ANNUAL REPORT FY 2016 In short, it was a good year.

Some years writing the “From the Director” note to the annual report has been a bit of a struggle. Although it doesn’t happen often, I admit to occasionally having to think a little about what was so special about the last year. Not this year.

This year was very special. In fiscal year 2016 we completed an endeavor that we started more than two years before. We brought dozens of members and volunteers together in meetings and work sessions that involved hundreds of hours of planning and preparation. We hired architects, contractors, and vendors from a wide variety of area firms to help us build new production and distribution facilities within the AIM studios on North Danville Street. We created new curricula, new policies, and new workflows to accommodate our new capabilities. We hired and trained new staff to help us with the increased workload. We contacted area press to promote our new endeavor and were pleased by their enthusiastic response and positive coverage. We welcomed hundreds of new members and dozens of new producers and volunteers to the fold; we introduced them to our new project and trained them in the use of our new equipment. We hosted our community at the largest event AIM has ever thrown and counted down the seconds until we threw the switch.

In short, we started a radio station.

I don’t mind telling you that when the idea of starting a radio station was first raised three years ago, I was nervous. Could we do it? Was it a good idea? Would our members and the community support it? Where would all the programming come from?

Well, I’m happy to tell you that my fears were unfounded. It turns out that Arlington loves radio and has embraced WERA in a way that exceeds all expectations. Not only has our membership increased by 50 percent, but our longtime members have also welcomed the newcomers with open arms. We’re seeing tremendous crossover between radio and television, and the two groups are trading tips and learning from each other. In less than five months we trained 159 members in radio production and put 50 radio programs on the air. We hear every day from listeners who love the station and we continue to receive applications for new shows. Our social media presence in the community (and the world) has jumped astronomically and our local presence in the press has also increased.

In short, it was a good idea.

It’s important to remember that WERA didn’t replace our other media training, production, and distribution activities. No, we added WERA to an organization already nationally famous for local, independent media. In addition to all the amazing things happening on the radio side, we also managed to have another outstanding year teaching video, television, and other forms of digital media to our members and provided them with state-of-the-art production facilities. In return they provided the Arlington community with another year’s worth of fantastic programming that featured the sights, sounds, people, places, and events in and around Arlington.

In short, we’re really awesome now.

Of course, none of this could have happened without the help of our volunteers. In fiscal year 2016 we received a record shattering 4,250 hours of volunteer time from our members. This represents a breathtaking dedication that is unheard of in most organizations. It is not overstating the case to say that without our volunteers, there would be no WERA and no AIM. It’s only through the selfless sacrifice of their free time that hundreds of radio and TV programs get made and Arlington gets to enjoy the best in local, independent media.

In short, we’re very grateful.

Paul LeValley Executive Director Annual Report FY 2016 Arlington Independent Media

In Memoriam 4 Events 5 In the Community 6–7 Community Projects 8–9 Membership 10 Volunteers 11 Programming 12–13 Training 14–15 Facilities & Equipment 16–17 Financial Audit 18–27

“Our mission is to promote and facilitate free speech by providing access to established and emerging media.” Don Hammond

AIM lost a great friend, amazing producer, and stellar volunteer when Don Hammond passed away this year. Don produced the Arlington Weekly News every week for the past 35 years, making it AIM’s longest running series—and one of the longest running, continuously-produced shows in America. In fact, Don was producing the Arlington Weekly News before there even was an AIM.

But Don was more than the producer of the News. He was also intimately involved with the organization at every level. He was a teacher of new crew and talent on the News and was personally responsible for dozens of people over the years getting their first experience in television production. Don was also a member of the AIM board of directors for many years and served as the president from 1996 until 1998. With Don as president, AIM successfully negotiated a move to our current location from the third floor of the GMU Metro Campus at irginiaV Square.

Most importantly, Don was a friend to all. His perpetual smile and nonstop good humor was such a staple at AIM that it’s hard for us to believe he’s gone. We all owe Don a huge debt of gratitude for the many years of service and dedication to AIM. For 35 years he led the way. He will be greatly missed.

