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Final Cut Pro 7 Workshop, Register Tonight!

The Final Cut Pro 7 workshop takes place over two afternoons, and will help you get started on using this powerful software to edit and create videos.  The class is discounted for DOM members, as are all classes offered by OMF, so consider becoming a member to take full advantage of the classes and equipment offered through Denver Open Media.  

This class begins on Tuesday Dec. 18 from 6 to 9 PM, and continues the following evening at the same time.  Registration for this class ends tonight and seats are still available - click here to register online!

Holiday Hours for OMF and DOM

The Open Media Foundation office will be closed for the holidays on Monday December 24 and Tuesday December 25, with regular business hours resuming on Wednesday December 26, 2012.  The Denver Open Media studios will be closed on Tuesday December 25 and Wednesday December 26 and will be back to a normal schedule on Thursday Devember 27, 2012.  If you have any questions about our holiday hours, send us a message on our website Contact Form or post something to our Facebook page.

Come See The Silent Auction Prizes At OMF This Friday

These items are viewable online on our auction page, and will also be displayed in our offices during our Anniversary celebration on Friday, December 7th starting at 7:30. If you have won an item, you may pick it up on Friday after the auction closes at 9:30pm.

You can either pay with cash, check or credit card the night of. If you have won something, you will be notified and can pay online. Please make sure to make your payment no later than Tuesday, December 11th. If we do not receive your payment by then we will offer the item to the next bidder. Thank you so much for your support and Happy Bidding!!

New Sponsor for Denver Open Media's Anniversary: Bhakti Chai

Graciously announcing our newest sponsor, Bhakti Chai from Boulder, Colorado!  Learn more about their chai tea at www.bhaktichai.com and tell them how awesome they are for supporting community media on their Facebook page.

 

And don't forget about our other gracious food and beer sponsors!

 

Thank you to our Food Sponsors:

  
   
     		       
     
     

Thank you to our Beer Sponsor:

 

 

  
   
Annual Anniversary Fundraiser Announces Food & Beer Sponsors

Announcing the sponsors that have graciously donated food and drink for Denver Open Media's 6th Anniversary Fundraising VIP Dinner . Support independent voices in our community and RSVP for this special event while tickets last, register online here.

Thank you to our Food Sponsors:

  
   
     		       
     
     

Thank you to our Beer Sponsor:

 

 

  
   
Denver Open Media's 6th Anniversary Fundraiser Party

Denver Open Media is celebrating six years of independent voices in public access T.V. on Friday December 7, 2012, coinciding with the monthly First Friday festivities in the Santa Fe Arts District. Proceeds from tickets for the VIP Dinner will go to supporting the work the Open Media Foundation does to keep the voice of the community alive.  Tickets for the dinner can be purchased online - RSVP Here.

Anniversary Party Details

6:00 PM: A cocktail reception celebrating Independent Voice of the Year Award, Patricia Calhoun (Westword)
6:30 PM: VIP Dinner event RSVP Here.
Food provided by Black Pearl, City O’ City, Rootdown, and WaterCourse Foods.
Beer provided by Strange Brewing Company.
Coffee and tea provided by Bhakti Chai.
Financial support provided by Eyedea Worx. 

7:30 PM: The main event featuring live performance by Denver's Achille Lauro.

See our official invitation below, and download a copy to share with your friends.

 

OMF Office Hours for Thanksgiving Holiday

The Open Media Foundation and Denver Open Media will be observing the Thanksgiving Holiday and will be closed for business on Thursday November 22 and Friday November 23, 2012. The OMF staff wishes everyone a happy and safe holiday weekend. Normal business hours will resume for OMF on Monday November 26, 2012 and for DOM on Tuesday November 27, 2012.

OMF Intern Spotlight: Scott Carney, PR and Sales Internship
Tell us a bit about yourself:

I was born and raised in Fort Collins, CO and I later moved to Boulder to begin my studies at the University of Colorado. I graduated with a B.A. in English and a minor in History in May 2012, and now I’m excited to be a new Sales/PR & Marketing Intern here at the OMF! I love all things music, collecting records, checking out live shows, watching movies, reading new books, doing crossword puzzles, and trivia. I’m currently addicted to pinball.

