ERMP Press Releases in 2006

Eno River Media Production is a totally volunteer run nonprofit 501(C)(3) company located in the heart of the North Carolina piedmont. It was established in 1999, as a vehicle for highlighting local nonprofit organizations, musicians, artists, and creative entrepreneurs. Our mission is to promote and support North Carolina's unique arts community, nonprofit organizations and positive entrepreneurial spirit, through a variety of media. Our goals are to vastly increase exposure of the unparalleled talent and resources found in North Carolina and provide training for volunteers wishing to increase production, acting, or nonprofit management skills.

2006-06-09:
Flavor Fruit Productions Accepts Challenge for NASA JPL Project

On June 09, 2006, Executive Producer Anthony Dowling announced Flavor Fruit Productions has accepted the challenge of developing a short music segue to be utilized between each planet.

Flavor Fruit Productions will write a bridge music piece that will segue from planet to planet.

Flavor Fruit Productions is a full service commercial music studio that provides quality engineering and production.

2006-06-05:
Adam Tate Signs on to Direct ERMP's short movie Gods of Society

ERMP's Eno Shorts Division has assigned director Adam Tate to helm its big-screen adaptation of Calvin Roberts, dramatic short story Gods of Society; it was announced today by Eno River Media Production Executive Producer Anthony Dowling.

Based on the short story by Calvin Roberts, Gods of Society is an alternate view of events surrounding 9-11. Shortly after September 11th, an Arab man is taken into custody trying to covertly escape the US into Mexico. He is considered a suspect in the terrorist attack. Authorities know time is short and answers must be forthcoming. Through intense interrogation, what answer they find negates the reality they know.

Tate, who most recently directed several student shorts for the School of Communication Arts in Raleigh accepted the challenge with eager anticipation.

ERMP's Executive Producer Anthony Dowling is overseeing the project for the studio. It is being planned as a Fall 2006 release.

2006-06-04:
Streets are Calling Flavor Fruits Studio and ERMP Press Release

Anthony Dowling, Executive Producer for Eno River Media Production announced Monday morning the association between Flavor Fruit Studios & MRGE Productions of Durham, NC and ERMP of Durham, NC in the production of a musical called The Streets are Calling.

Vocal artists and spoken word poets will highlight the bill for the event.

The vision for this event is to reach all members of the Durham community with messages of empowerment and hope about gang violence and other issues that are plaguing Durham. Through music and poetry, we want to reach out and be a positive influence in the movement to make the Bull City the best.

Flavor Fruit Studios & MRGE Productions is a full service commercial music studio that provides quality engineering and production.

Established in February 2005, the founders are three childhood friends whose cohesiveness of 20 years gives them over 3 decades of music and business experience collectively. Their concept of "Durham artists, working together" is a core idea and a key ingredient to their corporate vision.

The vision of local artists working together increases their potential to bring a strong and lasting voice to the music industry for North Carolina.

The primary goal of Flavor Fruit Studios & MRGE Productions is to provide quality customer service and produce the industry,s most outstanding music for their artists.

Since honesty, truthfulness and integrity are the corporation's guiding values, the ultimate vision of the corporation is to become the music industry's standard for North Carolina and a major creative influence in the music world.

2006-06-04:
Kris Bain Signs on to Direct ERMP?s short movie Saving Shells

On June 04, 2006, Executive Producer Anthony Dowling announced Kris Bain as the Director ERMP's Eno Shorts Division has assigned director Kris Bain to helm its big-screen adaptation of Kwame Hawkins and Kris Bain's horror short story Saving Shells, it was announced today by Eno River Media Production Executive Producer Anthony Dowling.

Based on the short story by Kwame Hawkins, Saving Shells is a timeless horror tale of imagination. Fred, Jim, and Larry head out on a hunting trip deep into North Carolina woods. With their pickup truck speeding, low on fuel, and the country music up, there spirits are non-sober as they make it close to their destination camp ground. Then suddenly a woman steps out into the trucks path. WHAM! Their anticipated hunting trip comes to a screeching halt as the three stands over her body arguing what to be do next. To their fright this accident is only the begging to their strange day. Noises rustle from the tree line behind them! Tension shoots high for the group as they are left with a stalled truck, three shotguns, a box of shells, and a unexplainable enemy closing in around them. Their only choice is to depend on each other and run for shelter but, will their friendship be enough to get them through the day alive or will it tear them apart.

Bain, who most recently directed several student shorts for the School of Communication Arts in Raleigh accepted the challenge with eager anticipation.

ERMP's Executive Producer Anthony Dowling is overseeing the project for the studio. It is being planned as a Summer 2006 release.

2006-06-04:
Bands accept NASA and JPL Song Challenge

On June 04, 2006, Executive Producer Anthony Dowling announced the following bands have accepted the challenge of developing a song about a planet assigned to them from Maja Kricker, Assistant Director - Special Projects - Eno Animation Division.

