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Issue 2010.3
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2010.3
newsletter of the dallas producers association
celebrating over 30 years of industry leadership
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For article submission requirements, visit the DPA
web site at dallasproducers.org/newsletter.
All content must approved by the editor.
Announcements are not necessarily an
endorsement of, or by, the DPA. Unless otherwise
indicated, opinions expressed are those of the
article author or of the person interviewed, and
do not necessarily represent the views of the DPA.
While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy
of the content, the DPA cannot be held responsible
for any errors or omissions. The Reel is for
informational purposes only and is produced
without negligent, malicious or fraudulent intent.
Omissions or errors are accidental. Corrections
are requested; please send to the editor at
Published by the
DALLAS PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 560183, Dallas, TX 75356
dallasproducers.org
THE REEL
OFFICERS
Clayton Coblentz
President
Martha Duncan
Vice President
Linda McAlister
Secretary/Treasurer
Deanna Sanchez
Senior Editor and
Business Administration
Bob Dauber
Contributing Writer
Josh Hurst
Senior Art Director
Eric Jewell
Cartoonist
BOARD MEMBERS
Keith Randal Duncan
Jeff Evans
Bill Flynn
Josh Hurst
Russ Jolly
Allen Mondell
Will Raymond
Don Stokes
Laurel Wilson
Gordon K. Smith
Photography & Research
John “Doc” Strange
Photography
Volunteers needed
Sales & Marketing
David Fiegenschue,
FigDesign
Design
VOICESVOICES TAPPED FOR SEMINARS IN NASHvILLE AND AUSTIN
It is our pleasure and honor to present voice over one day seminars for actors in Nashville on January 29th and Austin on February 20th. The Nashville Actors Studio is owned by Alan Dysert, veteran TV actor, and will be a co-effort with Bettye Zoller and voice coach/producer Joe Loesch. In Austin, we are guests of the Screen Actors Guild Conservatory.
Union members attend free and non-union performers pay $20 for the day. Voicesvoices LLC is a Dallas audio recording studio and seminar company owned by DPA members Bettye Zoller and Bill Seitz. Bettye is a veteran voice talent, producer, audio engineer.
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FROZEN FIRE FILMS FILMINg THE JONAS BROTHERS AT DR. PEPPER BALLPARk IN FRISCO
In addition to singing their hearts out, the Jonas Brothers have pledged to play a game of softball at each stop on their tour as part of a campaign to encourage teens to “X” the “TXT” while driving. Sponsored by Allstate Insurance and held at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark
in Frisco, Texas, the trio of brothers, their road crew and thousands of screaming fans filled the stadium for an early afternoon rousing game of softball.
The team from Frozen Fire Films was on hand to capture footage of the brothers interacting with fans. Plenty of feel-good Allstate Insurance footage was shot as people pledged to not text while driving by putting a blue thumbprint on a giant banner. The softball was also a great success for all involved.
Thanks to the modern technology of tapeless HD acquisition, we were able to capture the footage and transfer it onto a hard-drive for editing by our client that same day. We felt proud to be a part of both a beneficial awareness campaign that will save lives and also to be called on to film an event with a musical group on track to have a following as big as The Beatles. Check out the Frozen Fire Films footage of the game featuring The Jonas Brothers on www.cambio.com.
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MembEr neWsBRAVE COMBO DOCUMENTARYMark Birnbaum and Bart Weiss are making a feature length documentary about the Grammy award winning alt polka band Brave Combo. To see a trailer visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3CdxkZLEOg
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THE CREATIVE SPINA beer that tells you when it’s cold and a rowdy baseball fan gets a fashion make-over were the concepts behind two TV commercials just created by The Creative Spin, the media production company based in Irving. Both spots were directed by Creative Spin’s owner, Joey Curry.
Like any television commercial shoot, these productions were not without their complications. The Coors Light commercial was shot at a local convenience store that had to remain open for business during the shoot. “We had a two-hour window to shoot the scenes we needed, but we still had to contend with customers coming in and out of the place,” Curry said. “They were curious about what we were doing but polite and cooperative.” To see the Coors Light commercial, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMj3Lvr87EE
In the spot for Haggars, shot outside at Grand Prairie’s Air Hog Stadium, it was rain that was the challenge — prompting a reschedule for principal photography when the shoot was rained out. “First, we had to find a day when the main actors were available,” explained Curry. “Then notifying the 25 paid extras from the Clutts Agency and the other 25 who were friends of friends was time-consuming. But we managed to pull it off.” To see the Haggars commercial, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT_CJEK5Vxo
Freelance videographer Jon Collins was the DP and Josh Curry was assistant director for both spots which will air exclusively on FOX Sports Net.
