Georgia film, video & music...you get the picture [Vol. 18, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2002)]

Volume 18, Number 6
Georgia's Sweet Home Alabama Tops $100 Million

November /December 2002
Redford Returns for The Clearing

Dumb & Dumberer Shoots in Atlanta
New Line Cinema's Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is currently in production in and around the Atlanta area. Run Ronnie Run writer/director Troy Miller, producer Oren Koules and line producer Carl Mazzocone (Boxing Helena) have once again returned to Georgia to shoot the prequel to the 1994 hit comedy Dumb and Dumber.
Production on the film began in mid-November and will continue until late January with Atlanta, Marietta, Buckhead, Smyrna and Lithonia doubling for Providence, Rhode Island. The film is scheduled for a July 2003 national release.

Photo: (L-R) Director Andy Tennant and Reese Witherspoon.
Director Andy Tennant's Georgia-lensed Sweet Home Alabama was released September 27th and has already grossed in excess of $114 million. Shot last winter in Crawfordville, Rome, Covington, Peachtree City and Atlanta, Sweet Home Alabama stars Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart and Candice Bergen.

Principal photography has been completed in Atlanta on the psychological thriller The Clearing, starring multiple award-winning actors Robert Redford, Helen Mirren and Willem Dafoe. The film marks the directorial debut for Academy Award-nominated producer Pieter Jan Brugge (The Insider). Redford previously spent time on Georgia's coast producing and directing The Legend of Bagger Vance (1999).
In The Clearing, Wayne (Redford) and Eileen (Mirren) Hayes live the American Dream. Together they've raised two children and struggled to
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The Fighting Temptations Wrap Production

Photo: (L-R) Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyonc Knowles.
The Paramount Pictures presents an MTV Film Productions' film The Fighting Temptations wrapped production in late November in Atlanta. Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as a New York advertising executive who has returned home to cash in on an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect. Destiny Child's Beyonc Knowles (Austin Powers in Goldmember) stars as a member of the gospel choir in this romantic comedy. Jonathan Lynn (My Cousin Vinny) returned to Georgia to direct the production. Lensing locations on the ten-week production included Columbus, Griffin, Senoia, Social Circle, High Falls, Mansfield and Atlanta.

Georgia Film, Video & Music... You Get The Picture is a bi-monthly publication. Deadline for article submission in the January/February issue is December 10, 2002. Articles can be mailed to Brenda Brayton, Georgia Film, Video & Music Office, Post Office Box 1776, Atlanta, GA 30301, faxed to 404.656.3565 or sent electronically to bbrayton@georgia.org. Visit our website at www.filmgeorgia.org.

SPOTLIGHT: Commission Member Chuck Collins
Photo: Chuck Collins
Georgia Film, Video & Music Advisory Commission member Chuck Collins has more than 20 years experience creating sales and distribution programs in the large-venue digital imaging industry. His recent endeavors have created historic milestones in the entertainment industry.
As Digital Projection's national market development manager Chuck Collins has excelled at identifying new opportunities that utilize the company's LIGHTNING, THUNDER and HIGHlite displays. Recently, Collins has acted as Digital Projection's executive leader in creating and supporting programs to supply projectors at every major film festival and exhibition industry demonstration. His efforts have secured a six-year alliance with the Sundance Film Festival and established the company as the exclusive provider of digital projectors for the festival's digital programming. Collins travels extensively to educate users on the performance attributes of DLPTM, LCD and other projection technology platforms. He has been a featured speaker at many imaging panels including film festivals, industry trade exhibitions and projection training events. Prior to Digital Projection, Inc., Collins managed territorial sales for many large projector manufacturers, including Barco, NEC and Ampro. His sales performance at various manufacturers has consistently earned Collins top sales and leadership commendations.
FEATURED LOCATION: Crawfordville, Georgia
Photo: Downtown Crawfordville, Georgia.
Located in northeast Georgia, the town of Crawfordville was incorporated in 1826. The Georgia Railroad line from Augusta to Atlanta passed directly through the town named for William H. Crawford, a United States Senator who also served in the cabinets of two presidents.
Most recently, Crawfordville was prominently featured in Sweet Home Alabama. Previously, films shot in Crawfordville include The Neon Bible, A Passion for Justice, Carolina Skeletons, Paris Trout, Home Fires Burning, Stars & Bars and Coward of the County.

