Annapolis Video Production Company StratDV To Provide Video Content For Annual CRTC Awards Event

PRLog (Press Release) - Mar 22, 2012 -
StratDV Video Production http://www.stratDV.com an award winning creator and producer of web video production content in the Annapolis and Baltimore Market was selected by the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council to provide video and audio content for the annual Tech Awards Ceremony Event to be held near BWI Airport on March 29th 2012.

The Chesapeake Regional Tech Council, Tech Awards Ceremony is a prestigious annual event drawing technology companies and participants throughout the Maryland region.

As described in the about section of its website: "The Chesapeake Regional Tech Council energizes and propels the advancement of technologies with the exchange of ideas, expertise and business and partnership opportunities."

Further the CRTC is described as a resource for visibility, connections, knowledge and education for technology companies in and around the community in the Annapolis-Washington-Baltimore region.

StratDV Video Production is a full service provider of web video content for businesses and non-profits throughout the Baltimore and Annapolis region. StratDV assists its clients in the creation of online video content including: video white papers, case studies, testimonials, introduction videos, video playlist libraries, training videos, webinars, and video blogs. Case studies of StratDV clients and how they use web video can be viewed at: http://www.stratdv.com/Case_Studies_web_video.html

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StratDV is a Maryland based video production company specializing in the creation of affordable web video content for small businesses and non-profits throughout Annapolis, Baltimore, Severna Park, Glen Burnie, and Columbia Maryland.

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Last Ford Crown Victoria Ends Production

The last Ford Crown Victoria, the model that have been popular with taxi fleets and police departments for 32 years, rolled off a Canadian assembly line Thursday.

It’s the end of the Crown Victoria and other Panther Platform vehicles like Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Cars which have sold almost 10 million units since 1979.

According to a report by CNN, demand for better fuel economy and performance has choked off sales of the the Ford Crown Victoria over the years. The Town Car and Crown Victoria get just 24 miles per gallon on the highway, a figure being bested by large three-row SUVs today.

In a statement by Ford Canada, the sales of Crown Victoria has declined dramatically in the last decade.

“Production levels at the [Ontario, Canada] plant have declined by 60 percent in the last decade as customer preferences shifted to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles,” Ford said.

With the last car rolling of the line Thursday, all production will stop.

The end of production of America’s favorite cop car and taxi cab will most likely put 1,200 people out of work. It’s destination? The Middle East, where Crown Victorias are apparently a popular candidate for lowrider modifications.

Last Ford Crown Victoria photo courtesy of Ford Facebook Page

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‘The Great Gatsby’ Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire Begins Production

Shooting underway on new adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, under the direction of Baz Luhrmann.

Principal photography began this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “The Great Gatsby,” the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel from the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the title role.

“The Great Gatsby” follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

Academy Award® nominee DiCaprio (“Blood Diamond,” “Aviator”) plays Jay Gatsby, with Tobey Maguire starring as Nick Carraway; Joel Edgerton and Oscar® nominee Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) as Tom and Daisy Buchanan; Isla Fisher and Jason Clarke as Myrtle and George Wilson; and newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker. Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan will play the role of Meyer Wolfsheim.

Oscar® nominee Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) directs the film in 3D from a screenplay co-written with frequent collaborator Craig Pearce, based on Fitzgerald’s book. Luhrmann produces, along with Catherine Martin, Catherine Knapman, Lucy Fisher and Academy Award® winner Douglas Wick (“Gladiator”). The executive producers are Barrie M. Osborne and Bruce Berman.

Two-time Academy Award®-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin (“Moulin Rouge!”) also designs with the director. The editors are Jason Ballantine, Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, and the director of photography is Simon Duggan.

Luhrmann said, “Fitzgerald loved the movies and was a passionate believer in the power of cinema. “The Great Gatsby” has been adapted for the screen no less than four times. Fitzgerald’s story defies time and geography. The vision and the goal of our remarkable cast and creatives is to do justice to the deftness of Fitzgerald’s telling, and illuminate its big ideas and humanity. This is our challenge and our adventure.”

“The Great Gatsby” is being shot in Luhrmann’s native Australia. The filmmaker stated, “The opportunity to make the film in Australia with the Bazmark creative team is very important to us; the assistance from Screen Australia and the NSW Government has made that possible.”

The film will be distributed in 3D and 2D by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

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Toyota to double India production

27 July 2011 Last updated at 10:57 GMT Toyota said it would hire new staff in India; it currently employs about 5,400 people in the country Toyota, the world's biggest carmaker, has said it plans to nearly double its production capacity in India by 2013.

The Japanese firm said it would invest a further 17.2bn yen ($220m; £135m) and hire new employees "to meet the rapid growth of India's automobile market".

Output capacity in India will rise from its current level of 160,000 vehicles a year to 310,000 in 2013, Toyota said.

Last month, Toyota said it would invest 4.9bn yen in India and boost output to 210,000 cars in the first half of 2012.

Toyota operates in India through a joint venture with Indian company Kirloskar Group.

Toyota Kirloskar employs about 5,400 people.

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