4 This Year’s Highlights: • Launched WERA-LP 96.7 FM in December 2015 • Trained record number of members (891) • Set new record for highest number of Rosebud Film Festival entries (105) • First year of Document Historic Arlington • First year teaching Camera Grip and Digital Cinema Production workshops • First year offering several new audio classes: On-Air Radio Broadcast, Basic and Advanced Audio Production, and Pro Tools

Summer Happy Hour Mexicali Blues June 9, 2015 Video Production Camp 1 Movie Premiere AIM Studio July 3, 2015 Producers’ Meeting AIM Studio July 13, 2015 Annual Picnic Bluemont Park July 19, 2015 FAIM SpeakEasy: Copyright AIM Studio July 23, 2015 Video Production Camp 2 Movie Premiere AIM Studio July 31, 2015 Summer Lovin’ Karaoke AIM Studio July 31, 2015 Booth at Arlington County Fair Thomas Jefferson Community Center August 5-9, 2015 Booth at Clarendon Day Clarendon September 26, 2015 Annual Meeting of Members AIM Facility September 27, 2015 Document Arlington Movies Premiere AIM Studio October 8, 2015 Halloween Karaoke AIM Studio October 24, 2015 FAIM SpeakEasy: Casting AIM Studio November 12, 2015 WERA Launch Party AIM Facility December 6, 2015 Holiday Potluck AIM Studio December 13, 2015 Rosebud Film Festival Nominee Showcase Navy Heritage Center January 23, 2016 Rosebud Film Festival Awards Gala Clarendon Ballroom January 24, 2016 Float at Mardi Gras Clarendon February 9, 2016 FAIM SpeakEasy: Radio Production AIM Studio March 10, 2016

5 AIM served and worked • Funk Ark Spark Club Members Media Appearances alongside the following • George Mason University groups in FY 2016: • Global CoLab • Karen Akerson • Arlington Connection • Jamie Nicholas Printing & • Diane Allan • Arlington Magazine • 10 Year Plan to End Graphics • John Andelin • Arlington Sun Gazette Homelessness • Leadership Arlington • Cheryl Beversdorf • ARLnow • African American Heritage • Lyles Movie Files • Jim Bloch • Brightest Young Things Museum • Meridian Homeschool • Ken Briley • Current • All Quiet on the Set Club • William Calder • DCist • Alliance for Community • Mexicali Blues • Erin Crawley • Elevation DC Media • MPTD • Doretha Dixon • Falls Church News-Press • Arlington Career Center • Nine Hours Films • John Duran • Fourth Estate • Arlington Chamber of • Our City Film Festival • Maribeth Egan • InsideNoVa.com Commerce • Poetry N.O.W. • Mary Fantucchio • It’s All Journalism • Arlington Committee of • Prometheus Radio Project • Paul Fiddick • Mix 107.3 100 • Reel Affirmations • Hilary Freer • Northern Virginia • Arlington County Board • RIFE • Bruce Gilbert Magazine • Arlington County Civic • Rosslyn Business • Joseph Gueron • Radio Survivor Federation Improvement District • Grace Holden • Spark! • Arlington County Fair • Smithsonian • Urban Bohemian • Arlington County Parks Museum of Founders Club • WAMU 88.5’s Art Beat and Recreation Natural History • WAMU 88.5’s Bandwidth • Sons of • Washington Blade • Arlington County’s Historic We are grateful to the following Preservation Program Confederate • Washington City Paper businesses and individuals who • Arlington Public Schools Veterans • Washington Post • Arlington Cultural Affairs • Stonehenge contributed to the WERA Founders • WTOP • Arlington Economic Auditions Club: • Yahoo! Tech Development • Strategic • Arlington Humanities Partnerships & • Arte Modus Local Sponsors Commission Initiatives • BlochHouse Media LLC Audio • Sunny Knight • Arlington Public Libraries • Cardinal Construction • Taken • Ben’s Chili Bowl • Arlington Street People’s • Gary Thayer Back Our • Bracket Room Assistance Program • MainStreet Bank • Arlington Student Film Community • Cherrydale Hardware • Rust Insurance Fest • Takoma Radio • Delhi Dhaba WOWD-LP FM • Arlington Teen Summer • Earl’s Sandwiches • Teens Dream Thanks, Expo • Fireworks Pizza • Artists and Makers • The Beat & Paul • Four Sisters Grill Studios Path • Fuego cocina y tequileria • Arvold Casting • The Humanities • Busboys and Poets Project • Janet Irwin • Giant • C-SPAN • The UPS Store Clarendon • Olga Jevtich • Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe • Carlin Springs Elementary • Thomas Jefferson • Tato Joelson • IOTA Club & Café School Summer Activities Fair • Clara Kelly • Java Shack • Clarendon Alliance • Two Ton Twig • Gene Kreider • Liberty Tavern • U.S. Navy Memorial • Clarendon Ballroom • Kenneth Kukovich • Moby Dick’s House of • Virginia Film Office • Larz LaComa • Clarendon Day Kabob • Copyright Counselors, • Volunteers of America • Nickolaus Leggett • O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub LLC Chesapeake • Wendy Mann • Pete’s New Haven Apizza • Cub Scout Pack 141 • Wakefield High School • John Marston • DC Filmdom • Washington Lee High • Martha Newman • Rhodeside Grill • DC Shorts School • Erik Pages • Rocklands • DC Web Fest • Washington Metropolitan • Rob Parrish • Whitlow’s-On-Wilson • Debo Band Area Transit Authority • Cameron Pippitt • Dirty Dozen Brass Band • WGMU • John Richardson • Docs in Progress • WMGU Radio Camp • Andrew Rosenberg • Doorways for Women and • Women in Film and Video • Jackie Steven Families of Washington, DC • Thomas Wallace • Edison High School • Yorktown High School • David Wiederkehr • Francis Scott Key Elementary School

