Another basic move of a camera is a tilt. It is usually used to capture an up or down motion or objects extending beyond the vertical scope of the camera. Tilting is a cinematographic technique in which the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane (or tilting plane). A rotation in a horizontal plane is known as panning. Tilting the camera is a motion similar to someone nodding their head agreeably; If you mount a camera on your shoulder and nod it up and down, you are tilting the camera. Tilting is less common than panning because we commonly operate in a horizontal plane - we...

On Tuesday, April 3, a Great Decisions 2012 event took place in the Grand Rapids Area Library’s Community Room. The event titled, “Global Challenges and Foreign Policy in 2012,” featured speaker Tom Hanson from the Minnesota International Center. Mr. Hanson is also a former career Foreign Service Officer. He was there to talk about international foreign policy, and discuss our current global issues. Recorded by volunteer Vicki Andrews, this program can be seen on ICTV’s Public Access Channel on Sunday, April 15 at 6:45pm; and Saturday, April 21 at 2:30pm. It is also scheduled to play on...

ICTV has a summer internship available again this summer.  This is a paid position and all of our interns receive valuable real life training.  Our intern will strengthen his or her video production skills by capturing and editing a variety of community activities like the Summer Concert Series and community parades and festivals along with governmental meeting production and professional studio production.  Proficient with the use of digital video cameras and experience with non-linear editing systems is important.  Reliable personal...

The Grand Rapids Area Library’s Community Room was filled with people on Thursday, March 29. They were gathered there to hear speaker Kevin Proescholdt talk about the importance of wilderness. After an introduction by Bill Berg, Mr. Proescholdt talked about what wilderness is, and listed many of the reasons it is important for us to protect it. This was followed by a very interesting question and answer session dealing with many controversial issues relating to wilderness. Recorded by ICTV volunteer Donna Waech, this program can be seen on ICTV’s Public Access...

If you’ve been watching the ICTV government access channel recently you may have watched segments from recent Itasca County board work sessions.  The presentations are part of a mining and Itasca County government initiative.  Land Commissioner Garret Ous said that the ongoing forums are for information and education.   The latest is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources presentation by John Engesser and Vicki Sellner entitled “Mineral Law, Mineral Exploration and Mineral Leasing.”   This presentation that took place on Tuesday afternoon...