Ken Jenkins, Video Producer, Visual Music creator, VJ
Video producer Ken Jenkins has a degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, and has done extensive postgraduate study in psychology.
He has worked as a video professional for over 40 years, including 7 years at Hewlett-Packard in their state-of-the-art broadcast video facility HPTV. Since then he has been an independent video producer and editor.
Ken has been creating visual music videos, including the Illumination series, and the lumia and other projections from which the video is made since 1969.
Immediate Future Productions
V I S I O N A R Y V I D E O
COMPANY PROFILE:
Founded by Ken Jenkins in 1969, Immediate Future Productions (IFP) is a digital video production studio specializing in editing, motion graphics, videography, and special effects. With over 20 years of experience creating broadcast-quality television programming, IFP offers a unique blend of creative and technical artistry with a commitment to both minute detail and over-all vision.
With the recent advent of home computer editing and digital camcorders, many amateurs have jumped on the video production bandwagon offering services. What sets IFP apart is over twenty years of experience in the television industry, meeting the standards of broadcast quality, and working with and for top professionals, including seven years at the Hewlett-Packard Television studio at corporate headquarters.
Best known for producing the special effects for Shirley MacLaine’s Inner Workout video and the award winning solo work Illumination, Immediate Future Productions’ visual wizardry has appeared in dozens of other videos, such as Steven Halpern’s Inner Peace and Summer Wind, Dorothy Fadiman’s Radiance, lasos’ Crystal Vista, Dr. Bernard Jensen’s Journey into Color; as well as The Synergy Series, California Images, Harmony, Enchanted Landscapes and numerous live events with large screen projections.
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Quotes from clients who have employed Ken Jenkins as
Videographer, Editor, and/or Graphics / Effects Artist
“I highly recommend Ken Jenkins for video photography and editing. His commitment to excellence and service put me at ease right away. Ken is also very creative and initiates great ideas towards your project. So if you are looking for a highly skilled pro and an ally at the same time, Ken is your man.”
- Steve Sisgold, Author, Musician, Speaker
“Ken is a master editor, whose many years of experience combined with great talent and editing wizardry made our low budget video look like a smooth, professional, quality production. I’m convinced now that he can do miracles in post-production, and am telling everyone I know about him! Thanks again, Ken.”
- Sharon Hart, HART PRODUCTIONS
“Working with Ken was a pleasure. His unique creative sensibilities, coupled with technical expertise are invaluable. He makes an added effort to understand and satisfy the needs of the client, while making good suggestions that could improve the quality of the project. Ken is also willing to go the extra mile to get the job done right; he cares about the final product and, in turn, so does the client!”
- Amy Carr
“Over the last few years I have worked directly with Ken Jenkins on several video and multimedia projects. These projects included special events that required very specialized expertise and creative operation of complex media production systems. Ken has proven time and again his high level of talents and effective problem solving that made the difference.”
- Lee Beale, Founder & Director, ABOVE & BEYOND TECHNOLOGIES
Immediate Future Productions
V I S I O N A R Y V I D E O & G R A P H I C S
The following is a partial list of video productions and live performances
Ken Jenkins and Immediate Future Productions have been involved in:
- ILLUMINATION (1989, 1993, 2012): Producer & Director. Meditative Visual Music images. Music: Iasos, Constance Demby, and Jonn Serrie. Award winner.
- TIME TRAVEL – Past Life Regression (2002) Music: Steven Halpern. Production, editing, animation and graphics.
- HEALING QUEST (2001) Motion Graphics (After Effects) animation for PBS series show open. Music: Gary Malkin.
- CRYSTAL MIRACLES and CRYSTAL MYSTERIES (1998): Co-Producer, Editor, Cinematographer, EFX, Graphics. Music: Iasos and Emerald Web.
- NATURA POETICA (1997): A collection with music by Suzanne Ciani. Created visual music for “Velocity of Love” and edited another music video.
- INNER PEACE (1995), and SYNERGY SUBLIMINAL SERIES (1995): Seven videos. Music: Steven Halpern. Co-producer, co-director, EFX, and editor.