6 7 AIM partners with many local organizations to produce Document Historic community video programming, facilitate special Arlington Project events, and provide educational opportunites in media production and media literacy. Providing such services This past year AIM to the community enables us to extend the range of our held the Document mission while developing strong community ties. Historic Arlington Project for the first time. Three students iPad After-school Movie Club from Arlington County high schools were chosen to create a documentary about a facet of local history. The iPad movie club ran three sessions with Francis Students created a short film about Arlington’s forts as Scott Key Elementary School students and one session used during the Civil War. of students from Meridian Homeschool Club. There was an average of nine 4th and 5th graders in each class. AIM provided technical and production training, access to professional equipment and development assistance Each group drafted a for this internship. story and created a movie from scratch. They learned story Document Arlington Project structure, shot-framing, and visual story telling. Each year Document Arlington produces documentaries that address community issues. Six local high school Upon completion they interns, selected held premieres here at AIM. The pieces also aired on from more than our channel and went up on YouTube. Some students 30 applicants, from this club have gone on to participate in the AIM chose two topics— Video Production Camp. homelessness in Arlington County and public Video Production Camp landmarks named for Confederate AIM held two sessions of its increasingly popular summer Video Youth Programming Production Camp. Each camp lasted for 10 days, iPad After-school Club Movies in which time nine kids Attack of the Gummi Bear aged 9–13 learned about all aspects of video Battle of the Likes production. Under the Speak Out guidance of an instructor The Cherished Pen and the Map and camp counselors, participants then created a short film working as a Video Production Camp Movies team. Write On David Session 1 campers created Write On, the Document Historic Arlington Film story of a girl who wants Arlington’s Forts to attend art school, although her parents insist she join the military academy. Session 2 produced David, a movie about a boy who Document Arlington Films perceives the world in black in white. Homelessness in Arlington Hate or Heritage?

