I am proud of many things that I have accomplished, but one professional thing that I would say is at the top of the list would be winning an Emmy® - actually - two Emmys®.  A lot of people ask about them; how I got them, what they were for, and so on.  Well, my intent is to answer these questions here.  We’ll start with the first Emmy®.

My first Emmy® is a 2005 Los Angeles Area Awards Emmy® for Instructional Programming.  What a mouthful. Proof can be found here.  It was for my work as associate producer on the 20 part series Astronomy: Observations & Theories.  I was also the lead editor, graphic designer and did the majority of the visualizations / animations on the project.  This series was produced by Coast Learning Systems of Costa Mesa and in addition to airing on Public Television in southern California, it is also part of an accredited college course, hence the award for instructional programming.

Emmy® awards are awarded the year after the program airs.  So, 2005 Emmys® are awarded in the fall of 2006, which is when I received mine.  There are three Emmy® ceremonies; the Prime-times, Day-times, and L.A. Area.  The L.A. Area ceremony is held on campus at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, CA.  We attended the ceremony there, had a wonderful dinner for all of the attendees afterwards and really had a great time.

After I was awarded with my first Emmy®, I changed my email signature for a while to this quote, which sums it all up:

“The Emmy will have no effect on me, in the sense that I will still have to wash my own bowl after breakfast.”

Coming soon: “The Emmy® Story: Part 2″  Yes, there is a part two, I have two Emmys®

Ok, ok…it still looks kind of funny, but at least there is some content.  Over the next few weeks here’s what you can expect:

• A more “Synergy” look to the whole site.
• Expanded portfolio with all the videos you are used to seeing on the site and some cool new ones.
• Refined video player with HD option.
• and a lot more.

Thanks for visiting, and come back soon to check out more.

-Steve

We are working on a new website for Synergy Productions.  Please be patient, it will all be back online soon.

Thanks!

-Steve Chollet