How did you get involved in media?

When I moved to Boulder for school, one of the first things that really caught my attention was the campus radio station, Radio 1190. I remember checking it out on a whim as a freshman and as soon as I walked in, I was stunned at the sheer amount of music available. Thousands upon thousands of CDs and LPs lined the walls, most of which I had never heard before. I started volunteering as often as I could, and I really fell in love with the independent spirit and music it promoted. Eventually, I started DJing regularly and became the Promotions Director up until my senior year.

What drew you into the OMF?

Like the radio station before it, I sort of stumbled upon the Open Media Foundation. I answered a job posting from Craigslist concerning a fundraising position, and I attended a bi-monthly open house to get a feel for the place. While reading about the organization online is one thing, it’s entirely different to see it in person. I was blown away by the amount of resources available and the friendly, personable staff that answered my questions. I left feeling inspired - I knew I had to work at an organization like the OMF, if only as an intern.

What work are you excited about?

Social media fascinates me. I dabbled with it a bit during my job as Promotions Director, and I hope to expand my knowledge and skills over the course of my time here. I also think fundraising is a valuable skill to have, and any experience I can get doing that would be indispensable.

Why is community media important?

Freedom of expression is one of our most basic rights, and I feel that it is necessary to have outlets that preserve and maintain that right. It is essential to get the insight and input from the community you live in, hearing a diverse and eclectic array of opinions, rather than just blindly following the mainstream current. Community media challenges expectations and preconceived beliefs, and the Open Media Foundation provides the know-how and tools to do this.

Where do you see yourself in the future?

One thing is for sure: I’ll definitely be in Colorado! I’ve lived in this state my whole life and I’m not going to be moving anytime soon. If I could work in media, advertising, or for a non-profit, doing sales, design, or other PR work, I would be very happy. If it involved music somehow, it would be an added bonus.
   
Open Media Foundation Announces 16 Openings in Denver

 

8 Paid Positions and 8 Internships with Job Fair/Open House Sept. 5

DENVER, COLO. - The Open Media Foundation, Denver’s premiere media and technology nonprofit organization, is expanding, with five full-time, three part-time, and eight internship openings set to begin in September 2012. The positions that range from accounting, video production, web development and marketing are now posted at http://openmediafoundation.org/careers (also listed in this advisory). The Open Media Foundation is hosting an event to provide applicants an opportunity to meet with current staff, board and volunteers.

WHAT: Job Fair/Open House

WHERE: Open Media Foundation, 700 Kalamath Street, Denver, Colorado 80204

WHEN: Sept. 5, 2012, 5:30 - 7 p.m

WHO: The Open Media Foundation is a cutting-edge media and technology nonprofit dedicated to putting the power of the media into the hands of the people. The Foundation operates four departments working in support of that goal, including Public Access TV, Professional Web Development and Design, Professional Video Production Services, and Community Media and Technology Training.

Embracing diversity is a core value of the Open Media Foundation. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds, age, economic circumstance, ethnicity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, religion and sexual orientation to apply.

WHY: The Open Media Foundation has experienced consistent growth since our incorporation in 2004. While much of our growth has been sustained through hiring of interns and volunteers, we are now looking to hire and retain additional staff to support this positive trajectory. Just last month, the Open Media Foundation unveiled a cloud-based media service that could change the face of community media. After seven years and $700,000 contributed by the Open Media Foundation and other supporters, the open-source software was launched as both a paid monthly service, and free-of-charge to organizations wishing to implement and manage it themselves. Several of these new positions are directed at supporting this new service for Public Access, Educational, and Government media operations.

Additional Details: If applicants are unable to attend Job Fair/Open House, they can submit a resume and cover letter to careers@openmediafoundation.org. The positions, listed below, are posted at http://openmediafoundation.org/careers and are open until filled.