8 figures—and made a documentary about each. The for the first time; the recipient was chosen by audience documentaries explored both controversial issues from members during the festival showcase. multiple perspectives. The showcase of nominees was screened for the first time They were at the Naval Heritage Center of the U.S. Navy Memorial. The screened awards ceremony was held at the Clarendon Ballroom in at Arlington Arlington. Independent Media, aired on Comcast channel High School Sports 69 and Verizon channel 38, and High School Sports filmed at the three Arlington public high published on schools this past year, providing coverage of three football YouTube. Some games and five of the interns involved continue to partner with AIM on other basketball games projects including High School Sports coverage or have (both men’s and gone on to submit films or video projects to the Rosebud women’s teams). Film Festival. The games were broadcast on AIM’s channels Rosebud Film Festival and posted on YouTube for the The distinguished Rosebud Film Festival strengthens ties public. between AIM and film and video artists of the DMV area every year. Honoring This has the innovative, the led to great experimental, the partnerships with area schools and has raised AIM’s profile unusual, and the deeply in the community due to the number of people involved— personal, this annual athletes, coaches, administrators, volunteers, viewers, and showcase competition more. It has also given our members many opportunities to offers nominated artists gain experience with our mobile flypack equipment. new opportunities for public and professional exposure in all genres Festival Winners and styles. Best of Show: Twenty artists receive nominations and five are honored as Last Night winners, one of which is selected as Best of Show. During Harold Jackson III fiscal year 2016, the Audience Choice Award was distributed Audience Choice Award: The Confidential Informant Stephen Kinigopoulos

Master Plan Joseph Malinski

Southeast 67 Betsy Cox

Tex: Wisdom of the Old West William R. Coughlan

9 Organization Members Basic Members

This past year AIM’s membership for businesses and AIM saw 427 new nonprofits, the Organization membership, has flourished. memberships in fiscal Nine local organizations are enrolled with AIM. There year 2016, including are four levels, each offering price ranges depending on residents of Arlington the number of individuals partaking in the membership. and the greater DMV area. At $25, the basic Benefits of Organization membership include: membership includes:

• 25% discount on all basic class fees for designated • Opportunity to enroll in our media production workshops individuals • Use of AIM equipment and facilities pending certification • Invitations to exclusive media/communication seminars • Invitations to all AIM member events • Prominent listing on AIM website • Right to submit programming to our channel • Voting privileges for one designated individual in annual • A subscription to our e-newsletter election of AIM Board of Directors • Invitations to special AIM events • Voting privileges for Arlington residents in the AIM Board of Directors election

Friends of AIM Organization Membership Tiers An individual may join as a Friend of Arlington Level 1 Independent Media (FAIM) member for $50 annually or 3 individuals register for $145 per year upgrade from basic membership for an additional $25 per year. Benefits of FAIM membership include:

Level 2 • Exclusive invitations to quarterly FAIM SpeakEasy 5 individuals register for $225 per year seminars featuring local, regional, and national speakers and guests Level 3 • Insider information from the FAIM Eyes Only e-newsletter twice per year 8 individuals register for $370 per year • An additional 25 bonus volunteer hours • An exclusive Arlington Independent Media shirt Level 4 • All the privileges of basic membership 12 individuals register for $680 per year

MEMBERS FAIM BASIC ORGANIZATION TOTAL

10 members/5 organizations (Level 1) New Members 71 341 427 5 members/1 organization (Level 2)

Renewal Members 50 138 188

Expired Members 14 46 60

Total Members 121 479 15 615

10 While volunteers are the heartbeat of any nonprofit organization, they serve a critical purpose here at AIM: to help make content of all kinds for our producers. Volunteers keep productions going strong from week to VOLUNTEERS TOTAL HOURS week, contributing their time to essential programming throughout the year—working over weekends, through long hours, and even in the roughest of weather. Basic Members 2,021

Our volunteers give a significant amount of time and energy to our programs. Over the course of the fiscal FAIM Members 2,247 year, AIM volunteers contributed 4,250 hours to various productions. Organization Members 10 Their experiences range across all types of tasks for the community. Whether promoting WERA at Clarendon Day Total Volunteer Hours: 4,250 or setting lights in the television studio; running cameras or engineering audio; editing videos or handling grip equipment; volunteers help out with hundreds of projects each year.

Just as our equipment and facilities get upgraded, so do the skills and talents of our volunteers. Year after year both veteran and new members take workshops so they can volunteer on new types of programming, from Digital Cinema Production to Basic Audio.

