The Envelope Please

About a month ago, KINETO received a call from BYU-Broadcasting about a documentary we shot for them in 2006 entitled "Acts of God." The piece was divided into four different episodes that each focused on the LDS Church's humanitarian aid efforts. The project involved Travis, Matt, Damian, and Isaac traveling to Indonesia, Ghana, Guatemala, and the hurricane-torn cities of the United States. It was shot entirely on HVX200, edited using Final Cut Pro, and originally aired in 2007 on BYU-TV and BYU-International. A year later, BYU-Broadcasting was calling to inform us that we received a Cine Golden Eagle Award in the category of People and Places for "Acts of God." This is really exciting news because the CINE has a 50 year history of honoring great film, video, and media arts. I mean, I hate to name-drop, but Cine has been awarded to such talents as Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Ken Burns. And as of this year, KINETO Pictures, Inc. We're now looking forward to having an Apple "effect" named after us, i.e. move over Ken Burns.

We're really proud of this award and hope that we'll have more opportunities to create such quality work. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen!

You can still catch "Acts of God" on BYU-TV, and for clips and production stills, visit our website.

SLC Thug

For a few days back in July, Isaac was asked to do audio for the History Channel's program, Gangland. If you haven't heard of Gangland, it's a television series that documents the rise and power of American gangs. Having not watched the program before, I thought it sounded like East LA finally got its own reality show (about time, considering how boring The Hills has become). But actually, the show exposes the nitty-gritty truth about gang issues and not all are reserved for alley-ways and streets lined with skyscrapers. In fact, Isaac worked on an episode that took place in the Salt Lake valley. The program focused on the fact that Salt Lake City is known for its religious standards, but it's far from the McGruff House we may have thought it was. This last Friday, the Salt Lake episode "From Heaven to Hell" aired. It was educational, fascinating, and absolutely shocking. I think the show has the potential to raise a lot of awareness about a topic that continues to be relevant, and I highly recommend it. So please, go check it out!

New episodes of Gangland air on the History Channel, Fridays at 9:00 PM/8 Central.

You can also purchase Gangland, or find "From Heaven to Hell" on itunes.

"From Heaven to Hell" will be rerunning on October 24th at 1:00 PM/12 Central.