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Sacramento Video
Industry Professionals
(VIPs)
Meetings are the last Tuesday of every month in the Coloma Community Center
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Film Resource
One of the area's most comprehensive websites and resource guides for local information for filmmakers, crew, actors and outside-the-area producers to get to know our film community better.
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SacCasting.com
Resource Registry for Actors, Directors & Casting Agents
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Donations to
Access Sacramento Help Youth, Health, Community Media
Access Sacramento is a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation providing low-cost or free radio, television and internet services for Sacramento County residents.
Your tax deductible donations support youth and adult training for job skills and work force development, promote health and community news through our channels and AccessLocal.TV, and promote Free Speech and the community voice: Making a Difference, One Voice at a Time. Push HERE to donate today
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Friday Deadline for Non-Profits to Apply for Green Screen Studio Equipment
High Tech equipment grants valued at nearly $30,000 each will be awarded in early April to several Sacramento County non-profits or schools in a process designed to help residents get better access to cable television broadcasting. The Request for Proposal (RFP) instructions are available on the Access Sacramento website HERE. The application deadline is Friday, March 11. |
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Green Studio at Access Sacramento
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A complete set of equipment including cameras, microphones, lights and the computer and software to run a NewTek Tricaster Green Screen Studio will be awarded to the selected awardees. |
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This virtual reality set has three cameras and is state of the art for multi-cam production
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Questions about about the RFP must be submitted by Feb. 22. Those selected must produce a minimum of 60-minutes of programming a month, provide a secure dedicated space for the equipment, have staff to be trained, and provide appropriate insurance among other requirements. Questions should be directed to Access Sacramento Executive Director Gary Martin at postmaster@AccessSacramento.org
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Listen Up!
Sacramento Presents Ruby Jaye Fradkin
Tonight at 11pm on Channel 17
By Listen Up! Producer, Erika Kjelstrom
"Listen Up! Sacramento is pleased to present the timelessly talented, Ruby Jaye Fradkin. Ruby is a Tour de force, as a singer, songwriter, pianist, & ukulele wizard. Originally from North Hollywood, she is now playing her soulful & delicate Ragtime-Blues in Sacramento. If you enjoy artist like Scott Joplin to Janis Joplin with a touch of Regina Spektor, Nora Jones, & maybe even Zooey Deschanel, then check out Ruby Jaye Fradkin!
Tune in to "Listen Up! Sacramento" at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1 on Access Sacramento channel 17 on Comcast or Consolidated Communications and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. You can also watch with our web simulcast at the same time it airs. Watch replays of the episode on Wednesday, March 2 at 3:00 p.m., & Thursday March 3 at 7:00 a.m.
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Art Mix: Vaudeville, and Sacramento Food Bank on LiveWire!
The razzle dazzle of vaudeville and assisting people in need this Wednesday March 9th on LiveWire!
Elena Macaluso will be joining host Ray Tatar to discuss the upcoming Art Mix: Vaudeville event at the Crocker Art Museum. The event on March 10th will feature a celebration of all things vaudeville including guests Peter Petty and his Terpischoreans and "TUBE.Magazine's" world of freaky friends.
For more information about "Art Mix: Vaudeville"
Next we'll shift gears as Kelly Siefkin and Elise Hawkins from the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services will join Ray to discuss their ongoing mission to assist those in need by alleviating their immediate pain and problems and moving them toward selfsufficiency and financial independence and how you can help.
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Celebrating Sacramento County's
Top Young Historians
Access Sacramento's Hometown TV crew is pleased to present last Saturday's awards presentations in the Sacramento County "History Day" competition at Inderkum High School.
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Matias Bombal hosts Sacramento County History Day Awards
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The awards presentation was hosted on Access Sacramento by film and music historian Matias Bombal. Students presented their historical research in the form of museum-style exhibits, live stage performances, video documentaries, websites and research papers.
Judges selected the top projects to advance to the California State History Day competition later this Spring.
Tune in on the following Schedule:
Wed. March 9 @ 8:00pm
Thurs. March 10 @ 12:00 Noon
Friday, March 11th @ 4:00am
Mon. March 14 @ 10:00pm
Tues. March 15 @ 2:00pm
Wed. March 16 @ 6:00am
All cablecasts will be on Comcast and Consolidated Communications Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. Or view streaming from AccessSacramento.org.
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Film Community Shares Resources
Friday at the I Heart Film Mixer
Once again this year, the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce offers a unified blending of the area's film community and local business who support those efforts. Find out more about how actors and volunteers can volunteer to help make a film for "A Place Called Sacramento." Anyone who supports the arts, non-profits, the film making process in our area and the businesses who support the efforts to bring more movie making into our area are encouraged to attend. The event runs from 4 to 8 pm. Guest speaker Mark S. Allen from the Channel 31 morning show will be addressing the group and telling of his adventures in promoting and supporting film in our area. For more information visit this event's Facebook Event Page.
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CA La Femme Competition
Premieres Saturday
Hometown TV presents the new regional pageant for CA La Femme Magnifique and CA La Femme Plus a pageant to crown the most beautiful female impersonators in California beginning this Saturday. The event was videotaped at The Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento.
