Digital content creation in the Midwest.
by: Sean McMenemy
How is Chicago and the Midwest working towards these goals that Leo Leporte is taking about in his speech to Online News Association. Here are the three main points you should watch out for as a content creator. Here’s your chance to share and let us know what you are doing or things you know are happening. Don’t you think other people want to know this stuff too?
It takes money to make Milk, I mean it takes money to make movies. That’s just what Todd Tue of Milk Products Media is doing with his latest project titled “From Grass to Cheese”. Friday the 19th they kicked off their fund raising efforts to make a feature doc about making organic cheese in Ohio. When Todd visited the Noland’s Family farm last year he thought it might be an interesting project.
This is a first, but I’m sure not a last. New Media talking about Old Media well at least on this show. Today we’re talking about a film “A Face In The Crowd” Director: Elia Kazan 1957
Mikayla Brown and Vinnie Lacey of Fringe Chicago talked with me about their upcoming event slated for the beginning of September. If you’re a performer get your application in there now! The deadline for submissions is February 15th 2010. If you like watching raw creativity well you better pencil in some time between Sept 1st - 5th.
It’s been a year since we last talked to Joe Avella. If you remember he’s one of the first people we talked to when we kicked off Midwest Media Now! He was making great stuff then but now he’s working on something even bigger, a feature length film. Yeah a feature!
If you’re a filmmaker and you need a crowd scene come shoot at one of our events If you’re a photographer and you have an idea for your next project that involves a crowd Why not use us as your subjects?
What’s “Let’s Create”? It’s different things too different people, for Midwest Media Now it’s a chance to meet other content creators, new media movers and shakers, just a bunch of fun people that believe in the power of social media. We networked, showcased peoples works and made a couple shows like the one you are getting ready to listen right now.
Listen to this episode to find out the secret clues about Epicdeer, Ed Pierce’s brainchild and see if you can solve the puzzle before the end of the show!
Turns out we only figured out one of the secrets… If you can figure out the others. SOMEBODY TELL US, PLEASE!
Occasional guest and subject of Midwest Media Now Scotty Iseri is this weeks contributing host. He talks with Tonya Johnson from Verizon Wireless about their V-Cast services.
Meet Dominizuelan! Catch their 2 woman show “People in the City” and watch them on the the Internet. Building on life experience and a keen observation of the characters that populate their life, they are finding ways to express what’s on their minds right here in the heart of Chicago.
Today I’m talking with Mutha Mae, well that’s her TV name but there’s much more to this Mutha from St. Louis than baby barf and play dates.
When asked the biggest challenges in online video advertising this year, top executives at media agencies like Starcom and MediaVest say they’re most eager to target audiences better and to access more sophisticated data around viewership.
In this episode, I’m chatting with the folks at Kartemquin Films, a documentary production company in Chicago that has been producing socially relevant documentary films for 44 years.
Media agencies and brands are hungry for data — they want better data that they can use to target their potential customers.
The ins and outs of e-learning NogginLabs builds e-learning software applications for that the learner takes at a computer Here are some highlights from our chat about e-learning and being creative: NogginLabs has always had a very strong focus on hiring creative writers, rather than technical writers
Remember when Daisy Whitney talked about international opportunities
in TV earlier this year in the New Media Minute? Now we’re seeing even
more evidence of that trend because the popular Web series “Break a
Leg” just sold the licensing rights to its show to Fox Italy, marking
a big step for Web producers looking to graduate to the TV set.
In this episode, I’m chatting with the folks of Fifth House Ensemble, a unique ensemble of musicians based in Chicago that strives to tell stories with music and bring chamber music to nontraditional avenues.
In this interview, I’m chatting with Theresa Carter of The Local Tourist, a website that provides entertainment, dining, nightlife, restaurants, and other information about Chicago to those living in the city and those looking to visit.
The comic business is estimated to be a $1 billion business annually but it’s one of the few media forms that hasn’t yet fully transitioned to the digital world. That may change with the coming influx of Apple iPads and sexy new eReaders.
In this episode, I’m chatting with Jim Olen, owner of Rhythm Cafe , a full service music production company in Chicago. If you can’t see the video, please click here . The music featured during the intro and credits of this episode is a song called “Me and My Joe” from local Chicago artist Ruby Yo !
Social media is a fast-growing advertising and marketing medium and it’s one that media companies, brands, producers and individuals want to better understand and leverage.
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