We applaud these volunteers and thank them for all of their hard work!

Top Volunteers

400 Hours or More: Heff Munson

200 Hours or More: Cameron Pippitt Bill Weisner

150 Hours or More: Nort Beckerman Bill Calder Steve Cordle Jay Golter Paul Mahood Shamiso Mapondera

100 Hours or More: Ken Briley Mary Fantucchio Antonio Villaronga

11 Television

On Comcast channel 69 and Verizon channel 38, viewers will find award-winning community-produced programming. Our volunteer producers and their crews spend thousands of hours each year to capture the sights and sounds of Arlington and to bring their voices into our homes—not as part of their livelihood, but as part of their life. We all benefit from the diversity of their viewpoints and the freshness of their perspectives.

In fiscal year 2016 there were 399 new programs and 865 new program hours. and numerous other community events. And yet our Programming included high school sports, candidate programming also reached well beyond the Arlington interviews and debates, panel discussions, concert region: we featured international coverage from half series, class projects, local documentaries, public service a dozen countries, including Mongolia, Vietnam, and announcements, youth projects, theater performances, Ethiopia.

Radio TELEVISION PROGRAMMING On December 6, 2015, WERA- QUANTITY PROGRAM MATERIAL TIME LP 96.7 FM went on the air. PRODUCED For some of us, it was hard to believe that the launch finally Individual In-house 63 81hr happened. After all, it had been under consideration, under discussion, and under Individual Member-sponsored 18 32hr 30min construction for more than three years. But once it got underway it took off in a way Series In-house 113 145hr that none of us imagined was possible. Series Member-sponsored 147 606.5hr Of course, during that time, we had a tremendous amount In-house Shorts, 44 6hr 5min 14sec of help and encouragement Promos, PSAs, etc. from our members, producers, Member-sponsored Shorts, volunteers, and friends. But, 13 1hr 9min 9sec Promos, PSAs, etc. we’re not going to kid you, Staff-produced Shorts more than a few people also 18 1hr 28min 54sec Promos, PSAs, etc. seemed a little skeptical. “Why,” they would ask, “are Staff-produced Series and you building a radio station 16 57hr 30min Individual in this day and age?” “Why not just go ahead and build a Hours of New Programming 865hr telegraph?” they would joke. Ha ha.

New Programs Produced 399 Well, the joke’s on them because radio is very much alive and well. Radio is

12 their artistic expressions, their political beliefs, or their RADIO PROGRAMMING* spiritual convictions, we all benefit.

QUANTITY STATION MATERIAL TIME In short, when people come PRODUCED here, they stop being just consumers of media and start 50 (23 live/27 pre-recorded; Shows 62hr 30min being producers. We think 26 music/24 talk) WERA will be a great new medium for them—and for the Show/Event Promos 20 11min

Legal IDs 10 60sec

Interview Segments 12 47min

Rosebud Film Festival 4 2hr Recorded Segments

PSAs 3 3min

Underwriting Spots 3 60sec

Liners 8 60sec

Total Material Programming 60 64hr 30min community. As our volunteer producers broadcast their Total On-Air Time 3,480hr programs on WERA, they are heard by up to 700 thousand of the best educated, most thriving. Radio, we’re told by those in the know, is cool. racially and ethnically diverse, and most civic-minded people in America. Now that’s an Here’s an interesting statistic: Nielsen reports that in an audience, that’s a community. And we’re mighty proud average week more than 220 million people still tune in to provide our producers with a new way to engage with to the radio. That’s a lot of people. It’s more, by the way, them. than watch TV—or use their computer or cell phone to access the Internet.

So why build a radio station in this day and age? Because that’s what we do. We build stuff—but we don’t build it for ourselves—we build it for you. We build TV studios and radio stations in order to build community. Because when the community comes here to talk, to play their music, to share their voice and their vision, to share

Radio Program Applications 135 Received 64 Approved *Radio programming data runs from December 5, 2015, WERA launch through April 30, 2016, end of fiscal year.

