know.
The Thornhill
Design Laboratory
Communications, Business Design
Thornhill & Studio
thornhillnews@hotmail.com
BMW Guggenheim Lab
www.bmwguggenheimlab.org/
cityLAB
www.citylabpgh.org/
DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
Duke University
www.reporterslab.org
The DTR Resource
Center
The Digital Television Report & DTR Support
digitaltvreport@hotmail.com
Nieman Journalism
Lab
The Nieman Journalism Lab is a collaborative attempt to
figure out how quality journalism can survive and thrive in the Internet
age.
Harvard University
www.niemanlab.org/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
2012 Is Your Year
Thornhill & Studio
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
To All With Advance Registration
To Register: http://thornhill-quarterly-Q2-2012.eventbrite.com
Thursday &
Friday Main Venue: DeVry University, Bellevue Center
Bellevue Corporate Plaza,
600 108th Avenue Northeast, Suite 209
Bellevue, Washington 98004 - www.devry.edu
Bellevue, Washington 98004 - www.devry.edu
Saturday Main Venue: Blue Martini Lounge
The Bravern, 700 110th Avenue, NE, Suite
295
Bellevue,
Washington 98004 -
www.bluemartinilounge.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Status Reports For Each Section
Thornhill Design Review / Thornhill News - A New Communications Network
The Thornhill Design Laboratory -
Including Thornhill Digital Storytelling
Corporate Development &
Revenue
Facilities: Thornhill
News Newsroom, DTR Resource Center, Design Lab Studio
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special Gathering!
Fashion Bloggers Mixer
Presented by: The Fashion Media Project
Saturday, May 5 - 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Blue Martini Lounge
www.bluemartinilounge.com
--------------------------------------------------------------
The Thornhill Design Laboratory
Andrew W. Thornhill
Culver City, California
thornhillnews@hotmail.com
--------------------------------------------------------------
www.thornhillportfolio.com
Copyright © 1971 - 2012, Andrew W. Thornhill, All Rights Reserved