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Equipment Check, Mt. Holyoke Range

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Part 2 Film Training

Part 1 Cardio Training

Telly To Me One More Time...

The 30th annual Telly Awards competition, which honors the nation’s best in local and regional television, video, Web and film production, will soon present Del Padre Digital with a statuette for the creative showcasing of its work. This is the second such award for us.

Chosen from more than 13,000 entries – submitted by advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, interactive agencies and corporate video departments from across the country – Del Padre will receive a Bronze Telly for a demo reel that highlights the firm’s work in 2008. The demo reel is featured on its Web site, and is also sent to clients and included in press kits.

In addition to Del Padre, other past winners include Comcast Spotlight, Discovery Communications, Busch Entertainment Corporation, Chicago Tribune, ESPN, NASA, NBA Entertainment, NBC Universal, and WebMD.

Lest we forget the filming...

In addition to plenty of cardio workouts, some training with the RED camera - both filming with it and lugging it around - was in order. Here is a snippet of the work we did on Cape Cod this month - special thanks to Cape-based band Earth Junior, who provided the soundtrack.

No Turning Back Now, Archer.

Mark's flight information for his trip to Africa to film Mt. Kilmanjaro with the RED ONE camera just came in. There it is, in black and white. Time to go big!

Shooting Mt. Kilimanjaro on the RED Digital Cinema Camera

Mark needs to ski, run, hike, walk, and weight train - not to mention practice doing all of the above while shooting with a 25 pound RED Digital Cinema Camera - for his trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro in June, to shoot footage for Del Padre's ongoing work with the National Science Foundation's STEPS project. As the date of departure approaches, we thought we'd share some of the more entertaining moments from this training journey (which, incidentally, included Mark's last cigarette on Thanksgiving morning).

Here's snippet #1, featuring Mark and Del Padre's communications manager (and Mark's wife) Jaclyn. She's just happy to be here.

More to follow.

Del Padre Digital supports PodCamp WesternMass

By now, we’ve all heard of iPods and podcasts. But what’s a PodCamp?

PodCamp is one example of an ‘unconference,’ or unorganized conference, at which participants choose the topics they’d like to discuss. It’s geared toward new media enthusiasts and professionals of all types, including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, as well as the people who read, watch, and listen to them.

This month, PodCamp will come to Western Mass., Del Padre Digital's home base, for the first time. On Saturday, March 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., members of the marketing, business, design, technology, and music industries will gather on the second floor of the mixed-use, retrofitted mill building Open Square in Holyoke for an unconference that aims to promote education, innovation, and collaboration between technology and media professionals.

There is no agenda at an unconference, and the list of potential topics is virtually endless. However, sessions often include a ‘social media 101’ and an overview of current and emerging new media tools. Attendees are encouraged to bring laptops, power strips, and cameras, and can come and go as their schedules allow. The cost of the program is $20, attendance is limited to the first 60 people to register at http://podcampwesternmass.eventbrite.com.


About PodCamp WesternMass

PodCamp WesternMass is a community-based ‘unconference’ modeled after a popular meeting concept in new media. The first PodCamp was held in September 2006 in Boston, and the trend is now spreading across the world due to the spreading preponderance of social media.

Forrester Research of Cambridge, Mass. predicts that spending on interactive technologies will grow to $61 billion by 2012, and that social media (podcasting, blogging, and services such as Twitter, flickr, Facebook, etc.) will drive emerging channels to $10.6 billion.

PodCamp WesternMass is spearheaded by Morriss Partee, owner of EverythingCU.com, an online resource for credit union marketing professionals; Tish Grier, Chief Community Officer of Placeblogger.com and a hyperlocal and citizen journalism aggregator and blogger, and Jaclyn Stevenson, freelance writer, Public Relations Specialist with Winstanley Associates in Lenox, Mass., and founder of the online blogging community Thirty-something Bloggers.

The event is designed for anyone interested in the online world to share ideas, hear from industry experts, and participate in discussions. New media marketing experts predict that businesses can thrive if they embrace social media and conversational marketing methodologies. To learn more or to register, visit the PodCamp WesternMass wiki at http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/PodCampWesternMass.