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Dan in Gambia

VideoTakes producer Dan Gallagher on a recent shoot in The Gambia.

Clean?Coal Wins 2009 CINE Golden Eagle

Arlington, VA, December, 2009 – VideoTakes, Inc., is pleased to announce that Clean?Coal, an animated short created and directed by Joan Murray, won a CINE Golden Eagle. Murray worked with VT President Sandy Cannon-Brown and Writer/Producer Dan Gallagher to develop the 3:00 commentary on the coal industry’s hype about clean coal. Jake Aloe Dean of Aloe Design Studios, with contributions from Dick Cronin and Brad Lambert, created the cartoon animation. David McKeever produced the music to replicate “Honestly, Sincere,” from Bye, Bye Birdie.

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2009: VideoTakes Year in Review

Arlington, VA, December, 2009 – VideoTakes, Inc. has updated the portfolio page of its website to showcase highlights of our work in 2009. We invite you to take a look.

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USAID Video Goes to Copenhagen

Copenhage, Denmark, December, 2009 – The VideoTakes film "Changing the Landscape" will be shown at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Produced for USAID, this video showcases the Global Conservation Program, a worldwide initiative to promote more effective conservation strategies.

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VideoTakes, Inc. Celebrates Its 24th Anniversary

Arlington, VA, November 1, 2009 – VideoTakes, Inc., enters its 25th year in November. President Sandy Cannon-Brown founded the company in 1985 as the logical extension of a career in journalism and public relations.

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Alaskan Wilderness Films Used in National Campaign

Arlington, VA, October 15, 2009 – VideoTakes has completed two films for the Alaska Wilderness League that will be used in its national campaign to protect America’s Arctic from harmful drilling and mining operations.

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