Media Communications Association-International (MCA-I), invites media communications professionals to enter the highly acclaimed MCA-I Media Festival to compete for the revered Golden, Silver and Bronze Reel Awards.

The MCA-I Media Festival celebrates excellence in media communications. Since 1978, Golden Reel honors have been highly coveted and recognized internationally for their prestige. The name stands for creativity and advancement in technical applications. All entries in all categories are reviewed by a Blue Ribbon Panel which confers outstanding projects with Golden, Silver or Bronze Reels in all categories.

For all the details, visit online: http://www.mca-i.org/en/cms/?742.
Deadline: June 13, 2008.

Our MCAICT Wrap Party will be held Wednesday, June 18 at Harborside Restaurant in Stratford, overlooking the mouth of the Housatonic River. Stay tuned for details!

The Center For 21st Century Skills @ Education Connection has a job opening for a Digital Media Program Specialist at their Litchfield, CT office. Click Here for details.

The 3rd Annual Film Industry Mixer is a regional event attended by executive producers, producers, writers, directors, editors, production crews, and talent with network television and feature film credits. The event is open to creative people in the film, television, media, and entertainment industry.

When: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 6:30 – 11:00 PM
Location: Palace Digital Studios, South Norwalk, CT (Directions)

For details: http://www.nealthomassen.com/party2008.htm

Don’t Lose the Rights to Your Artistic Creations:
Pending legislation could put you out of business

Support all visual content creators by voicing opposition to the Orphan Works Acts that are being rocket-docketed through Congress. This is the classic David vs. Goliath. While stock houses like Getty and Corbis were invited, visual content creators were excluded from the preliminary hearings on these acts.

It’s important that you act now –because Congress (both House and Senate) could be voting on this legislation this month.

For more information go to http://www.sellyourtvconceptnow.com/orphan.html where you can:

• Listen to the audio interview with artist Brad Holland
• Learn more & see examples of works at risk and delve into the Q&A

Ad spaces are available in this e-Newsletter and on the MCAICT website. Click HERE for ad sizes and costs.

ACM PRODUCTIONS MOVIE COMING TO AN AISLE NEAR YOU
New retail marketing technology brings animated characters right to the fingertips of shoppers

Ever walk down a supermarket aisle and hear a couple of kids talking or singing? Not so unusual – except when the two kids are cartoon characters on a small video screen fixed to the product shelves. Not only that, the kids were quiet until you walked by and activated the video by your motion.

It’s called Shelfvision and it’s one of the latest tools in retail marketing technology. Brothers Bud and Craig Mikhitarian of ACM Productions, Ltd. in Ridgefield, CT have produced a Shelfvision video that will enliven a shopper’s experience and entice the shopper to purchase Sani-Hands for Kids, a wet wipe product manufactured by their client, Nice-Pak Products, Inc. (click here for more...)

Jon Landers, founder of Creative Group LLC in Danbury, CT spent over 25 years in marketing working as an independent manufacturer's representative for several national manufacturers in the Lawn & Garden and Hardware Industry. As part of his work, he helped design some of the packaging to meet certain markets for these different companies. It was a natural transition to starting his own graphic design firm in 2001. Jon can be reached at 203-791-2310 or jon@thecreativegrp.com.
Visit online at www.thecreativegrp.com.

Guy Ortoleva of Tripeg Studios has very kindly made available DVDs of our April Meeting “Digital Media Roundtable” at Quinnipiac University, for a nominal cost of $5 plus $2 shipping. If you are interested in the DVD, please send a check for $7 made out to MCAICT, include your “ship to” address, and send it to Guy Ortoleva at Tripeg Studios, 2155 State Street • Hamden, CT 06517.

Rewind: March Meeting Focused on Presentation Skills

Those attending the March 26th MCAICT meeting at Tripeg Studios had an opportunity to sharpen their face-to-face presentation skills with the coaching of Gilda Bonanno. Gilda is a motivational speaker and trainer who specializes in helping individuals and companies break out of their comfort zones and become more successful.

Gilda used two interactive exercises to reinforce her points. One was called Half-Life Your Presentation. (click here for more...)

Gilda can be reached at 203-979-5117 or visit her Web site at: www.gildabonanno.com.

Thanks to Tripeg Studios for hosting the March meeting.  Visit Tripeg online at: www.tripegstudios.com or call them at 203-603-9386.