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MemBEr neWSAMS PICTURES
This summer has been very busy and exciting for us at AMS Pictures. In our Original Programming division, we premiered our latest network series, Ma’s Roadhouse on truTV. This was marked by a spectacular premiere party and live viewing.
We are also excited about our latest documentary, I Am Alive: Nando Parrado’s Story, the incredible true story of Nando Parrado and the other 15 plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Flight 571. Told through the eyes of Nando, this documentary will debut in the fall on a major television network.
And, our latest network show for Veria, Yoga for Life Season II, just wrapped production and moves onto post! In this series, Yoga master Kurt Johnsen invites the audience to learn his techniques to make life less stressful and better balanced.
In our Corporate & Commercial divisions, we’ve wrapped on several television spots for Subway and Cantoni stores. AMS Pictures is also honored to receive a Magellan Gold award for its corporate video work for Sabre Holdings on their new online travel product, Sabre Red.
We’d like to give a big shout-out to the strong local production community of contractors and freelancers who offered their time and efforts to make all of these projects a success. We couldn’t have done it without you!
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IT CA ME FROM DA LLA S 6Skeletons from the Closet!
Presented by Replicopy
Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 7:30 PM Doors open @ 6:30
Studio Movie grill Dallas, 11170 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75243
Mark your calendar and get the word out... It Came From Dallas 6 — Skeletons From the Closet! will be held on Thursday, October 21st, 2010. This fundraising event is DPA’s annual romp through the low and high strata of the Dallas film and television production industry and includes ample doses of merriment, silliness and recognition as we screen clips from films created in Dallas through the years.
It Came From Dallas 6 — Skeletons From the Closet! is presented by Replicopy and the event will be co-hosted by local screen personality LeeAnne Locken and film historian gordon k. Smith. Gordon has served as co-host for all previous It Came From Dallas shows and LeeAnne (She’s Got the Look, Miss Congeniality) joins the show for the first time.
Bob Dauber, DPA co-founder and executive producer for the show reports, “This year, we plan on returning to the Studio Movie Grill — Dallas for the star-studded gala. With an all-new format, some neat electronic surprises, a host of raffle prizes and a commitment to pick up the
pace of the evening’s proceedings, “It Came From Dallas!” threatens to be better than ever.” Highlights of the show’s clips will include Dick Clark touting warm Dr. Pepper and an SMU pillow fight from an old news reel.
Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10. Raffle prizes from Savor Dallas, Dallas International Film Festival, local theatres, local restaurants and more round out the evening’s events. The show starts at 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:30). See you there!
dpa EvEnts
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dpA meEtingsSEPTEMBER 2010THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION PRODUCTIONStudios 121 was the place to be Tuesday evening September 7 for the DPA panel discussion on the Business of Television Production. Clayton Coblentz, DPA President and producer of “Hot On The Trail” and “Labor of Love,” moderated the discussion covering reality series, multi-hour specials, network dramas/comedies, public television and animated series.
PANELISTS
Amy Lou Abernethy – Owner/Producer, Abernethy Media Professionals
keith Alcorn – Director/EP, “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”
Niki Mccuistian – Owner/Producer, McCuistion Productions
Martin Spirit – Head of Production, Brush Fire Films
Topics included funding and deal structures, budgets and profit margins, deliverables, relationships with network executives, production crews, equipment and technology.
A UGUST 2010BUSINESS OF PRODUCTIONFilled to capacity again! An SRO crowd of 210 people gathered at Inmotion Imagery Studios on Thursday August 5th for a joint presentation presented by Dallas Producers Association, women in film.Dallas and the Dallas Screenwriters Association. This month’s panel discussion focused on the Business of Production — insurance, taxes, legal issues, contracts, payroll — anything and everything concerning the business side of production for features to television to corporate media to documentary to commercials.
Featured panelists included an entertainment attorney, an insurance broker, a producers’ services specialist and a production accountant. The discussion was moderated by Clayton Coblentz, DPA President.
