March 2006 www.fctv.org

DONORS NEEDED TO UNDERWRITE FCTV’S COVERAGE OF TOWN

MEETING LIVE!!

Yes, it is almost that time again. Time for budget talks, zoning and conservation debates, the

demolition delay by-law discussion, community preservation grant proposals and to make decisions

that shape our neighborhoods, schools and the future of our town.

For over ten years FCTV has brought the citizens of Falmouth LIVE gavel-to-gavel coverage of

Town Meeting. This coverage allows you and our neighbors throughout Falmouth to watch the democratic process LIVE and unedited from

the comfort of your home.

As you count on us, we count on you to support our coverage through underwriting sponsorship.

We cannot provide this service without your support!

If you own or manage a business, please support FCTV’s coverage of Town Meeting by becoming

an underwriter.

In exchange, FCTV will produce a promotional underwriting spot for you. All underwriting spots are cablecast before, during and after each night of Town Meeting LIVE, and then three times a day, seven days a week for six months on Channel 13.

Let the community know that you support Falmouth Community Television’s coverage of

Town Meeting LIVE.

For more information, please call our Executive Director Debra Rogers at 508-457-0800.

HOMETOWN VIDEO FESTIVAL

CALL FOR ENTRIES!!

The Hometown Video Awards honors and promotes community media programs that

are first distributed on Public, Education & Government access television channels. Awards are

presented to creative programs that address community needs, develop diverse community

involvement, challenge conventional commercial television formats, and move viewers to experience

television in a different way. Hometown is local cable's largest video awards.

Entry Deadline All entries must be received by March 11, 2006.

This year the Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, July 6, 2006 in Boston during the

ACM International Conference and Tradeshow.

For details and a registration form, stop by FCTV or visit www.alliancecm.org.

COMING THIS MAY FCTV ANNUAL MEETING 2006

At Jillian’s Restaurant, N. Falmouth. Watch your

mail and the April Newsletter for more info.

TIRED OF WINTER?

LONGING FOR SPRING?

COME TO FCTV - WE’LL BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY!

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ORIENTATION: Orientation is offered once a month to all new members and is open to the public. There is no obligation to attend this one session course but it is mandatory for anyone wanting to take training or use FCTV facilities. Learn about FCTV. Limit: None Newcomers Welcome Fee: FREE When: Mon., 3/6 6:30pm - 8:00pm or Mon., 4/10 6:30pm - 8:00pm or Mon., 5/1 7:00pm - 8:00pm BASIC FIELD PRODUCTION: This four session course is for anyone interested in creating their own public access television show. It provides hands-on training in the operation of digital Mini-DV & SVHS field cameras and all accessories. Limit: 8 Fee: FREE Instructor: Derek Frates Tues. & Wed., & David Finer - Sundays. Prerequisite: Orientation & Membership When: Sun., 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 & 3/19 3:00pm - 5:00pm Or Tues., & Wed., 4/18, 4/19 7:00pm - 9:00pm & Tues., & Wed., 4/25 & 4/26 7:00pm - 9:00pm BASIC STUDIO PRODUCTION: This four session course is for individuals and organizations interested in creating their own “in-studio” television show, live or taped. Hands-on instruction includes camera operation, audio, lighting, video switching and directing. Limit: 12 Fee: FREE Instructor: David Finer or Derek Frates Prerequisite: Orientation & Membership When: Sun., 3/26, 4/2, 4/9 & 4/16 3:00pm - 5:00pm Or Wed. & Thurs., 3/15 & 3/16 6:00pm - 8:00pm & Wed. & Thurs., 3/22 & 3/23 6:00pm - 8:00pm PORTABLE HARD DISK RECORDER: Now you can record your field footage directly to a portable hard-drive. The footage can then be brought into Final Cut Pro for editing or dropped onto our TeraByte Server for playback. Limit: 6 Fee: FREE Instructor: David Finer Prerequisite: Basic Field & Permission from the Training & Operations Manager When: Tues., 3/28 7:00pm - 9:00pm STUDIO CAMERA OPERATOR CLASS: This workshop is for anyone who wants to run a studio camera. Learn zooming, panning, trucking, and dollying and the proper signals for playing the role of floor director. Limit: 6 Fee: FREE Instructor: David Finer Prerequisite: Orientation & Membership When: Mon., 3/13 7:30pm - 9:30pm or Mon., 4/24 7:30pm - 9:30pm

