FALMOUTH COMMUNITY TELEVISION June 2010 FCTV PRESENTS It’s Back! FCTV SUMMER LECTURE SERIES RUN for FCTV! Producer/director Michael Bavaro, FCTV is an official Numbers for ® Non-Profits charity of the CIGNA creator of Digital Freeway Falmouth Road Race. Each year FCTV receives between one and ichael Bavaro will kick off FCTV’s Summer Lecture Series on June 24. four official numbers to be used for M He will be talking about his transitional career from analog to digital fundraising. The 2010 CIGNA filmmaking. Michael grew up in Massachusetts and began his career in Boston. Falmouth Road Race will be held He has produced and directed television and film promos for NBC, CBS, ABC, on Sunday, August 15, 2010. American Film Institute, Walt Disney Company, Food Network, Talk/Miramax, and numerous clients in his 25-year Each runner who commits to the career. In 1993, he established Numbers for Non-Profits program Digital Freeway®, a new media gets a free entry, exempt from the company to design and create digital lottery, in exchange for agreeing to entertainment content. From 1994- raise at least $750 for their chosen 1997 he was a charter member of charity. If you would like to run for Verizon’s pioneering video-on-demand FCTV, there is a $30 entry fee to research company, Tele-TV. Bavaro has receive the number in addition to won several awards and nominations the $750 minimum required by the for his work including a New England CIGNA Falmouth Road Race. Emmy nomination for his documentary FCTV is a non-profit, 501 c3 public film about WBZ-TV legendary kid’s show charity. Notice of interest must Rex Trailer’s Boomtown which is now be received by FCTV no later than part of the permanent collection at the June 20 and numbers will be Museum of Television & Radio in New given out on a first-come, York City. He recently completed a one first-served basis. hour documentary film about the original Filene’s Basement in Boston. Anyone who would like to race on “Voices from the Basement” features behalf of FCTV or to support a interviews with people who worked and member of the FCTV team please shopped in The Basement over the past contact Debby at 508.457.0800 Michael Bavaro, Producer/Director 100 years. Bavaro and his wife or email [email protected]. Shammara recently moved to the Boston area from New York City with their cat, Bruce Wayne. If you or someone you know already has an official number for the This event will take place at FCTV CIGNA Falmouth Road Race and Thursday, June 24 6:30 PM would like to raise funds for FCTV, we welcome additional members $10.00 at the door to FCTV’s Team. Call 508.457.0800 to reserve your seat! Page 2 FCTV PRESENTS PROGRAMMING NOTES Herman Melville - WAYNE LAMPMAN Fact or Fiction By Marcia Huyette Produced by Richard Batchelor “Do what you love, the rest will come.” Lecture at the Falmouth lmost all of us have heard that saying at some Public Library covers A point in our lives. But for Wayne Lampman, it whaling and Herman certainly does seem to be happening. When asked Melville. how he came to be producer of the new show, A Look at Life, Wayne began by saying “It’s a The Village Green Wayne and his Whippets, Chaucer and Dream. process,” believing that each of us create our own Produced by The Village reality through our beliefs, thoughts and feelings. He came to Cape Cod last fall to Green Producers recreate himself for the umpteenth time. Looking for serenity with a side order of This months news adventure, Wayne found himself at a networking event at the Falmouth Arts Center, magazine program hoping to reconnect with his talent in photography. It was there that he met our features: Cupolas, The executive director Debra Rogers and learned about FCTV. He came to an orientation, Mysteries of Telegraph Hill signed up for studio classes and the spark was lit. “It was in these classes that I and the Falmouth Farmers realized I wanted to do an interview show,” says Wayne. “I didn’t want to be behind Market. the cameras, I wanted to be in front of them!” Melville’s Pacific Produced by Kevin Lynch In fact, that was where he found himself next - hosting another new show at FCTV, Professor Wyn Kelley a resurrected and updated version of The Village Green. In spite of having no speaks about Melville’s previous experience on stage or in front of television cameras, Wayne proved to journey to the Pacific be at ease with hosting, and felt he could go on to producing his own show. As Ocean. producer, coming up with a theme, putting together a crew and setting the tone of the program are high on Wayne’s list. But his priority is finding guests. His first League of Women guest ended up being a fellow studio Voters