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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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Two Special Film Classes
Acting for the Camera
with
Charlie Holliday
Two special one-day Saturday film classes are available over the next two weekends at Access Sacramento. Open to anyone. Limited Seating. Sign up at 916-456-8600 ext. 0
Acting for the Camera
May 28 - 9am-5pm $25
by Actor & Casting Director Charlie Holliday
 Take your acting to the next level by getting tips on how to be more successful in front of the camera. Professional SAG/AFTRA actor, Mozaic Acting Academy Teacher and Casting Director Charlie Holliday will offer you methods and techniques for being successful on video and film.
Specific suggestions for turning an audition into a job included. Part of the class puts you and other students in front of the the Cameras at Access Sacramento so you can critique your own performance.
One day only! Sign up by calling 916-456-8600 ext. 0
TV/Film Make-up Basics
June 4, 9am to 1pm $35
Materials provided
Class for both men and women who want to better understand how television and film cameras respond to different make-up techniques.
How much is too much? Understand how lighting affects makeup and how you can improve your appearance when performing in front of the cameras!
Sign up today at 916-456-8600 ext. 0
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Writers Named for the 17th
"A Place Called Sacramento"
Film Festival
More than 250 volunteers listened Wednesday to the announcement of the 10 winning script writers in Access Sacramento's 17th "A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival; All hoping for a chance to make it onto the big screen in the upcoming Oct. 8 world premiere of 10 original short films.
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"A Place Called Sacramento" Cast and Crew Call 2016
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The winning writers and their story lines are:
"Afternoon Delight" by Danna Wilberg -- When love is in the air... some things are best kept secret. "The Black Carnation" by J. Thomas Schuessler -- The secret of life and death arrives like a thunderbolt, but one man may find real truth in an encounter with "The Black Carnation." "Capitol Treasure" by John Maniaci -- Clues discovered about Gold Rush era money missing for more than a century spark a quest, but can modern day treasure hunters unravel the biggest secret?
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"Capitol Treasure" writer John Maniaci (left) is one of 10 filmmakers selected for the 2016 "A Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival
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"City of Trees" by Eric Sanderson -- Letting the leaves fall where they may simply isn't an option when a young girl and her friends put virtue in front of safety.
"Coming Back" by Scott Slotterback -- "Coming back" when you're broken takes time, but a dose of love could be the best medicine.
"Faster" by Chris Henry -- Jimmy Rodriquez is racing into the future while relying on his past. "Happy Accidents" by Nick Coleman -- They screwed up their marriage, now they're screwing up their divorce - and feeling just GREAT about it. "The Last Laugh" by Darrell Scheidegger -- Murder is no laughing matter... except when it's funny. "A Neighborhood Lost - Sacramento's Japantown" by Jeffrey Dym -- A downtown Sacramento neighborhood is born from a need for community, thrives in the face of racism, only to be destroyed in the name of redevelopment.
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"Regrets" Director Larry Menard (Center) takes volunteers names during the Cast and Crew Call
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"Regrets" by Larry Menard -- Forgiveness
or absolution. For an ex-con, there can be a very thin line between the two.
To volunteer for any of the 10 films listed above, simply click on the director's name to send them an e-mail.
Teams are being formed now to help the writers-turned-producers in creating their 10-minute short films.
Production will continue throughout the summer, with films making their world premiere on Saturday, Oct. 8 at the historic Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento.
Volunteers for the films will see their names in the credits on the big screen, see their project air on Access Sacramento cable television channels and will have their names added to the Internet Movie Database website IMDB.com.
Sponsorships of the film festival are available by contacting Access Sacramento Executive Director Gary Martin at 916-456-8600 ext. 100.
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RedRover and Midtown Out Loud
Wednesday On LiveWire!
RedRover and Midtown Out Loud on this week's LiveWire!
Nicole Forsyth President of RedRover will join us to discuss how her organization brings animals out of crisis and strengthens the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education, and how you can help.
 For more information about RedRover www.RedRover.org Heather Anderson will also be joining us with special guest Grace Loescher, a local poet who will be performing some of her poetry. Midtown Out Loud celebrates local artists and charities with their twice-monthly event on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays every month at the Shine Cafe.
For more information about the Midtown Out Loud
www.facebook.com/MidtownOutLoud/
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Stepping Up to High Definition
Access Sacramento Welcomes
Its New HDTV Production Vehicle
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Access Sacramento crew being introduced to the HDTV Truck Sunday
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Recognizing it was time to upgrade and improve the equipment used to televise local Hometown TV and Game of the Week broadcasts, Access Sacramento received special one-time funding this year from the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission to design and purchase an upgrades remote production vehicle .
Access Sacramento staff began learning the new equipment during the weekend, and it will be available to inspection tomorrow during the "A Place Called Sacramento." Cast & Crew Call.
The vehicle itself has a camera platform on top, an auto-leveling system to keep the working space safe, and a generator to power all of the television equipment and air-conditioning when power isn't available.
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Access Sacramento assistant engineer Danny Mondonsa attaches a Fujinon lens for the first time to the Panasonic HD camera being held by Camera operator Bruce Riggs.
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There are two rooms in the vehicle, one for audio and one for video and engineering. The control room features a For-A model video switcher and special effects generators, a NewTek 3-Play instant replay device, a Chyron Character generator and sufficient intercom capacity for both cabled and wireless communication. To see a short VIDEO with Executive Director Gary Martin talking about the Truck click HERE.
The recording system is entirely digital with Black Magic hyperdecks available for both recording and playback of video. The equipment eventually will be mimicked in the Access Sacramento main TV studio and digital media lab for seamless movement of High Definition video from recording to playback on the channels.
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Episode #577 of "Media Edge"
Episode #577 of ³Media Edge² (initial airing on cable TV during the period of May 28 - June 3, 2016) includes: "2016 High School Scholarship Essay Contest" (1 hour, 16 minutes) In 2016, the Physicians for Social Responsibility (Sacramento Chapter) received essays that were submitted by more than 130 high school seniors in Sacramento and surrounding counties, reacting to this quotation from the Dalai Lama: Each of the 10 finalists in this year's contest, chosen by a panel of distinguished judges, received a $1,000 scholarship. After each finalist read their essay at this May 1, 2016 event and responded to a question from one of the judges, the panel selected the First Place winner ($3,000 scholarship), Second Place winner ($2,500 scholarship), and Third Place winner ($2,000 scholarship).
Student finalists are,from left to right, Jordan Hunter, Nimish Saxena, Nishita Jain, Minh Anh Nguyen Le, Shreya Kumar, Jonah Cartwright, Elizabeth Helmke, Megan Pelz, Charlotte Selton, and Laura Blevins.
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Hometown TV Presents "Uncharted"
Cablecast schedule
"Uncharted" is a Contemporary dance concert choreographed by award-winning choreographer Jacob Montoya and performed by the Hawkins Contemporary Jazz Company in Folsom.  "Uncharted" was created to take the audience on a journey down many paths and helps them to look beyond the boundaries they create for themselves.
It shines a light on the unlimited dreams of the future and also relives the moments that define the bonds viewers share as humans when it comes to love and storytelling.
Sunday, May 29th @ 5:00pm
Monday, May, 30th @ 9:00am
Tuesday, May 31st @ 1:00am
All cablecasts will be on Comcast and Consolidated Communications Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 14. If you don't have those services, the show can also be viewed on our website at www.accesssacramento.org, at the time listed above
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