- RELAXATION SYSTEMS (1995): Created a 40 min. visual music meditation similar to “Illumination” for this innovative stress management center.
- Shirley MacLaine’s INNER WORKOUT (1989): Created 30 min. of visual music for a meditation. Music: Constance Demby, Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny, Herb Ernst, & Mike Roland. Award winner.
- JOURNEY INTO COLOR by Dr. Bernard Jensen (1988): Produced, co-directed, and visual EFX for this multi-image narrative. Music: Aeoliah.
- RADIANCE – The Experience of Light by Dorothy Fadiman (1978): Three special effect sequences. Music: Iasos and William Ackerman. Award winner.
- CRYSTAL VISTA, OPENING TO ANGELS, HARMONY, PROSPERITY, MAGICAL BEAUTY, SUMMER WIND, CALIFORNIA IMAGES, ENCHANTED LANDSCAPES, THE PLANETS. Musicians include Iasos, Deuter, Michael Stearns, Schwakie Roth, Michael Danna & Tim Clement, Ray Lynch, and William Aura.
- Television broadcast and cable TV: VISIONS, RETURN TO CENTER, MASTERS OF THE MAZE (FAM), and MYTHS, MAGIC, & MIRACLES (DSC).
- Corporate video for Hewlett-Packard Television (1982-1989). Virtually every position in production on hundreds of tapes and satellite broadcasts.
Live Performances: (1977-2023): Live multi-media shows with large screen projection for concerts and conferences (detailed on separate sheet).
Video Production & Graphics Services
Video Production
Producing, Directing, Editor, Pre-production
Technical director, Video engineering
Motion Graphics
Camera / Lighting / Audio
Special effects / Stock Footage
Video Post Production & Motion Graphics
Digital editing utilizing Final Cut Pro 7.
Print Graphics Production
DVD boxes sleeves, CD jewel cases, and promotional materials, using Adobe Photoshop.
Demo Reel available
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Live Performances
Ken Jenkins and Immediate Future Productions (IFP) started out in 1969 as a live light show performance group. Using optical projectors of unique design, we would cover walls and screens with moving “lumia” type colored light, an ever changing, abstract parade of luminous beauty.
Drawn to music of a more electronic and meditative form, most early shows were performed with prerecorded music of what came to be known as the New Age genre. This was ideally suited to the slow, flowing and meditative images we continued to refine.
The first major show was at the first Transpersonal Frontiers Conference, held in San Francisco in 1978. A second similar show was performed at Foothill College that Fall.
By the early 80’s it became possible to record all the optical images on videotape and perform entire shows with just one video projector and live mixing of videotapes. That mode is the current primary methodology.
IFP offers customized services to reflect the goals and needs of the client. This means completing a project in a timely and cost effective manner, with the highest possible quality the budget allows. For clients needing more comprehensive services, IFP draws from a extensive pool of creative and technical talent close at hand, allowing for a one-stop-shop alternative for your video production and graphics needs.
Currently shows include two distinct types of imagery. The exquisite nature cinematography of David Fortney is featured for more acoustic music, while the trademark colorful IFP meditative lumias, lasers and mandalas are the main feature for the more electronic music played in ambient chill rooms. More upbeat versions of similar images are used in the less frequent main stage dance environments.
I L L U M I N A T I O N
VISUAL MUSIC VIDEO
Produced, Directed, and Created by Ken Jenkins
Visual Music: Music for your eyes, Pictures for your ears.
Illumination is an experience of light, sound and color, designed to nurture harmony, peace, creativity and inspiration.
Winner of the Crystal Award at the
International New Age Music Conference.
The New Age music soundtrack by Iasos, Constance Demby, Jonn Serrie, and Charles Thaxton includes one original score.
Best known for producing the special effects for Shirley MacLaine’s Inner Workout video, Ken Jenkins’ visual wizardry has appeared in dozens of other videos, including Steven Halpern’s Inner Peace.
What is Visual Music?
Visual music is an entertaining art form of color, movement, form, and sound. It combines enchanting imagery with beautiful music to create an engaging and captivating experience.
