BEST YET:
May 17th - 22nd:
ConnecTV sent a powerful team to Birmingham, Alabama to document the building
of this year's completely accessible ABILITY house! Their hotel turned out
to be a whore house but that didn't stop them! Diana, Patricia, Carmelo,
Nelson and Asher report on the trip in a photo
essay here!
Listen here to the
Brian
Lehrer Show featuring ConnecTV.
Mayor Bloomberg's proclamation about ConnecTV
ConnecTV voted "New Yorkers of the Week" by NY1
:: Coming Soon
ConnecTV is organizing a series of VIDEO CONFERENCING SESSIONS between our segment producers in New York City and other groups of people with disabilities from around the country and the world. We hope this twelve-week project will provide the foundation for an ongoing forum at the ConnecTV website to continue discussing issues vital to the disability community.
Vote for ConnecTV's shows to be on your local PBS station through our online feature coming this fall.
II. About
ConnecTV
Mission Statement > Staff Bios > Participant Bios
:: Mission Statement
The ConnecTV program has 4 main goals:
1. To train each program participant in the fundamental job skills of television
production so that s/he will have the opportunity to specialize in her/his favorite
area
2. Provide the producers with disabilities with consistent access to the technological
means to make their own TV segments
3. Assist them in producing their own TV show that will include the input of people
with disabilities who would like to participate from other remote locations
4. Provide a forum through the TV show and this website where people with disabilities
can communicate with each other.
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:: Staff Bios
Chris Arnold - Executive Producer
Chris is an “old-school” DCTVer who worked his way up
from the bottom.
After working briefly in production as a 2nd AD, Chris joined DCTV back in ’97
as a lowly intern and quickly mastered the Avid.
While editing with DCTV’s eclectic clients as an in-house editor, Chris also helped
re-shape the education program by teaching and creating new classes.
In 1999, Chris became DCTV’s first instructor for TV classes for people with disabilities,
MIFD. The second team of MIFD students produced DCTV’s first studio TV shows in
what would become the Cyberstudio, and their “Transportation” episode helped raise
the necessary money for DCTV to offer more extensive training to the disabled
community.
Chris is now in charge of DCTV’s new three-year TV production training program
for people with disabilities called ConnecTV.
About this new program, Chris has said, “These ConnecTV students are some of the
most talented students I have had the chance to teach here at DCTV. I am very
excited about the kind of television that they are producing in this program.”
Eddie Stein – Segment Supervising Producer / Instructor
In 2000, Eddie Stein graduated from Hunter College with a BA in Film and Media
and began working as a Production Assistant on feature films such as “Glitter”
and “Zoolander”.
Since then he has been a freelance camera operator and/or editor for documentaries,
performance videos and educational videos. He has worked on live multi-camera
shoots and acted as a Segment Producer for a live television show titled “Live
From Downtown”.
He teaches workshops on video production, Avid editing and Final Cut Pro editing.
Eddie first joined ConnecTV as a tutor/mentor and now is the Instructor for the
2nd class of students and the Supervising Producer of their video about high school
seniors with disabilities and their lives after graduation.
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:: Participant Bios
Coming Soon.........
III. Shows
[ links to text summary, audio + video clips ]
ConnecTV
Shows > Still in Production >
In Pre-Production
:: ConnecTV Shows
"One Night Sit"
Four disabled gay men discuss the prejudice they have experienced in the gay community and
their experiences trying to find a partner.
"Exercise for the Disabled"
Viewers meet several characters who have incorporated exercise into their lives
and find out about their different opinions about exercise options for the disabled.
"Therapeutic Riding"
Viewers learn about how horseback riding is being successfully used as therapy for people with disabilities and
meet characters who are riding now and some who can no longer ride due to the high cost and refusal of insurance companies to recognize this unique therapy.
More Than Two Million
Disability through the negligence of others - four people discuss their
struggle to come to terms with their new disabilities and the role that
forgiveness plays in recovery and successful adjustment.
Fork Over My Chopsticks
Stop motion animation short of a battle between barbie fem-bots, CD cases and VHS tapes featuring an experimental
manipulation of light and sound.
Ready or Not
Disabled teenagers face high school graduation and entry into the adult
world - confronting the complications and inequities present in modern society
for disabled individuals.
On Her Own Terms
A portrait of one mentally ill female artist and her use of art as a coping mechanism for her illness.
:: Still in Production
My Mind's Been Going Places Without Me Lately: An experimental video work that seeks to
represent the world through the non-linear, fleeting and somewhat chaotic eyes of different
persons with ADD.