present County classmate, Dr. Jane Ginsberg. From his bag Government: of experience tricks, he has also lined up It Works For You three young independent movie producers as Produced by guests for a future show. “I’m in their movie,” Valerie May Douglas Wayne exclaims with glee. LWV open house at Highfield Hall focusing on In July, watch for an episode featuring a local County Government. psychic medium: “There’s lots of fascinating Theodore Roosevelt: people around,” Wayne declares, “and having The Cowboy in the fun is what it’s all about.” He was happy that White House his first show with Dr. Ginsberg was relaxed Produced by Fred Gitlitz and both host and guest shared a few A documentary about the laughs. But he is quick to add that he wants his show to be as professional as Rough Riding President possible. “It’s a reflection on me,” he says. It’s never easy finding and securing a known as T.R., who spoke crew and this is one thing he is still working on. Having taken the studio classes, softly and carried a big Wayne knows how important it is to have the best behind-the-scenes talent. He stick. hopes that as the show progresses, more interest will be generated amongst any possible crew volunteers with studio technical abilities. Multi-Lingual Recital Produced by Following his aforementioned beliefs that we all create our own realities, Wayne Richard Batchelor isn’t shying away from imagining possible lucrative outcomes from his new media John Murelle and students passion. So if you happen to be a talent scout and just happened to be watching perform at the annual FCTV’s Channel 13 and just happened to catch A Look at Life or The Village Green Multi-Lingual recital. and just happen to be reading this…he’s available! FCTV PRESENTS Page 3 June Training Schedule Welcome New Members! ORIENTATION Deborah Aldrich Paula Maccini A one-hour class offered each month to all new members Shirley Mills Larry Cali and open to the public. Learn more about FCTV. Nick Cali Barbara Oliver Mon. June 7, 6:30-7:30 pm Newcomers Welcome Adilino Cardoza Kathy Palmer Prerequisite: None David Dewees Carol Parmenter EDITING CONCEPTS Ann Drouin Carolyn Partan Learn how editing concepts can be applied to improve your Christy Duffany Alma Rehkamp show. Meet and watch other editors and learn their tricks and AJ Robichaud Julie Early experiences. Screen a project in progress and get some Virginia Fantarella Marilyn Rowland constructive advice. Learn how to think like an editor and in Melissa Farrell Kristin Sears turn become a better director. All skill levels welcome. Kyle Fay Diana Silva Mon. June 7, 7:00 - 9:00 pm James Franklin Michael Spurling, Jr. Prerequisite: Basic Studio or Field Anne-Marie Gandolfi Nicholas Squillante Earnest Kupuppu Brian Tarcy BASIC FIELD PRODUCTION Yolanda Landrau Daniel Trainor This basic course is designed for anyone interested in video Mark Lane Ellen Wilson field production for the purpose of creating their own public Tom Larkin George Woods access television shows. Sundays: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 3:00 - 5:00 pm Limit: 8 Students per Class Prerequisite: Orientation and Membership Make time for these great upcoming classes! BASIC STUDIO PRODUCTION Hands on instruction in this course includes all the basic skills required to produce a multi-camera television show. This training covers camera operations, audio, lighting, Thursday, July 15, 6pm-9pm: Build A Better Website: video switching and directing. The class is completed with Intro to Drupal, Wordpress, and other content an apprenticeship or final taped video project in addition to management systems. scheduled classes, which is televised on Falmouth This one-night discussion and demonstration will present Community Television. an overview of some popular content management systems Wed./Fri.: June 16, 18, 23, 25, 30; July 2, 3:00 - 5:00 pm in use today that allow non-technical people to maintain Limit: 8 Students per Class Prerequisite: Orientation and Membership and update their websites themselves - quickly and from almost any location that has an internet connection. LIVETYPE Fee: $25.00 for FCTV members, $35.00 for non-members. A demonstration of how to use Apple’s LiveType to create animated and attention-getting titles. Thursday evenings from July 22 through August 12th, Thurs. June 17, 7:00 - 9:00 pm 6pm-8pm: Prerequisite: Basic Studio or Field Building and Maintaining Your Website With Drupal This is a four-week workshop that focuses on how to build, CHROMA KEY WORKSHOP organize and maintain a website using the popular free Learn the art of compositing with FCTV’s new green screen and open source content management system, Drupal.