13 Arlington Independent Media provides a comprehensive combine fun entertainment with insightful education. training environment that allows students of all ages With this win-win scenario, we teach students to be and skill levels to learn techniques, technologies, and creators instead of consumers, and they learn the value theories of media production. From basic classes that of media-making. certify members to use our state-of-the-art production equipment to master classes that provide opportunities for exploring unique artistic visions, AIM offers Arlington an educational resource with a 35-year record of success and a nationwide reputation for excellence.

Basic Classes

Our courses give students the chance to learn in a hands- on environment. Upon completion of these classes, students may become certified to reserve and use AIM’s equipment and facilities. Introduction to Community Media is the prerequisite for all other AIM workshops. Students who come to AIM with a high level of knowledge and experience in media production were allowed to test out of the basic courses in order to get their certification for our equipment.

Master Classes

Our master workshops consist of highly interactive, in-depth courses focused on various facets of media production. Specialized instructors, drawn from the greater DC area arts and media community, work with students to create their own productions using advanced media concepts as well as technical and writing skills. A small class size ensures that learning is tailored to students’ needs. Upon completion of these advanced workshops, students receive a certificate Newly Added Classes allowing them to reserve facilities, operate equipment, and volunteer on projects. In addition, students leave with a portfolio demonstrating their mastery of a variety Basic of skills. Camera Grip Digital Cinema Production On-Air Radio Broadcast Youth Classes Pro Tools The projects for youth—ranging in age anywhere between 4th and 12th grade—allow us to connect with Master the community in fresh new ways. Teaching youths to Advanced Audio Production conceptualize and create their own works as part of a Storytelling for Visual Media team not only builds self-confidence, but allows exciting new perspectives to launch in community media. Enabling youth to contribute to our channel fosters Youth creativity, both for the community and for the filmmakers. Document Historic Arlington By focusing on topics about and within Arlington, we

14 CLASSES

MASTER BASIC YOUTH

Advanced Audio Production Basic Audio Production Document Arlington 4 workshops, 21 participants 15 workshops, 76 participants 1 session, 6 participants Advanced Camera Technique Basic Editing Document Historic Arlington 1 workshop, 9 participants 10 workshops, 63 participants 1 session, 3 participants After Effects Camera Grip iPad After-school Movie Club 1 workshop, 6 participants 2 workshops, 9 participants 4 sessions, 36 participants

Digital Still Photography Digital Cinema Production Video Production Camp 1 workshop, 5 participants 3 workshops, 18 participants 2 sessions, 18 participants

Documentary Production Field Production 1 workshop, 7 participants 9 workshops, 63 participants

Location Lighting Intro to Community Media 2 workshops, 16 participants 26 workshops, 295 participants

Storytelling for Visual Media Location Audio 1 workshop, 8 participants 4 workshops, 16 participants

Mobile Flypack 3 workshops, 14 participants

On-Air Radio Broadcast 28 workshops, 159 participants

Premiere Pro 9 workshops, 48 participants

Pro Tools 5 workshops, 16 participants Studio Production 6 workshops, 42 participants

Total Master Workshops: 11 Total Basic Workshops: 120 Total Youth Sessions: 8

Total Master Participants: 72 Total Basic Participants: 819 Total Youth Participants: 63