Like music, visual music is a universal language, without specific meaning or interpretation. It is an aesthetic experience to be enjoyed like music, but with the eyes as well as the ears.
Where have I seen Visual Music?
Fantasia is one of the best known examples of Visual Music. Other films such as 2001-A Space Odyssey have extended sequences featuring only music and images. Laser light shows like Laserium are another familiar form of Visual Music.
Immediate Future Productions
Oakland, CA 94602
kenjenkins@aol.com
ImmediateFutureProductions.org
Quotations from Press Reviews for
I L L U M I N A T I O N
Visual Music Video by Ken Jenkins
“…remarkable collage of sight and sound – a mind bending, ever-changing aurora of astonishing beauty…. A breakthrough beyond any abstract imagery ever committed to videotape, achieving a depth of field and polychromatic radiance that leaves jaw-dropping viewers mesmerized.”
– Terry Wood, Billboard, 1989
“Ken Jenkins has succeeded in bringing to life a concert for the eye as well as the ear. It will, in all likelihood, become a landmark in the worlds of art, video, and the New Age.”
– John A. Neri, New Realities, 1989
****(Four stars). “…the remarkable visuals are mesmerizingly beautiful, richly yet subtly colored, and unfailingly fascinating”.
– Roy Hemming, Video Review, 1990
“The visual effects are exquisite and ever changing, with forms and colors beautiful beyond description. The effect is simply stunning. Combined with the outstanding musical scores, the resulting work is probably the closest thing to what I imagine the angelic realms must be like.”
– Lynn Edwards, Alternatives for a New Age, 1989
“There is an undeniable grace and mesmerizing radiance to the complex and inspiring visuals. Unusually beautiful, Illumination could be viewed more than a dozen times without becoming boring or repetitious”.
– P.J. Birosik, Body, Mind, Spirit, 1989
“The kaleidoscopic, vibrant, ever-shifting patterns of color brought forth a sense of fascination and awe; a deep reminder of the infinite beauty of the universe. …many cuts above other meditation videos. These patterns are organic and compelling …true joy for anyone who delights in beauty, pure color, and the call of the angelic realms.”
– Wahaba, Heartsong Review, 1989
“His work is hard to describe but easy to get lost in. Each time I view his work, I find something new. His kinetic visual syntheses and kaleidoscopic mandalas grace many of the first and finest videos on the market. In fact Ken Jenkins’ credits read like a chronicle of classic New Age video.
– Steven Halpern, New Frontiers, 1987
“The imagery is rich, dense and thoroughly gorgeous throughout…. with the music selected, the effect is almost overwhelming”.
– Ivan Dryer, Creator/Founder, Laser Images (Laserium)
“The most beautiful piece of abstract video art I’ve ever seen…. breathtaking images of radiant, etheric color and the forms one imagines angels take. With its continually flowing, imploding, fluorescing imagery and its unremitting gorgeousness, Illumination is a work you could look at 100 times and it would never be the same”
Anna Turner, Co-founder, Hearts of Space Music
Additions to productions list:
- TIME TRAVEL (2002), A 45 minute professionally guided past life regression video. Co-producer, visual effects imagery, and editor. Music: Steven Halpern.
- SACRED VISIONARY ART (2002), A one hour presentation of art. Co-producer, and editor and graphics.
Following is a partial list of live performances and more current VJ work:
Space Festival of Music and Art, Palo Alto. One night with Emerald Web and a second night with Constance Demby.
Three more concert events with Constance Demby, Marin County.
International New Age Music Conference in Los Angeles.
Skywave concert, Davis, CA.
Constellation and Tranceformation concerts in Sacramento.
Matthew Fox’s Techno – Cosmic Mass of the Angels.
Several conferences in San Francisco and Monterey.
VJ in chill/ambient rooms at the Groove Garden in Fairfax, Cosmik Casbah in San Rafael, San Francisco’s Cell Space, Area 101 in Mendocino, and The Health and Harmony Fair and EarthDance in 2 locations.