Author: John Lux
According to the August 20, 2010 edition of the Orlando Business Journal, IDEAS is (along with another local company) the largest digital media and/or production companies in Central Florida. The survey includes companies in Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties only and not all digital media or film production companies...
Our President, John Lux, was featured in the August 2010 newsletter from Film Florida (www.FilmFlorida.org). Film Florida is a not-for-profit corporation that provides a leadership role in Florida's film and entertainment industries by representing a coalition of interests, including private industry, local film commissions, industry associations and labor organizations.
In the last week members of our team have had some interesting times traveling. At first I thought I have to tell people about these stories because nobody is going to believe them. But the more I thought I realized, everyone is going to believe them because they happen all...
From Orlando Business Journal July 16, 2010 - by Richard Bilbao Staff Writer The city of Orlando is seeking $70 million in federal funds for transit infrastructure. It would connect the downtown public bus station on Amelia Street with the planned 68-acre, $800 million-plus Creative Village project, about a mile...
On Friday June 25th three IDEAS team members had the opportunity to assist inone of the first relocations of sea turtles from the Gulf Coast Oil Spill to Sea World and Walt Disney World. The process really began on Thursday June 17th when Anderson Cooper on CNN's AC360 followed the...
The insert stage at our Downtown Orlando Studio is equipped with a cove/cyc for still photo shoots as well as smaller production shoots. The stage is approximately 750 sq./ft. and can be painted white, black or green. The stage has a small dressing room, restroom and has easy ramp access to...
Tuesday night a couple of our edit staff went to the Orlando Post Pros meeting to see a demonstration of the newly released Avid Media Composer 5 software. Generally speaking, they guys were very impressed, here’s a few highlights. AMA Media Management- you can work natively with QuickTime media. You...
IDEAS announced that it has rolled out its new website (www.ideas1stg.wpengine.com). The new website, including more than 100 samples of work, team bios, blog, Twitter feed and much more, was launched earlier this month as a soft roll-out but is now fully functional. “The new website is something that has...
Over the years we have tried to do some fun company-wide things to break up the monotony of work, day after day after day. We have tried to come up with some fun things- movie night, mini golf, Wii tournament, etc. In the end though, most of our activities end up...
IDEAS has teamed with eSchool Solutions, to create and launch TeacherStudio™ (www.TeacherStudio.com) the first comprehensive web-based, professional community of learning for educators. “The project has been in development for over three years, and it started with our own feelings of isolation when we were classroom teachers,” commented Kelly Pounds, VP...
This past Friday was a monumental day for the Film & Entertainment industry in Florida. For the first time in many years, a bill passed in Tallahassee that will put the industry back on the worldwide map when it comes to work. I moved to Central Florida in April 1998....
A couple years ago we were trying to come up with creative for our then new website. We kept coming back to one thing- while the work we do for clients is important, what we really sell is relationships. Ultimately for a project to be successful there needs to be...
