Explorer Studios
is focused on providing innovative solutions for our clients.
We take our client's content and utilizing streaming media,
add digital video, flash animation, and custom sound design
for the most dynamic end user experience.
Our
services include video production, interactive programming,
custom sound design, voice over, and DVD authoring. We are
proud of our reputation for putting the client first. The
high energy level we bring, as well as our client first
attitude, has brought us success as well as the success
of the clients we serve.
Writers:
Kathy
Williamson has been a journalist for over a decade, serving
as Entertainment/Lifestyles Editor and Managing Editor for the
Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper and Editor in Chief for Our Weekly
newspaper. She regularly contributes to the online news and entertainment
community via LAStylin.com, EURWEB.com, 3BAAS.com and many other
online, social media and print publications.
Producers:
Line
Producer: Isidra
Person-Lynn, is the CEO of House
of the Rising Sons Media which provides video scriptwriting,
voice-overs, web design and coordination as well as podcasting
and blogging. She specializes in cable, corporate and Internet
video production.
Also
known as “The PR Person,” Isidra has represented a
wide array of companies including the Angel City Classic, the
Los Angeles Black Business Expo, WattsHealth
Care Corporation, and T.H.E. Clinic, Inc. She also is an adjunct
English instructor at West Los Angeles College. She
is perhaps best known for her radio broadcast career most recently
at KJLH FM and at KACE FM where she served as News and Public
Affairs Director. There she hosted Sunday Morning Live and The
People’s Connection.
An
avid writer, Isidra studied English at Union College in Schenectady,
New York and received her Master of Arts degree in journalism
from the University of Southern California. Her first film project
was recently released: Walking Tall, the
Life and Wife of Walt Walker, which she wrote, narrated, co-produced
and co-directed.
Field
Crews:
Team
One Director: Brian J. Murphy worked
for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the 1996 Olympic
Games. His job was to observe the daily competitions and select
the best footage to be broadcasted later that night throughout
Canada. After the commencement of the Games, he was hired by the
Cable News Network (CNN) to perform similar duties.
Wanting to expand his entertainment experience, Murphy became
a camera operator for the Georgia Dome, where he shot a variety
of sporting events like NCAA basketball, Monster Trucks, USA Track
& Field and NFL football games. Soon after, his experience
behind the scenes landed him a job as a camera operator with the
Atlanta Braves. During his time at the Braves, Murphy developed
a relationship with the largest post-production and satellite
Company in Atlanta, Crawford Communications. It was there that
he oversaw the satellite transmission feeds for The Home &
Garden Network, The Travel Channel, The Discovery Channel and
Country Music Television. He also continued his camera work with
major networks such as: NBC, ABC, CBS, ESPN, CNN, TBS and PBS.
PR
Company:
Walson
Communications is Agency of Record for the first season of the
"Colorful OC"
Walson
Communications
is a multicultural public relations and event marketing agency
focused on providing highly personalized and individualized service
for clients in the nonprofit, financial services, education, legal
and health sectors. Corin Ramos, APR, is president of Walson Communications,
and has over 15 years experience in successfully creating and
implementing campaigns that result in extensive media exposure
and consumer awareness. As a former journalist, she works closely
with general and ethnic media, and is active with numerous multicultural
business and community organizations, including the Diversity
Committee of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Orange
County chapter.
Vendor
Support:
Legal
Team: Entertainment
& Sports Plus,
we assist our clients in the identification, review and analysis,
and development of business opportunities individually or as part
of a larger group. Our business development professionals work
closely with the network of professionals who are members of the
National
Bar Association, a network of over 20,000 lawyers, judges,
legal educators and law students of color who labor in the vineyard
for equal justice under the law to facilitate the transition of
our clients from consumer to business owner to create real wealth.
DVD
Replication:CD Digital Card is
a full-service CD, DVD and Shaped digital disc manufacturer. They
design, engineer, and manufacture superior quality CD's and DVD's
for a diverse customer base. CD Digital Card is a one-stop manufacturing
solution providing services to Corporate Clients, Multimedia Companies,
Advertising Agencies, Marketing Companies, Optical Disc Replicators/Duplicators,
and Fulfillment Companies. CD Digital Card NEW PRODUCT!!
Flex
DVD is an eco friendly and the most cost effective DVD in the
market place today. Flex DVD is a mass mailing solution, better
for the environment and even come in a variety of scents.
Support:NetServe offers
a full range of vendor-independent IT infrastructure consulting
services and software integration to help our customers plan,
build, secure, and manage world-class business environment.
William
N. Byers, Jr. - Owner, Explorer
Studios, Inc. and Executive Producer, Colorful OC
In
a new partnership, Orange County Black Chamber Education Foundation
and Explorer Studios, Inc. has agreed to produce a minimum of
16 episodes (bi-weekly airing) of the ground-breaking new TV series,
Colorful OC for broadcast on PBS.