Advantage Media and Dockview!

It's now official - Dockview has just been acquired by Advantage Media Group!  So what does that mean besides a new and larger studio?  Joining an amazing team of talented people, of course!

Advantage Media Group is a marketing company in downtown Charleston (East Bay near Waterfront Park) that specializes in book and magazine publishing.  The video studio is the result of an effort to provide media solutions to businesses, organizations, and a long list of fiercely loyal authors (for good reason I might add).  We couldn't be more excited.  Please stop by and see us and we'll take your picture in front of the Pineapple Fountain.

We're very happy to be able to continue offering the best in creative video to Dockview's existing clients as well as looking forward to working with quite a few new ones, too.

Rise of the Machines

NanoScreen, engineers of some pretty amazing stuff in the biotech industry, asked Dockview to put together a video to draw attention at trade shows.  The following video, including motion composites, were created in high definition and later displayed in HD using an Apple TV and a plasma screen.

After a day of filming robotics at their headquarters and lab on Daniel Island, voilà...

NanoScreen designs and builds industry-leading equipment for scientific research.  Anytime someone can claim to have the only one of something in the world, that's pretty cool.

Loyalty Fund 2010

This video has been a fun one to put together.  After being given a bunch of pictures, Dockview created this video to say "thanks" to all who contributed to Ashley Hall's Loyalty Fund in 2010. 

The Loyalty Fund is the cornerstone of Ashley Hall's fundraising efforts. 

Battery2Beach!

It's no secret that Downtown Charleston's a great place to walk or ride a bike.  Even for casual bikers, it's pretty easy to get around. 

But what if you don't live downtown?  Or if you do, ever wanted to ride off the peninsula?  For a weekend adventure, what if you could safely ride from downtown to Folly Beach?  Or Sullivans Island to West Ashley, or anywhere in between?

The Battery2Beach initiative by Charleston Moves is gearing to do just that.  The plan is to connect all of Charleston's beaches with safe biking paths into downtown.  This means that people anywhere along the route can also join in on the fun.  Are you hearing this, West Ashley, Mount Pleasant, and James Island?

Check out their website to read more and see a map of the proposed route.

Dockview and Slant Media are teaming up with Obviouslee Marketing to support the effort with a video, soon to be released on the Battery2Beach website.  Just curious... does anyone know how to fix an old chain that keeps falling off?

Battery2Beach logo courtesy of Gil Shuler Graphic Design.

I Want My ETV

Tune in next week to watch Dockview's documentary, The Ashley Hall Centennial, on South Carolina Public Television!

The half hour broadcast will be aired statewide on Thursday, April 8th at 7pm on both ETV as well as ETV's high def station (ETV HD).  And then rebroadcast on the same stations on Sunday, April 11th at 1pm.  

On Monday, April 12th, The Ashley Hall Centennial will be shown at 10pm on another of ETV's stations, The South Carolina Channel (SCC).

Dockview Wins Two Tellys

The Ashley Hall Centennial has been recognized by the Telly Awards!  Dockview was asked over a year ago to produce a documentary to commemorate the hundred year anniversary of Ashley Hall.  After countless days in the archives, numerous interviews, shots, and months of studio editing... it's time to stand up and stretch.  

The Telly Awards honor the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the web.  This year's Telly Awards received over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.

Chefs' Feast 2010...yum's the word.

Dockview was honored to help sponsor the eleventh annual Chefs' Feast, a benefit gala for the Lowcountry Food Bank.  Twenty seven of Charleston's finest chefs gathered at the Charleston Area Convention Center on the night of February 21st to host a memorable night of all-out deliciousness for over a thousand guests.

In all, the event raised nearly $150,000 for the programs run by the Food Bank.  Dockview produced this four minute video which was shown that evening to help raise awareness of childhood hunger within our community.  A big thanks to six chefs in particular for helping out with the video:  Brett McKee of Oak Steakhouse, Robert Carter of Peninsula Grill, Frank McMahon of Hank's Seafood, Frank Lee of Old Village Post House, Fred Neuville of Fat Hen, and Peyton Smith of The Palm Tree Grill at Embassy Suites Charleston Area Convention Center. 

Cheers to a great cause.

Lowcountry Food Bank - Chefs' Feast 2010 from Dockview Productions on Vimeo.