PANELISTS
Mike Farris – Farris Literary Agency and Tipton Jones Law Firm
Jeff Evans – Roeder Moon, Inc
Robert Curlin – Pinpoint Ideas & Solutions
Tony Rocha – Weaver and Tidwell LLP
don’t miss out: see
dallasproducers.org
for our next meeting
date and location
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JULY 2010BUSINESS OF CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONAn enormous crowd of 116 people gathered at IdeaMan Studios on Tuesday July 6th for DPA’s panel discussion focusing on the business of Corporate & Commercial Production. Panelists Don Stokes (Post Asylum), Massoum Mirzaei (Magic Video), David Maddox (IdeaMan films) and moderator and DPA board member Russ Jolly (214 Media) explored the state of the corporate and commercial production market and discussed the ins, outs, ups and downs of this vital and growing segment of production.
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incentive programreceive 5-15% of eligible costs
The Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program offers
qualifying feature films, television programs, commercials, video
games, and stand-alone post-production/finishing projects the
opportunity to receive a payment of 5-15% of eligible Texas
spending upon completion of a review of their Texas expenditures.
Both live-action and animated projects are eligible. This incentive
program is in addition to Texas’s Sales Tax Exemptions. Note
qualifications for Film & Television, Post-Production, Video Game
and Commercial projects on the following pages >>>
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FILM & TELEVISION PROJECTSFeature Films
Documentaries
Episodic Television Series
Television Episodes
Television Movies
Miniseries
Reality Television
Interstitial Television Programming
Nationally Syndicated Talk Show
Program Overview
• Tieredincentivepaymentsof5-15%basedonlevelof Texas spending.*
• OptionAtochooseincentivecalculationbasedontotal in-state spending.*
• OptionBtochooseincentivecalculationbasedonwages paid to Texas residents.*
• Possiblebonusof2.5%if25%ofproductioncompleted in underutilized area for Option A.
• Possiblebonusof4.25%if25%ofproductioncompleted in underutilized area for Option B.
• Texasspendingcanincludeeligiblepre-production, production and post-production expenditures.
• Nocaponincentiveamount.
Minimum Qualifications
• $250,000inTexasspending.
• 60%ofshootingdayscompletedinTexas.
• 70%ofpaidcrewmustbeTexasresidents.
• 70%ofpaidcast(includingextras)mustbeTexasresidents.*
* except reality television and talk shows.
POST-PRODUCTION / FINISHING PROJECTSFor stand-alone post-production / finishing projects for film, television and commercials.• Incentivepaymentof5-15%ofTexasspending.
• PercentagebasedontypeofprojectandlevelofTexas spending.
• Nocaponincentiveamount.
VIDEO GAME PROJECTSConsole Games
Computer Games
Handheld Console Games
Mobile Electronic Device Games
Stand-Alone Arcade Games
Browser or Web Based Games
Program Overview
• Incentivepaymentof5%ofTexasspending.
• Possiblebonusof2.5%if25%ofproductioncompleted in underutilized area.
• Nocaponincentiveamount.
Minimum Qualifications
• $100,000inTexasspending.
• 60%ofproductiondaysmustbecompletedinTexas.
• 70%ofpaidemployeesandcontractlabormustbeTexas residents.
Visual branding: identity, print and interactive design
figdesign.comfigbrand.com
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POSTASYLUM .com
5642 dyer st. • dal las tx, 75206 • p. 214.363.0162
Design/VFX
Editor ia l & HD Finish
Pure Evi l Music and Sound Design
COMMERCIAL PROJECTSNational Commercials
Regional Commercials
Series of Commercials
Infomercials
Interstitial Advertising
Music Videos
Educational Videos
Instructional Videos
Program Overview
• Incentivepaymentof5%ofTexasspending.
• Possiblebonusof2.5%if25%ofproductioncompleted in underutilized area.
• Texasspendingcanincludeeligiblepre-production, production and post-production expenditures.
• Nocaponincentiveamount.
Minimum Qualifications
• $100,000inTexasspending.
• 60%ofshootingdaysmustbecompletedinTexas.
• 70%ofpaidcrew,cast&extrascombinedmustbe Texas residents.
For more information and
the latest updates about the
Texas Moving Image Industry
Incentive Program, visit http://www.governor.state.tx.us/film/incentives/miiip/
incentive program
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state of texas
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