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Volume 16, Number 5 - September/October 2000
*Georgia, You Get the Picture continues to be published as as a bi-monthly publication. Deadline for article submission in the November/December issue is October 10, 2000. Articles can be mailed to the Georgia Film & Videotape Office, Post Office Box 1776, Atlanta, GA 30301, faxed to 404-651-9063 or sent electronically to jcruce@georgia.org.
Remember the Titans Opens Nationwide Atlanta's First Annual Jewish Film Festival Offers Perspectives on Life Through a Jewish Lens Burns Enlists CPT's T-Rex Indie News ImageArts Produces 59th Annual Peabody Awards Televent, LLC Rolls Into Summer Hollywood Celebrities, Film Industry Leaders Attend Macon, GA, Reception in Los Angeles Women In Film Honor Women in Film Fall Workshops at IMAGE LAB 601, Inc. Posts the National Summit on Africa Association Announcements APC Studios Creates Multimedia for Clickandmove.com and Siemens VTA Has First Millennium on East Coast Cumberland Film Awarded CINE Golden Eagle Award Filmmakers and Actors of Color Directory Listings Extras Giant Studios Named Digital Character Animation Partner for the 2000 Democratic National Convention GDITT Trip to South Georgia

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Remember the Titans Opens Nationwide
The Georgia-lensed feature film Remember the Titans opens in theaters nationwide on September 29. In this Walt Disney Pictures drama, Bill Yoast (Will Patton) and Herman Boone (Academy Award winner Denzel Washington) star as high school football coaches who are caught in the middle of integrating a small Virginia town football team in 1971.
Directed by Boaz Yakin and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film was shot in Atlanta, Covington, Stone Mountain, and Marietta at the end of 1999. Disney held a V.I.P. screening, with Bruckheimer in attendance, in Atlanta on August 28.

Atlanta's First Annual Jewish Film Festival Offers Perspectives on Life Through a Jewish Lens

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This fall, the Atlanta Chapter of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) will host the inaugural Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, a unique showcase of over 20 world-class films that focus on Jewish life and issues. The films that have been selected for the festival represent a diverse cinematic experience, exploring a variety of Jewish themes, which will have great appeal beyond just the Jewish community. The goal of the event is to explore universal themes that impact the community at large, treating issues such as immigration, identity, prejudice and ritual. The festival strives to promote awareness, appreciation and pride in the diversity of the Jewish people.
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will officially launch with a gala opening night celebration on October 29, 2000 at the Woodruff Arts Center. Jane Fonda, the festival committee's honorary chairperson, will inaugurate the forthcoming series of film screenings. The gala celebration will culminate in the initial Southeast Premiere of Just Looking, an independent feature film directed and produced by actor Jason Alexander, star of Seinfeld.
For seven days following the gala event, members of the greater Atlanta community can view a wide selection of Jewish-influenced films at three theaters across the city: AMC Phipps Plaza, AMC Mansell Crossing and the Woodruff Arts Center. Screenings of about 20 films will take place over eight days and will highlight diverse cultural issues.
The festival will reflect the broader human relations' mission of the AJC, supporting its goal of nurturing pluralism and building bridges of understanding. The feature films' subject matter ranges from parent-child relationships to homosexuality to domestic violence, while several landmark documentaries offer glimpses of life for Jewish individuals during the Holocaust and under communist regime in the former Soviet Union. The organizers of the Festival believe that the community at large has much to learn by looking at life through a Jewish lens. According to Cookie Shapiro, chairperson and founder of the festival, "the films included in this series explore basic human relations and ask viewers to consider that social concerns transcend socio-religious boundaries."
Funding for the inaugural Festival, totalling $130,000, has been provided by an overwhelmingly positive response within the local corporate community. Sponsors include Delta Air Lines, Harry Norman Realtors, RBM of Atlanta, Coca-Cola Co., Salomon Smith Barney, and many others. Visit www.ajff.org for more information about the 2000 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, or call the American Jewish Committee office at (404) 233-5501 to reserve tickets.
