Series of awards videos for the 117th Sacramento Metro Chamber Annual Dinner and Business Awards

Congratulations to John Finegan, CEO of Beck Ag, on winning the 2012 Peter McCuen Award for Civic Entrepreneurs.

These videos played to a capacity audience at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency Ballroom on three screens in HD. Metro Chamber graphics were used to tie the videos to all print and broadcast promotional materials as well as using geometric details from the table cloths and gobos from the live event.

Series of awards videos for the 117th Sacramento Metro Chamber Annual Dinner and Business Awards

Congratulations to Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Dean of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, on winning the 2012 Businesswoman of the Year Award.

These videos played to a capacity audience at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency Ballroom on three screens in HD. Metro Chamber graphics were used to tie the videos to all print and broadcast promotional materials as well as using geometric details from the table cloths and gobos from the live event.

Music is from local Sacramento band, e-squared.

Series of awards videos for the 117th Sacramento Metro Chamber Annual Dinner and Business Awards

Congratulations to Tina Reynolds of Uptown Studios on winning the Al Geiger Memorial Award. Had fun filming the bike ride sequence!

These videos played to a capacity audience at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency Ballroom on three screens in HD. Metro Chamber graphics were used to tie the videos to all print and broadcast promotional materials as well as using geometric details from the table cloths and gobos from the live event.

Music is from local Sacramento band, Dusty Brown.

Series of awards videos for the 117th Sacramento Metro Chamber Annual Dinner and Business Awards

Congratulations to 3fold Communications of Midtown Sacramento on winning the Small Business of the Year Award. We had fun filming at your office, you’ve got a great group!

These videos played to a capacity audience at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency Ballroom on three screens in HD. Metro Chamber graphics were used to tie the videos to all print and broadcast promotional materials as well as using geometric details from the table cloths and gobos from the live event.

Music is from local Sacramento band, FAVORS, titled View Masker from the album FIVE MILLION YEARS

Kinetic Illusions produced a series of commercial promotional videos for the Downtown Ice Rink in cooperation with the sponsors and the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Each video had a slightly different theme to appeal to the target demographics. This video featured the proximity to the Downtown Plaza Shopping center, appealing to young adults and parents who come for the skating and stay for the shopping.

We used multiple cameras running simultaneously, rooftop shots, time lapse and in-store locations for this spot. http://downtownsac.org/icerink for more info. Sacramento’s original outdoor ice skating rink. Open daily through January 17, 2011 @ 7th & K Street The 7,000 square foot ice rink can accommodate up to 150 skaters. The rink is located at 7th and K Streets (across from the Westfield Downtown Plaza) and is a short stroll from Old Sacramento, the State Capitol, popular downtown restaurants and light rail trains.

music: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Autumn-Sky/34014118758

These were shot on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico with several GoPro cameras mounted on different parts the the rental vehicles and driven all over the island.

Prime Vieques Parking Spot #2 is the historic Spanish fort overlooking the ferry dock and the town of Isabel Segunda (the biggest and only town on Vieques Island). The fort is also an island history museum that is open to the public and host to several music and cultural events every year.

Playa el Gallito is located on the north shore of Vieques Island, just between the W Resort & Spa and the Vieques Airport.

On a clear evening you can watch the clouds swirl around the top of the El Yunque Rain Forest, dragging grey skirts of rain through the rays of the setting sun. The Vieques ferry will arrive and depart to your right while Vieques Air Link planes take off above your head. Wait for your friends to arrive or for the night to begin at Playa el Gallito.

The Rompeolas or ‘wave breakers’ are located on the north shore of Vieques Island, and are accessed by driving behind the new airport, past the Great Ceiba Tree and then alongside the old airstrip you may have read about in Hunter Thompson’s ‘The Rum Diary‘. This Prime Parking Spot is about 1/2 mile west of the breakers, drive slowly thru the families of horses and stay off of the sand.

During the day, the leeward side of the rompeolas makes a great beginner snorkel spot. Protected from the wind and surf, there’s lots to see under the old pier.

Watch the sun set behind El Yunque, the rain forest across the sound, and keep an eye out for nesting turtles and passing dolphin. This is a very underrated Parking Spot, mostly used by Nature Nerds for star gazing by wine light on a new moon. Enjoy.

Playa Media Luna is accessed through the Sun Bay Nature Reserve on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. As of 2011, the entrance fee is $2/vehicle.
Media Luna is a calm, protected beach with excellent bird watching opportunities in the lagoon just behind it.
When Parking here, we highly recommend bringing a hammock and a thick book.
Camping sites are available through the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources.

Creative people who can’t help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.–R.D. Laing

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.–Gary Ryan Blair (Mind Munchies : A Delicious Assortment of Brain Snacks!)