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build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack (Dafoe), and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned inside out. Eileen finds her home full of FBI Agents, their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal causes Wayne and Eileen to reassess their marriage and come to a deeper sense of their commitment to each other. With each passing hour, the need and desire for Wayne to return home safely becomes ever more urgent.
The original story was conceived by Brugge and written by Justin Haythe. Thousand Words and Fox Searchlight serve as co-financiers of The Clearing. Brugge has produced two other projects in Georgia, the Alan Pakula directed Consenting Adults and the Academy Award winning Glory.
Tube Shoots Campaign
Tube was recently awarded the Fall 2002 television campaign for Buckhead Life Restaurant Group (BLRG). The campaign features three 30-second television spots revolving around "The Ultimate Card" promotion offered by BLRG. The spots will run for the months of November and December to promote the gift card for the holidays.
Tube provided creative and concept, the production shoot and all post-production services including VO record, editorial, graphics and sound design. Tube's owner/editor Chris Downs directed the shoot and edited the spots. Tube's audio engineer Casey Peery, performed all audio post and sound design.

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Crawford Posts Will & Grace Promos
Crawford Post Production recently teamed with Tribune Creative Services to create the promotions for the nationally syndicated launch of the popular sitcom, Will & Grace. The spots promoting shows from the first four seasons of Will & Grace are broadcast on independent stations and cable and satellite networks across the country. Crawford created four spots for each show.
"There were hundreds of spots," said Steve Davis, director of audio. "This was a huge project requiring lots of talented people. The fact that so many of our post talents worked on this project speaks of the quality and depth of Crawford's staff." Davis credits audio engineers Dave Henshaw, Dave Wilson, Randy Garmon, Gideon Cohen, Brit Warner and Bryan Stone for the outstanding work on the spots. Crawford Avid editors Curtis Iocco, Mike Allen, Mark Davis, Tom Roche, Bill Bowen and Jim Bowhall also worked on the project and Kenny Sloat served as coordinating producer.
Tribune has previously called on Crawford to produce successful promotional campaigns for Friends, Boy Meets World, Coach, The Wonder Years, Hercules and Xena. For more information about Crawford Post Production please visit www.crawford.com or call 404.876.7149.

Faith-Based TV Programs Honored
The Second Annual Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters' Allen Awards were announced on October 15th. Created to honor the memory of AIB's founder, Rev. John H. Allen, the Allen Awards recognize programmers for broadcast excellence while keeping their message inspirational, educational and relevant to today's society.
Award winners recognized at the event were Girl Tech Network's Law & Medicine for Best Public Service Program and Christian Science Churches of Greater Atlanta's Morning Bible Lesson for Best Technical Production. The winners for Outstanding Continuous Faith Based Outreach Program were based upon the size of the congregation. In the category "under 1000 members" was the Day Star Tabernacle of The Bright Star Church for their program The Lion of Judah Highlights, 2001. For congregations between 1,000-4999 members, Voices of Faith Ministries took home the honor for their program, New Birth. Peachtree Presbyterian Church's talk show Good News A.M. won for the second year in a row in the mega-size category (over 5,000 members) for their program, According To John. A new category added to the awards this year was the area of Best Performance Liturgical Dance. This honor was awarded to the Cathedral at Chapel Hill for their program, That Name.

