Academy 2 Wraps
The Class of July 21, 2007 Today we wrapped the 2nd Travel Channel Academy. Next week we will start again on the third. If this class is any indication of how well this will work, I would like to...
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The next generation of content makers at Discovery HQ Today is the second day of V.J. training here at Discovery Channel’s main offices at Silver Spring, Md. Yesterday our 22 trainees learned how to shoot a piece – lots...
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Today we start on the 2nd Travel Channel Academy. This time we are running the course in Discovery’s HQ in Silver Spring, Md. And as of this morning, twenty eager young documentary and filmmakers have learned the first lessons...
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Travel Channel President & GM Pat Younge meets with Academy participants. If you want to break into the TV business, you can’t beat this kind of access…. We are taking enrollment for the Travel Channel Academy. We are running...
Read moreTC Academy Goes Live
….from pilot to reality….. In the TV business, one first does a pilot. If it rates it goes to series. In March of this year, we ran a pilot of our Travel Channel Academy in partnership with The Travel...
Read moreMaking Air
Erika Graffeo, from airline stewardess to television personality…. What we are talking about here is ‘video literacy’. That is, the ability to tell a story in video.
Read morePutting The Future on Hold?
hello… hello…. do you hear me now? When we did the Bootcamp last week in Miami, we offered three kinds of cameras for the students to use: Sony Z1, Panasonic DVX100 and Canon HV-20A. The first two are fairly...
Read moreBeyond Mentos and Coke Bottles….
The Class of 05/07 On Sunday afternoon we concluded the first ‘pilot’ of the Travel Channel Academy VJ training course. It was a great success.
Read moreTravel Channel Academy – Day 2
so far…. so good Second day at the Travel Channel Academy and things are going quite well. Our group of 20 students have shot their first piece and they are in the middle of cutting it. We will screen...
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