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Incentive Legislation Update
The Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media has been working on new production incentive legislation for many months. The plan to increase the incentive from 10% to 20% as well as provide a state guarantee for a senior bank loan is progressing towards legislation. The Governor allocated $3 million in his budget for the program, and with the approximately $1 million in unused funds currently allocated, we will have about $4 million for incentives, beginning July 1, 2012. If allocated by the legislature, the plan is to incentivize at least three films, shot in different parts of the state, with production taking place over a one year period. Of course, this requires the legislature to change the law and allocate the funds. A bill will soon be drafted by legislative counsel. We continue to enjoy the support of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in support of our efforts, with Melissa Kuipers acting as point. Melissa and Donald Zuckerman have had a series of meetings at High Noon Entertainment with state legislators who have responded to a request to tour the facility. Melissa is lining up the sponsors and co-sponsors. There is legislative support for the program on both sides of the aisle and in both houses.
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CINEMA Day at the Capitol - Save the Date: February 8
A big day of support for the Colorado Film and Television incentive legislation is happening on February 8 at the State Capitol. CINEMA (Colorado Innovators of New Entertainment, Media, and Arts), is a coalition of Colorado entertainment, media, and artistic interests engaged in promoting Colorado's creative industries. They have arranged a CINEMA Day at the Capitol in an effort to seek support from State Legislators and the Governor for increased film incentives in Colorado. This is an important day for our industry. More details to follow. We will need your community support and participation at all levels.
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 On Location: North Fork Ranch
Established in 1985, North Fork Ranch rests quietly along one-half mile of the tranquil North Fork of the South Platte River. The 520 acre ranch sits at an elevation of 8100 ft. and adjoins the Pike National Forest, Lost Creek Wilderness and Mt. Evans Wilderness. The Continental Divide with it's 14,000 foot snow-capped peaks, are always visible to our west.
The North Fork valley is oriented east and west boasting amazing sunsets and long relaxing days of sunshine.
The ranch is located one hour outside of Denver and approximately one hour and thirty minutes from Denver International Airport.
The owners of the North Fork Ranch, Dean and Karen May, have hosted several catalog shoots and enjoyed working with the clients and crew to make the shoot a success.
Che ck out the web site.
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Benefit Film Premiere February 3
 Centennial Statehouse: Colorado's Greatest Treasure, a new film by Havey Productions, will premiere at 6 p.m. on Friday, February 3 at the Colorado Convention Center during the 2012 Saving Places Conference. All proceeds from this event will support distribution of the film to more than 1800 Colorado schools and libraries.
Tickets can be ordered now at www.haveypro.com and cost $18 in advance and $20 at the door (film premiere only.) Patron tickets to a pre-screening reception that includes appetizers, drinks and a meet and greet with the film's director and other local dignitaries cost $100. Premiere sponsorship opportunities are available. For information, please contact Blair Gawthrop Miller at 303.877.4018.
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Tagwhat Brings Movie Settings Alive with Mobile Multimedia
 Tagwhat, a Boulder, Colorado based mobile location guide, lets you place multimedia content at locations to engage mobile users at those places.
Available for iPhone and Android, Tagwhat is seeing great success with its various media channels which brings settings to life with video, images, and audio as users pass them. For example, see a clip of Ferris Bueller singing "Twist and Shout" as you walk down the same Chicago street where the movie was filmed way back when.
Film professionals are encouraged to download Tagwhat for mobile to see what the next generation of media holds. You can publish your own location-based movie experiences for free at www.tagwhat.com and even link to yoru existing website or blog. Tagwhat is also seeking publishing relationships with film professionals and organizations and tourism groups and CVB's worldwide. Contact Dave Elchoness, co-founder and CEO at dave@tagwhat.com.
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Diversity in Video Game Development
by Robert Madsen
 Diversity is a core precept in the Indie ethos. Why did we become indie after all? Wasn't it to do something different? Wasn't part of the motivation to leave the mainstream and make the kind of games we wanted to make? In this sense, indie = diversity.
Nothing contributes more to diversity and creativity in a game than diversity and creativity in a game studio. In America, it is sometimes hard to see a great deal of diversity in the typical game studio. Partly because of the dominant Caucasian culture and partly because of the historical male population of gamers, game studios in America tend to attract white males. Read more.
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