Reynolds & Pollack Honored at Savannah Film and Video Festival
Photo: (L-R) Sydney Pollack and SCAD co-founder and president Paula S. Wallace.
The Fifth Annual Savannah Film and Video Festival hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design completed its run on November 2, 2002 with a closing night tribute to director-producer-actor Sydney Pollack. The eight-day festival sponsored in part by Lincoln, Memorial Health and the Savannah Morning News featured screenings of more than 60 films and videos from around the world, as well as panel discussions and presentations by visiting filmmakers, directors and producers.
The winners of this year's festival included: Best Feature, The Rough South of Larry Brown; Best Documentary, My Father the Genius; Best Short, Mboutoukou; Best Short Documentary, Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray; Best Animation, Bug Beat and Best Actor, Kevin Pollak in Mother Ghost. The Lincoln Filmmaker Award for Best Director went to Victor Viyuoh for Mboutoukou and the HBO Films' Producer Award went to Karen Ishizuka for Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray. Special Jury Awards were given to Alchemy and Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders. The HBO Films' Best Student Film Award was Left Behind. The runner-up was Little Red Plane.
Filmmaker John Waters (Pink Flamingo, Polyester, Hairspray and Serial Mom) was a featured speaker at the festival. Geraldine Chaplin and Annie Chaplin were in attendance for a tribute to their legendary father, Charlie Chaplin and the world premiere of newly restored re-releases of his films. As part of the tribute American Movie Classics premiered their documentary The Tramp and the Dictator about the making of the film The Great Dictator.
During the festival Debbie Reynolds received a Lifetime Achievement in Film Award. The tribute to Reynolds included a screening of one of her classic musical movies The Unsinkable Molly Brown. At the closing awards ceremony Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa, The Way We Were) was presented with an Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award. Pollack's 18 films have received 46 Academy Award nominations including four for best picture.

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BBDO and R!OT Atlanta Launch Theatrical Ad for Cingular

BBDO Atlanta and R!OT Atlanta (also known as Todd-AO Atlanta) have once again teamed up for Cingular. This time they have created a cell phone ejector seat ad directed to theatergoers who don't silence their cell phones. The theatrical ad from art director Lee Dayvault and writer Matt Ledoux from BBDO is currently in circulation in Loew's, Star Cinemas and Magic Johnson Theatres nationwide.
Produced for the agency by Kathy Adkins and Jennifer Bertoni, the spot was directed by Tom Schiller of Coppos Film. Visual effects supervision on set was provided by R!OT's Jeff Doud. Schiller and Doud evaluated the visual result that would be achieved with a trapeze system that would hurl an actor at the movie screen. The desire was to create the effect completely in-camera and simply remove the rigging. The actor was launched at the screen 26 times (into padding mounted to the white screen). Doud and Schiller evaluated each series of takes and determined that the optimal speed of flight was twice actual speed. Background plates and reference shots were completed and the actor was sent home, still smiling and in one piece.
R!OT Atlanta executive producer Mike Tremble coordinated all the technical details for film scanning and re-output to film for the various theaters' specifications. Producer Laraine Stewart managed the production through R!OT's Atlanta studio. Editor Carlton Eden selected the key take and edited in the speed adjustments to get the trajectory of the stunt man perfect. Flame artist Gavin Holmes pulled together all the elements at film resolution and also undertook the task of painting out of the scene all rigging that flew the stunt man through the air. Audio engineer Chris Basta provided some sound design and VO before the final audio was mixed.

Association Announcements:
Atlanta Urban MediaMakers Association, Inc. (AUMAi) reflects the new generation of mediamaking. AUMAi's mission is to empower people through cultural diversity in animation, film and video. For more information on AUMAi's monthly meetings, visit www.urbanmediamakers.com or call 404.287.7758.
FAOC Filmmakers and Actors of Color is a non-profit organization founded in 1994 to increase opportunities for minorities in the film industry. Watch for announcements in this newsletter or call 404.755.2964 for information.
GPP The Georgia Production Partnership is a statewide organization of filmmakers and film industry executives committed to keeping Georgia a film-friendly and competitive force in the film and video community. Meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of each month at noon. For membership information, call Matt Timmons at 404.609.9001 or e-mail at TheGPP@mindspring.com.
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.
MCAi (formerly ITVA) promotes the growth, quality and success of film, video and multimedia communications primarily in corporate and special interest production. For information, please visit their website at www.atlantamcai.org.
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (The Recording Academy): Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is dedicated to providing educational opportunities and improving the cultural environment and quality of life for music and its makers. For more information, please visit www.grammy.com.
NATAS/Atlanta NATAS/Atlanta, the local chapter of the National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences. For information please call 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 check the website at www.wifa.org.