FCTV SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE STUDIO LIGHTING CLASS: This workshop is for anyone who has already taken the basic studio class and is looking for a refresher on studio lighting. Learn how to properly light your talent, props, and some tricks of the trade to make people think they’re seeing something they’re not. Limit: 15 Fee: FREE Instructor: David Finer Prerequisite: Basic Studio When: Tues., 5/2 7:00pm - 9:00pm ADVANCED AUDIO WORKSHOP: This workshop explains the details and components behind sound in television. Learn about proper audio techniques, what a compressor is and does, what phantom power is used for and differences between formats of tape and what they mean to the sound quality of your show. Limit: 6 Fee: FREE Instructor: Andy Despres Prerequisite: Basic Studio When: Tues., 4/26 6:00pm - 9:00pm REMOTE STREAMING LAPTOP WORKSHOP: Once you’ve been trained in the advanced field production classes, learn what else you can add! This workshop will teach you all about “wireless” cameras for multi-camera field shoots. Limit: 3 Fee: FREE Instructor: Derek Frates Prerequisite: Advanced Field When: Tues., 3/21 7:00pm - 9:00pm CAROUSEL COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD WORKSHOP: This workshop is geared towards our members from non-profit organizations. Now you can create and manage your own pages on the Channel 13’s Community Bulletin Board. This workshop will explain “Carousel” and how to use the very easy program. Learn how to promote events and happenings of your non-profit organization! Limit: None Fee: FREE Instructor: Laura Paulsen Prerequisite: Non-profit Organizational Membership Students must make appointments.

TOWN HALL CONTROL ROOM: Learn how YOU can telecast municipal meetings and serve democracy with the user friendly multi-camera remote control room. The class meets at Falmouth Town Hall in the Municipal Control Room located adjacent to the Selectmen Meeting Room. Limit: 2 Fee: FREE Instructor: Derek Frates Prerequisite: Orientation & Membership When: Mon., 3/27 7:00pm - 9:00pm* or Mon., 4/24 7:00pm - 9:00pm* *Start time is tentative depending on Selectmen Meeting Schedule.

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PROGRAMMING NOTES

Ballroom Dancing on Cape Cod 2005 Produced by Ellen Brodsky Showcase of dancing performances and lessons. Canyons Extra - The Fluted Point Produced by Dave Shephard Featuring an archaeological field school in New Hampshire. Hate Groups Produced by Fred Gitlitz A brief history of hate groups in America. Here and Now...Falmouth Fire Rescue Produced by Paul D. Brodeur & Debra A. Rogers A bi-monthly show hosted by Falmouth Fire Chief Paul D. Brodeur. The premier show features guests Joe Dehnick, Falmouth Fire Rescue EMS Supervisor and George Heuselder Director of Barnstable County Dept. of Health and Environment. Loop! Produced by Andrew Carbone Watch this amazing performance of David Scandurra's One Scan Band. Nature Walk 2005 Produced by Dick Batchelor Take a nature walk with Beth Schwartzman through some abandoned cranberry bogs. Will the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Survive? Produced by Barbara Peri A lecture on the problems and future of the treaty, including countries who have or have not signed it.

Spring Training Schedule continued... ADVANCED FIELD PRODUCTION: This two session course simplifies a live or taped multi-camera on location production. Learn to use the remote production van and the portable road-case. Limit: 6 Fee: FREE Instructor: David Finer Prerequisite: Basic Field & Basic Studio When: Thurs., 4/13 & 4/20 6:00pm - 8:00pm or Thurs., 4/27 & 5/4 6:00pm - 8:00pm or Thurs., 5/11 & 5/18 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The following classes are also offered by appointment:

BASIC NON-LINEAR EDITING - A computer editing course for beginners.

ADVANCED NON-LINEAR EDITING - A computer editing course for intermediate users.

CANON GL-series DIGITAL CAMERA - Learn how to use our Canon field cameras.

DIGITAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOP - Bring your pictures or footage to life by telling their story.

Call David at 508-457-0800 for more information or to register for any of the classes offered.

SENIORNET LEARNING CENTER The winter session began a little different this year by offering one-time workshops, and it proved to be a success as they were all filled to capacity. The next session of classes will run from March 14th through April 6th offering the following courses and workshops: Introduction to the Internet Introduction to Word Processing using MSWord Bridge on the Computer Family Storytelling Project

Registrations are held prior to each session of classes. To get a complete schedule of classes mailed to you or to inquire about registration, call SeniorNet at 508-457-4652 and leave your name, address and telephone number.