Burns Enlists CPT's T-Rex

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Following around the elite "PJ's", or Parajumpers, of the Air Force Reserve while they practiced training maneuvers presented no lack of visual opportunities for Atlanta cinematographer Tommy Burns. Burns was called upon by Condor Technology Solutions of Baltimore to shoot several recruiting spots for the Air Force Reserve.
Key grip Scott Howell designed a special harness for Cine Photo Tech's Moviecam Compact with Cooke Series IV lenses to follow a Parajumper down a rope during a rapid descent from a Blackhawk helicopter. The "PJ" fell into the drink; the camera did not. Filming inside the cockpit of the helicopter while in-flight presented spatial obstacles to the shot Burns envisioned. The desired shot was to have the eye of the camera in the middle of the cockpit with a 180-degree pan between the pilot and copilot - something that would have been a physical impossibility only a few years ago. Burns called upon CPTs T-Rex SuperScope Lens System to perform the task. But how do you make a jet engine look sexy? Burns positioned a mechanic inside the engine, lit with colored lights, and did a combination dolly and zoom into the engine, while simultaneously tumbling the image 360-degrees with the T-Rex.
Producing the spot for Condor was Capella G. Fahoome, while Daniel C. Carey handled directorial responsibilities. Sylvia Jackson was the 2nd AC for the series of spots that are scheduled to air in theaters nationwide.
Indie News
Good Neighbor Moves Into PowerVision Productions
Stage and Frame Productions moved into PowerVision Productions' studio and offices for the month of August to shoot the feature film Good Neighbor. The locally produced mystery thriller stars Billy Dee Williams (The Ladies Man, Return of the Jedi, Brian's Song), Danica Mckellar (The Wonder Years), Tobin Bell (The 4th Floor, Walker, Texas Ranger) and a host of local talent from the Atlanta area. At the helm of Good Neighbor is producer Mary Grace Higgs and director Todd Turner of Atlanta-based Stage and Frame Productions. Principal photography began on August 10th and continued on-location throughout the Winder area through August 30th. Editor Randy Hill and PowerVision director/editor Michael A. Jones will be editing the film at PowerVision's post production facilities in Winder. Editing is scheduled for completion on September 14.
Losing Grace Launches Production
Georgia writer and director Michael Valverde launched production of his independent offering, Losing Grace, in Atlanta the first week in August. Set to film throughout Atlanta and Tampa, Losing Grace is the story of two brothers who struggle to get their lives in order after the unexpected loss of their beloved sister, Grace.
Based on the events surrounding the death of Valverde's sister, Losing Grace has attracted seasoned actors Ronny Cox (Forces of Nature, Beverly Hills Cop I & II, Deliverance) and Lesley Ann Warren (Victor/Victoria, Clue, The Color of Night), who star as Grace's parents. The brothers, Jordan and Zachary, are played by WB 7th Heaven regular Matt Farnsworth and Ryan Browning. Losing Grace will also introduce Beth Ann Warren as Grace. Warren is the niece of Lesley Ann Warren, who plays her mother.
The film's website, losinggrace.com, combines entertainment and
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technology, interactive chats with the cast and crew, daily updates and webisodes to provide information on the story, cast, crew, and a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the movie. Valverde's Green Valley Entertainment, who is producing both the movie and website, have partnered with Atlanta-based VC firm and business incubator, Incumaker Services, for support. Incanta, Inc. will provide the technology for broadband users to access the daily webisodes.
The Secret of Passionate Love Screens at New York's IFFM
Atlanta filmmaker Narcel G. Reedus will screen his new film The Secret of Passionate Love on Friday, September 22, 2000, at the Angelika Film Center 12:30PM at the 22nd Independent Feature Film Market in New York. The Secret of Passionate Love is a feature-length film project constructed in three short films.
