It's Not You, It's Me

Dear Blogger,

By the time you read this, I'll be gone. I know that a while ago I left in a huff and we thought maybe a break would do us good, but I'm afraid the distance has only made my heart grow fonder of Wordpress. I feel like Wordpress really gets me. I'm just at a different place in my life and I don't think it's fair for me to update with you when we're just not meant to be. I'm sorry I couldn't be the blog administrator that we both wanted, but I'm really growing up. I'm updating often. I'm learning to communicate. Writing this letter was the hardest thing I've ever done, but it's for the best. Let's be adults and move on with our lives. Take care of yourself.

Sincerely,
laura@kinetopictures.com


P.S.
Don't be afraid to visit. Wordpress and I would love to have you over.
www.blog.kinetopictures.com

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.

Mi Casa Es Su Casa

On March 12th, KINETO had its first-ever Open House. We weren't sure if we could gather the Salt Lake film community on a Wednesday evening just because of our video-ready studio or our awesome edit bays, so we made sure to add a few perks. Namely: all-you-can-eat street tacos, piña coladas, and the Zavala Brothers (insert plug for the best Mariachi band in Utah here _____). The weather was willing and so were our guests, so we all had a great time. Here are a few pictures of the Open House. Thanks to every one that was able to come and a special thanks to Maht Paulos for all of the cool pictures. It was a success!









And for the record, this is what KINETO's new home looks like when we're not busy throwing fiestas:

WELCOME

Working in an industry where most of our competitors are from Los Angeles or Bollywood, we realize that Salt Lake City isn't quite in the center of the film industry just yet. So until then, we decided we needed a way of keeping everyone informed. So welcome to our blog! We'll try to keep you updated and hopefully make a few new friends as well.

For those of you a little closer to home, we recently moved-in to a new facility. We now not only have 5 edit bays, but a studio, sound booth, and theater to match. We hope to post some pictures from our open house soon. For now, check out our new website.