HDM Blog » News http://www.hdmweb.com/blog Higher Definition Media Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Do you want to be an extra in a movie? http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2010/06/26/do-you-want-to-be-an-extra-in-a-movie/ http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2010/06/26/do-you-want-to-be-an-extra-in-a-movie/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:19:49 +0000 Amber http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/?p=1278 Here’s your chance! Higher Definition Media is in need of extras for their upcoming feature film! Available extra parts range from talent show attendees (250+ needed), doctors, nurses, neighbors, farm laborers, cement plant employees, social workers, moonshiners, and everything in between. Our shoot dates are from July 6th to August 6th in the Bakersfield, Shafter, Tehachapi and Bodfish areas. If you’re at all interested send me an email at amberw8@gmail.com. Also, feel free to share this with anyone and everyone you think may be interested. Thank you!

]]> http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2010/06/26/do-you-want-to-be-an-extra-in-a-movie/feed/ 0 The Ultimate Bridal Event 2010 http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2010/01/16/the-ultimate-bridal-event-2010/ http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2010/01/16/the-ultimate-bridal-event-2010/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:47:35 +0000 Amber http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/?p=732 It was such a privilege to be amongst so many great wedding vendors and have the amazing opportunity to exhibit at The Ultimate Bridal Event this past Sunday at the Rabobank.

 

Brides and grooms “to-be” along with their mom’s, dad’s, siblings and friends lined up outside the Rabobank to get a first hand look at what the wedding community has to offer them for their dream wedding. Just before noon the doors were opened and the Bridal Show was officially kicked off.

 

The HDM team (Kim, Andrew & Amber)

 

One 56 inch HDTV, One 48 inch television and Four 24 inch Apple Cinema Displays! No… I’m not talking about a Best Buy store, I’m referring to our killer booth at The Ultimate Bridal Event! We felt that the best way to present our product was to simply show it.  We take pride in every wedding film we produce so we were certainly not shy about showing them off.

 

We met with SO many amazing brides and grooms and had the wonderful opportunity to discuss with them the details of their wedding and show them what Higher Definition Media has to offer. Personally it was my very first Bridal Show so I was pretty nervous but ultimately I feel pretty good about it. The show was really well attended which made it even better!

 

(Photos courtesy of InMotion)

 

We are very much looking forward to our upcoming bridal consultations and can’t wait to get the opportunity to meet with new and potential clients and film their special wedding day! If anyone is interested in a FREE consultation please contact us by calling us at 661.301.4444 or send us an email info@hdmweb.com.

 

The next coming up event is the “Weddings 2010″ Bridal Show taking place at the Fairgrounds on Sunday January 31st. Be sure to come and check out our booth!

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Attention new brides: There is a bridal show Sunday January 31st, noon, at the fairgrounds. You can get more information by emailing TheBestWeddings.com

 

Click HERE to check it out!

 

Hope to see you there!

 

-Kim

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Anyway, unfortunately Hollywood has a way of making impossible things a reality… sorry if I ruined anything for you, but it’s not as easy as pushing a button on your keyboard that will magically take a low resolution video and turn it into HD so you can read the numbers off a license plate. However, HDM was recently hired to clean up some video and do some interesting things with some surveillance footage from the BPD that will most likely determine a criminal case. I am also headed to court on Thursday to be an “Expert Witness” with this newly “Enhanced” video that will no doubt change to tides, so to speak. Pretty cool stuff, I wish I could talk more about it or even post clips or something, but obviously that’s not possible at this time. Hopefully if all goes well I will not have to be entered into witness protection or anything like that… just kidding!

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I’ll keep you updated on when the wedding will be and let you know the details each step of the way. I hope your Christmas was as blessed as mine was!

 

-Kim

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The HDM team recently attended the annual Kern County Bridal Association (KCBA) Christmas party held at the Moorea Banquet Center in Bakersfield, CA on December 13th, 2009.  We enjoyed a delicious dinner provided by Champs BBQ and enjoyed the company of our fellow bridal vendors. The raffle was great with some really nice traditional gifts mixed with a hilarious money grab prize. Jared and Mark from Freestyle entertainment provided the lighting and entertainment and the entire event was documented with photos by Jennifer Williams Photography. Before leaving we couldn’t resist but get an HDM team photo taken in the photo booth provided by Sit N’ Grin.  We had such a great time and can’t wait for the next Bridal Association mixer!

 

 

 

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After a crazy year we’re happy to announce that we’re finishing the year out stronger than ever! We’re excited with what new experiences and opportunities await us and look forward to continued success in 2010. We wish you good health, happiness, and prosperity in the New Year. Have a wonderful Holiday Season!

 

 

Sincerely,
The HDM Team
Andrew, Kim & Amber

]]> http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2009/12/21/happy-holidays-from-hdm/feed/ 0 What CAN’T Kim do?!? http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2009/12/09/what-cant-kim-do/ http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2009/12/09/what-cant-kim-do/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:27:17 +0000 Andrew http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/?p=5 Last week Kim Mendenhall joined the HDM team. We are very excited about having Kim on board, she has gone to school for video production and is very talented and skilled. Kim brings a lot to the table, both in the editing bay AND out in the field. This girl knows her way around Final Cut Pro and is quickly bringing a lot of new ideas and a fresh look to her projects! After all, it’s OUR TEAM that gives us our competitive advantage! We are very glad to have her. Welcome Kim!

 

]]> http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2009/12/09/what-cant-kim-do/feed/ 0 The New Site… A Behind The Scenes Look! http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-new-site-a-behind-the-scenes-look/ http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-new-site-a-behind-the-scenes-look/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:52:29 +0000 Andrew http://www.hdmweb.com/blog/?p=33 We’ve put a lot of work into our new website… and after four complete website redesigns in less than four years, I think we finally have something we are happy with! I’m particularly proud of the images throughout the website… well because I took them all myself! No lame stock images on this site… I wasn’t going to have it! I figured, hey I got a studio full of cool stuff, why don’t I just take pictures of it and use those? So I did! Amber decided to snap a few pics while I was trying to get creative with all the stuff we have laying around our studio.

 

Here is a behind the scenes look of how I got the images of all the video and audio production equipment that you see throughout the site.

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