Reedus spent the past nine years in Atlanta as a freelance writer and independent filmmaker. He now teaches film as an adjunct professor at Clark Atlanta University. In October of 1999 he toured nine cities screening his award-winning films The Fight and For Colored Boys Who've Considered Homicide. The tour and lecture series was part of the South Carolina Arts Council's 1999-2000 Southern Circuit.
ImageArts Produces 59th Annual Peabody Awards
ImageArts was tapped early in 2000 to return as the official producers for the prestigious Peabody Awards. Considered by many to be electronic media's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, the Peabody Awards, administered by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, recognize meritorious service and excellence in broadcasting and cable. ABC News' Millennium coverage, HBO's The Sopranos, Disney's Annie and NBC's The West Wing were just a few of the programs honored in the 36 awards presented in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. For the first time in the award's 60-year history, the Peabody Awards presentation will air on television.
Jody B. Danneman, president and senior producer for ImageArts, supervised all aspects of the production. Once the Peabody advisory board selected the winners, ImageArts had less than 36 hours to produce a one-hour satellite announcement, which was hosted by this year's master of ceremonies Matt Lauer, and broadcast via satellite from the Freedom Forum in New York. ImageArts' entire production staff had to review each of the 36 winners, compile a highlights package and produce a graphics look that was sent via fiber optics to Danneman in New York for the uplink.
Following the announcement of the winners, ImageArts turned their attention to the presentation of the Peabody Awards at the annual luncheon held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. ImageArts worked alongside the Peabody Awards and its luncheon sponsor, the Coca-Cola Company, to produce a video module celebrating the awards and the winners, clips of each winner and a luncheon honoring the best in broadcasting and cable.
ImageArts called on its line producer, David Garrett, to organize the broadcast show. "We knew from the beginning that the ceremony was going to air on Georgia Public Television and be a pilot for a national PBS roll-out," said David Garrett of ImageArts. "My challenge was to incorporate a broadcast production crew alongside the existing live event." ImageArts director, Bob Briggs, was brought in to direct the five-camera production that included a jib arm assembly, while
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Danneman directed the live event.
After the awards luncheon, production continued for the broadcast of the Peabody Awards on Georgia Public Television (GPTV). ImageArts' Simmons began piecing together the New York luncheon presentation while GPTV, the Peabody Awards and ImageArts worked together to produce additional segments for the broadcast. Susan Hoffman, GPTV senior correspondent, hosted "wrap around" segments for the presentation, and two sections were produced detailing how the Peabody Awards are chosen and the history of the awards. Scott Newton, ImageArts' director of photography and Jody Danneman traveled to San Francisco, New York and the University of Georgia to capture images of the Peabody deliberation process.
Mike Klein, director of GPTV Productions, worked closely with ImageArts at the live luncheon in New York and during the studio segments at GPTV to prepare for the broadcast. "This has been a true partnership with ImageArts. They have integrated themselves seamlessly with the GPTV production team."
Governor Roy Barnes and many other state officials were present at a gala for the premier of "The 59th Annual Peabody Awards" which was held at GPTV's headquarters in Atlanta on August 22, 2000. The show aired statewide, on GPTV, the following evening.
Televent, LLC Rolls Into Summer
The summer rolled into Atlanta with Televent LLC producing the CNN 20th Anniversary Party at Philips Arena in June.
Over 10,000 friends, employees, and guests of CNN celebrated with the premiere performance of the Diana Ross and the Supremes World Tour. The production included James Earl Jones via satellite, on-stage appearances by Larry King, key CNN anchors, and Ted Turner. In addition to providing all of the staging, video production and technical support for the show, Televent handled all of the technical arrangements for Diana Ross.
Televent then jumped into the production of the 25th Annual Southern Regional Emmy awards. The show, which aired three hours live on Turner South on June 10, awarded 63 awards for television excellence. Televent coordinated all the technical facilities for the show from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead.
