WOW!! What a difference a story makes. I am happy to see that so many people read the Vindicator’s Sunday Business section. I sure do, and judging by all of the phone calls we recieved this week, a lot of you do as well. Calls ranged from the helpful real estate agents, trying to find us more suitable office space, to some well qualified, (and some not so well qualified,) cameramen, editors, web designers, and graphic artists, to just friends and well-wishers, offering congratulations and praise. We definitely appreciate the response, and look forward to being the premiere production house in Northeast Ohio. We were able to look at some new office space opportunities this week, and are pretty excited about two of the locations. We like them so much, we are entertaining placing offers on both, seeing which is the best deal and that will work for us in the future as well. Even with the imparative need for more space, cost is important and we cannot afford to spend too much money on the upgrade and move. This means we must choose a spot that not only works well for us right now, but is able to provide for growth in the future, so we dont end up in this same boat again anytime soon. Cross your fingers for us, and if it does work out, anybody out there who has some office furniture, tables, couches or artwork they might not be needing, please let us know. 650 square feet holds just enough furniture so we can get some work done and move around a bit. When we move into our new space, we will be having from 1800 – 2500 square feet, and will be hard pressed on money to spend on extra furniture to fill it up. Any and all donations would be appreciated.

Next week will find us busy with a new commercial to film and edit for a major downtown Youngstown attraction, we have a new corporate training video to shoot for a client, we have our current projects for the Vindicator and the San Francisco exercise video still going strong. Remember if you have any questions for the team, you can go to our “Ask the Experts” page on Vindy.com, or email us here at Questions@Accentmediaonline.com. Have a great weekend…..AM

We are off on another busy, yet fun filled week here at Accent Media. Yesterday, our local paper, The Vindicator, wrote a very nice article about our company, and owner Chip. We have already received a few congratulations calls, and are hoping it will bring in more attention and work our way. If you would like to read the article, you can go to the Vindicator’s website, Vindy.com, and look our article up in the Business and Technical section. We are also proud to be part of the Vindicator’s, “Ask The Experts” section. If you click on our ‘Expert Page‘ there, you can find information about our company, and ask any questions you may have about the world of audio, visual, multimedia, editing and public relations and marketing. Chances our, one of us has the knowledge and expertise to offer you some great advice. Have you heard about the next big home movie video debate, Blu-ray -vs- HD DVD? Accent team member Kevin, answers a question about that in one of our first questions out of the gate. Head on over to our Expert Page and ask any question you have been wondering about the world of video production and marketing.

As we finish off some of our current projects this week, we are really looking forward to shooting the DeYor Performing Arts Center, in downtown Youngstown, next week. We also begin the finishing touches of our big San Francisco, “Healthy Back”, exercise video we shot on location in December. Keep checking back and we will be sharing more of what’s happening with Accent Media, and some other fun and interesting stuff along the way.

After a crazy January, the work keeps on piling in to Accent Media, and we are VERY grateful. However, a few of our talented team members, have made the time to enter a couple of High-Profile national competitions. Editor, Graphic Designer, and Camerman Kevin DeOliveira, along with Main Cameraman and Assistant Editor Daniel Miskovich, are in the running for the national “Share The Air“, competition. Share The Air, is sponsored by the Panasonic Company, and asks filmakers to create a 24 second or less, video presentation, based on the theme in the extreme sports world. The winners of the competition, receive a Panasonic HD Video Equipment Package, worth over $16,000 dollars, and a chance to have their video shown on television. With Dan’s immersion as a competitor and a videographer in the world of extreme sports in his personal venture, “Stuck In Ohio”, and Kevin’s dedication to the film making craft and being an extreme skating enthusiast himself, this competition was a no brainer. In fact, the camera in the grand prize package, is the exact same Panasonic AG-HVX200 HD Camera, that we use here at Accent Media. Check out their video HERE, and send in your comments supporting this great team effort.

Kevin is also taking part in another national competition, this time with fellow Accent Media employee’s Steve Cairn, Editor, Animation/Graphic Coordinator, and Web Expert, and Frank Miller, Main Cameraman and Assistant Editor. This time the contest is endorsed and co-created by Steven Spielberg, of all people. The task this time is to create a 5 minute or less video short or trailer of a full length original feature. The prize this time is HUGE!! A chance to compete on the upcoming reality series, “On The Lot“, created by Spielberg and reality mastermind, Rob Burnett of Survivor fame. 16 filmmakers will produce short films in every genre every week and the viewers will vote on who gets eliminated. The winning filmmaker will take home a $1 Million development deal! Maybe we better start looking over resume’s here at Accent Media!!

We wish our team well in their personal projects, and thank them for all of the hard work they do on company time here at Accent Media. Rest assured, all work done here at the studio, will be of high quality, and who knows, maybe even the early work of the next big thing in Hollywood.