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March Member Madness Returns with More Prizes

noemail@mca-i.org — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

From now until April 5, 2010 for every new member you refer who joins MCA-I as a member in good standing, you will be registered to win terrific local and national prizes. Every successful referral has a chance to win prizes including a $250 Gift Certificate to Best Buy, a f$150 Gift Certificate to Best Buy and the top prize of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium Software. Plus local prizes as gathered by participating chapters. Not a member yet? Join today and refer someone else! Grab your database and start dialing! See someone at the next meeting that has been on the fence about joining? You know what to do! (See below for downloadable brochures for meeting handouts.) Official Rules Only MCA-I Members in good standing may participate in this membership promotion as the referring member and thus be eligible for prizes. To be considered a valid membership application in this promotion, March 1, 2010 and April 5, 2010. The application must be submitted electronically...

41st Annual MCA-I Media Festival Winners Announced

noemail@mca-i.org — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT

The winners of the 41st Annual MCA-I Media Festival have been announced. Congratulations to our profession's brightest stars. As usual, the quality of all of our Golden, Silver and Bronze Awards is outstanding. As a benefit of membership, MCA-I Members may view the winning entries online in the Media Festival Gallery. (Look for the navigation link under Festivals/Awards when all entries have been uploaded. You must be logged in to see the entries.)

The Golden Reel celebrates excellence in media communications. The name stands for creativity and advancement in technical applications. Since 1978, Golden Reel honors have been highly coveted and recognized internationally for their prestige.

This year the nearly 90 entries were judged through an online competition. While technology has advanced, the process proved somewhat of a deterrent to some who wished to enter. Additionally, feedback on the online judging process, which is traditionally a time for media professionals to gather face-to-face, indicated a return to a more traditional festival for the near future.

What will be different is that all entries in the 41st MCA-I Media Festival will be hosted online and available to members on demand for at least a year, thanks to Multicast’s Media Suite.

View the complete list of this year's award winners.

Guy Fieri from DD&D records VO at Creative Media Recording

noemail@mca-i.org — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Noted chef and host of the hit Food Network television show “Diner’s, Drive-Ins and Dives” was recently in the Cypress studios of Creative Media Recording to do some voiceover recording. The energetic TV host travels the nation in search of the hidden gems of independent “mom and pop” restaurants that serve great food. Guy Fieri calls it “real food from real people.”

Fieri was in West Orange County the second week of February filming segments for DD&D. Page Productions, the producers of the show, contracted with CMR to record voiceover elements for two complete episodes that were nearly finalized and ready for airing. The producer of the program listened in via digital phone patch and the completed audio files were uploaded to an FTP server for use by the video editors. The voiceover covered episodes that were shot in Hawaii, Santa Cruz and other spots in the U.S.

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Other recent projects include complete audio “sweetening” for an independent short film titled “The Bourne Stupidity,” a spoof on the well known action series. The film was directed by Michael Harrington and is being submitted to various film festivals around the world. CMR provided action sequence sound effects and foley effects of punches and kicks along with ADR to clean up some voice segments by the actors involved. The original sound, shot on location in Southern California, was “sweetened” to make it more understandable and to balance out audio levels. Tim Keenan then provided a mix of these elements for the video editor to incorporate back into the video edit.

The Bourne Stupidity IMDB page : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568155/

Voice Talent Connie Terwilliger Adds Source-Connect

noemail@mca-i.org — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Keeping up with technology changes is just one of the ways that professional voiceover talent Connie Terwilliger provides excellent customer service.

The latest in her technological arsenal is Source-Connect, which enables audio connections between digital audio systems anywehre in the world. This allows direct-to-the-timeline recording with real-time, broadcast-quality audio using her high-speed internet connection.

While her ISDN studio still sees the lion's share of work, as technology continues to evolve, Connie anticipates growing use Source-Connect. "I've always been an early adopter of technology," she says. "My first website was hand-coded html back in 1996, so jumping on board with a new technology made sense to me."

Listen for Connie as the voice of Carol in the Dilbert animated cartoon strips, as well as Miss Bliss in the animated Cul de Sac cartoons. You have heard her in retail stores around the English speaking world, on complex IVR systems, and on radio and television spots throughout North America.

She has recently completed eLearning projects for Wal*Mart, the US Forest Service, iPal and CSA - including multiple characters for role-playing projects and as the straight-forward warm and friendly teacher.

San Diego MediaPro Camp a Big Hit

noemail@mca-i.org — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Four of us packed into a car, coffee in hand, and sped south into the early morning rain to attend the MCA-I San Diego Chapter's first MediaPro Camp. It was well worth the trip. The venue was one of the state-of-the-art education centers of the Art institute of California. And what we got was a wonderful day of collaboration with some top professionals of the media industry. Even at registration, we started making new acquaintances and catching up with a few old friends. I got to finally meet Raegan Matthews, who works at Digital Post in Carlsbad and with whom I must have spoken a hundred times on various MCAI web-calls. These MCA-I leadership calls include members from all around the country so she may as well have been in Detroit! Getting to say hello in person and put a face with the voice was fun. And of course, the nature of the business means that we go where the work is. So, I got to catch up with some folks with whom I have shot in the wilds of San Diego County and others...