Televent started production of Grandpa's Garage in conjunction with Turner Learning and executive producer Beth Goodwin on July 10. The show, to be shot over a 16-week period, focuses on third and fourth grade science education. Televent is providing the facility, the Televent Clifton Stage, and will manage the technical production and the crew staffing of the show. In conjunction with Special Projects Inc. (set design and props), Lighting and Production Equipment Inc. (lighting and production systems) and Showtek Productions (video/engineering packages), all of the technical facilities for the multi-camera shoot are being supplied under a single source contract.
Hollywood Celebrities, Film Industry Leaders Attend Macon, GA, Reception in Los Angeles
Little Richard, Tony winners Michael MaGuire and Loretta Devine, Disney producer
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Bonnie Arnold (Toy Story), Raystar producer Don Safron, executive producer Stratton Leopold (The General's Daughter) and producer Martin Huberty (The War) were among the VIPs who attended a Macon, Georgia reception August 14 at the Santa Monica home of retired LA Laker and Macon native Norm Nixon and his wife, actress Debbie Allen.
The reception, hosted by Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis, the Georgia Film & Videotape Office, Georgia Film & Videotape Advisory Commission chairman Michael Coles, the newly formed Macon Film & Music Commission and the Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau, introduced Macon as an exciting new location to the lucrative Hollywood film industry. The city, 84 miles south of Atlanta, is best known for its rich musical heritage (Little Richard, Otis Redding, The Allman Brothers Band, etc.), classic Southern architecture, diverse neighborhoods and gently rolling landscape.
"Since the Governor and Mayor Ellis were both headed to L.A. for the Democratic National Convention, it seemed like the perfect time to announce Macon's new Film & Music Commission and invite the Hollywood film industry to bring their business here," said Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau President & CEO Janice Marshall. As the city's previous liaison to the film industry, the CVB was pleased to contribute financially to this endeavor and to be represented at the reception by board president Rick Hutto and Macon's official goodwill ambassador for tourism, Little Richard. Others in the Georgia contingency included Georgia Film & Videotape Office director Greg Torre and Macon City Council President Anita Ponder.
Ellis announced the formation of Macon's new Film & Music Commission several months ago, citing the film Baby of the Family, based on Macon native Tina McElroy Ansa's acclaimed first novel, as the commission's first project. The film, soon to begin production on location in Macon, will star Emmy Award winner Alfre Woodard and a cast of other well known actors.
Women In Film Honor Women in Film
Women in Film Atlanta held an advance screening for Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on July 19. The film, Without Lying Down, Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood, is the first in a series by TCM honoring the women who shaped the early years of American cinema. Marion, once the highest paid screenwriter - male or female - in Hollywood, was the first female writer to win an Academy Award. This TCM original documentary, narrated by Uma Thurman, kicked off a month-long tribute to women film pioneers.
In addition to the Atlanta program, screenings of the documentary and panel discussions about women's influence in the film industry were held in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Houston, Orlando and Phoenix. The Women in Film Atlanta screening was held at MacQuarium and was sponsored by Feature Systems and Sweetwater Ale.
Dorin Schumacher, PhD, was guest speaker for the event. She discussed her grandmother, actress Helen Gardner, and the journey she has taken to document Gardner's life. Gardner's 1912 film Cleopatra, one of the first feature films ever produced, was recently restored by George Eastman House with funding from TCM.
In conjunction with each documentary during August, TCM will be showing restored and previously lost films such as Frances Marion's The Scarlett Letter (1926) and Helen Gardner's Cleopatra (1912).
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Fall Workshops at IMAGE
IMAGE Film & Video Center presents new workshops for independent filmmakers this fall. In addition to such mainstay seminars as Basic Cinematography, Developing the Screenplay, and On-camera Scene Study, IMAGE will co-produce the Atlanta premiere of the Los Angeles seminar Action/Cut Directing Film and Television with director/instructor Guy Magar. IMAGE also recently wrapped up co-production of another new seminar from LA: Robert McKee's Story Structure.
