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...

ICTV will be gearing up for its participation in the 2012 Election.  In reality, we are already in the loop.  Several volunteers are scheduling programming that touches on issues that candidates and ballots will address.  What would you like to see this political season?  Are you interested in more debates or more individual conversations with candidates?  Will you be taping something of interested during the election?  If so, make sure to share it with ICTV.   What don't you want to see?  It's your TV station;...

Panning (or a pan shot) refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane of the camera, or a shot in which a stationary camera turns horizontally, revealing new areas. Film and professional video cameras pan by turning horizontally on a vertical axis. The view sweeps from left to right or from right to left. Slow panning is often combined with zooming in or out on a single subject, leaving the subject in the same portion of the frame, to emphasize or de-emphasize the subject respectively. The shot differs from the tracking shot in that the camera is not mounted on a...