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THIS ISSUE's SPOTLIGHT on:
"Prop Master Profile "
Issue Number 34
June 2006
     


Crew Profile: Prop Masters
By Miranda Taylor

When the White Witch from the film adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,” conjures Turkish delight from a drop of magic potion, the silver basket in which they are so deliciously placed was acquired by and taken care of by a property master.

 
     
California Film Commission Appointments Announced

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced the latest appointments to the California Film Commission, the state office in charge of issuing permits and other assistance to filmmakers in California.

     
Paramount and Technorati Join Forces to Build Movie Buzz

Paramount Pictures and blog-tracking site Technorati are teaming up for a new marketing venture in hopes of hyping new movies among bloggers. The first movie to be marketed in this fashion will be “An Inconvenient Truth,” former Vice President Al Gore’s documentary about environmental issues. 

     
Variety Teams Up With Movies.com for Cross-Distribution Agreement

Variety Online and Movies.com have announced a new co-branded cross-distribution deal for content on their sites.

     
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Around Town

Anamatronics Exhibit at the Academy

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is currently presenting “It’s Alive!: Bringing Animatronic Characters to Life on Film,” an exhibit featuring models, concept art, storyboards, video clips as well as the animatronic creatures themselves. Characters represented include those from “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” “Labyrinth,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” and “Jurassic Park,” among others. The exhibit runs through Sunday, August 20, 2006, at the Academy.

Hollywood Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Festival Call for Entries

The Hollywood Film Festival, along with Film Threat Magazine, are currently accepting submissions for the Hollywood Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Festival, which will take place October 20–22 at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. Applications are available through the Hollywood Horror Film Festival Web site.

Directors to Present Game-Show Style Program at AICP Premiere

Stacy Wall of Epoch Films and Hank Perlman of Hungry Man will give a joint presentation in the form of a game show at the AICP Show & Lecture Series at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, on June 8. The presentation, part of the AICP Directors Lecture series, will feature audience participants spinning a wheel and answering questions for cash and other prizes. Tickets are available through the AICP Web site at www.aicp.com.

ASIFA-Hollywood Presents Animation Storyboard Art Exhibit

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive is presenting “Animation Archive: Art of the Storyboard Exhibit” now through the month of June. The exhibit will feature art from such shows as “The Flintstones,” “The Yogi Bear Show” and “Ren and Stimpy.” The Archive is located at 2114 Burbank Blvd in Burbank and viewings are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.

  Animatronic Aslan
Academy Award winner Howard Berger (left) and Greg Nicotero with "Aslan, the Great Lion"
     
 

 
Brooklyn International Film Festival
June 2–11

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
www.wbff.org/overview/

ADC 85th Annual Awards Gala
June 8

Art Directors Club
New York, NY
www.adcawards.org/

Moondance Film Festival
June 8–11

Raleigh Studios
Hollywood, CA
www.moondancefilmfestival.com/

Cross Cultural Film Festival
June 8

Lost Souls Cafe & Harlem Place Alley
Los Angeles, CA
www.crossculturalfilmfestival.org

15th Annual AICP Show & Lecture Series
June 8

The Museum of Modern Art, New York City
The Association of Independent Commercial Producers presents “The Art & Technique of the American Commercial.”
www.aicp.com/show/dom_inter_tour.cfm


 
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Burbank
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20th Century Fox
Los Angeles, CA
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Bristol, CT
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Sr Writer/Producer Promos
NBC Universal
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ
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Art Director
MTV Networks
New York
http://variety.careercast.com/texis/jobsearch/details.html?id=44845e74494c0

     
 


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