Guy Magar's Action/Cut Directing Film and Television is an intensive workshop that allows students to learn the directing process the practical way: visualizing scripted scenes, thoroughly planning how to shoot them, viewing the actual dailies and screening the finished film. In two days students will gain first-hand career knowledge from a working director with an in-depth, audio-visual study of the skills, tools, and industry trade secrets to take any script from page to shoot to finished project. Whether you're an experienced filmmaker or just starting out, this is workshop is designed to help you to direct your feature, short or television show.
Saturday and Sunday, October 14 & 15, 2000: 9am-6pm both days. Register early to save $100. $250 IMAGE members, $275 for the general public before October 4, 2000; $325 IMAGE members, $350 general public after October 4, 2000. For more information on this and other IMAGE Workshops, call 404/325-4225, ext. 12 or go to www.imagefv.org.
LAB 601, Inc. Posts the National Summit on Africa
LAB 601 and the Southern Center for International Studies recently completed work on the National Summit on Africa's Roundtable Discussion. Producer Julia White worked with LAB 601 editors Jay Hunt and David Ballard on one of the LAB's Media Composer 9000xls and finished in the Symphony Universal. The program will air on PBS stations this fall.
The television program centers on a discussion videotaped in mid-February at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Topics covered include African renaissance, poverty, conflict, disease and economic development. Speakers included Ambassador Andrew Young, Senator Paul Simon, and Lord David Owen. It was shot with eight cameras in front of a live audience.
The Southern Center for International Studies is a Peabody Award-winning educational non-profit institution based in Atlanta. Their mission is to increase the public's awareness and understanding of other countries, international issues and the global environment. The National Summit on Africa is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization established in 1996 to build stronger relations between the United States and the 54 countries of Africa.
On Thursday, July 13, LAB 601 and Dzignlight Studios celebrated the grand opening of their new facilities in the Southern Dairies Building on North Avenue. Guests were treated to demonstrations of the edit systems and took part in ongoing tours. In the main theater, which will also be used to host public film and video screenings, the HDTV projection system with 5.1 surround sound showcased a series of free-flying videos and loops that included demo reels from both Lab 601 and Dzignlight Studios.
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Association Announcements
Imaging Technology & Sound (ITS) is the trade association serving the worldwide professional community of businesses that provide creative and technical services in picture and sound. Local membership includes decision-makers from post production, duplication, graphics companies, as well as television and cable stations and some broadcast vendors. ITS meets at 12 noon on the third Thursday of every month (except December) at the Cafe Intermezzo on Peachtree Street. Meetings consist of 30 minutes to network and 60 minutes of business and topics discussion. Meetings adjourn at 1:30pm promptly. The National and Local membership corporate web site is located at www.itsnet.org. If you require more info please call or e-mail: Kevin Garguilo, South City Post, 404/213-5253.
Atlanta ACM SIGGRAPH - A meeting schedule of the Atlanta chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH (Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics) can be viewed at www.acm.org/chapters/atlanta. Programs deal with aspects of the film industry as they pertain to computer graphics.
FOC - Filmmakers and Actors of Color, an organization dedicated to the networking and promotion of non-Caucasians working in the entertainment industry, will have their annual meeting during the third week of May, 2000. Please watch for announcements in this newsletter or call (404) 755-2964 after May 1 for details.
IICS - The Georgia chapter of the International Interactive Communications Society focuses on the interactive multi-media and other emerging interactive technologies. Monthly meetings, held on the last Thursday of each month, include presentations of multi-media applications in areas such as education, training, entertainment, design and marketing. Meetings generally begin at 6:30 PM and are held at Mercer University (3001 Mercer University Drive) in the Wooton Auditorium on the ground floor of the Library Building. For more information about IICS or upcoming meetings, call the IIC's information line at (770) 612-7410 or via the Internet at http://www.generationx.com/iics.