Crews Control offers MCA-I Members a Free Lunch!

noemail@mca-i.org — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Crews Control: Proud New Platinum Sponsor of MCA-I Fulton, MD – Crews Control, the video industry’s leader providing on-location camera crews is proud to be the newest Platinum Sponsor of MCA-I. CEO Andrea Keating founded the crewing industry in 1988 and was chapter president of ITVA-DC over 20 years ago. “We here at Crews Control are delighted to support and be involved with MCA-I and are very pleased at how the organization has evolved the past few years. We are looking forward to becoming active members,” says Keating. Keating founded Crews Control at a time when the industry was dominated by a big studio, big production mentality. Her concept, providing qualified local camera crews to producers for corporate video shoots, was new and definitely different. While no one knew, including Keating herself, how producers would feel about hiring local crews in lieu of taking their own camera people on-location, she knew one thing: the economy was...

Two Southern California MCA-I Chapters Plan MediaPro Camps in '10

noemail@mca-i.org — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Both the LA/OC Chapter and the San Diego Chapter of MCA-I will be holding MediaPro Camps this year. MediaPro Camps are a new conference format where pros can train and be trained.San Diego’s MediaPro Camp, their first ever, will be held February 6th at the famous Art Institute of California San Diego in Mission Valley. It will be catered by the Art Institute’s culinary school! “We got a lot of help from the OC Chapter,” said Phil Ferrari, “since they had been through this last June.” The LA/OC Chapter garnered much success with the first-of-its-kind event and is planning a second one in June 2010. “MediaProCamp became the new standard for our chapter’s service to the professional community in OC,” related John Coleman, one of the original organizers. “Besides introducing us to lots of new faces, it became a brand we can use for marketing ourselves. Our next one is going to be even better known!” Every MediaProCamp is...

MCA-I March Member Madness is Back

noemail@mca-i.org — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Chapter Leaders: Please click here for the most recent release with updated details http://www.mca-i.org/en/rel/1442/ (sorry for the confusion - had the wrong link in your LeaderLinks) With your chapter’s help (and some fun incentives) MCA-I brought in over 100 new members during our March Member Madness event in 2009. Starting March 1 – April 5th, 2010, MCA-I March Member Madness is back! What does this mean for you now? Leaders – make sure everyone in your chapter knows that March Madness is coming.Members – start looking at your contact management database.With your chapter’s Membership Director leading the charge, start inviting prospective regular and corporate members to come to your meetings in January, February and March.If you are listed as the referring member on the application and you are one of the top three recruiters – you’ll win some fabulous prizes. Now - while the people with the most members will win prizes, the...

San Diego MediaPro Camp set for February 6, 2010

noemail@mca-i.org — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:00:00 GMT

You’re invited to a very special event for media professionals: The first-ever San Diego MEDIA PRO CAMP presented by the San Diego chapter of Media Communications Association -Intl. This informative, interactive event will be held Saturday, Feb 6th at the Art Institute of San Diego. (http://www.artinstitutes.edu/sandiego/) in Mission Valley. MediaProCamp is an all day gathering of media professionals representing every discipline: acting and performing, producing and directing; creative and technical ...and representing every medium: Film, TV, Radio; Internet, games, business video, audio and more. Philip Hodgetts (http://www.philiphodgetts.com/) is keynote speaker and guest host. Philip is the creator of Digital Production Buzz, was co-host and managing editor of DV Guys, and author of The New Now and HD Survival Handbook 2009-2010, Creative COW contributing editor (creativecow.net), and creator of the Intelligent Assistance. (http://www.intelligentassistance.com/). ...

MCA-I 2010 Board of Directors Elected

noemail@mca-i.org — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:00:00 GMT

MCA-I is pleased to announce the 2010 Board of Directors: President - Detroit Chapter - Gary Shifflet President Elect - At Large from New Zealand - Steve King Secretary - Atlanta Chapter- Jim Powell Treasurer - Milwaukee Chapter - Mike Brown Past President - Kansas City Chapter - Lee Vogel Board Members: John Coleman - Orange County/LA Chapter Peter O'Connell - At Large Buffalo NY Erin Fergusson - Madison Chapter Raegan Matthews - San Diego Chapter Dwayne Teskey - At Large Canada Donata Renfrow - Atlanta Chapter President: Gary Shifflet (Detroit Chapter) As we enter a new decade of MCA-I, I am thrilled to be at the helm of what I hope will be a revolutionary period of growth and success for the organization. I feel that the new influx of young, enthusiastic Board and Committee Members that we continue to recruit from the local Chapters, will provide us the base of a long term stream of leaders that will carry us for many years. President Elect: Steve King (At...

