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Think Media Studios Wins Emmy Award for Cleveland Cavaliers XL Introduction Video and Silver Telly Award for Faber-Castell

CLEVELAND, June 30 – Think Media Studios was awarded a 2009 Emmy by the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) winning best Promotion of Program Sports. The 30 second Cleveland CAVS XL Intro video showcases the power of the team, the spirit of the city and the popularity of the game. Think Media Studios and the CAVS internal Q. TV team conceptualized a memorable idea and created an empowering game opener video that represents the community of Cleveland and the force of the Cavaliers.

"It was a privilege for our team to work with and produce the intro video for the CAVS," said Brian Glazen, President of Think Media Studios. "We have a young, creative and energetic team and this video shows an unprecedented amount of skill and innovation. Our goal is to integrate video into a company's entire marketing strategy and messaging platform to be multi-purposed across a variety of channels."

Think Media Studios also won a 2010 Silver Telly on a video that received an award-winning Addy earlier this year for Faber-Castell. The Silver Telly Award is an outstanding achievement as it honors the best video and film productions in 5 countries with over 13,000 worldwide entries.

"This has been a special year as Think Media Studios is receiving such great accolades for work we enjoy," said Glazen. "It's exciting that our videos help highlight and promote our clients, without whom this wouldn't be possible. In 6 years we have become the leading video production company in Northeast Ohio, emerging nationwide."

For more information contact Brian Glazen, President of Think Media Studios at 440.995.0600 or brian@thinkmediastudios.com

Think Media Studios Recognized with Addy Award

Cleveland-based Think Acknowledged for Faber-Castell’s “On the Go with PITT artist pen”

Think Media Studios was recognized last night with an ADDY. Recognized by the Cleveland Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, “On the Go” was Cleveland’s best in the category of Video Sales Presentation. The award advances Think Media Studios’ position as Cleveland’s leading and most honored video production company - as Think’s work with Faber-Castell resulted in the Cleveland’s only award-winning video in 2009.

Developed to promote Faber-Castell’s line of Pitt artist pens, the video take product demonstration to the streets, following Chicago artist Don Colley doing life drawings around the city of Cleveland. Bold and vibrant, the four-minute video captures the vitality of everyday life while illustrating the versatility of PITT artist pens for on-the-go artwork.

“We’re honored to be the only video production firm recognized at the ADDYs this year,” said Brian Glazen, president of Think Media, “Think has always prided itself in being an extremely creative group - with the inception of The Think Agency, we’re excited to be able to bring our creativity to all mediums in 2010 and beyond.”

Think Media Studios has been awarded top honors in the
2009 EMPixx Awards!

The EMPixx Awards honor excellence in the production of five categories:

  • TV Commercials
  • TV Programs
  • Corporate Videos
  • Internet Moving Pixels
  • Independent Films & Videos

The EMPixx competition was created by David E. Carter, a multiple Emmy® and Clio® winner with a long history of innovation for the creative world. Carter founded American Corporate Identity, edits the Creativity Annual, and founded the Telly® Awards.

All three of the entries submitted by Think Media Studios garnered Platinum Awards, the highest award in the EMPixx program. Not only that, but they were some of the highest scoring pieces in the nationwide competition!

“Rare Achievement - All 3 of your pieces were Platinum! Beautiful Work!!” The EMPixx Awards

Our winning entries, judge's comments and scores:

  • “Powerful opening. Real people make this work so well. Beautiful work!”
  • “Excellent use of short clips give this movement and pace. Truly an inspiring and motivational piece!”
  • “Beautiful Editing! Makes creative people say, I wish I had done that. This piece was one of the best in the whole competition. Very few got a perfect 10!”

Think Media Studios goes International

We’re passionate about documentary filmmaking. In September 2008, Think Media Studios began the production of, KING ME, a feature-length documentary focusing on the world of competitive checkers play and the cast of intriguing characters that inhabit this world. In March 2009, Think Producer/ Editors Geoff Yaw and Keith Potoczak shipped off to South Africa for 14 days of on-location production. While there, Geoff and Keiths spent time with Xhosa tribesman and checkers grandmaster Lubabalo Kondolo. The crew has since traveled to Barbados, Canada and several U.S. cities for production. KING ME is currently in post production and slated for completion spring 2010.

Don’t know how to speak Xhosa? Here’s a quick lesson.