IMAGE - IMAGE Film & Video Center offers filmmaking workshops and screenings. For more information, contact IMAGE at (404) 352-4225 or check the website at www.imagefv.org.
ITVA - The Atlanta Chapter of the International Television Association (ITVA) promotes the growth, quality, and success of film, video and multimedia communications and related businesses. For information on the ITVA Atlanta please call their hotline at 404-873-4882 (404-USE-ITVA).
NATAS/Atlanta - NATAS/Atlanta, the local chapter of The National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, holds a monthly program event every 3rd Tuesday of each month at Georgia Public Television, 260 14th St. NW. Events start at 6:30pm. For more information call NATAS/Atlanta at 770-414 8777.
WIF/A - Women in Film/Atlanta, a non-profit organization founded in 1974, is dedicated to the education, promotion, support, and unification of women working in or studying film, video and related creative and business fields. For information, call (404) 352-1379.
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APC Studios Creates Multimedia for Clickandmove.com and Siemens
Atlanta's APC Studios recently completed the production of a three-part multimedia presentation for clickandmove.com, an internet based re-location service provider. The presentation was geared towards potential investors as well as potential suppliers interested in offering their services on the site.
Providing all phases of production, including creative, location and stage production, post production and packaging, APC Studios completed the project in about four weeks. Shooting began immediately after an aggressive search for 15 on-camera talent (including a golden retriever best known in the industry as "Remy"). In addition to utilizing the suites at APC Studios for decorative office environments, the location scenes were shot at various Atlanta homes in the Roswell and Dunwoody area.
Shot on Betacam SP and posted on an AVID 8000, the video footage included original graphics and animation, stock images provided by Image Bank, and screen captures from the clickandmove.com website. The three part presentation includes a four minute video, live website interaction, and a customized PowerPoint Presentation designed to match the look and feel of the video. The entire presentation was authored to DVD to allow full screen playback on laptop computers.
The clickandmove.com website has been active for almost a year now, allowing users to create their own personal moving plan, chat with live on-line experts, and determine the best place to live anywhere in the U.S., depending on their personal and/or business requirements.
Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc. and Siemens Electronics Assembly Equipment, two divisions of the German based Siemens Corporation, recently awarded APC Studios both of their multimedia trade show projects to kick off the millennium. Having produced shows for both divisions in the past, APC Studios seamlessly tied together program content, A/V and lighting equipment, and show services to provide a true multimedia experience for each show. Both projects were awarded in early January of 2000 for shows that fell simultaneously in mid-March, resulting in an aggressive production schedule.
At the same time, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. worked closely with APC Studios to create a 9-minute presentation for their four-day show at National Manufacturing Week in Chicago, IL. With APC Studios personnel managing that show as well, the video presentation was delivered by live talent, equipped with an ear-prompter. The video footage was projected through a Barco system with a 16:9 motorized projection screen, allowing attendees to "walk through" the screen after the show into other areas of the booth that included an interactive caf.
VTA Has First Millennium on East Coast
Atlanta's VTA recently scored another first for east coast post production with its introduction of the new ITK Millennium high definition telecine. VTA is only the second facility in the U.S. and fifth in the world to offer the Millennium.
VTA unveiled its Millennium suite in July at a mock New Year's Eve celebration
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ringing in the new era of its telecine division. For the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Ken Chambliss, VTA president and CEO, dressed the part in top hat, black tie and tails, with white spats.
Over the past two years, Chambliss has been closely following the development of the Millennium. "I was very impressed with what it offers," said Chambliss. "The Millennium doesn't enhance the film, it comes as close to being film as you can get on tape. It squeezes every ounce of color and richness from the film and captures it on tape, in standard resolution and all high definition resolutions. We're really excited about the ability to eventually transfer everything from 8mm to 70mm, including Vista Vision or 8-perf 35mm. These are features that many people in the industry think will be on the increase as high-def special effects formats," he stated.
