KSN Wedding Prequel Online NOW! ~

Online now! The prequel for Maggie and CJ is currently uploaded and ready for viewing! Scroll down to "KSN Threw A Wedding" post to see it! Be sure to post your comments and subscribe!The prequel is a bit later than we normally would like but the studio move slowed us down a bit as the computers were out of service for a time while everything was disconnected and reconnected, etc. this week. Thanks for your understanding! We will post a few more pictures of the studio progress as well soon! Stay tuned for lots of exciting news from FCP! SG

Almost There!

We hope everyone had a most wonderful Thanksgiving and you were able to take time with your families and be thankful for all that you have. We are very thankful for our family and friends, our furry children and a growing business. And so we thought we'd take just a minute to post a few more pictures of the progress of the building. I'm trying to not give too much away on what the final rooms look like, as we'll post a video tour when the building is complete, but we'd also like to see all of you at our open house to come and see in person! The pictures just don't do the building justice anyways :)

Remember, we're hosting a contest to name the building, so put your creative thinking caps on and start submitting! Be sure to keep up with the blog and what we're up to by subscribing to our blog (on your right) it's free!

Pictures below are: Steph admiring her new rug making sure carpet will match- it does! A nice blurry shot of Barry setting up our TV in our office/consult area. Jeff and his Dad building walls for sets in the shooting area while Tyff and Bear supervise. Tyffany hard at work ripping out old yucky carpet in the media room, in her own words "I LOVE DEMO!" Check out that face. You worked hard, Tyff! There is Barry's hands putting our new 106" screen together for the media room- it's way cool! And finally Tyff takes a break with Lucky. Oh, and that cute picture up top, that's Tyffany cleaning the framing cabinet, she was the only one small enough to fit in! :) Sorry Tyff!

Help!

As many of you know, Fat Cat Productions is moving into a studio, space shared with our friends at T&J Studios in Valley Center. We were working on the studio late one night this week when we were trying to come up with a name for the building/studio itself. We had lots of great ideas come to the table, but none seemed to catch our attention and hold it as the "one".
So another idea came to the table via Tyffany and Barry- let's ask our clients and blog readers for suggestions and hold a sort of a contest to name the new building! If you have lived in Wichita for a long time, something similar to what Coney Island did when they turned into "Spangles". There will be a prize involved, although unfortunately not as big as the one Spangles dished out-a cruise to an exotic location! But it will still be lots of fun to see all the submissions!

We ask that submissions be sent to Tyffany, Jeff or the Fat Cat's via email. Friends and family are welcome to join in the fun! Everyone of all ages can submit ideas. Please title your email "Name Contest", submit your idea, as well as your name and age (prize will be age-driven). And so you have an idea what we are after, keep the following items in mind:

The type of building it is. (a quonset)
The interior. (warm colors but clean, neat and modern)
The type of businesses. (photo, video, art forms, creativity, etc. we aren't strictly weddings, we also do corporate work and other projects)
Short and easy to remember name.
Preferably fun and easy to spell :)

We will compile all the names and review them seeing if anything strikes our fancy within the next few weeks and hopefully post a winner in a future blog entry. Here are some pictures to give you some ideas- HAVE FUN!

New Addition at FCP!

Nope. Not pregnant. Nope. Not another dog- although one is coming in March most likely! Check back later for more info on that! :) Please give a warm welcome to the newest addition to the Fat Cat Crew- Allyson Voshell!

Ally has been subcontracted to assist in the edit bay this winter and next spring. If you notice any resemblance to Ally and myself, you guessed it, that's my kid sister! Ally was recently married in July and promptly moved away to North Carolina to be with her Marine-husband. (You can check out her prequel right here in the blog). She came back here a few weeks ago to learn how we do things at FCP while her husband trained for a second deployment to Iraq in California. After going back to Carolina to see him off, she returned here again for the length of the deployment to be close to family. She has turned out a few edits already. We are looking forward to the creativity she brings to Fat Cat! We've posted a brief questionaire about Ally so you can get to know her better.

Favorite animal? Winnie, my dog of course! But after her, I would say dolphins. :)
Favorite food? Chicken fingers and fries! I get that EVERYWHERE. Even Carlos O'Kelley's! And also, anything with carbs is good for me!!
Favorite movie? Any movies with dancing in it. Dirty Dancing, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, Step Up, Stomp the Yard, and of course...The Notebook. Oh! And Pirates of the Caribbean!
What has you most excited about working for FCP? Expanding my creativeness in the video world.

What do you bring to Fat Cat? My own sense of style and creativity to further enhance the signature style of FCP.

Best piece of advice to brides to be? Stay organized, make a timeline and budget. KNOW what you want. You don't have time to not make up your mind, or keep changing. Keep your mind open to other ideas, you might like it. Don't be a Bridezilla, that will NOT get you help at all. This will be a day you want to remember for the rest of your life, and it will go by so fast, which is why you need FCP to do your video! :) I went through my wedding planning while my fiance was in Iraq, so if I can do it, you can do it. Remember that this is your wedding, its just one day. The marriage is the rest of your life...so don't stress over details. That day, do what you need to do, but just let the day flow because you will be taken care of.

Now just how she keeps off all those carbs, chicken fingers and fries we'll never know- must be all that dancing! All I can say is check back with her when she's 30- enjoy it while you can Ally!

Ally will be at the studio sometime next week, so next time you stop in, be sure to welcome her aboard!

Jones- Hampel Prequel Online!

The Jones- Hampel Prequel is now online! Scroll down to their wedding day entry to check it out! As always, we love to hear your comments! Next prequel due up is Maggie and CJ from the KSN Throws a Wedding contest! So to keep up with all the happenings here at FCP, be sure to subscribe to the blog on your right!!!

Crumley-Reznicek Prequel Online!

The edit is online now for the Crumley-Reznicek wedding! Scroll down to their wedding day entry to see it! We hope you enjoy it! Be sure to leave your comments!

Yawn!

There has been so much going on at FCP that we have not posted to the blog in a while or as much as we would like to. Editing takes precedence over blogging :) We have been making several trips back and forth to the new studio, several times a day sometimes, and we are editing when we are not there working on stuff. We finished a corporate project this week and will be posting the Reznicek prequel in the next 2 days. We have some more big news coming near the 12th of November and an exciting online project we are excited to announce soon as well. In the meantime, we will be editing...

Please enjoy these recent construction pictures of the new building, it's coming along nicely. Tyffany and Jeff are now operating from the new location amidst the construction, so if you come for a visit, bring your hard hats! Just kidding! We aren't quite done remodeling yet and will have an open house as soon as everyone gets settled! We'll be sure to post the date as soon as we know it! Look for it sometime around the New Year for right now, we'd love to have you!

Below, Tyff and Brett watch as the guys from TK Fast install the phone system. And everybody at work, while I document :)


Sparks fly as the door is cut to make way for a new floor. And Jeff in his hip hop hat painting the consultation room.

Barry working on our new wall in the office. You won't believe what color it is now! And oops. Somebody fell through my celing while installing phones or internet. (It's fixed now. )
And I thought I was bad picking out my paint chips! Jeff's office looked like Home Depot for a while! Tyff shows off Maggie's pumpkin outfit on Howl-oween. Steph and Bear strike a goofy pose. Ah, power tools- I removed all the outlet covers myself! Jeff skimming the walls in his office. I'm really digging the hat!





One tired kitty! Sebastian demonstrates how we have felt this week! He's just too much!