Voice Talent Peter K. O'Connell Featured on Two National Spots

noemail@mca-i.org — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT

BUFFALO, NEW YORK, January 5, 2010 - - To help ensure children across America are educated about the importance of good nutrition and that families are protected against the harmful rays of the sun, two nationwide companies signed national voice over talent Peter K. O'Connell to voice their messages. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) secured O'Connell as the announcer for the TV and web promotion of the national network's new web series, Fizzy's Lunch Lab. This animated program is a vibrant, fun and kid-friendly web-only series featuring original characters and funny stories that entertain and educate families about the importance of good nutrition, a balanced diet, and physical activity. Professor Fizzy and his friends in the super-charged Lunch Lab Test Kitchen prepare healthy snacks, investigate the difference between good and bad food, and learn what happens once the food you eat goes into your body. The manufacturer of America's best selling awning, SunSetter Products signed...

LEIGHTRONIX PEG Central Hosts Web Streaming Portal for MCA-I Video Professionals

noemail@mca-i.org — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Web Video Site Provides MCA-I Members with Common Location for Showcasing Work LEIGHTRONIX announces the launch of a new exclusive Web media hosting and streaming video-on-demand site for the Media Communications Association-International (MCA-I). The Web video portal, http://mca-i.pegcentral.com, provides a common Internet site for members to showcase their best-of-the best video projects, representing their individual organizations and MCA-I chapters and sharing their talents and creativity with other MCA-I members, and the world. Individual MCA-I members will be able to submit video programs and organize their work by arranging their videos within a custom folder, making it easy to quickly find videos from any one chapter. Producers submitting videos can assign descriptive program information to each video, aiding the search feature in finding specific works based on keywords or phrases. PEG Central will offer the organization a reliable streaming solution by providing the...

MCA-I Board of Director Candidates for 2010-2011

noemail@mca-i.org — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT

President Elect - Steve King As National President of ITVA-NZ from 1998-2001 Steve increased national membership by 1500% over his three-year tenure. There is no longer a chapter in New Zealand and one of Steve’s goals as a Board Member of MCA-I is to focus on providing increased value and relevance to 'international' International members. Currently Executive Producer - Corporate Television for Screentime NZ, brings more than 20 years of producing, shooting and editing experience in the corporate communications and video production industry and a long association with MCA-I. Steve was introduced to MCA-I (then known as ITVA) when it had a New Zealand chapter. He was able to convince his boss at the time to send him to New Orleans for his first ITVA International Conference, a trip which shaped his future career. Returning home inspired, and with a concrete business plan for the department – which included expanding to the point where all there was to do was...

Multicast to Make MCA-I Media Festival Golden Reels Shine Online

noemail@mca-i.org — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Media Communications Association-International (MCA-I) is in the judging phase of the 41st Annual Media Festival. But this year, for the first time, the nearly 90 entries will be judged through an online competition, with all entries hosted online and available to members on demand for at least a year afterwards, thanks to Multicast’s Media Suite. Media Suite, considered the most complete, best integrated suite for using video, audio and rich media presentations to deliver messages that move people to action, will be the technology that provides access to MCA-I members’ best work. 2009 Festival Coordinator Gary Shifflet said “Multicast’s customized Media Suite will provide MCA-I a new conduit to showcase our award winners on a global platform. Typically after an awards competition, winning entries seldom have an opportunity to showcase the work and promote the award they’ve won. Through Multicast, MCA-I will now be able to provide access to showcase...

Creative Inspiration Launches Premiere Episode: Emmy and Cannes Film Festival Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, David Hoffman.

noemail@mca-i.org — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Creative Inspiration™ Launches Premiere 90-minute Episode: “Emmy® and Cannes Film Festival Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, David Hoffman.” MADISON, WI - In what is arguably the most in-depth interview on his distinguished 40-year career, Emmy® and Cannes Film Festival award-winning documentary filmmaker David Hoffman shares his wealth of knowledge and experience in this fascinating 90-minute documentary (www.CreativeInspiration.com). Hoffman shares his insight on many creative processes such as storyline and character development, explains how he achieved multiple #1 prime time television ratings, showcases some of his most lucrative multi award-winning film fest projects, gives our viewers solid advice on how to get their projects on television, and much more. Tragically, a fire destroyed Mr. Hoffman’s home and the majority of his irreplaceable film masters and personal collections, including his interviews with Ronald Reagan, Joan Baez...

