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More Music Added to the Youth Music Video Camp

This summer, young people ages 14 - 19 are getting the chance to be apart of something big here at OMF.  The youth education program has put together a music video camp for one week in July that will go through the video and sound editing process from start to finish to create music videos for local bands who have donated a song to be used for the program, and now we have added the Seredipity Project to our list of musical collaborators.  We are so happy to working with these talented musicians to help promote their music, and getting our campers some experience on working with media that has a direct impact on our local community.

Spaces are filling up - make sure you register before May 15 for Early Bird prices!  Click here to register now. 

TONIGHT is First Friday with short films and music at DOM!

Every First Friday, the Santa Fe Arts district opens it's doors to the public to present art, music and all-around creative ingenuity. At the Open Media Foundation, we open our doors to our beautiful facilities at 700 Kalamath, Denver CO, including our studios at Denver Open Media and the upstairs lounge area with a place to sit and look out West at the mountain view.  There is no lack of music and creativity over in Studio A where our community access station presents live entertainment and broadcasts the evening's activities to Comcast Channel 57.

This Friday May 4, we present our friends at the Oriental Theater who will be presenting some shorts from local filmmakers.  Musical guests Sweet Corn & Mayonai$$e will be performing, as well.  Come by and stay awhile - it all starts tomorrow at 8 PM. 

John Stephens gets First Place in Top of the Rockies Awards

OMF is excited to spread the word and offer congratulations to our former intern John Stephens on his recent acheivement.  The Colorado Chapter for the Society of Professional Journalists awarded Stephens and his group with a couple of first place prizes in Health Reporting.  See all those awarded on the SPJ Website.

John Stephens was a Studio intern for Denver Open Media from January to March in 2012.  John grew up in Colorado and left in the '70s, returning in 2010. "I have a large skill set and a debt to public access. I'm making the transition from still photography to story telling. I just got my eighth granddaughter at the winter solstice. I've done human powered transportation since 1995, with over 130,000 miles under my wheels."  You can find out more about his velomobile at: http://www.lobosolo.com/velo

Discounted Pricing for Youth Music Video Camp, Limited Time

The Open Media Foundation announced today for anyone interested in registering for our Youth Music Video Camp can take advantage of early bird registration pricing - only $399 if you register by May 15, 2012 11:59 PM MST.  This great deal is $50 savings on regular registration prices, and includes all of the following: 

  • Daily workshops on using a camera and lighting techniques to shoot video footage
  • Create a story using video and music
  • Learning about and using audio and video editing equipment
  • Premiere your finished video at Open Media Foundation
  • Mentorship with experts in the industry
  • Access to state-of-the-art production and editing gear

 

When: July 16-20th, Final Screening on eve of Thursday, July 26th
Who: 14-19 year olds
How: Register online here 

NEW! OMF Collaborates with Local Musicians for Youth Summer Camp

Open Media Foundation has opened registration for their 2012 summer youth filmmaker camp, to be held July 16-20th.  Students aged 13-19 will work on a production team, using songs from local bands, to film and edit a music video in one week.

A little about the local acts that are donating music to the program:

The Flobots are a progressive act with a progressive message, and are a nationally recognized musical act.  In 2008, the band started a 501(c)3 "using music and the arts as inspiration to help young people with tools to make a difference in themselves, their communities and their world" [visit their website to learn more].

Total Ghost is a multimedia performance band consisting of fictional German rock gods Chön and Biktor. The project started with a custom birthday video gift for a friend, and has grown to include award-winning music videos from the Nix Brothers.  Check out the Nix Bros. work on totalghost.com. 

Don't delay, spaces are limited.  Register for the youth filmmaker camp today - click here!

Music video production is one of the most accessible and hands-on ways to learn the business of film and video production. Modeled after similar programs that have a track record of success, Open Media Foundation’s camp will offer the youth participants an opportunity to gain real-world production and editing experience.  The camp’s instructors bring experience from all segments of the video production community, including pre-production, production, editing, aesthetics, and audio.

First Fridays in Spring is a Beautiful Thing

Come out and enjoy the arts and entertainment of First Friday April 6.

The Open Media Foundation has a great evening in store, and we are conveniently located in the heart of the Santa Fe Arts District! Free and open to the public, our guest host will be the Colorado Anti-Violence Program and musical entertainment will graciously be provided by Jen Korte and the Loss. Studio A will be cablecast live on channel 56, Denver Open Media.

See you there!

             

             

       
Remember to claim your charitable contributions this tax season

As we move to Daylight Savings Time and the sun begins to slowly feel warmer, we know that spring is close. 

Unfortunately that also means that the tax filing deadline is fast approaching. With that in mind, check out our Charitable Contributions page for tips on claiming any donations you made last year to the Open Media Foundation.

Your support helps us continue to support and build our great community programs such as our youth media education program, Open Media Generation, and our expanding class offerings in our community computer lab.