Total Workshops: 139

Total Participants: 954

15 Radio Studio and effort, so we hope he will accept podcasts, recording live bands, the gratitude of all the members, doing voice-over work for animated To go along with the beautiful audio producers, volunteers, staff, board, programs, making radio promos, and production suite we built the year friends, supporters, and listeners of more. Over the past year the audio before, in fiscal year 2016 we built WERA and Arlington Independent room has been used 611 times, and a broadcast studio for WERA, and Media. this high-demand recording studio in a little more than four months continues to grow in popularity, we managed to broadcast 23 live particularly for radio producers who weekly radio programs in it. Another Cinema Camera Support prefer pre-recording their shows. 27 weekly pre-recorded AIM now offers independent In fiscal year 2016 four new classes shows—all but producers a full array of support were added to AIM’s roster in three locally and grip equipment to help conjunction with the audio suite: produced— bring out their Basic Audio Production, helped make professionalism Pro Tools, On-Air Radio our first few and expand their Broadcast, and the months a total boundaries. Advanced Audio Production success. For those who master workshop. want to bring the As we continue to grow, our only full fire power of Designed according to problem is accommodating all professional gear the live end/dead end the producers who want a shot at to their productions, we now offer (L.E.D.E.) principle, our audio creating radio for Arlington in our a Steadicam, a jib arm, a dolly with production room functions as both live studio. It’s a good problem for 10 feet of straight track, an Atomos a mixing and recording space. Over us, and Arlington, to have. To help Ninja recorder with confidence the past year, 27 radio programs manage the demand, in fiscal year display, and a desktop slider all were pre-produced, most often in 2017 we will be instituting a “super- fitted for the Canon C300 cinema the audio suite. volunteer” program that will provide camera and the four prime lenses producers with facility help during we provide. times that we are not normally open. In the meantime, we continue to train Our producers have plenty of and prepare new radio producers location sound and lighting gear every day and the studio is in almost to go along with the camera and constant use. camera support equipment. With the package that AIM now provides, We lack the space to thank everyone our producers can—and do—create who contributed to building the radio content that rivals anything coming studio and WERA—we’d have out of Hollywood and the Networks. Witnessing the creative, compelling to add hundreds of pages to this ways that the audio suite has been report—but one individual MUST be We’ll continue to add capabilities used so far, we are excited to see recognized. in the future. It’s a good deal: members further maximize their equipment and facilities in potential and push boundaries with Ted Schneider exchange for amazing local this versatile workspace available donated hundreds of programs created by our within our facility. hours of his extremely friends and neighbors about valuable time and the community we all live in. expertise to not only Field Production design and install the radio studio, but Audio Production Our remote production packages also the antenna, the include cameras, tripods, lights, microwave link, and The audio production room microphones, monitors, and all the the transmitter site. made its debut in April 2015. accessories that allow our talented We’ll never be able Producers have utilized the producers to go into our community to adequately repay suite for many facets of audio and record the sights and sounds Ted for his dedication production, such as creating of Arlington and bring them into our

16 homes. and rewarding. our producers transform the studio We think that the into everything from intergalactic We think producing on consistently high starships to talk show sets. location can have a lot quality of the finished of built-in advantages. programs shows off Given that the studio can be rented It allows the producer to explore Arlington in their abilities quite well. for $16 per each session, one a way that shooting can easily see why our producers in the studio does The digital classroom continue to value it as an essential not. Documentary, has been a big help component to their production dramatic, and artistic to students learning process. productions all benefit to edit at AIM. An from the insights into instructor, aided by a the community that only video projector, a location shoot can provide. demonstrates editing concepts and techniques while each student works alongside using Editing their own workstation. The digital classroom will continue AIM producers use edit to be invaluable as we introduce sessions to piece together a new programs in the future. finished program from the video and audio that they record on location. AIM’s two edit suites Studio Production provide a producer with the Facilities & Equipment Uses means to trim shots to the A producer, director, proper length, rearrange the camera operators, lighting order of events, and add titles, technicians, audio experts, Television Studio 1,022 graphics, voice-over narration, graphic designers, and music and sound effects. performers all come Audio Production Room 611 together as a team to Although learning the basic create AIM programs in concepts of editing is not the production studio. Edit Sessions 357 difficult, mastering the Each program represents techniques takes time and effort the work of as many as Field Camera Sessions 545 due to the fact that editing can eight or ten volunteers be as much a science as an art. who generously give their The programs that are available time to provide quality Mobile Flypack Sessions 94 to today’s producers are very programs to our viewers. powerful and they give an editor Ancillary Sessions 124 an amazing In a two-and- amount of a-half-hour control over session, the Large Classroom Sessions 886 the final crew will build product, and light a Small Classroom Sessions 306 but that set, mic and also means rehearse the Digital Classroom Sessions 68 they can talent, and be very record the complex. AIM’s producers, program to hard drive Total Facility & Equipment Usage: 4,013 however, know no fear and find or send it out live to our the process both challenging viewers. On a daily basis,

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