LA/OC Chapter Announces Program Slate for 2010

noemail@mca-i.org — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The Orange County chapter saw some of its best-ever attended meetings In 2008-09, by programming to the theme of Web 2.0. That theme was determined both to stay on the cutting edge of industry developments and to attract a broader audience than the traditional corporate video crowd—especially the over 400 media pros who follow the chapter on its Meetup Group, The Orange County New Media Meetup Group. http://newmedia.meetup.com/82/ The new theme, chosen to do the same for 2010, is Television 3.0. What is TV 3.0? It’s the emerging 3 screen universe that includes traditional Broadcast & Cable as well as Mobile and IPTV (internet). Upcoming chapter meetings will cover the cutting edge of: content; technology; distribution and production. Add to that a few topics on business & personal marketing in our current economy and the program committee feels they have a consistent direction that will draw crowds of professionals. Although many topics have been identified, specific...

Voice Talent Connie Terwilliger Signs with The Talent Group

noemail@mca-i.org — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Full-time voice talent Connie Terwilliger recently signed with The Talent Group. With offices in both Pittsburgh and Cleveland, as well as affiliates in Toronto, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, The Talent Group offers the best and largest selection of experienced professional talent in the region.

Working out of a professional digital home studio featuring ISDN and phone patch, Connie provides voice tracks for clients around the globe.

Listen for Commercials (announcer, non-announcer and multi-voice real person reads with humor or compassion) for Longs Drug, Meyer, and Amtrak. eLearning projects are another specialty, with many government and business clients. As with commercials, she provides straight narration, as well as real person reads.

She is the voice of Carol in the Dilbert animated cartoon strips, as well as Miss Bliss in Cul de Sac. You may hear her variety of mothers, secretaries, old ladies, little boys and animals on many of the New Yorker animated cartoons.

Connie is represented in other markets across the country by other strong regional agencies, as well as by top online casting and talent agents.

MCA-I Madison Announces the 2009 WAVE Awards Show Featuring host Emmy Fink

noemail@mca-i.org — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:38:53 GMT

Tickets are now on sale for the 2009 WAVE Awards Show to be held on Thursday,
November 19th. The show will be held in Madison, Wisconsin at the Pyle Center (702
Langdon St.) from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Emmy Fink of Madison’s CW will emcee this

year’s program. Tickets may be purchased by going to www.mcai-madison.org.

The WAVE Awards Show recognizes the best web, audio and video media productions
created in the Greater Madison area. The Madison chapter of MCA-I produces the annual

show to recognize media excellence.

MCA-I Madison is also funding its fourth annual student scholarship by means of
donation. One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to this year’s winner during the show.
We thank Crews Control and StoneMill Media who have already donated this year.
Additional donors are still encouraged to donate by contacting Karl Soehnlein at
KSoehnlein@reelwavemedia.com or 608-438-5275. MCA-I is a 501C(3) non-profit

organizations and all donations are tax deductible.

About MCA-I and the WAVE Awards
MCA-I (Media Communications Association International) is an organization of media
communications professionals that provides opportunities for networking, forums for
education and the resources for information. The WAVE awards stand for Web, Audio,
and Visual Excellence.

Leaving Las Vegas

noemail@mca-i.org — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT

October 27, 2009 - Principal photography is wrapping up on "Under the Boardwalk," a documentary about the game of MONOPOLY produced by Imageworks' Craig Bentley and Kevin Tostado. They are back from Las Vegas after having their superb crew of 14 film the 2009 MONOPOLY World Championship. Forty-one competitors from all over the world descended on Caesars Palace to battle it out - three full rounds of play lasting all day Wednesday, semi-finals for the Top 16 players on Thursday morning, and the World Championship match with the final four early Thursday afternoon.

This world championship match was the shortest one in tournament history, lasting less than 42 minutes. Want to know who won? Demand a screening of "Under the Boardwalk" at Eventful.com/UnderTheBoardwalk. You can follow updates from the crew as they do final shoots around the world on their website MonopolyDocumentary.com and on Twitter at Twitter.com/MonopolyDoc.

Last Chance to Enter the 41st MCA-I Media Festival - Deadline October 9, 2009

noemail@mca-i.org — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:00:00 GMT

41st MCA-I Media Festival Call for Entries!! Entry Deadline October 9, 2009 You Still Have Time to Enter Your Best Work... Due to a large number of calls from schools whose semesters are just getting underway, we have extended the entry deadline one final time to allow for some additional student entries. Students - your entry in the MCA-I Media Festival could help offset the costs of your next semester. In memory of one of our beloved, long-time members, G. Warren, MCA-I has established a scholarship fund in her name. Each year, the top Student Entry in the MCA-I Media Festival receives the Award. Pros - this means you too still have a couple more weeks left to enter your best work to compete in the highly acclaimed MCA-I Media Festival. You could receive a revered Golden Reel Award! And since you simply upload your entry (or provide a URL), you won't have to worry about making copies, wrapping, addressing and driving to the Post Office. No extra time or money spent. ...