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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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Help Access Sacramento Donate a Car, Boat or RV
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"Short Film Production Tips" Class Starts April 16 Sign-up today!
In preparation for the creation of 10 original short films this summer, Access Sacramento is pleased to offer a special four-week film making class beginning Saturday, April 16. Filmmaker, college-professor, and Film Festival creator Nate Schemel offers four Saturday's of tips, techniques and short-cuts to making a short film.
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Nathan Schemel
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This class is also the perfect opportunity to get ready for volunteering at the May 11 "Cast and Crew Call" for the the "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival. Scripts are being judged now in three rounds of evaluation after last Friday's script deadline
Workshop students will learn about working on a film crew, including working with actors, directors and technicians. Specific skills on operating a camera, helping get great sound recordings, and helping a film crew help the actors "Be" the part.
The class is a perfect match for all filmmakers, whether beginners or more experienced.
The workshop consists of four, 4-hour classes. Session starts Saturdays April 16 from 11am-3pm. There is a $50 fee and limited enrollment. This class has open enrollment and membership is Access Sacramento is not required.
Sign up by calling 916-456-8600 ext. 0.
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Listen Up!
Sacramento Presents
K.O. & Eli
Tonight at 11pm on Channel 17
By Listen Up! Producer, Erika Kjelstrom
"Listen Up! Sacramento is pleased to present the local hip-hop/R&B hybrid duo, K.O. & Eli! Mixing K.O.'s slick rhymes along with Eli's smooth, melodic vocals, make this talented duo truly extraordinaire! If you enjoy artist like Akon, Trey Songz, & even a little classic PM Dawn & Tribe Called Quest, then get ready to "Come Alive" with K.O. & Eli!
Tune in to "Listen Up! Sacramento" at 11pm on Tonight, April 5, 2016 on Access Sacramento channel 17 on Comcast and Consolidated Communications or 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 at 3:00pm, & Thursday at 7:00am.
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Arlington, Warhol at the Crocker and the Legend of Ko'olau on LiveWire! Tomorrow at 5pm
A provocative chamber musical called Arlington, Warhol at the Crocker, and a play based on an historic Hawaiian Cowboy on this Wednesday's LiveWire!
The California State Theater Company presents Arlington, a provocative new chamber musical to Sacramento. Arlington is the story of Army wife, grappling with her family, a devastating loss and some disturbing truths in order to find her peace of mind.
For more information about "Arlington"
Elena Macaluso returns from the Crocker with guest Diana L. Daniels, curator of the "Andy Warhol: Portraits" exhibition. Not only will they discuss all things Warhol with Ray, but also the upcoming Art Mix: Studio 54 event. For more information about upcoming events at the Crocker Then Gary Kubota and Moronai Kanekoa will join Ray to talk about their upcoming play "Legend of Ko'olau", the tale of a compassionate man who has worked with lepers, Kaluaiko'olau becomes a leper himself. The play documents his struggle to maintain his sense of dignity and his armed refusal to be treated in the inhumane way that lepers were treated. For more information about "Legend of Ko'olau"
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High School Video Makers Awarded by Access Sacramento on LiveWire
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Access Sacramento to Showcase Service to the Community During Big Day of Giving
Access Sacramento will feature a variety of messages supporting the local community of television and radio producers all day on May 3 during the Big Day of Giving. The community-wide celebration of non-profit cultural and arts organizations encourages donations at the BIG Day of Giving website during that 24-hour time frame. You can expect a variety of live television coverage throughout the day including gavel-to-gavel coverage of the organizer's Halftime event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ceasar Chavez park.
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Big Fish Director Quentin Sacramento
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You can also expect to see a lot more of Access Sacramento's mascot, Big Fish Director Quentin Sacramento during the Big Day of Giving. Look soon for Quentin to have his own Twitter account. After 16 years of being silent at the "A Place Called Sacramento" film film festival, it appears Quentin has learned plenty of film making tips--- and he can type. 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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Latest Batch of News Correspondents Arrive at AccessLocal.TV
AccessLocal.Tv, the community news online division of Access Sacramento, has brought on four new Neighborhood News Correspondents and is welcoming back a returning correspondent, Ivan Caballero, with enhanced responsibilities including editing and mentorship. Rose Vega, 19, Ronnie Swinburn, 18, Azimi Gumah, 16, and Trajan Susa, 17, have joined AccessLocal.Tv as entry-level correspondents.
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Neighborhood News Correspondents (From Left) Trajan Susa, Rose Vega, Azimi Gumah, Ivan Caballero, and Ronnie Swinburn
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AccessLocal.Tv is a Wordpress based news website which empowers young people from Sacramento with the ability to report on community news and stories that otherwise might not make the front page. Its primary focus is within the South Sacramento area identified by The California Endowment's "BHC" initiative. The BHC, or "Building Healthy Communities" initiative is part of a $1 billion, ten-year statewide program which aims to empower neighborhoods with the tools and skills they need to be prosperous.
"This new group of youth reporters are already hard at work creating content," said Isaac Gonzalez, Youth Media Coordinator for AccessLocal.Tv. "Each one of them brings a different set of experiences and abilities to the table and I'm looking forward to seeing what they will achieve." Neighborhood News Correspondents spend around four months in a program, receiving specialized training and technical support from Gonzalez. Each week, they follow up on story leads a craft written articles and videos featuring content from their communities. Correspondents also produce a podcast which can be found on iTunes and a television show which appears on the Access Sacramento Cable Channel. "I wasn't very interested in journalism at all when I first started working here at AccessLocal.tv but as time went on in the program it sort of grew on me," said returning correspondent Caballero. "I've learned a lot about writing and how to present our articles for the public."
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New Equipment for Radio Producers on KUBU 96.5 FMAccess Sacramento's radio production studio #1 has two new CD players for radio DJ's and producers to use in the creation of their programs for KUBU 96.5 FM "The Voice of Sacramento."
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KUBU Production Studio 1
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The two units replace two older CD players that had started to become unreliable. While it is true many of KUBU's air-talent use computers and other digital media files, The "Voice of Sacramento" recognizes some producers prefer to use CD and other still prefer to play back music using turntables and vinyl records. Access Sacramento has provided a radio service for Sacramento County for nearly 30 years. If you're interested in having your own radio (or TV) show, begin by attending a free orientation on the 2nd Tuesday or 4th Wednesday of any month. RSVP at 916-456-8600 ext. 0.
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Promo Video for Access Sacramento Earns "Best in the West" WAVE Award
A promotional video showcases many of Access Sacramento's Hometown TV, Game of the Week and other specialty programs for 2015 won the Alliance for Community Media's "Western Access Video Excellence" WAVE award during last Friday's ceremony capping the ACM-West's annual conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Click the image to see the Access Sacramento "Sizzle Reel" 2015
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Access Sacramento Editor Bhim Kumar-Reyes edited the video that pulled together exciting scenes from a variety of programs throughout the year.
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WAVE Winner Bhim Kumar-Reyes, Access Sacramento Digital Lab Manager and Editor
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