Educational Tours Offered for Student Groups and Youth

The Open Media Foundation offers top quality equipment and facilities to community members who want to use the power of the media.  If you have a group of students or youth that is interested in learning more about video production and new technology, OMF can create a custom tour to show your group more about media tools and equipment.  One recent group from Denver Public Schools came through and offered a great response to this service: "Thanks so much for coordinating our educational tour . . . The students loved it and were inspired!"

Read more about what our Educational Tours are about on our website.  If you are interested in setting up your own educational workshop for a group that you are involved with, please contact us to discuss further.

Rent Equipment From OMF for Your Commercial Video Projects
Commercial rental rates are a service offered by Denver Open Media, a project of the Open Media Foundation, to assist in all your video production and post-production needs!  Now you can make your requests on our website with our online form. You can also download and share our handy flyer, complete with a list of the equipment available and their rates.
  Click to Download the Flyer
March 2nd is First Friday at Open Media Foundation!

For our March First Friday event, we're bringing back 'Key of D', a participatory music and visual 'art' show. The Key of D features Tony Shawcross on Piano, Guitar, and Trumpet, playing renditions of songs requested live by the viewership via text/sms. Text requests can be sent to 41411, and your request MUST begin with the word "keyofd". John Montgomery will run the show from behind the curtain, contributing biting witticism, beautiful mixed video visuals, and the occasional chorus for a live music video of any song requested by you, the viewers. The song requests are received and displayed on-air, Tony looks up the music on-line and plays a snippet of the song, then takes a stab (or a flying leap), with varied results.

Doors at 6:30pm, live show from 7p-9p. Join us!

Daniel Ramos, OMF's New Community Technology Administrator

Daniel is the newest addition to the Open Media Foundation team. As Community Technology Administrator, he will be supporting and maintaining the technology that we've built DOM on, so that community members are always able to have access to the tools they need to get their message out.  

To maintain DOM's IT infrastructure, Daniel will primarily work with the labs and computer hardware that OMF staff and the community use to offer media education, edit and ingest community video footage and to share videos online for watching and voting.

Maintaining and supporting the community technology at DOM is an important job.  In Daniel's own words, "There is a lot of media being delivered to the masses but it is done so with an agenda and by those who possess a lot of resources. The idea of putting resources in the hands of those who have limited access to media (due to our societies' inequalities) is a very democratic act of freedom."

Feb 3rd is First Friday at Denver Open Media!

Join us this Friday, February 3rd, for an amazing First Friday. We are proud to partner with Cafe Cultura, which has been bringing Denver spoken word, poetry, visual, digital media, and performance artists/activists since 2004. Using an open mic night format, Cafe Cultura showcases the work of Chicana/o, American Indian, Latina/o and other underserved communities while providing a safe space for young artists from throughout the city to speak their truths, build community, and learn about issues affecting our communities.

This month, Cafe Cultura is featuring performances by:
-Alejandro Jimenez
-Hannabah Blue
-Azucar Morena
-Eden
-Molina
-Desirea LaMotte
-Ara Cruz
& special guest performers: Culture Shock Camp (Quese IMC & Shock B) --->Native Hip Hop @ its best

Doors open at 7:30pm, live show starts at 8pm.

Help Protect a Free and Open Internet
Today, Archive.org will be shutting down for 12 hours, as part of a internet wide protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA), currently under consideration in congress.

The Open Media Foundation urges you to go to AmericanCensorship.org, and connect with your representative.

Here’s how SOPA and PIPA works:




Here’s a visual infographic if you don’t have time to watch the video.
The Colorado Channel Begins Airing Live As The Legislative Session Begins

The General Assembly is scheduled to convene on January 11, 2012 and live coverage is provided by the Colorado Channel on Comcast Ch. 165 and online at coloradochannel.net/live-broadcast.

The Colorado Channel website was redesigned by the OMF web department and it features great pictures of the capital building throughout the sitepremium video content was created and added by the OMF video team. This website also offers a video library for additional Colorado Channel recordings and special productions that are managed by the video department at OMF.  The Colorado Channel is a nonprofit organization that provides televised coverage of the Colorado State Senate and House sessions live and the recordings are archived with a software product called Granicus.

Jan 6th is First Friday at Open Media Foundation!

This Friday, there's magic in the air and on the movie screen. Also cursing. Get out your wands, ask the sorting hat which house you are in, grab a beer and join us for an unauthorized retelling of JK Rowling's Harry Potter legend through the alternate audio track of Brad Neely's Wizard People, Dear Readers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_People,_Dear_Reader

Watch the alternative version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as it has very rarely been seen before, filled with profanity, unsafe for children of any age, and very very weird. Wear your best wizarding attire. Brooms must be checked at the door. No live owls aloud in the screening room.

Doors open at 7:30, Screening starts at 8:00. Not appropriate for children.