Cumberland Film Awarded CINE Golden Eagle Award
CUMBERLAND: Island in Time, director William Van DerKloot's documentary film on the history of Georgia's Cumberland Island, has been awarded a CINE Golden Eagle.
The award of a prestigious Golden Eagle means the film will officially represent the United States in International Film Festivals. A CINE award also makes the film eligible for entry in the annual Academy Awards competition. This is the 10th CINE Golden Eagle awarded to work by William VanDerKloot and the Van DerKloot Film Studio. This year's competition had a record number of entries. The award will be presented at a gala awards ceremony in Washington, DC.
CUMBERLAND: Island in Time, premiered at the Woodruff Arts Center and is slated for video and broadcast release later this year. The film shows the island's natural splendor and was filmed over a five year period.
VanDerKloot Film Studio is an Atlanta-based creative services and media company specializing in a wide range of projects and services, from the creation and production of motion pictures and television programs to corporate presentations, children's videos and interactive programs. The company has been in business since 1976.
Filmmakers and Actors of Color Directory Listings
Filmmakers and Actors of Color are accepting resumes from film professionals, i.e. actors, directors, producers, writers, technicians (gaffers, production assistants, cinematographers, make-up, etc), for listing in their biannual directory. The directory is distributed to over 600 film industry professionals across the states and overseas. The listing is FREE! Please forward information to Tina Taylor at gs01tdt@yahoo.com or call 404-755-2964.
Extras
LAB 601 has added Karen Clint as director of marketing and sales and Meredith Williams as reception/client services. Karen Clint comes to LAB 601 from EAI (Executive Arts, Inc.), an Atlanta-based design firm specializing in strategic corporate communications for both print and online. As an
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account manager at EAI, her clients included Andersen Consulting, Equifax and the Atlanta History Center. Meredith Williams returns to Atlanta after two years freelancing in New York City. Since completing the New York Film Academy in 1997, she has written, produced, directed and edited her own short film entitled Anything She Can Do... and worked alongside acclaimed video director/filmmaker Hype Williams on his first feature film, Belly.
On Saturday, September 23, Women In Film Atlanta (WIFA) will feature a workshop on the latest in technology in media and entertainment - Get the "Low Down" on High Tech. Discover what you need to know about the latest technological advancements in media and entertainment and how they will affect you. Attendees will find out about HDTV from Crawford Post Production; learn the specifics of streaming media from inthehaystack.com and enhanced TV from Turner Interactive; and hear the keynote address from IBM on the subject of "Convergence." The one-day workshop will be held at American Intercontinental University, 3330 Peachtree Road, from 9am to 4pm. Fee for WIFA and IMAGE members is $79.00, non-members $99.00, lunch included. Registration deadline is September 15th. Call the WIFA Hotline 404-352-1379 www.wifa.org
The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), Southeast has elected a new board of directors. Craig Miller of Craig Miller Productions, Atlanta, is the president after having served as vice president and treasurer in years past. Janice Burstein of Black Box Pictures is now vice president, with Steve Mensch of Feature Systems serving as secretary and treasurer. The AICP Atlanta-Southeast is a chapter of the National Association of Independent Commercial Producers. AICP represents 80-85 percent of all domestic commercials whether produced for traditional broadcast channels, or non-traditional use, public or private viewing.
Atlanta composer Eddie Horst recently wrote an orchestral arrangement for the title track of the new Kelly Price CD, "Mirror Mirror." Price is a new star on the Def Soul label. Horst also wrote the theme song for Hardee's new internal promotion campaign, which featured Smokey Robinson, Vhonda Shepard, Boys II Men and Lace. Lace recorded the theme song, entitled "We Are Hardees."