PRODUCTIONS NEEDING CREW

Conservation Commission Meetings Falmouth Town Hall - Wednesday evenings at 7pm.

Coonamessett River Restoration Meetings Falmouth Town Hall - 2nd & 4th Thursday evenings of each month at 7pm.

FHS Game of the Week & Studio Sports Show Production crew and on-air talent needed for both.

If you are interested in helping out on any of these productions, call Derek Frates at 508-457-0800.

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FCTV COVERS

FHS SPORTS

Announcer Frank Zaino provides play-by-play of the action

FCTV invites Falmouth viewers to watch their kids, brothers, sisters and neighbors score that goal or hit the basket! FCTV, with the help of our members and staff are covering Falmouth High School Sports (including State Tournament Games) all of which can only be

seen here on FCTV-13. Check out our program guide for specific dates and air times.

BOYS & GIRLS HOCKEY

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

FCTV crew member Kristina Ruzzo on camera

Thank you to the wonderful crew of FCTV members who help make it all happen; Bob Corey, Mickey Lacasse, Kevin Lynch, Gordon Pierce, Nick Riebesehl, Dave & Kristina

Ruzzo, Munan Xu & Frank Zaino.

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ORGANIZED CONFUSION

Well now that we've finally endured our first snowstorm of the season, we can finally get back to gearing up for more important things. I know I have said it before, and I'll probably say it

again, but we have a very busy couple of months ahead of us and you do not want to miss anything. Read on and find out what will be happening here at the FCTV World Headquarters . . .

Look on our website for a new listing of classes to be held between now and the middle of May. We are offering some specialty classes this time around, as well as our usual standard offerings. As always, we're holding Orientation, Basic Studio, Basic Field, Advanced Field and Basic Non-linear Editing classes as well as;

REMOTE STREAMING LAPTOP WORKSHOP - Learn how to use our laptop computers which allow for wireless camera operation during multi-camera field shoots.

Nnovia PORTABLE HARD DISK RECORDER WORSKHOP - This portable hard disk recorder is the easiest way to “shoot for the edit”. Tape your production to hard disk then download to our non-linear editing computers.

ONE SESSION STUDIO LIGHTING CLASS - Need a studio lighting refresher? Come on by.

STUDIO CAMERA OPERATOR CLASS - Want to learn to run a studio camera? We'll teach you everything you need to know in this two-hour class.

ADVANCED AUDIO WORKSHOP - If you think the large blue audio mixer in Control Room A is scary, than this workshop is a necessity. Learn the details and components behind sound in television. I can't believe it either, but town meeting is once again right around the corner. Beginning on Monday night April 3rd, Falmouth Town Meeting will commence at the Lawrence School. Over the coming weeks, we'll be contacting you to volunteer during this extremely important and informative meeting. Last fall, we cablecast over two nights with

close to eight hours of town meeting coverage but we never would have been able to do it without the help of our dedicated volunteers. So thank you for all of your help in the past and, in advance, for your help next month. More details to follow but we are in the preliminary stages of planning election coverage in the middle of May. Rather than just results to be posted on the community bulletin board, we're looking to do a full-scale production of election information, interviews, and immediate results - as well as the results to play overnight on the bulletin board. If you're interested in helping out on this exciting and different production, contact me and I'll give you all the details. Well, that will do it for me. Please remember that we are here to help you through the production proc-ess. If you have an idea but need production help, we'll find other members to help you. It's a cycle of helping around here and I am sure that everyone can help everyone else out. If all else fails, you all know that my door is always open.

- David Finer -

FOLDERS & STUFFERS THANK YOU

A very BIG THANK YOU goes out to Chuck & Caroline Bacon, Ursula Boyce, Debbie McIntosh & Eileen Rice for their help with folding and stuffing the Town Meeting Brochures. I had to turn volunteers away because we finished in ONE DAY!

If you’d like to know how you can help out on the next mailing, or just to add your name to the volunteer list, call Victoria at 508-457-0800.

