I’m talking on-line with a friend in Memphis. She shows me a photo of her with a Boy Scout troop. We briefly debate the superiority of Boy Scouts over their female counterparts. The cookies are all they have over us. That night for the life of me I couldn’t remember my Scout Oath or Pledge. I pull out my old Boy Scout Handbook, and spend the night reliving some childhood memories-not all of which are pleasant. 
I wake up and feel like a new man. Morally straight, mentally awake. Ha! I get to the office. Right off the bat we get a call. <!–more–>The producer has a friend who’s friends with a Cub Scout Troop Leader. Can they come see a real film studio? Pretty please? We get a van and two car loads of 7-10 year olds. They’re touching the antique radios and televisions we have on display. They fondle the plants and the curtains. Anything within range. The leaders get them to sit and the producer takes a few at a time around on tour while I give the remainder a quiz from my freshly revamped memory bank. They know more than I do, but I play it off. Meanwhile the groups are down on the green-screen set. The producer fires up a Star Wars image on the monitors, and the kids start an epic light-saber battle. They come up and tell the other kids. Pandemonium!
Later they file out chaotically. All of the client candy is gone. Business cards, gone. Anything small and within reach has been manipulated or bent. Luckily the studio xBox360 was suffering red-ring. They probably would have beaten me in Call of Duty.
I had a friend working in the marketing dept. of the local dispatch and decided to make a tribute to him losing his job at the dispatch and the rest of us losing our local printed newspaper.
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The auditions have started for the select few for the time being but come next month open auditions will start for a local independent film being shot in Columbus, Ohio. See very first interview below: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgCrj-QeUDk]
For audition appointment and times email us at: info@visions2video.com
We get a call from a local elementary school: They want us to film a documentary of the teachers leading the students in community events-The whole philanthropy angle. Sounds great, and the kids will really earn from it in the long run. We film the first class as they explain Cinqo de Mayo to citizens at a retirement home. Great contrast in ages, and the kids wore ponchos and sombreros. Class two did a community clean-up; a few rolling shots from the Honda Element we were driving, then a lot of footwork following the kids as they picked up litter. Lots of before and after, though we couldn’t film the people who came out of their homes to thank the kids for something the homeowners should be doing themselves.
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With cream pillars adorning a spacious front patio, the boxy brick house at 325 W. Hubbard St. appears cheerfully inviting. Inside, though, it’s a fixer-upper’s nightmare: decades of neglect, sagging wallpaper and asbestos problems. 
Viewers can follow the step-by-step renewal of the 103-year-old Victorian Village home as it receives up to $500,000 in cutting-edge updates on the new show Ohio Home & Garden, airing Saturdays on WSYX (Channel 6). The 24-episode season kicked off in early March, and archived episodes are available online.
“It’s like watching HGTV, but with local people you know,” said Joshua Porter, the show’s executive producer. <!–more–>
Ohio Home & Garden is the brainchild of 30-year-old Porter and his Columbus-based company, I’AMedia Productions. The goal is to inform homeowners — and future buyers — about local companies and products available for home improvement.
More importantly, though, the show strives to entertain, Porter said. Read the rest of this entry »
Gather round, yous chillun’: ol’ papa pooey has a tale ta tell yins.
O.K., so that’s not the best example of writing out there, but it does hit a few key ideals, at least one of which I hope to expound upon.
So. Writing. I hear it all the time: “I have all these amazing stories in my head, I just have to get them down on paper”, or, “I don’t know where to start!” Well, here’s my solution to that. Will it the best answer? Maybe. Maybe not; But if you’re totally at a loss, then at least you’ll have more than you did.<!–more–> Read the rest of this entry »
The Ohio Film Office welcomed actor Will Smith on Thursday, November 20 when he visited Independence,Ohio, for a sneak preview of his new film, “Seven Pounds,” at the Cinemark Theater in Valley View. Ohiowas one of five states the actor visited in support of his new movie. Peggy Zone-Fisher, wife of Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, presented Smith with a proclamation that recognized Smith’s charitable work. The actor spent the day visiting schools and contributed to the Cleveland Food Bank.
Those who came to the film screening were encouraged to bring a canned good with them to support the effort as well. The crowd gathered around the red carpet to greet Smith when he arrived and camera flashes were plentiful as Smith took time to sign autographs for the crowd.
Cleveland Cavaliers star Lebron James also was in attendance. Ohio Film Office Director Christina Grozik encouraged Will Smith to bring his next project to Ohio, explaining all of the many reasons to do so. The night displayed a wonderful example of teamwork and partnership in making Ohio shine.
On behalf of the Ohio Film Office, thank you to all of our partners who assisted in building the initial phase of our location photo library by suggesting interesting sites. We have covered a lot of ground throughout 2008 (at least 15 counties!) both on FAM Tours and general scouting trips to develop a library of location photos
The photos will be used to promote Ohio as a potential location for film/video/commercial productions. Following is a list of the counties covered to date: Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Licking,Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Miami, Muskingum,Ottawa, Richland, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas, Washington, Wayne.
If you have a site you think would be a great location for shooting a project or if you are interested in coordinating a FAM tour for the Film Office, please contact Christina at (614) 644-5156 orChristina.Grozik@development.ohio.gov. Your continued interest and assistance is greatly appreciated.
The Ohio Film Office created a marketing DVD to show the spectacular locations represented throughout the state. The piece shows the range of looks in a close proximity including:
- Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities
- Deep Forests and Majestic Bodies of Water
- Industrial Canvases and Historical Masterpieces
- Traditional Town Squares and Innovative City Blocks
- Rolling Hills and Farm Land
The DVD will rotate various locations with time. If you have a location that you would like to recommend for the marketing DVD, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Christina Grozik at the Ohio Film Office at (614) 644-5156 or at Christina.Grozik@development.ohio.gov.
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