The La Femme pageant was created in 1983. The pageant has grown to see contestants from throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Saturday, March 12th @ 10:00pm
Sunday, March 20th @ 10:00pm
Monday, April 4th @ 9:00pm
The cablecasts will be on Comcast and Consolidated Communications Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. If you don't have those services, it can also be viewed on our website at www.accesssacramento.org, at the time listed above.
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'Chinese New Year 2016 - Year Of The Monkey' TV Cablecast
Continues this Month
 The Chinese New Year Culture Association celebrates the Year of the Monkey with a vibrant state production recorded by Access Sacramento's Hometown TV crew. Highlights include singing and dance performances, martial arts and cultural entertainment.
Tune in on the following Schedule:
Saturday, March 19th @ 9:00pm
Sunday, March 20th @ 1:00pm
Monday, March 21st @ 5:00am
All cablecasts will be on Comcast and Consolidated Communications Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. Or view streaming from AccessSacramento.org. Feel free to share this schedule with your friends! Thank you for your support of local community and public access television in Sacramento County.
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Save the Date
BIG Day of Giving - May 3
Once again this May, 2016 Access Sacramento will be participating in the BIG Day of Giving, an internet day of on-line celebration for area non-profits. Plans are underway on how Access Sacramento can support participants in the event, including with live television coverage of local non-profits' events that day. Access Sacramento thanks all its television and radio members and hopes for tremendous support throughout the region when the BIG Day of Giving arrives. In 2015, more than $5-million was collected in support of local arts and cultural non-profits in the Sacramento region.
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My Story Project
Video Volunteers Needed
Volunteers Needed for Filming The My Story Project at the Sierra 2 Senior Center films the life stories from older adults and produces a DVD to share with their family and friends. The presentations are organized with the help of a "story coach" who works with the star of the video. Other volunteers operate the camera equipment, set up lights and backgrounds, and finally edit the video with photos integrated into the DVD. Additional volunteers are sought to help with this project, especially those with MAC computer experience. Please contact the Senior Center at 455-6339 for more information.
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HD Remote Truck For Access
Sacramento Approaching
We are excitedly awaiting the arrival and completion of a uniquely designed high-definition remote production truck being built especially for us.
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Stairs will lead to the two doors where the technicians will work. Storage in the belly-bays will securely store equipment for use during Hometown TV events.
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It's a 21-foot box behind the cab-over Isuzu engine and we're very thankful for the support of the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission for helping us take the next step toward a fully high-definition workflow. |
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Audio booth under construction
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The back door opens into the audio booth, and the forward door opens into the video control room with camera switcher, instant replay and high-definition recording, transmission and graphics equipment. The counter tops, air-conditioning, generator, roof-top camera platform, and awning should be finished this week which will leave about six weeks for integrator TV Pro Gear to do the HD equipment installation and wiring before the Access Sacramento vehicle is premiered at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, NV April 18.
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The American Professional Hellenic Society Cablecast Schedule
The American Hellenic Professional Society presents Theofanis Economidis to discuss the difficult situation facing the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey. He is joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos.
Sunday, March 13th @ 5:00pm
Monday, March 14th @ 9:00am
Tuesday, March 15th @ 1:00am
Monday, March 28th @ 8:30pm
Tuesday, March 29th @ 12:30pm
Wednesday, March 20th @ 4:30am
The cablecasts will be on Comcast Consolidated Communications Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. If you don't have those services, it can also be viewed on our website at www.accesssacramento.org
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Specialty Classes for Filmmakers
Filmmaking Tips Coming Up
17th "A Place Called Sacramento"
Call for Scripts - April 1
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A Place Called Sacramento's mascot: Big-Fish Director Quentin Sacramento
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The 17th annual "A Place Called Sacramento" script competition is looking for your best stories. Script submissions are due April 1, 2016. Local screenwriter and film director Diana Erwin has started a special four-Saturday workshop designed to help those who want to learn more about writing a short-form script. The techniques of creating a beginning, middle and end of the movie, creating memorable characters, and putting all in a framework of Sacramento are being covered. Erwin has penned her own A Place Called Sacramento film and directed two others. This Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist now does marketing for an international firm based out of Sacramento. One of her workshop student's winning scripts two years ago became the 2014 "Audience Favorite" award-winner. |
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2015's Award winning PCS writers on stage at the Crest
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Another Access Sacramento specialty class "Filmmaking Tips" is designed to help beginning and intermediate level filmmakers improve their skills is being offered by Professor Nathan Schemel from the Art Institute of Sacramento and Sacramento City College. The class begins April 2 and runs four Saturdays. $50 Fee. Tips of getting good images, improved sound, and managing a crew are all included. Save the Date:
May 11 - 6pm - Volunteer Cast and Crew Call - Coloma Community Center May 21 - 9am-5pm - One Day only - Acting for the Camera with Charlie Holliday. June 4 - 9am-1pm - One Day only - Make Up for TV & Film Local writers and volunteer actors and crew have completed 157 short films over the last 16 years. This year's 10 winning script writers will then become producers and get the chance to bring their story to the big screen, have it play of cable TV, begin or add to their IMDB.com filmography, and enjoy the applause of fans and peers at the world premiere Oct. 2, 2016. For more information about the "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival call 916-456-8600 ext. 0.
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