New video on youtube!

One of our independent producers, Rogue Reporter Reba Rasbury, has produced a short cooking segment for our youtube channel. Check it out!

Alicia escaped!

Ahh, fresh air! :) Thanks to everyone who helped bail me out! Together we raised $543 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and, actually, I was let out on my own recognizance. If you'd still like to donate you can. As part of my community service I'll still be collecting donations on my secure MDA website: https://www.joinmda.org/wilbrahamludlow2009/alicia I'll be posting a video on youtube soon about my experience so stay tuned for that as well.

Alicia is going to jail!

Yup, you read that correctly. I am going to be locked up...for a good cause that is. This coming Wednesday, February 11th, I will be representing GCTV at the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Lock-Up fundraiser and I need you guys to help by bailing me out. Please make a donation to support MDA and spring me from the joint. It's easy and any amount you can do will be appreciated. You can give your donation directly to me or you can click on this link https://www.joinmda.org/wilbrahamludlow2009/alicia
to donate on the secure website MDA has set up just for me and my accomplices. :) Oh, and if any of you would like to visit me in the slammer, you can come to the Hope & Olive restaurant between 2PM and 3PM on Wednesday. Thanks...and do any of you know a good lawyer?

Local Bias has a new website!

Drew Hutchison, producer & host of "Local Bias", has created a brand new blog for his show. He plans on updating it regularly and uploading lots of video. Check it out by clicking on the link on the right hand side of this page under the heading "GCTV Productions".

Please join us for GCTV's Annual Meeting on Monday

GCTV will hold its annual meeting on Monday, January 26th, 2009 beginning at 6PM, in the Greenfield Business Association (GBA)'s meeting room, 393 Main Street, first floor. This meeting will be followed by the January Board of Directors' Meeting. We appreciate your input and your support.

inauguration

For those of you who were wondering, GCTV will be carrying Democracy Now's live coverage of President Obama's inauguration January 20th from 11-2p.

New Year, New Event

Jimmie (Bailey, of "Local Bias", "Last Stop Bingville", "Homegrown", etc.) suggested that it would be nice if all of our independent producers got together to network, share ideas, and just hang out. How about a potluck sometime soon? You can use the comments on this blog post to suggest locations, dates, and times, and to work out the details. Let us know what you think and let's have a good time!

Season's Greetings from the Staff of GCTV!

Scott, Philippe, Alicia, & Owen:



(Outtakes from the making of this promo can be found by clicking the link to our youtube channel, found on the right-hand side of this blog!) :)

More Tips & Tricks!

As promised, here is more information on producer's bags (see blog post from October 17th). What is a producer's bag? A producer's bag is a collection of helpful items that you always keep ready to take with you when you go on a shoot. Contents vary based on individual producers' requirements but some good pieces of equipment to have are: extra batteries for your camera and any microphones you use, lens cleaner, a flashlight, canned air, your camera's manual, gaffer's tape, headphones, white paper (for white balancing as well as taking notes), a pen or Sharpie marker, a Leatherman or other multi-tool, zip ties, and a bad weather cover for your camera. It's a lot better to have this stuff and not need it, then need it and not have it. :) Have a great weekend!

A few more words of gratitude.

Thanks to our intern, Philippe Simon, who put this together. Apologies as well because, due to illness & some technical difficulties, we were unable to air this prior to Thanksgiving.

Fun things to do with your in computer camera...

Having trouble coming up with an idea for a show? How about just sitting down in front of your computer and recording the first thing that comes to mind? That's how independent producer Shawn Cromack came up with this comedic short. (Blog editor's note: no producers were harmed in the making of this production)

Another expression of gratitude.

These are great, you guys! Please keep them coming!

David Roulston, host of Franklin County Matters, recorded this today while he was in our office:

New show on GCTV!

Things are definitely hopping around here! Beth Adams has begun taping a new show, in our studio, called "We Are the Ones...". She describes the show as a "program to help increase Earth consciousness and to promote local solutions for helping to co-create a post-carbon, sustainable future for all Earth's children, grandchildren, and succeeding generations." It will be a one hour show, once a month, featuring interviews with state & local environmental activists, naturalists, & conservationists. The first episode of this new series will air on Tuesday, November 24th, at 7PM and features David Tallpine of the Nipmuck tribe.

Beth also recorded her thoughts on gratitude when she was here this morning:

What are you grateful for?

We had a lot of fun at the Rag Shag!

We'll post more pics on Monday, and the parade will be rebroadcast per the schedule below, but in the meantime we want to send a big "THANK YOU!" out to Brent Eaton producer of the show "Silly Wizard". Brent airbrushed the great backdrop that we used for the Rag Shag parade (as seen behind me* in this photo). Doesn't it look awesome? If you'd like to see him painting the backdrop, tune into "Windchanger" at 6:30PM on Monday, November 10th.

Rag Shag Parade rebroadcast shedule:
Monday 11/3 at 9PM
Tuesday 11/4 at 6PM
More times, TBA.

*Yes, I am wearing a costume! :) I call it "Austin Powers Wannabe". ---Alicia