Yogurt the Ogre - A Magical Tale in Mudd Hollow - iPad App

Our good friends at Pdoink have released their first iPad app based on their 2011 Moonbeam Children’s Book Gold Award winning title - A Magical Tale in Mudd Hollow. 

To some of our regular readers the book might sound familiar and you'd be absolutely correct. Five months ago Raymond our animator/motion-graphic designer extraordinaire created an animated video of A Magical Tale in Mudd Hollow and Sparkle Beach, a short bedtime story also included in the book. In case you haven't seen them, here they are once again. 

It was an absolute honor for us to see Pdoink’s first iPad app come to life, which was developed by our good friends at e-axis. We have formed a strong collaboration and look forward to taking great stories to new heights. 

The iPad app is great for kids 3 to 7. This engaging adventure has it all and lets children enjoy and explore A Magical Tale in Mudd Hollow however they want and using all of their senses - read, record and watch stories as well as play games. This is definitely a must have for all kids and best of all, it's FREE! So the only thing you guys have to do is...

1. Enjoy the app and download it from iTunes here.

2. Give the app a great rating on iTunes. There is also an option for you to ‘like’ it.

3. Tell everyone you know about the app and ask them to download, enjoy and tell their friends.

Cheers, 

Josh 

A Youthful Experience at Sunrise

For this next post, we produced a commercial for Sunrise Montessori School. I think I have my daughter, Anna, to thank for getting us this job, because she kept telling the teachers that I film and photograph.

The owner of Sunrise, Grace, called me in initially to do a photo shoot and design the signage for the school. As an after thought, she mentioned that she had purchased airtime on Fairchild Television for a commercial. That instantly set up our partnership and we began to collaborate and develop a concept for the school. Stan put together a great storyboard in order to visualize the schools different age groups. The objective was to convey the educative growth, beginning from toddlers and progressing to higher elementary groups. As a side note, the challenge was to put all the information into a quick thirty second commercial. Yikes!

The filming day was very exciting, both for the team and many of the children; Though they had previously seen me at Sunrise on the day of the photo shoot, the silverpoint team brought much more equipment and lighting for the commercial. The kids really enjoyed the entire shoot and really kept the energy flowing throughout the day for us. They were amazing to work with and we were rewarded with their undivided attention. 

Thus the Sunrise commercial was a big success because of the hard work, dedication, sincerety, and enthusiasm that everyone kept up.

Keith

Koa + Turbo slide

Here's a vignette of my son out at Whittamore's Farm this fall. During the season, they have "Pumpkinland" setup; filled with tons of activities like a corn maze, bouncer, tractor ride, and a slide. We had a great time in the maze, a traumatic time in the bouncer, and the best time at the slide. I think Koa could have been on this thing all day.  

Stan

LJ vs. McNuggets

My son has a love for McNuggets, but has a greater love for ketchup.

It was a Sunday afternoon and we took the kids to meet my cousin at the local McDonalds near his house. My kids love going to any McDonalds that has the indoor playgrounds. After running around for a bit we sat down for lunch. I always carry my camera with me but had no real intent to film at lunch. My son started digging into his McNuggets, not eating one at a time but taking multiple bites out of multiple McNuggets. At the same time he was dipping into the ketchup with his fingers, eventually having the ketchup all over his face.

As you can see, I could not resist filming. 

Keith

To see more of our family videos go check out our sister company Windmill Cinema