This leatherback sea turtle was filmed nesting during the day at Navío beach on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Daytime nesting is very rare for this endangered species. The eggs were transported by the DNRA up the beach, away from the waterline. This beach has an ever shifting coastline because of the direction it faces and many times large sections of sand are washed away overnight with a good storm.
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Presentation video produced for the City of Sacramento's 'Sacramento READS' third grade literacy program. Used by the City in live presentations, grant proposal kits, on the official website and through social media marketing via Facebook and Twitter. For more information and to get involved in the Sacramento READS program: http://www.sacramentoreads.com/
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Web commercial videos produced for Vieques Car Rental to be displayed in new website (viequescarrental.com). 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 ...
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Continuing list of creative quotes culled from books read / sites gleaned 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!)
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Coldwell Banker is about to launch a global rebranding of their Luxury real estate line, Previews International, and Kinetic Illusions is producing videos and photography that will be used to illustrate the high standards of marketing materials of the new brand. Previews International represents luxury listings in over 50 countries with prices ranging from $2.8 million (US) and higher. We've been filming several estates and mansions in the $17-22 million range in the West Coast of the United States recently and have developed several new techniques for capturing optimum video and stills. From a quiver of specialized lenses to highly portable LED lights, our small team can film tens of thousands ...
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We're always looking for new tunes to use in our productions and we try to use local artists as often as we can. If you've recorded or produced any upbeat and inspirational beats or songs in Sacramento, post a link to your demo in the Comments below and we'll add you to our music pool. Only post music that you have produced yourself or have the rights to use commercially. By posting your demos you give Kinetic Illusions permission to use your tracks in rough cuts for our clients and producers, but NOT for final distributed commercial work. If you prefer to send a link or .zip with multiple files, please send them ...
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These are some of the first vehicles to drive down K Street on the grand re-opening, November 12th, 2011. The opening of K Street is part of a long-term, multifaceted revitalization project designed to bring back local commerce to the downtown corridor. Kinetic is filming interviews with local residents and business owners to document how well the revitalization ideas and expectations of today meet up with the actual results when the larger projects are complete in the next two to three years. We are currently video taping the K Street Documentary from 2010 - 2013. Let us know if you have an opinion or K Street story that you would like to contribute ...
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Sacramento opened the middle of downtown to vehicle traffic tonight for the first time in over 40 years. These shots of K Street were taken while filming an ongoing documentary about the revitalization of Sacramento. Video clips will be posted soon, but in the mean time pass on thru K Street and take a mental picture of how it looks and feels. We'll check back with you every few months to see how that picture lines up against what it was and what we hope it will be. [caption id="attachment_1133" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="First Cars on K Street 11-12-11"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1135" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Vintage Cruiser across from the Crest Theater"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1134" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Cars ...
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Kinetic Illusions is filming an ongoing documentary on the impact of Sacramento's revitalization efforts on K Street in downtown Sacramento from 2010-2013. The goal is to review the successes and failures from the point of view of local businesses and residents, how these affect the surrounding regions and how these results compare to similar efforts across the nation during this time of global socioeconomic soul searching. Director Karl Alexander was at ground zero during the Northwest's shift into the global spotlight of the tech and music scene. He was at the front lines documenting the protests, conflicts and stories behind the moment that local fisherman won a 60 year fight against the ...
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That's right, this Saturday in downtown Sacramento, K Street will be open to cars for the first time in over four decades and this sign will be torn down, this photo added to a Sacramento history album. What used to be the city's Main Street, the major thru-fare and biggest artery carrying the pulse of downtown's economy has many business owners and residents likening the closure to a long-term stroke for the city. Like many humans who experience a cerebral infarction, there are obvious physical symptoms of this closure including sagging, shuttered store fronts and accumulations of grocery-cart storage facilities that can't remember where they left their socks. Cobwebs of inactivity ...
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Tony Bennett Photography Tony Bennett got to shoot this beautiful new Bell 429 for Air Care 1 out of the San Juan Regional Medical Center. This helicopter replaces the Bell 222 we filmed earlier last year and comes with a seriously cool glass instrument panel along with an engine whine that makes your spine shiver. [caption id="attachment_1056" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="copyright Tony Bennett Photography"][/caption] Kinetic will go into pre-production soon for an industry-wide informational and training video that will cover operation of the 429 in all types of terrain and weather. Be on the lookout for new aerial filming techniques and chase scenes from the Sheriff's copter! Tony Bennett is a pilot himself so he ...
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Filming for Vieques Adventure Company, Karl Alexander was towed in a pontoon canoe around fly fishing guide, Garry Lowe as shotgun shots were fired all around us. It was hunting season in Puerto Rico, and the guns were very, very close. We got the shot and headed out to Green Beach to film a scene in the water where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean, in the shadow of Mount Pirata.
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