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I have sat through my fair share of presentations. I’ve been on both sides, the presenter and the person being presented to. While I do not claim to be an expert, far from it in fact, I think I have come up with one simple suggestion to anyone presenting to...
IDEAS assistant editor Rebecca Hodges will have her short film Loves Me Not at the Ft. Myers Film Festival March 21 - 25, 2012. The Fort Myers Film Festival is an independent filmmaker's preferred event to create, unite and showcase the finest artistic cinematic works. The 2nd annual event is a must attend for filmmakers encompassing the Barbara B....
Sometimes, it takes time to nourish a really great idea. This week, we're in Alabama looking at what could be the site of a visionary new immersive center that will help entertain kids while they learn about good nutrition. We can't think of a more important job! Yesterday we walked the site...
A few weeks ago I was invited to sit on the Microbudget Screenwriting Panel for the StarLite Film Festival. The festival was held in historic downtown Winter Garden at the beautiful Garden Theatre. The panel consisted of six screenwriters with varied backgrounds and was moderated by movie critic Roger Moore....
The Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida broke ground on Friday on its Central Boulevard campus for a new Men's Service Center to replace its current Men's Pavilion, a nightly drop-in shelter with a community dinner meal. The new two-story, residential facility will enable the Coalition to truly serve...
ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) and ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) have been staples in our post production audio studio for many years. Whether it's wild reads, character voices or frame-accurate dialogue, we have been involved with numerous movies and series. ADR work is done out of our Audio A stage, which...
This morning we attended the construction fence unveiling celebration at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando. The fence was designed by students from Central Florida. The first part of the ceremony was held across the street from the Performing Arts Center construction site in front...
IDEAS StoryAnalytics Master Rick Stone will be part of a panel for Orlando, Inc. (Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce) from 8:00am - 10:00am on Wednesday February 15, 2012 at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Orlando. The panel will include Rick, Roy Reid (Partner, Consensus Communications), and Shari Sandifer (CEO, Avant Healthcare...
The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) Board of Directors reviewed plans today to design, build and program the Spaceport America Visitor Experience. Plans also include two off-site Welcome Centers located in the Village of Hatch in Doña Ana County and in Truth or Consequences in Sierra County, plus an on-site...
In 1999, through a good friend of our company, we were approached by one of the million new .com companies with an idea. They wanted to do some spots and air them on the Super Bowl to get traffic to their website. The name of the company was OurBeginning.com and...
IDEAS Assistant Editor Rebecca Hodges will be speaking on a Microbudget Screenwriting Panel at the StarLite Film Festival on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:00am. This one-of-a-kind micro-budget film festival promotes the screening and development of feature length narrative films that are produced, shot, and completed for a total budget...
Today we celebrated National Pie Day. About two weeks ago Caroline Masse asked if we could celebrate by asking our staff to bake/make two pies each. One pie would be for our celebration and the other would be for our friends at the Women’s Residential & Counseling Center located a...