Balloon Glow 2005 and 
Glendale Daily Planet History!

See Film Clips of Balloons Glowing 
in Downtown Glendale Arizona

Photo of Ed Sharpe and PDA  by Sunshine Wright

Glendale Daily Planet was born October 5, 2004

or we could say the domain was created on

Domain Name:GLENDALEDAILYPLANET.ORG 
Created On:04-Oct-2004 20:53:11 UTC

Two messages of record were launched from the domain's mail server at Tue, October 5, 2004  4:15 and 4:20 am. One message was to a friend and mentor at another newspaper and the other was to the City of Glendale announcing our arrival. 

Who would have thought at that time that a scant three years later, almost to the date of creation, we would be the recipient of the  Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy for Breaking News / Continuing Coverage?

At first we had only still photos up on the pages. We got a PDA to carry to shoot small stills and use for wireless network studies ( Re: Ed Sharpe Network study for Downtown Glendale Core)

At some point we tried using the PDA to shoot video clips and  there were a few posted of tractors digging up Catlin Court for utilities and optical fiber. watch> 

Balloon Glow 2005 was a real change though. We shot lots of little clips and then stayed up all night after the fun event and learned how to use a video editor to make them into a little movie. At this point the light bulb went on! Soon the staff's interest revolved more around video work than still work and in fact  many times the stills we did show on the site were single frame pulls from the video camera!

(An experimental Film Project Shot on an HP IPAQ PDA)
THIS WAS ED SHARPE'S FORMAL LAUNCH INTO VIDEOGRAPHY!

Click Here to load the Movie

 

Vern and the Tall Man Photo by Ed Sharpe

(Left) Vern Biaett, who was in charge of arranging the street talent for this event is seen here posing with one of his 'Tall Men' This was my favorite still shot from the 2005 Glows event that I took. (Below) This Glowing Balloon shot was from 2005 by Rose Prescott at Matilda's Closet, the vintage clothing store...What a shot! Photo by Rose at Matilda's Closet

Arizona Highways Television
with Robin Sewell  (and crew)
Filming in Catlin Court  in
Historic Glendale Arizona
February 09, 2004

It was a pleasant surprise to walk out the door and see this production being filmed today. Since I have a budding interest in video this was a good 'learning experience' for me! Turn the volume way up when you watch this...

Watch the movie below in the player and it will give you an 'inside look' at the filming. Compare this  shot to what you will see on the finished show when it airs.    -  Ed Sharpe

Click the  '>' in the player control window to start the video!

Or... CLICK HERE to  watch video in standalone player

To learn more about the show...
http://www.azcentral.com/travel/azhighways/

And... with my recent  interest in video I was amazed they
actually allowed a neophyte to touch the camera!

This video shot on a little HP IPAQ rx3715- Edited in Microsoft Movie Maker 2

Photo by the 'real' camera operator
of Ed Sharpe Next to the HD Video Camera.
He adapted well to using my little IPAQ PDA.

(Pardon..  It was hard to see to focus as there was no diopter correction for the viewfinder.. and why all the colors were weird.... well... it is old..)

www.glendaledailyplanet.com\media\elaine scruggs white cane month.wmv

Iain Vasey and Jennifer Reichelt
with the KGLN GLENDALE 11 crew
Filming in Catlin Court  in
Historic Glendale Arizona
February 16, 2005

It was another surprise day today!  

Iain and Jennifer with the KGLN Channel 11 crew preparing  the opening sequence for  the series the city will air on business leaders and business

CLICK THIS LINK TO PLAY THE RUSH FOOTAGE

Media present: 

 Glendale Star, Arizona Republic, Glendale Daily Planet,  KGLN - 11 ,  KKAT - IP, KPHO -5, KTVK-3

Klick the Kat to see !