CineFilm Assists Fire on the Mountain
Fire on the Mountain, a 90-minute documentary based on the book of the same name by journalist John Maclean, recently aired on The History Channel. CineFilm Laboratory provided processing, dailies and final color correction to Lone Wolf Pictures, a Peabody and Emmy award-winning production company based in Portland, Maine, for the project.
CineFilm senior colorist Ron Anderson worked closely with Lisa Wolfinger, Lone Wolf writer, producer and director;Tony Bacon, editor; Sean Glenn, interview segment DP; and DJ Roller, recreations DP, to tell the story of Maclean' s investigation into the 1994 Storm King Mountain fire that claimed the lives of 14 elite firefighters. Filming took place over a three-month period with post lasting about eight months.
CineFilm is celebrating its 25th anniversary of serving the film industry and clients from across the country with color negative processing and telecine.

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Atlanta-Based Production Team Delivers 1-2 Punch
Greg Phillips, a former CNN senior producer and Neal Broffman, a former CNN senior cameraman have launched digitalvideovisionsTM. Together, they bring 25 years of domestic and overseas production experience to the southeastern U.S. market.
"We're hoping to fill a niche," said Phillips. "We'll do everything for the client, from start to finish. We'll help develop an idea, produce it, shoot it, write it and edit it. And since we'll be working in the digital format, the product will be cutting-edge: broadcast quality, no generation loss, computer-compatible-perfect for websites, DVDs and CD-ROMs." Phillips spent his entire CNN career based in Atlanta but much of the time he wasn't actually in Georgia. "I worked on a weekly, half-hour documentary-style travel program and have shot with camera crews on every continent."
While based in London, Rome and Moscow Broffman shot and edited stories about major world events, from the breakup of the USSR to the Gulf War to the UN intervention in Somalia. Phillips and Broffman anticipate their digitalvideovisionsTM projects to be diverse. "We're expecting to produce and shoot documentaries, short- and long-form news stories and corporate projects," Broffman said. Broffman will shoot on a Sony DSR-370 DV camera and edit on an Apple G4 computer. "One aspect I like best about our business is that clients will be able to view their projects via e-mail or CD," Broffman continued. "So it doesn't matter if you live in Los Angeles, Paris or Augusta--we'll deliver what you need."
For more information, contact digitalvideovisionsTM at dvvisions@yahoo.com or check out the company's website, www.digitalvideovisions.com.

