Early Experience

In 1978 I was the first woman hired in the video production department at Deltak, Inc.

Deltak was a producer of training materials mostly for advanced technologies and computer languages.

We had fun working there. The company was great, the people even better. The large studios were like our playground. What works for a background n video? How can we play with the lighting? Practice your camera moves!

I remember one day taking a TK46 out of the studio, down the hall and calling it a remote.

Deltak eventually bought a remote package and suddenly we were playing with dollies, tracks, and booms. It’s no wonder it took me eight years to master each piece of production style. I loved it all. Finally I decided, I wanted to Direct.

At Deltak every production had a set budget. Little did I realize that you had to become a producer/director to get more authority and control over your project?

Hence the move to USG.