:: In Pre-Production
"My Mind's Been Going Places Without Me Lately"
An experimental video work that seeks to represent the world through the non-linear,
fleeting and somewhat chaotic eyes of different persons with ADD.
Understanding GAD: A cross-genre experimental video work combining animation with interview
to help non-disabled people better understand how a person with one or multiple anxiety disorders experiences the world.
Never Alone: The experiences of disabled people who must hire home healthcare attendants to help them with their daily lives and how they feel about living a life without privacy.
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IV. Tutorials
Power
Sources & Turning on the Camera > Loading the Tape
The 3 Essentials: #1 White Balance > The
3 Essentials: #2 Iris > The 3 Essentials: #3 Focus >
Composing a Shot
:: Power Sources & Turning on the Camera
The Sony cameras are all generally the same when it comes to connecting the power
and turning on the camera.
I. You have 2 power options: - the AC/DC adapter which plugs into the wall or
- a battery of some sort (There are various models with power charges from 1 hour
up to 8 hours.)
A. AC/DC To connect the AC/DC power supply adapter, follow these steps:
1. The AC/DC adapter has two cables: one to plug into the outlet, the other (a
small, thin, flat connector) to connect to the camera. Grab the end to connect
to the camera and look at the connector. You will see that the connector is "T"
shaped.
2. Locate the jack for this connector on the back of the camera. The jack will
be covered by a rubber protector that is marked "DC." (This is because the purpose
of the adapter is to transform the AC current from your outlet to DC current for
the camera.) Insert the "T" shaped connector into the jack, paying attention that
the "T" of the plug and the "T" of the jack are alligned.
3. Insert the plug into the wall outlet.
B. Battery To connect the battery, follow these steps:
1. Look at the battery and locate the marked triangle on the front. This triangle
shows you which way is down for the battery. Make sure you have the battery the
right-way-up with the triangle facing you.
2. On the back of the camera you will see an indentation for the battery. Place
the top of the battery, flush with the top of the battery "socket."
3. Keeping the top of the battery up and flush with the top of the socket, insert
the battery all the way back. Once the battery is pushed all the way back, you
should slide the whole battery down until it clicks into place.
II. After choosing your power source, you are ready to turn on the camera. You
will find the switch on the back of the camera in the top, right-hand corner.
All Sony cameras use the same kind of switch. To turn on the camera you must turn
the latch-like switch.
In order to turn the switch, you must hold down the tiny, green button. (You should
hold down the button and turn at the same time.)
Notice: there are multiple settings. "Camera" is the one you want for recording.
"VTR" is used for playing back the tape.
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V. Store
Coming soon!!
VI. ConnecTV Site Help:
Playing Audio and Video Files >
Browser and Software Support
:: Playing Audio and Video Files
To view and hear the content on this site you need either a Real Media Player ,
Apple's Quicktime player or Windows Media Player.
Please download the most current version if you are having problems with the media clips.
Both are players are free and quick to download.
Download Real Player :: Quicktime Player ::
Windows Media Player
Still not working?
Check out the System Requirements for
Real Player , Quicktime
, or
Windows Media Player to make sure your operating system has the basic components to see video and hear
audio files.
Why is it taking so long to view all the video files?
If you are using a dial-up connection the amount of information that can
pass through the telephone lines and appear on your screen is limited. You
will still see all the content - it will just take more patience.
Try the
audio or text version where available.
Why does the audio and video content "buffer" with Real Media Clips?
Real video and audio files are streamed, not downloaded. Therefore you, as the
viewer, are seeing the content as soon as your computer receives it.
When the server of the site is busy, i.e. morning or after work, it affects how
fast the files can travel to your computer.
Support pages are always an option for in-depth problem solving and providing
accurate information. Click below to view the following support pages
Microsoft
:: Apple
Real Player Support ::
Quicktime Support
Browser and Software Support
Many of the problems we have viewing online content can be chalked up to
the continued use of antique browsers.
Downloading the latest version of your
browser can ensure that you are seeing and hearing everything the organization or designer
intended.
Luckily browsers are free and relatively quick to download.
Download the latest version of
Internet Explorer
::
Netscape Navigator
Although not used on this site, Macromedia's Flash is quickly becoming the
standard by which a multi-media web site is based.
Their dedication to assistive technology and
"backwards compatibility" has notably increased in the last year.
Download
Flash
It is the intention of this site to be as accessible as possible and support
as many types of assistive technologies as there are users.
However, we
need feedback to ensure success.
Please contact us with any concerns
you have on the usability of this site.
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VII. Contact
ConnecTV