TDS NEWS Digital
Thornhill
Digital Storytelling (TDS)
Monday, March 12, 2012 – Week 12
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Digital Storytelling As Documentary Process
Creating Programming For Digital Media
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I know it is hard to
imagine an intermission happening while traveling at full speed. This is not like a rest stop; but more an
acknowledgement that it takes many steps to get to the top. If you are running up the stairs, each bounce
raises you to an important plateau, but it doesn’t have to slow your pace or
change your stride.
Thornhill Digital
Storytelling is getting there – to the top.
And so too is The Thornhill Digital Laboratory. We’re climbing the stairs, bouncing on the
steps and even picking up the pace!
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.
Here’s our March
2012 intermission. I will take all of
the files in the office related to The Thornhill Laboratory, place them
end-to-end on tables and read them. If a
file is out of order that can be repaired.
If there is a lead that might have been forgotten, we can get right on
it. For new and expanded notions, we can
find a place for every curve.
All of this will be
conducted with associates, affiliates (if we have any) and partners. If you are interested in attending this
session, let me know.
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The many details to
support the Thornhill Digital Storytelling proposal seminar need even more
research and researchers. Information
gathering is an ongoing process. Letters will go out this month to research, planning,
production and design institutions requesting their consideration for helping
with our needs.
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,
delved deeply into the new co-working model and learned a lot about state-by-state
film production incentives. If you are
in Washington State, this could be important.
From Associated Press, by way of KOMO News:
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington's Legislature has voted to revive a tax incentive
program designed to lure movie production to the state.
The state House voted 92-6 Thursday to bring back the tax credits, with supporters saying it will draw business and spending to the state. Opponents counter that the program gives away $3.5 million a year when the Legislature is considering cuts to education and health care for the poor.
Having previously passed the Senate, the measure goes next to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her signature.
The program offers a 30 percent rebate off the amount of money spent in the state. It expired last July after the state House declined to take a vote on the issue.
The state House voted 92-6 Thursday to bring back the tax credits, with supporters saying it will draw business and spending to the state. Opponents counter that the program gives away $3.5 million a year when the Legislature is considering cuts to education and health care for the poor.
Having previously passed the Senate, the measure goes next to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her signature.
The program offers a 30 percent rebate off the amount of money spent in the state. It expired last July after the state House declined to take a vote on the issue.
If you are researching the rest of the country, here are two resources:
Screen Actors Guild
www.sag.org/state-film-incentives
Entertainment
Partners
www.entertainmentpartners.com/Content/ProductionIncentives/ProductionIncentives.aspx
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If other money would
get your interest, try the new Nation Builder at www.nationbuilder.com. This resource is not yet perfect, but they
are working on it!
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The Thornhill Design
Laboratory is responsible for Thornhill Digital Storytelling. Next week there will be a detailed report on
our progress during this intellectual recess.
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/
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In answer to many,
many questions, we are working on a new schedule for the TDS seminars. It appears that the next cities on our list
will be Seattle and Pittsburgh.
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In order to have an
event to 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.
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Last week I report
on the Forbes M<agazine of the stunning Cartier example of branded
Content. For those who asked, here’s a
shortcut to the full film.
www.odyssee.cartier.us/#/home
Do you have
examples?
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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.
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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For Digital Storytelling Weekly Updates: http://digitalstorytellingseminar.blogspot.com/
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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
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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
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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
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The Thornhill Design Laboratory
Andrew W. Thornhill
Culver City, California
thornhillnews@hotmail.com
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