KCM launched a co-op program earlier this year entitled Visions of Kenosha.   It airs weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and features quiet images of Kenosha's natural and man-made surroundings.   This program belongs to everyone: that is, anyone who's able to contribute video to it may be considered to join its pool of producers.  

Its purpose is to help ease TV viewers into their day in a quiet, serene way.  Contributors are asked to videotape Kenosha's parks and attractions sans on-air talent or voice-overs.  If human beings are in the video, they should be in the background and not the focus of the shot.  If music is used, it should also be of a serene nature.   Think tinkling piano keys, soft flute music, or perhaps a solo oboe.   Use of ambient sounds--birds chirping, frogs croaking, crickets chirping--is highly encouraged.

Cameras used for this program should be either mounted on a tripod or otherwise stationery.   Pans, tilts, and zooms should be kept to an absolute minimum.   Think of these actions as salt-and-pepper.   A little bit seasons the meal.  Too much destroys it.   

Each shot can be thirty seconds or more in length.   We're not making MTV videos here.  

Ray Forgianni of Harbor Market of Kenosha recently called this programming, "visual perfume".   I like his description.

With autumn wearing its finest colors these days, now is a great time to become a visionary for Kenosha TV by becoming a producer for the co-op program, Visions of Kenosha.