High-End Fashion Spot Features Buckhead/Atlanta Locations
Photo: (L-R) Anne Ostrenko and Dennis Bassarab.
A new 30-second spot for C&M Apparel, retailer for top New York City fashion designer Barry Bricken, was lensed in studio and location settings in Atlanta during October by writer-producer Anne Ostrenko and director-DP Dennis Bassarab. The commercial, shot on 35mm using an Arri 435 with prime lenses, is the first major foray for the high-end clothing retailer in broadcast advertising. A residential location in Buckhead and a studio set at PC&E in Atlanta served as locations for the concept, which included an art gallery setting. The residential location, chosen to reinforce the sophistication of the Bricken apparel line, was a Neel Reid-designed 1923 home in the heart of the exclusive Buckhead neighborhood in Atlanta. The gallery mock-up featured original British art provided by Thomas Deans & Co., a major Southeastern dealer of investment quality art dating to 1750. Ostrenko and Bassarab are 18-year veterans of film and video production. Bassarab, who directed and lit the C&M spot, is a long-time Turner Broadcasting System professional. Ostrenko, who developed the script is an Atlantabased producer of broadcast, corporate marketing and image videos.
A Haunting Petunia Debuts
Photo: Kenny Alfonso sings "The Sofa Song."
Writer/director John Levy and producer Linda Burns' comedic satire Petunia debuted at the Austin Film Festival in October. This longawaited 38-minute movie reinvents the traditional musical and presents an offbeat commentary on the value of family and the relationships we allow to deteriorate. Ted Manson (Runaway Jury, Sweet Home Alabama) stars as The Old Man. After celebrating the sudden death of his nagging wife Petunia, played by Suzi Bass (Fried Green Tomatoes, My Cousin Vinny), The Old Man is rudely awakened when she comes back to haunt him as a houseplant. Randall Sims (Finding Jack Kerouac) portrays The Old Man's Son and Kenny Alfonso (Analyze This, No Pills in Happyland) is the suave police detective who uncovers the truth. Bob Clark, director of photography shot Petunia in High Definition with the Sony 24P camera. Lab 601 provided post-production using their High Definition suite. The music and lyrics, also written by John Levy, include an eclectic assortment of styles from Atlanta's top studio rock musicians to members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Petunia, produced by Garage Musicals and Red Fish Films in association with Lab 601 will be touring the film festival circuit as well as some privately held screenings in Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles.

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HDM Performs

Bair Tracks Posts Award - Winning Spots

Reverse Repurposing
Harris Digital Media (HDM) is often called on to repurpose

Bair Tracks contributed to the production of a number of high-profile spots recently honored at Promax & BDA 2002. Ed Bair handled audio for four Silver medal winners. A sports promotion for Wimbledon on TNT won in the

video programs for CD, DVD and/or category for Cable Channels and Networks and a movie promotion for TNT's

the Internet. But recently they were

Made-for-TV Movies The James Dean Tease took home silver in the Cable

called on to pull content off a CD-

Channels and Networks category. The audio and online for YU & CO's Silver

ROM and record it to BetacamSP

medal winner WUSA Promo were completed at Bair Tracks and the fourth

videotape.

Silver was awarded for the DVD Design for Powerpuff Girls: The Mane Event,

The United States Federal

produced by 7ate9 of Atlanta and audio posted at Bair Tracks.

Highway Administration produced

Amy Linton handled Avid at Bair Tracks for Cartoon Network's Gold

Safer Journey: Interactive Pedestrian

garnering Reflections. Reflections received top honor in the Non-News, Out-of-

Safety CD-ROM explains the

House Image Promo, over 30 seconds up to 60 seconds category. Bair com-

appropriate way to handle many

pleted the audio for the winner of BDA Gold for Non-News, In-House

common occurrences when walking Interstitial up to 5 minutes, with Lockdown for Toonami. He also did the

in traffic. The CD included 25 Flash

innovative audio post for The Cartoon Network's Adult Swim which received

animation segments with audio. The the Judge's Choice Award as well as Gold for Total Package Design - Topical

USFHA wanted to use the anima-

On-Air.

tions and accompanying audio in a series of Public Service Announce-

GSU Introduces Producer-in-Residence Program

ments to be run on local cable and television stations around the country. The challenge was to figure out how to pull these segments off the disk and convert them to video.
HDM used a variety of software packages to extract, convert and play back the animations and a special computer was used to output the segments to tape. HDM also extracted all the other assets in the HTML-based presentation, which included pictures, text screens, additional audio and MP3 files. For information call 770.447.9075 or visit www.harrisdigitalmedia.com.

Advancing its commitment to innovative educational opportunities through active involvement with Atlanta's professional filmmaking community, the Digital Arts and Entertainment Lab (DAEL) at Georgia State University (GSU) announced the development of its producer-in-residence program. Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated producer George deGolian has been named the lab's producer-in-residence, beginning fall semester of 2002.
The DAEL producer-in-residence is the first of its kind at a university setting. Part artist-in-residence and part executive MBA model, the program creates an invaluable connection between academic and professional spheres of filmmaking and broadcast production. At DAEL, the producer-in-residence is a filmmaker who is working in the industry and takes some time off to reflect and assist students with their projects. deGolian was the first Master's student in GSU's graduate program in film and video production. In the late eighties, he worked with Gary Moss, developing television shows and narrative films, including the Academy Award nominated Gullah Tales.

