Sunday, December 9, 2012

Storytelling, Salon & Laboratory


TDS NEWS Digital

Monday, December 3, 2012 - Week 50

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Digital Storytelling As Documentary Process

Creating Programming For Digital Media

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Table of Contents

Thornhill Digital Storytelling

Salon

The Thornhill Design Laboratory


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Thornhill Digital Storytelling (TDS)

We’re setting up for the next Thornhill Digital Storytelling Documentary Proposal Seminar.  The focus is set for Film, Television, Radio and Branded Content producers.  Our intended location is Palm Desert, California.  Our request is in for space in late February 2013.

The seminar presentation basics:

            Thornhill Digital Storytelling, Building Your Documentary Proposal

            What’s Your Story?

            50 Steps To Documentary Success

            Points to be covered

                        Dollars For Your project

                        Digital Assets & Features Covered In Your Proposal

                        Team And/Or Team Building

                        Qualified Suppliers

            Event Venue / Spaces

            Open To The Public

            $25 Registration Fee

TDS NEWS will once again provide a 36 page printed program.

This multi-tiered program will be presented, in association with Boone, Inc., headed by our friend, the very ambitious Darla Boone.  Darla will be ably assisted by her very capable entourage

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Salon
                                                                                                                                                                       
“The Inventory Updates”

You are cordially invited to a fall Thornhill Design Laboratory Salon, to be held
Wednesday, December 5, 2012.  We will start at 10:00 AM and run to 11:00 AM.

Seating Is Limited.  Advance Registration – Pay What You Can
At: http://tdlsalon12.eventbrite.com

Let’s discuss these operations, their updates and projections for 2013:
The Thornhill Design Lab Salon, Thornhill Digital Storytelling (TDS), TDS NEWS, The Fashion Media Project, The Thornhill Design Lab Workshop, A Production & Learning Studio.

If you have questions – or an opinion – but can’t be a part of the salon, send an e-mail with your opinion.

The purpose of the weekly Salon is to give details about The Thornhill Design Laboratory, our growth and specific projects.  Join me each Wednesday morning (we start at 10:00 AM) in the Fireside Room at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 4272 Fremont Avenue in Seattle, Washington 98103.  Check: http://fremontabbey.org.  The Salon will always be a source for everything at the Design Lab and up-to-the-minute news in the project design world. 
                                                       
There is no mandatory fee to attend, but donations will be accepted when you register.  Pay what you choose.  Advance registration is requested.  Register today at: http://tdlsalon10.eventbrite.com.  Caution: The group is limited to twelve, so that each person can fully participate in the discussion.

Hospitality is part of the Salon package.  You are welcome to bring pastries or treats on Wednesday for the group to enjoy.  If your company has bigger concepts for partnering with the Lab – let me know!

The busiest part of The Thornhill Design Lab is the Thornhill Digital Storytelling initiative.
There is more information on our blog at: http://digitalstorytellingseminar.blogspot.com/.

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The Thornhill Design Laboratory
Business, Communications Design

Over the next few weeks, as we work towards a Happy New Year, there will be announcements of changes in the rhetoric, structure and planning for The Thornhill Design Laboratory.

First will be big news about scheduling 2013.

I am still convinced that creating a solid base, scheduling the details, understanding that continuous improvement is a great model for product development and that collaboration amongst smart partners is the path to an enduring success.

However, in meetings with potential partners, there has been murmurs about needing a real calendar to work around, financial planning based on monthly planning and a steady drumbeat of public information.  The latter is more of a request for the Thornhill Digital Storytelling future.

Earlier in 2012 we talked about changes in the Lab – and that these would be led by laying the groundwork for a truly advanced communications system.  We have a real-time documentation for this system called “Changes,” This continuing saga reflects our development of a fully integrated “Digital Landscape.”

As indicated recently, there will be at least two blogs.  The initial release will continue to cover the expansive realm of Thornhill Digital Storytelling.  The second will be a catch-basin for all projects under the Design Laboratory umbrella.

For the remainder of the year, these two siblings will exist side by side in this space.  When we cross over to 2013 – a new dynamic will emerge.

Would you like to play the game “Where is our home base” with me?  Culver City is our official address, most of the work is performed in Seattle and we have not been quiet about our interest in Maui.

Now there is an upstart community offering really tantalizing options.  That would be Miami. Stay tuned!

(1) The Thornhill Design Lab Salon

A weekly synopsis of everything connected to the Thornhill Design Laboratory.  Ongoing development includes Administration, The Digital Landscape, Database Management, Financial Planning, Editorial, Design Continuity, Integrated Marketing Planning, Partners and Sponsor Presentations.

And now, there will be an enormous addition to the mix.  A radio show dedicated to our mutual fascination with design.  Here’s the work ahead of us:

·         Building a crew…

·         Audio Starter & Updates

·         The Radio Show

·         Internet Distribution

·         Broadcast Distribution

Each Presentation will cover the whole forest.  The writers, researchers, designers and on-air talent will have a lot to work with.  Check this inventory:

We’re building our radio show!  Yours and ours that is…

We exchange and compare with other labs, set direction for our growth and package.

The Salon is presented in Fremont, an iconic neighborhood in Seattle, Washington; known as “The Center Of The Universe” by residents and neighbors.

Want to talk about it?  Join us.  We are scheduled for every Wednesday through the end of the year.

(2) Thornhill Digital Storytelling (TDS)

TDS Digital Storytelling Documentary Proposal Seminars – Series & Special Events
            Palm Desert
            February

(3) TDS NEWS

Event Program, Subscribers / Subscription Management
            The TDS NEWS will expand. 

TDS NEWS Digital - http://digitalstorytellingseminar.blogspot.com/
            TDS NEWS Digital will work closely with the print edition. 

Digital Media Devices

(4) The Fashion Media Project

Research

Events

Radio

            2nd Annual “What Are You Wearing New Year’s Eve?”

            HD

            Genachowski

Television

Tablets

            Microsoft Surface

Transmedia

The Fashion Bloggers Connection

            Event

            Database

(5) Thornhill Design Lab Workshop

Design Review / Kai Zen

What is design?  Aesthetics for inspiration, product development, financial planning and real-world
case studies are included - create using function and form.  Design efficient operations structures,
work processes, digital networks, multi-platform media programming and manufacturing to
proceed aggressively in the digital-led economy.  You will better understand and
appreciate the talents of designers, storytellers, planners and artists.

 (6) Production & Learning Studio

Schedule, Research, Documentation,

Internet Presence / Digital Media Devices,

Facilities / Environment, Library / Archives

            Search

Client Services:

            Advisory

            Case Studies

            Strategy

            Extensions

            Product Development

Co-Productions

            Production meetings  

A lot of the information in this week’s news started as just thoughts a few weeks ago, beginning notes last week and bear repeating this week.

Exciting!

And with these fantastic changes comes growth and opportunities for others.  To respond to partners requests we are traveling a bit.  Will we see at either of these stops?

December                    Los Angeles
January                        Kihei, Maui County
April                            Las Vegas
April                            Chicago
June                             Washington, D.C.
July                              New York

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The Thornhill Design Laboratory

(1) The Thornhill Design Lab Salon, (2) Thornhill Digital Storytelling (TDS),
(3) TDS NEWS / TDS NEWS Digital, (4) The Fashion Media Project,
(5) Thornhill Design Lab Workshop, (6) Production & Learning Studio

Andrew W. Thornhill

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