When we came up with the idea of doing a free video for one lucky MetroHartford Alliance member, we had no idea what kind of response we'd get. So we were surprised to get some really good proposals and happy to meet people from some interesting businesses, which all made it really hard to choose just one!
But we went with the Hartford Marriott, whose idea is about showing how the hotel is a "home away from home" in Hartford. We think a video will really bring their story to life and can showcase what Hartford has to offer. We've met with dozens of employees already, who seem to truly love working there, and will start shooting Friday.
Thanks again to everyone who took the time to come up with ideas and meet with us. We hope our little contest spurred some video creativity and you'll think of us in the future!
Ever heard of Constance Baker Motley? Don't worry, you don't have to Google it. Just look out for "Justice is a Black Woman: The Life and Work of Constance Baker Motley," a documentary produced through Quinnipiac University, which Kinetic Media worked on.
A New Haven native, Motley was a civil rights lawyer who fought nearly every important civil rights case for two decades and then became the first black woman to serve as a federal judge.
The documentary will premiere at the university's Clarice L. Buckman Theater on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. and hopefully will air on CPTV in the near future.
Kinetic Media's John O'Neill directed the narration sequences with journalist Juan Williams. The documentary was produced by our friend Michael Calia, director of the university's Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center. It also features an interview with Supereme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who considered Motley a friend and colleague.
In case you haven't heard, iBooks 2 (to be used by students on the iPad) will make textbooks interactive, by using video, animation, search features and more. They say the move could do for publishing what iTunes did for music.
Video makes learning come alive. In today's digital world, it's always at their fingertips. It just makes sense. We loved helping kids learn with our vocabulary videos and we hope to use our knowledge and skills for math, science, history and more.
We just joined the MetroHartford Alliance and sent out this email as an introduction. Deadline is end of January. We're hoping to get a few creative responses!
Ever wish you had a little video that captured the essence of your business? Something you could post on your web site or tweet or email or show on a mobile device?
Too expensive, you say? Not when it's free. You read it right. Free.
We're Kinetic Media, a video production company. We've been in business in the Hartford area for 20 years, but we're new to MetroHartford Alliance. We thought this might be a fun way for us to get to know each other.
So, here's the deal. Send us a short proposal for a one-minute (or so) video that would help you promote your business. Make sure it's visual (not just a talking head, please), local, and tells a simple story. Clever would be nice, too, and we can help with that.
We'll have a panel pick the most creative and do-able idea and then we'll produce it for free. And you'll have a video that's worth at least $5,000. It's that simple.
It was probably our biggest undertaking yet: making nearly 900 videos to explain vocabulary words to middle school students in a matter of six months. Now our accomplishment is getting some recognition. EContent Magazine featured our project, which we did for educational publisher William H. Sadlier, in a case study of how digital content is entering the world of education.
"Kinetic (Media) always brought a great blend of their own creativity," Michael Ferejohn, Sadlier's director of digital media, says in the article. "They are filmmakers so they are very creative people, but also have a real understanding of the education market and what we were trying to accomplish in terms of motivating it but also providing instruction to students."