Kossover Directs Animated Delgo

Photo: Herb Kossover pictured with one of the characters from Delgo.
Director/DP Herb Kossover has been busy in 2002 with repeated images appearing in the new season of NBC's hit series The West Wing. Kossover and his all-Atlanta crew captured images of Washington, DC to be scene transitions and establishing shots for the new season of The West Wing. Kossover also shot a national Public Service Announcement (PSA) for President Bush entitled Standing Tall, which promotes patriotism. The PSA shows interaction between actors Robin Williams and Julia Roberts repeating some of their most memorable lines from their movies.
Earlier this year Kossover shot commercial spots for BellSouth, U.S. Postal Service, Lifelink, Samsung, Palm, General Motors and Citigroup. Kossover also completed a short film for recording artist Bow Wow. The film, shot entirely in Georgia, opens Bow Wow's concert act.
This year Kossover had the unique opportunity of directing the animated photography on an all CGI feature film. The feature Delgo is slated to be released in late 2003 and is produced by Atlanta's Fathom Studios and executive producer Marc Adler. For further information contact Amy Reed at 770.509.0619.

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Giant Studios Captures Fancy Footwork for Adidas
Giant Studios did a little fancy footwork for the latest Digital Domain Adidas spot entitled Mechanical Legs directed by David Fincher for the agency Chiat/Day/ TBWA San Francisco.
The spot opens in a dimly lit factory where a group of mechanical legs are suspended from a steel conveyor rig. Suddenly a pair of the mechanical legs, wearing Adidas a3 Cushion basketball shoes move. They begin to shuffle, jump and run with blinding speed and dexterity across sections of floor paneling that magically appear in their path. Another pair of mechanical legs without shoes comes to life and jumps to the challenge. Both collide in mid-air where the challenger is knocked flat. The Adidas clad mechanical legs continues with its fancy footwork as the screen fades to black.
To capture the "life-like...creepy" motions, Giant's proprietary motion capture technology and editing software were utilized for the performance of the athletes and dancers cast by Digital Domain. Giant's engineers calibrated the system to pickup the deformations of the performer's shoes and used their Charmapper software to create the motion for the 3D mechanical legs from the human performance. Prior to the shoot, 3D assets were delivered for integration into Giant's proprietary real-time pipeline. This allowed Fincher, Digital Domain and the agency to see the motion on their 3D model concurrent with the performance.
The spot is airing nationally and can be viewed online at www.adidas.com/campaigns/ a3/content/frame.asp? file=language.asp