Full-time Positions: Drupal Web Developer, Director of Community Productions & Training, Director of Video Production Services, Community Technology Administrator, Sales: Nonprofit & Government Media Services

Part Time/Contract Positions: Fundraising Events Manager, Part Time Drupal Web Developer, Education Programs Coordinator

Unpaid Internship Positions: Accounting, Media Education, Video Production & Editing, Web/Drupal Developer, Fundraising & Development, DOM Station Access, Graphic Design, Public Relations

About the Open Media Foundation:
The Open Media Foundation (OMF) works to put the power of media technologies in the hands of civic-minded individuals and groups. OMF produces high-end media content for nonprofits and public sector organizations. It also provides access to affordable media education and technical resources to anyone interested in expressing their own voice. In addition, OMF operates Denver Open Media, Denver’s public access TV station. To find out more about OMF, visit www.openmediafoundation.org. For more information contact: Jeff Villano, Open Media Foundation, 700 Kalamath, Denver, Colorado, 80238,  jeff@openmediafoundation.org, (720) 222-0159 x201

Youth Camp Music Video Screening August 16

This Thursday, the community is invited to a special screening of the Open Media Generation's music video, created in July's summer video production camp.

Our youth media program taught campers how to collaborate with each other for an entire video project in 5 days-from concept and storyboard, to filming, to editing the final piece. Learning the newest media technologies in a fun, collaborative environment provides our youth with the skills to utilize community media in a positive and productive way.

The screening will be this Thursday, August 16th at 6pm in Studio A at Open Media Foundation. Come and talk with the youth production crew and see the results of all their hard work!

Steadycam Workshop Has Open Seats Still Available

The Intro to Steadycam Workshop is scheduled for this Wednesday August 15, and a few seats in this video production class are still available.

Anyone can tell their story with the help of community media resources that you can find at the Open Media Foundation and Denver Open Media, our community-run public access TV station.  Classes at our Learning Lab share the latest tools with students, and allow anyone to learn new media skills at affordable rates.  Denver Open Media members get an extra discount on all class registation prices. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register for this class online through our website - just click here.  

First Friday at OMF Featuring the Laugh Track Comedy Festival!

This month we're featuring livestream coverage inside Studio A of Denver's fabulous Laugh Track Comedy Festival.  Stop by the Learning Lab inside DOM and participate in a mini-workshop featuring  some of our most popular classes! We'll also have DOM Street Team interviews and our new Santa Fe gallery spotlights!

Next event: Friday, August 3rd   
Doors at 6:30p
Event starts at 7p    

This event will be held inside Denver Open Media's Studio A. This event is free and open to the public; and will be BROADCAST LIVE on Channel 57; and LIVE-STREAMED on DOM's website - see you there!  

Open Media Foundation Launches Cloud-based Software for Public Access TV

This week at the Alliance for Community Media conference in Chicago, IL, the Open Media Foundation will be launching a cloud-based media service that could change the face of community media. After 7 years and $700,000 contributed by the Open Media Foundation and other supporters, the open-source software will be launched as both a paid monthly service, and free of charge to organizations wishing to implement and manage it themselves.  

“Our latest version of the Open Media Project (OMP), reflects a major step forward in our mission to put the power of the media and technology in the hands of the people,” says Founder and Executive Director Tony Shawcross. “For the first time, small stations with limited budgets and technical resources will have an opportunity to join a growing network of stations devoted to empowering their communities to run a new kind of media operation,” Shawcross adds.

“Our goal is to help community media stations modernize, getting all their content on-line and shared with other stations, establishing a network unlike anything we’ve seen before,” said Shawcross, who has been overseeing the OMP since the project began with OMF’s effort to revive Public Access TV in Denver back in 2006. “Unlike other networks” Shawcross added, “the programming of the OMP is created, rated, and scheduled by the community... its truly community-driven TV.”

Shawcross and team were motivated to build the software back in 2005 when the City of Denver removed operating support for Public Access TV, necessitating a model that could let the community take the reigns. As the largest Public Access station in the nation without operating support from the City or cable-provider, few thought it would work. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation invested $380,000 in the effort back in 2008, and today, Denver Open Media (OMF’s Public Access TV station) has more members and programming than the previous Denver station, even without those hundreds of thousands of dollars in operating support their predecessor enjoyed.

