Mountain Lake used green screen technology to great effect in our recent documentary “Forgotten War” (all the interviews) and continue to use it in studio on a pretty frequent basis. What many of us don’t realize is just how many “Hollywood” projects rely on virtual sets & green screen to complete their shots. Check out [...]
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clipped from mashable.com “Earth Days” PBS Documentary to Premiere on Facebook Feature-length documentary film Earth Days will premiere on Facebook with a live video stream and a chat at 8 p.m. EST on April 11, more than a week before the over-the-air PBS television premiere at 9 p.m. EST on April 19. The film chronicles the [...]
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Mountain Lake PBS was recently recognized for education innovation by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and we are feeling very honored and excited. The MySource Education Innovation Award is given to public media stations like Mountain Lake that are developing ” new approaches for delivering educational content and services that advance learning – on-air, online, [...]
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Sort of a blatant “toot” of our own horn, but I couldn’t resist… We just posted to the Mountain Lake PBS YouTube page two clips showing off our beautiful graphics and effects work on Forgotten War. The short one is embedded here, the five minute one is here. Also, we have some new history minutes [...]
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Check out these beautiful vignettes produced by David Lynch and his son. Plenty of real heart and soul with lots of time to really listen to what people are saying. Hat’s off!
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A new Collector’s Edition DVD of Castle in Every Heart: The Arto Monaco Story is offered tomorrow night (Dec 4th) at 8:00 PM on a special broadcast featuring Producer Derek Muirden and regional guests recalling the Land of Makebelieve. The Program re-airs Saturday (Dec 5th) at 9:00 PM, Sunday (Dec 6th) at 4:00 PM and [...]
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Don’t miss the PBS event of the fall! Mountain Lake PBS’s animated documentary – Dead Reckoning in Plattsburgh For a downloadable poster click here.
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As one of only 14 stations nationwide, Mountain Lake PBS is proud to roll out the new local/national PBS video player. Check it out here. Watch your favorite local programs… email them to your friends or Adirondack – North Country friends anywhere in the world.
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Forgotten War (see ealier post) will be uplinked to the PBS network on November 29th in both Standard and High Definition. American Public Television reports that 205 stations (96 licensees) voted YES for coverage that equals 68% of the nation’s TV markets! The list includes three of the biggest PBS stations around: WNET13, WGBH – Boston, and [...]
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The open source world is great. Check this out: The Documentary Film Makers Handbook There is tons of great stuff to be found here. Page 323, for instance has a list of all the major international doc markets.