Do you know how to work with Military Entertainment Offices on your next project?  You will if you attend this fascinating keynote session. 

The Armed Forces of the United States have been featured in film and television the last century. How does the real military support the entertainment industry in TV shows, movies, video games and documentaries? Join Mr. Ken Hawes, Chief, Office of the Public Affairs Los Angeles Branch, (Army Wives, Men of Steel), U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Colonel Jason Johnston, Director U.S. Marine Corps Motion Picture and Television Liaison (Battle: Los Angeles, Avatar), U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel Francisco “Paco” Hamm, director Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Entertainment Liaison (Transformers, Iron Man 2), and U.S. Coast Guard Commander Sean Carroll, Director, U.S. Coast Guard Motion Picture and Television Liaison Office (The Adjustment Bureau, Deadliest Catch) offer an in-depth discussion and Q&A session. Moderated by Michael Sobola, producer for FDA and former ITVA president.

Major Miles Middleton (left), a B-52 Stratofortress pilot, waits for his turn on camera as filmmakers Gregory DeHart and Lon Magdich interview B-52 radar-navigator, Major Jon Beich, about the types of modern precision ordnance carried by the U.S. Air Force’s venerable B-52 bomber, which is slated to play a key role in America’s arsenal until at least the year 2040. The filming took place at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 24, and is designed to be part of a U.S. bomber aircraft episode for an upcoming Military Channel series scheduled to air early next year. Both Airmen are U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School graduates and are assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command’s 412^th Test Wing. (Photo by Russ Maheras)

In keeping with a 14 year tradition, TIVA (as ITVA-DC before it,) will provide another opportunity to hear from locally based government video producers who have a need for outside professional video help.

Producers from within two of the government’s most prolific video production facilities will participate in “Meet the Government Producers” (MGP) at the Washington Convention Center.  This year producers from the departments of National Institute of Health and Veterans Affairs will talk about what they are doing, what kind of facilities they run, show demo reels of their work and most importantly for TIVA members, state who they are hiring as outside contractors to help them to complete their mission. 

The newly forming Northern Virginia Production Alliance Chapter will have a planning meeting and then join a networking party with two other industry groups. ALL current VPA members as well as perspective VPA members are welcome.

Here are the details: 

Before the meeting, talk a look around the GV exhibit hall and visit the VPA booth. Then at 5:15PM we will be meeting with anyone who is interested in becoming active in the NVPA chapter. At 6:00 pm our group will walk around the corner to Old Dominion Brewhouse ( 1219 9th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 ) where we will join WIFV (www.wifv.org.) and TIVA (www.tivadc.org) for eating, drinking, and lots of networking.

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