Michael Lister, author of such novels as Power in the Blood and An Uncertain Justice, is now the senior staff writer for Triple Horse Entertainment. He is currently developing and writing feature-length screenplays with director Karl Horstmann.
VTA has announced the addition of Chris Barber, non-linear editor and digital artist. As creative editorial, Barber will be working with VTA's network clients, national advertising agencies and production companies.
Atlanta's Synergy Films shot commercials in San Francisco and Park City, Utah. The San Francisco shoot was for a Flexall campaign with Joe Montana, coinciding with his recent induction to the NFL Hall of Fame. The Utah trek, outside Redford's Sundance lnstitute, was for a Ban Natural's new product launch. Back in Atlanta, Synergy shot 8 commercials in 4 days for DFI of Los Angeles and Wrightway Creative Group of NYC for Aspercreme and Gold Bond Medicated Powder.
BLACKFILMFESTAMERICA (BFFP) is a touring showcase of independent Black films and filmmakers. A domestic spinoff of the Acapulco Black Film Festival, its mission is to promote black and urban inspired cinema. BFFA will make stops in 9 major cities in the U.S., including Atlanta, in the year 2000. There will be an advance promotional screening September 11 and regular
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screenings will be held September 15 through October 1 at the Magic Johnson Theater at Greenbriar Mall. The two feature films to be screened are Personals, starring Malik Yoba, Stacey Dash and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Cold Feet, starring Chenoa Maxwell and Rahsan Lindsay. For more information, check out the website at www.GoSeeBlackMovies.com.
Giant Studios Named Digital Character Animation Partner for the 2000 Democratic National Convention
Giant Studios has kicked its way into this year's Democratic National Convention with the creation of Swifty the Donkey, an animated version of the Party's tried and true mascot. Designed for distribution across multiple media platforms from broadcast to the Web, Swifty appeared on everything from the Staples Center video screens to individual computer monitors around the world as an ambassador of good will, helping to deliver the Democratic message.
"We're very excited about partnering with Giant Studios, one of the industry's leading effects and animation studios, to bring creative entertainment to the Convention this year," stated Tom Gorman, director of production for the 2000 Democratic National Convention before the event. "Swifty has a big job ahead of him, though. We plan to keep him very busy."
Included in the tasks Gorman assigned Swifty were assisting with the daily Roll Call, entertaining the crowd on the floor between events and acting as a virtual "host" on the Convention's web site, www.dems2000.com. Swifty also appeared on the Democratic Convention Network, a "dedicated, highly visible television channel delivering information to delegates, candidates, guests and press attending the 2000 Convention. It was distributed throughout the convention site and area hotels, as well as to nearly 5 million homes in the LA basin."
Brought to life by Giant Studios' skilled team of digital artists and animators, Swifty was designed and animated in just weeks.
"Working with one of the most recognized political icons in the free world was an incredible opportunity for us. Our digital artists had a lot of fun with it, and we are thrilled that Tom Gorman and his group were able to bring us into the loop to give a little kick to "Swifty's" personality," states Candice Alger, President and CEO of Giant Studios.
GDITT Trip to South Georgia
R.K. Sehgal, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism (GDITT), led a bus trip to South Georgia in July and August in an effort to forge a stronger partnership between the state's rural and urban areas. Sehgal noted that this was the first time in the department's history that all of GDITT's top staff had traveled as a group to meet with officials in this area.
"What we want to do at GDITT is to take our message straight to our local communities," said Sehgal. "And the message is that when we work together, anything is possible."
Greg Torre and Carri Gibbs of the Film Division accompanied other members of the department on its mission to discuss economic development issues with South Georgia business owners and elected officials. Greg Torre presented information
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on the Georgia Film & Videotape Office in Americus and Dublin and Carri Gibbs made the presentation in Swainsboro.
The trip preceeds the Film Division's plan to rephotograph much of the state for its location files. In addition to updating traditional print photographs, the Division will also utilize newly-purchased digital cameras to build a digital library.
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