“If these kinds of user-driven business models existed 30 or 40 years ago, we feel this is how Public Access TV would’ve been designed,” suggested Brian Hiatt, Director of OMF’s development team. “The community doesn’t need gate-keepers, they just need the tools and training to engage in today’s media. By empowering them to register and reserve equipment, view and vote on the shows, and essentially schedule the TV channels, we are able to focus our limited resources on training and development,” added Hiatt.

“This cloud-based service is open-source and fully-supported, meaning stations without technical staff will not require an in-house developer,” added Hiatt, “and through our partnership with www.archive.org, the OMP enables content-sharing across stations on a level never before possible.”  With common metadata, voting/rating and encoding, community media stations using the OMP software have an opportunity to share the best in user-generated content across a network of participating stations in an entirely automated fashion with no need to download, upload, or transcode individual files.

The software will be unveiled at 9am on Tuesday, July 31 with a sneak peek at the first station to launch using the cloud-based software, the Long Beach Community Action Partnership, whose new station is set to launch in Sept, 2012.  Learn more about the Open Media Project at http://omp.omfound.org/

Teacher Spotlight: Greg Stanwood, Adobe Premiere Pro Class
Adobe Premiere Pro is a video-editing program in the Adobe Creative Suite, and is similar to Final Cut Pro.  Both Premiere and Final Cut are software programs that we use to teach video production classes in our Education Lab.  Greg Stanwood is one of the excellent volunteer teachers we have helping us with our classes; previously an intern, Greg has some natural talents and will be sharing them with the community in the next Premiere Pro Class on Thursday August 2.  Read about this class and register for the next session online.  Be sure not to miss any of our media classes; see all of our upcoming classes on the class calendar page.

 

Tell us about yourself.

GS:  I am a Denver native. I moved to Los Angeles for four years to attend the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, specializing in film theory, history and criticism. Having moved back to Denver, I am trying to help the local media scene grow in any way I can. I continue to do a lot of video editing, screenwriting and other assorted film projects.

How did you get started with Premiere Pro?

GS:  Premiere was the first editing system I learned, way back in 2002. I left Premiere for Final Cut Pro through most of high school and used AVID while at USC. I returned to Premiere mostly out of convenience, as I am mostly a PC user, and have returned to the software as my system of choice in most cases.

How did you get involved with DOM/OMF?

GS:  I joined the team as a production intern at the start of the year. I became interested in the education department of OMF, and offered my services there after the internship was complete. I am currently working as a teacher for both Premiere and Final Cut Pro 7, and am helping to develop some new curricula as the department grows.

What kind of people do you think will enjoy taking this class?

GS:  Premiere is an excellent addition to the resume of a video editor, especially now that neither AVID nor Final Cut Pro have the hold on the market they once did. If you're new to editing, Premiere is also one of several systems to consider learning on, as I find it to be one of the most stable systems. Learning Premiere, as well as other programs in the Adobe Suite, is an excellent way to deepen your understanding of video post-production workflow. If you're interested in video editing for any reason, Premiere is a great program to learn.

What kinds of other projects are you working on right now?

GS:  I am a blogger/podcaster in addition to an editing teacher. I am developing a film blog to add to my internet presence, but the project is moving slowly at the time. I continue to do a lot of writing, both critical and creative, and I am always looking for new opportunities to offer my services towards. I love working on almost any project, from documentaries to short films to music videos to features.

You’ve been around here for a while, what is your take on community media centers?

GS:  DOM and OMF have taught me a great deal about media education beyond my experience in mainstream cinematic arts institutions. Beyond just the amazing access to both equipment and distribution people can get through programs like those here, the ability to learn about media production, on any scale, is very important to continuing to grow our industry, particularly in a place like Denver. I would encourage anyone considering getting involved in video media to give a look at DOM/OMF's classes and other educational opportunities. The program is expanding rapidly, and is sure to be launching a lot of new content soon.

July First Friday at OMF

This month we're featuring live music inside Studio A brought to you by Lion Souljahs. Stop by the Learning Lab inside DOM and participate in a mini-workshop featuring some of our most popular classes! We'll also have multimedia events outside, including a drumming event by Pick Up America, interviews, and Santa Fe gallery spotlights!  We will be getting live footage with our smartphones and livestreaming via Youtube - make sure to stop by 700 Kalamath on July 6th at 7 P.M. to check out the action.