Creative Digital & WUSA Team Up
Creative Digital Group recently produced three television spots and 14 radio spots for the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) to promote ticket sales for the Founders Cup II at Herndon Stadium in Atlanta.
The television spots were produced, shot and edited in one day and aired nationally on ESPN the following day. The spots were run in every WUSA market: Atlanta, Boston, North Carolina, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Jose and Washington, D.C.
Fourteen radio spots were produced, three of which starred the most recognizable female soccer athlete in the world, Mia Hamm. The exciting spots were produced in one day, distributed electronically via e-mail and Creative Digital Group's FTP site for air the same evening on local Atlanta radio stations. All work was completed at Creative Digital Group's production facility in midtown Atlanta.
7ate9 Promotes Disney's A-Z
The alphabet and 26 animals... these were the ingredients 7ate9 had to work with to create a series of six promotional spots for Playhouse Disney's A-Z campaign. The campaign features the lovable Stanley, the star of his self-titled animated series about an imaginative boy who is wild about animals.
The spots were created as a part of a promotional sweepstakes for Disney who will be showing 26 episodes of Stanley, each corresponding to a letter in the alphabet. Each letter and episode is represented by an animal and a chance for parents to win money towards their child's education.
Using animation of Stanley and various animals from the show along with original 3-D graphics and CGI background environments, 7ate9 created spots that will be aired nationally on Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and Toon Disney.
Curtis Bryant Scores New Voting Machines PSA
Photo: Curtis Bryant at keyboards.
Curtis Bryant recently composed music for a new 30-second PSA entitled Touch the Future for the Georgia Counts media campaign. The project was produced by Georgia Public Broadcasting's Client Projects division. The ad highlights the ease of use of Georgia's new electronic voting machines. It aired in October and November prior to the elections by local broadcasters in the Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Savannah, Albany and Chattanooga markets. Bryant also recently completed original music and sound design for The Role, a feature length film presentation by DMT Pictures LLC produced in Atlanta by Daniel Massey Tovell. The film was written and directed by Scott D. Lewis with Jack R. Frost III of Blue Spatula Productions serving as director of photography. Joshua B. Henderson edited the film in Final Cut Pro. Recording was engineered in Digital Performer-3 by Ken Gregory at 800 East Studios with assistant engineer Ivan Byong Joon Kim. Musicians included Matthew Hanson, guitars; Richard Jones, flutes and saxophones; Ken Gregory, trumpet and bass; Lroc, bass; Colman Bryant, piano and violin; and Linda J. Blazer, Nancy Bryant and Rene Wilson-Wicker, vocals. The Role, a dramaticthriller in the Hitchcock tradition, is a world premiere submission in the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

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The Adventures of Ociee Nash Wraps
Photo: Kristen McGary, Skyler Day, Janice Akers and Amy McGary.
Georgia filmmakers Kristen McGary and Amy McGary's The Adventures of Ociee Nash wrapped in late October. The period piece based on the story and characters from Milam McGraw Propst's novel "A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street" stars Mare Winningham, Keith Carradine and Skyler Day as young Ociee. Local actors included Tom Key, Sean Daniels, Anthony Rodriguez, Janice Akers and Daniel Burnley. The McGary sisters co-wrote the screenplay with Amy McGary serving as producer and Kristen McGary as director. Derek Kavanagh served as line producer for the film. The Adventures of Ociee Nash filmed in Orchard Hill and Atlanta, Georgia.
Extras
The first annual Peach City Short Film Festival was held in July at StudioPlex. With over 50 submissions from across the country, it was an evening of enlightenment and laughter with features from festival director Marc Prince and award-winning filmmaker Dream Hampton.

Guillotine Post Chops
Guillotine Post continues to have a busy year, working on a variety of broadcast and corporate projects. Turner Classic Movies came to Guillotine to post a Star of the Month short showcasing Shelley Winters and a Martin Scorsese special where the director introduced 17 of his favorite Italian films. Go! Productions also turned to Guillotine to edit videos for Cingular Wireless to help launch their services in the New York market.
Disney Channel kicked off a new promotional campaign featuring many of its established and rising stars. Storyville Pictures' producers Glen Owen and Dirk Detweiler worked with Guillotine senior editor Michael Koepenick and fellow chopper Christo Harris to put together over 60 spots, which are already in rotation. Shot on 16-mm film, the spots include 14 sports related interstitials, 28 Public Service Announcements promoting reading and over 20 new Express Yourself promos with topics ranging from heroes to hobbies.
American Idol Returns to Atlanta
American Idol was recently in Atlanta for a full week of auditions for the hugely successful television show's upcoming second season. The first season of American Idol starred Paula Abdul, Simon Cromwell and Randy Jackson. The show was FOX Television's biggest hit of the season. Atlanta's own GET-A-GRIP provided all the lighting and grip equipment. Atlanta professionals involved in the production included: Mark Henderson, gaffer; Terry Moore, key grip; Kyle Henderson, best boy electric and Rob Phillips, grip.

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