Filtered by category - Blog
The Studio Experience Demystified
By Eva Barrows Whodunit social media buzz surrounded Midpen Media’s January Studio Experience and ignited fevered interest in discovering the media possibilities available in-studio. Tension mounted over what the fallout would be for newbie crew with thoughts like “What does this controller do?” on a floor camera and “Which button should I push?” on the Read More…
Never Had I Ever: It’s Not a Game, It’s a New Show
By Eva Barrows As you listen to a song for the first or the hundredth time, do you find yourself wondering how the songwriter came up with those lyrics? Debut Midpen Media show, “Never Had I Ever, A Songwriter Showcase of Epic (and Everyday) Firsts,” unveils the stories behind a handful of songs written by Read More…
Alzheimer’s Story Exchange
By Elliot Margolies One out of every three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or dementia. There are 16 million Americans who are unpaid family caregivers to persons with Alzheimer’s. In November, a group of seven family caregivers came to Midpen Media to exchange stories and experiences with each other and create a program that will help Read More…
Kitten Conundrum Studio Class Show
By Joanne Sperans As a newcomer to access television, I thought it important to take our Studio Basics workshop to learn my way around the studio. Little did I think I’d come away with thoughts of producing a series! I’d been on movie sets and involved with product launch and training videos when I worked Read More…
2019 Local Heroes Honored
By Eva Barrows The reception, screening, and award ceremony honoring six Local Heroes who have made significant impacts within the community took place Saturday, September 28th at Midpen Media Center. Friends, family, and community members gathered in a show of support of the honorees, filling the studio audience to capacity. Although this year’s Local Heroes Read More…
“Ghost in the Gun” Premiering at the Roxie Theater
Longtime Midpen Media studio tech Andrew Chen just completed work on his supernatural Western “Ghost in the Gun.” The 20-minute short looks and feels like it was crafted in Hollywood. Chen can claim the title of “filmmaker” with absolute assurance after his success writing and directing the film. The idea for the short was sparked during a Read More…
“Darlene Carman Presents” Signs Off After 400+ Episodes
By Karen Adams In early September, with a heavy heart, Darlene Carman announced the wrap of the long-running arts, nature, and lifestyle series, “Darlene Carman Presents.” The show came to Midpen Media’s Palo Alto studio in 2013, after an 8-yr run in San Jose’s Comcast, and later CreaTV’s, studio as “The Painting Gourmet Show.” Over Read More…
Exciting Media Made By Summer Campers
By Eva Barrows Sadly, summer is coming to a close but fun camp memories will linger on into the school year and the media skills our youth summer campers learned may stick with them forever. Filmmaking camp kicked off the summer with campers creating an in-studio puppet world to film. The campers began their creative Read More…
A Big Thank You to Our Summer Interns!
By Eva Barrows It’s been a great summer, and our interns have been hard at work helping with summer camps, video editing, and creating their own film projects. Participating in our internship programs allowed students to get hands-on experience in a busy media production environment and have a little fun too! Interns learned sports broadcasting, Read More…
Tarweed Works In Progress Reading Series
By Eva Barrows Writing is usually a solitary activity – writers come up with ideas or are struck by inspiration, then work by themselves to get it all down on paper or in a Word Doc. But what happens next? How can writers get what they have written in front of the right audience of Read More…