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Ready for Primetime
The founders of Fifteenhundred, a local TV set design and news graphics firm, saw their work debut this week on KQTV-TV, the ABC affiliate serving St. Joseph.
The station is the first to use Fifteenhundred’s new motion graphics service, which includes the design of newscast opening sequences; the so-called “lower thirds,” where the names of people appearing on-screen appear; the template used to present the extended weather forecast; backgrounds for displaying lists of information or photos; and the boxes that appear over anchors’ shoulders.
[ Read More in the Columbia Daily Tribune ]
Fifteenhundred promises fresh approach
Dakota "Dak" Dillon has had a busy week. On Monday, the 19-year-old Fulton native began his first year at the University of Missouri, and on Tuesday he launched a TV set design firm.
Dillon co-owns the firm, Fifteenhundred, with Michael Hill, Web coordinator for the University of Missouri System. Dillon said the goal of the business is to deliver a fresh approach to the design of sets for TV news, sports, weather and entertainment. "We want to change the way that television news sets look," he said. "They’re traditional now. We want to redefine what it means."
[ Read More in the Columbia Daily Tribune ]