Dtrk Productions is looking at several projects for the summer.

Telestar Media is once again partnering with us to produce more commercials for Carpetland and we're in major production with JayTv again for animation and graphics on an upcoming sydicated cable/tv program.

We're also working on our Water Cooler TV podcast and looking to extend the weekly cast over the summer.

And our web site will also be getting a slight adjustment, as continue to streamline sections and add some new content.

We get comments about the site and how we produce it. In case you're interested, we use Rapidweaver to build the site with a custom theme build by Blueball Design. The pages are build and maintained with several RW plug-ins from YourHead software, including Blocks, Collage, and Columns. We also incorporate pages built with plug-ins from Loghound.com.

Dtrk productions has projects currently on-line with various partners.

We're working on several projects with Gray Communications that focus work in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio.

We are also in production with several projects with Telestar Communication. These projects are commercial related in the Cincinnati area.

We are also in preproduction work with JayTV on graphic designs for an upcoming JayTV production and we are once again working with Zanger Communications on a series of promotional spots for cable.

Did I mention we're a little busy?

Finished and delivered work on a promotion that will run during a local break on WCPO-TV.
The :30 spot features the chief meteorologist and new technology for forecasting weather.

The production was shot on 16mm film, color corrected and transfered to beta sp tape. The material was digitized into Final Cut Pro and built with Livetype for titles and After Effects for effects generation.

You can view the results in our downloads section.

Although it's not offered as part of our premiere video production service, we occasionally will do voice-work for clients.

Case in point, Playmaker Athletic Center in Marysville, Ohio.

The :30 commercial was produced by one our partners, John LaRoche.

John helps create some of our graphics and is very instrumental in our Game On Sports Video production. He designs the ballcards we use in our baseball videos and he designed and created the Game On Sports Videos logo.

His commercial features lively video highlighting the activities you can do at the indoor athletic center. For the commercial, Dtrk Productions provided the voice.

To see the spot and sample the audio...just click here.

Dtrk Productions and Telestar Media delivered new commercial production for Carpetland in greater Cincinnati.

The spots were produced using After Effects and LiveType for special effects and composited, edited and color corrected in Final Cut Pro.

The 30 second and 10 second commercials are currently running on several Cincinnati television stations and continue our partnership with Telestar and the Carpetland franchise.

The spots relied on a number of footage elements, including some locally shot material. The challenge was to match the local video footage with the national "canned" elements, which were shot on 35mm film. Through a process in Final Cut, we were able to make the scenes seemless with the film footage.

You can checkout the Carpetland spot as well as some of our other work by clicking here.

Telestar Media and Dtrk Productions are currently in preproduction on a series of new commercials for Carpetland stores in the greater Cincinnati area.
These spots are due to begin a January run next week and will be produced in the following days.
Audio for the spots is to be recorded at Madison Park productions of Cincinnati.
The creative for the spots is written and produced by Telestar Media.

All the elements come together at Dtrk Productions to form high-impact, eye-catching commercials.

This run continues an outstanding working relationship with Telestar Media - a Cincinnati based media creation company - that is well into its second year.

Our other projects have included, Rainbow Playsets, Handyman Connection and Housetrends Home and Bath Show.

The January spot will be posted on our site as approved...stay tuned.

Rendered and shipped off a version 2 animation for John Driscoll of Voice Over America.

The piece includes a sound fx and music bed near final mix, as we'd like to add some snippets of John in the final mix.

The animation features a "video wall" showcasing Driscoll's variety of work.

The viewer flies over the wall and John's logo and into a screen, to be met by a digital readout of audio - a meter showing audio levels, you may have seen one on your stereo or equalizer. Once you settle on the meter, it rushes toward you and becomes part of the Voice Over America logo as it settles in orbit just above Earth...the sun's even setting on John's logo.

If approved, the animation will be converted to flash - to be used on John's website and several broadcast versions will be shipped. John plans to use the animation as part of his demo CD and DVD.

Happy New Year all!

An interactive production schedule/calendar is up on the site. Shoots, edits, and deliveries will be posted as they come and go.

Working concept has been put together and now I'm tweaking some of the moves. JD likes where it's going and is going to use it as part of his web site.