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PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT By Yang Conley I’ve been associated with FCTV for a number of years now. Originally, I joined FCTV through my interest in politics and current affairs, I thought I would like to do a show highlighting current issues. I enjoyed the training given by Russ Hannagan and like many others new to community television, my first task was doing camera. My first regular camera stint was on Totally Trivia. The hosts at that time were Joe Griffin and Ahmed Mustafa, Susan Robertson usually directed, and it was fun. I soon graduated to producing my own live in-studio show, Report From Beacon Hill, sponsored by the Falmouth Democratic Town Committee. I discovered that producing a show is a lot of work. For one hour on camera there are at least two hours of preparation. Arranging for guests, getting a crew together (with a lot of help from staff along the way), and arranging the set, all take time. Then when it’s over, it’s clean-up time. As Debby Rogers says, leave the studio as you found it. If a show is taped, in addition to the other tasks, then there is editing! Until now I have been totally dependent on someone else helping and actually doing the major part of the editing. Obviously, I need to take an editing class. Although I had a fantasy of doing a monthly issues show, the reality was that given the other activities I was involved in, three shows in a year seemed the most reasonable to strive for. I had usually done an annual January show with State Representatives, Eric Turkington and Matt Patrick as featured guests, reviewing the past year on Beacon Hill and what is on the table for the coming year. I am very proud of a project I did in 2004 with Levi Adams, a colleague from the Democratic Town Committee, called Core Values of the Democratic Party. We had a lot of help on that project from Jason Crow and Fred Gitlitz who pitched in as artistic editor. Levi and I had the pleasure of Interviewing Congressmen Barney Frank, Bill

Delahunt and Ed Markey as well as our own State Reps Eric and Matt. The project was a lot of work, a lot of fun and a result we were very proud of. I’ve enjoyed doing camera and directing the Falmouth Band Concerts on occasion, as well as the League of Women Voters Candidate nights and with help from Kevin Lynch and Dave Shephard I produced an audience participation show on the possible Library Renovation in 2003. Playing Mrs. Santa Claus for several years was great fun. Most recently I produced a Heath Care Forum, which is still being shown on FCTV. Kevin Lynch worked with me filming and editing this project. I hope to work with a team on a show following the progress of the upcoming Library Renovation, (providing it is approved by Town Meeting). Several people have expressed an interest in working on this project. I hope any reader who would enjoy being part of the project will let me know. The projects I have taken part in at FCTV have required teamwork. I have found that there is always someone who will give generously of their time to help out and the staff are always willing to help as well. We are most fortunate in having a staff at FCTV who are talented, able, and most patient and supportive of the amateur producer. Belonging to FCTV has offered me the opportunity to participate in lots of activities going on in town and has been a most rewarding experience. Whether producing my own show or volunteering to help others with their projects, it is a labor of love and most satisfying. And I’ve met some very interesting people along the way. I recently had a shoulder replacement which has kept me a stay-at-home since November. I am looking forward to coming back to FCTV in the spring when I plan on producing an Educational Forum.

- Yang Conley -

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FALMOUTH COMMUNITY TELEVISION requests the pleasure of your company at the

MORTON D. MASER gallery exhibit of

Falmouth Public Schools Student Art

At FCTV-13 Studio 310 Dillingham Ave, Falmouth

Exhibition: March 1st - March 30th, 2006

Gallery hours: Sun & Mon. 2pm - 10pm Tues. - Thurs. 10am - 10pm

Fri. 10am - 6pm

FCTV INTERNET ACCESS AND DSL PROVIDED BY

Falmouth Community Television 310 Dillingham Avenue Falmouth, MA 02540

508-457-0800 www.fctv.org

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FALMOUTH COMMUNITY TELEVISION 310 Dillingham Avenue Falmouth, MA 02540 508-457-0800 voice 508-457-1604 fax tv13@fctv.org www.fctv.org

FCTV-13 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ahmed Mustafa, President John Magnani, Treasurer Shirley Corvo, Clerk Kevin Callahan Walter Carlson Linda Davis Michael Finegold

FCTV-13 STAFF Debra Rogers, Executive Director David Finer, Training & Operations Manager Derek Frates, Production Coordinator Victoria Santos, Office Manager Andy Despres, Video Technician Laura Paulsen, Facility Assistant Dave Lavender, Educational Access Coordinator Chuck Bacon, Volunteer Webmaster Caroline Bacon, Volunteer Bulletin Board Coordinator Mark Chester, Volunteer Gallery Coordinator JoAnn Fishbein & Bill Long, SeniorNet Coordinators

FCTV HOURS OF OPERATION Sunday 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm Monday 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm Tuesday 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Wednesday 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Thursday 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Friday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

NEW MEMBERS

Jonathan Butler Heather Lynch Ken Chisholm Nadja Pendleton David Dewees Gordon Pierce Stephanie Henry Judy Stetson Mary Chris Kenney Judy Tarr Liz Konner Lacasse Becky Thatcher Mickey Lacasse John Todd

The Board of Directors Meetings are held bi-monthly on the

second Monday of the month at 12:00 Noon.