Young Voters in Chicago

So as a part of this resurgence of blog posts, I want to begin posting some of the short projects I have done over the last few years.  I will kick it off with a more recent project, Young Voters in Chicago.

With the extreme importance of this recent election, Flashpoint Academy sent us out into the world to see what people were doing about the campaigns, candidates, and future of our country.  We found 4 young voters who had some very different opinions.  This ultimately made for a more entertaining project.

Hope you enjoy!

Young Voters in Chicago from Daniel Meincke on Vimeo.

Young Voters in Chicago has interviews from -

Conor Kendrick

William Meincke

Alan Jankowski

Josh Nordmark

As a side note, check out www.michaelbartello.blogspot.com.  A good friend and gifted cinematographer, Bartello always has something cooking over on his site.  It will be living in my links section from now on...

Check it out.

DM

Welcome back, Mr. Meincke

Long time no post....

I begin this afternoon with just a brief update on the newest Flashpoint project, The Couch.

This program is a small session, geared towards reviewing upcoming and currently released films in the domestic market.  Although we will have a main series focusing on the various upcoming mainstream films (they will be judged upon their theatrical trailers), there will also be some small side sessions, where others will voice praise or dislike for a recently released film.  We are filming two sessions, of which I hope both are able to be posted online here at the site for your viewing pleasure.  I'll keep you posted!

In other news, Flashpoint has been gearing up for the final stretch of its inaugural class.  While students have been preparing resume's, business cards, and portfolios, Flashpoint has been getting ready for sending them out into the working world - or at least out to the interview.

We shall see what develops for the first class of Flashpoint in the coming months.

More to come.  Promise.

DM

The 2008 Innovation Awards

It's been a while, but I'm finally back to blog about a recent event I attended with the Flashpoint faculty and staff.  I was lucky enough to attend The 2008 Innovation Awards at the Goodman Theater in Chicago on Tuesday night.  

The most innovative products and services of this year included the National Pasteurized Egg, Cleversafe Data Storage, Tundra Fire Extinguisher (that would be fire extinguishers in a small can) and, of course, Flashpoint Academy.

Here is the link to the video, which played before Flashpoint received their award.

http://feedroom.businessweek.com/?fr_story=85b78c267e7e078153c1c8f775cbddf185625c2a

Below are a few pictures from the event, provided by Flashpoint President & CEO Howard A. Tullman.

A special thanks to the faculty and staff of Flashpoint for inviting me to this prestigious event. I am honored to be a part of such a wonderful organization.

More to come...

DM