Viper writing song for Pluto
Viva La Venus writing song for Venus
Feeding the Fire writing song for the Sun
Delorean writing song for Saturn
Big Pretty and the Red Rockets writing song for Mars

2006-06-04:
Maja Kricker Accepts Assistant Director Eno Animation Division NASA JPL Project

On June 04, 2006, Executive Producer Anthony Dowling announced Maja Kricker accepted the position of Assistant Director ^ Special Projects - Eno Animation Division. Maja will champion ERMP,s efforts with the NASA/JPL Project.

Maja Kricker was born in New York City. She became an artist at the age of two when she picked up her first crayon, and hasn,t put it down since. She became active in the Civil Rights Movement at the age of 17 and was arrested and jailed twice in Albany, Georgia along with members of the Committee for Non-violent Action. Later, she decided to major in biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley because she is incurably nosy and wanted to understand what made life tick. Maja received her bachelor,s degree and went to work for Yale University for two years before attending graduate school at University of Connecticut where she received her Ph. D. in genetics. She worked at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, NC for five years as a Staff Fellow and then for four years on contract as Technical Manager of the Science Support task. During that time she fell in love with North Carolina and built a log home in Pittsboro, where she currently lives with her dog Rainbow next door to her mother and brother.

Maja was a founding member and Manager of Bioinformatics at Iconix Pharmaceuticals. She worked for three years at Paradigm Genetics as a Computational Biologist. Maja is now looking forward to a career change producing TV programs and digital media with life science topics. She has had experience writing science grants and is now working hard as the Grant Team Leader with the Eno River Media Production Grant Team to generate funds for TV programming.

Maja joined ERMP in June of 2002.

2006-06-04:
ERMP accepts NASA and JPL Project

On June 04, 2006, Executive Producer Anthony Dowling announced Eno River Media Production accepts a project proposed by NASA and JPL. Project described below:

NASA/JPL Project
Preface

From the Apollo landings on the Moon, to robotic surveys of the Sun and the planets, to the compelling images captured by advanced space telescopes, achievements in space have revolutionized humanity's view of the universe and have inspired people around the world.

These achievements also have led to the development of technologies that have widespread applications to address problems on Earth.

In preparation for future human exploration, we must advance our ability to live and work safely in space and, at the same time, develop the technologies to extend humanity's reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Our Project

ERMP strives to ultimately inspire teens to seek out science and technical vocations appropriate for the exploration of space, creating a golden era for space adventure and discovery.

ERMP has set a goal to assist our nation's youth in recapturing that sense of space travel excitement through humanity,s timeless art of music! NASA and the staff of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will use our creations in its educational programs. We have been asked to produce music videos that are "cool and edgy" to attract a young teen audience.

ERMP will attract local bands to write songs about elements of our solar system. Each song should relay images and facts about each heavenly body so young adults will enjoy the song, learn the words and in the process, concepts about the planet or solar body. The plan is simple. ERMP will assign a planet or other astronomical feature to a volunteering band. The band will write a song with some facts about the heavenly body contained within the lyrics.

Once accepted, the band will practice the song and once confident with their performance ERMP will slate a night to host the bands at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC where they will perform their songs.

The ERMP Barchord's camera crew will tape the event. The tapes will be edited and space footage and graphics will be added to emphasize the imagery of the lyrics.

When completed, the product will be reviewed by the parties participating and then sent to JPL/NASA for their use in educational programs in schools, NASA mobile exhibits and presentations, performed on NASA TV cablecast nationwide, National Space Day at the Smithsonian's new Air and Space museum in D.C., and possibly as part of a permanent display at the Kennedy Space Center. We also plan to send the video to film festivals and market it to educational institutions.

2006-06-04:
Adam Tate New Deputy Director of Eno Shorts Division

On June 04, 2006, Adam Tate accepted the position of Deputy Director of Eno Short Division, the movie production department responsible for producing movies between 1 and 20 minutes in length. Adam will be responsible for directing and coordinating all short shoots produced by Eno River Media Production. Adam is stepping into fill Kris Bain,s departure to school in Winston Salem ^ UNC School of Arts.

Adam Tate was born amidst a hospital fire in Atlanta, Georgia, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1982. Growing up in Athens, Georgia, Adam was influenced by his father, a two-time Emmy nominated lighting director. His parents invoked a worldly regiment of classical cinema and opera instead of Sesame street and the Muppets. Unfortunately to this day, Adam can not name the green trashcan dwelling creature or any of Mr. Rogers, odd train-driving friends. However, he can relay the story of Siegfried and Brunhilde,s battles over the Ring of the Nebiellung and say the alphabet backwards.

Adam attended the University of Georgia as a drama major for two years before moving to Savannah, Georgia to learn the ways of the world and the deadly art of filmmaking via an apprenticeship to a local filmmaker, working on several commercials and documentaries.

"Adam, what was your greatest achievement while working in the industry in Savannah?" you may ask, "Once we were doing an infomercial about the Rascal electric scooter, and I got to drive the scooter around downtown Savannah. It was excellent." Retreating from the crime infested-tourist wasteland of the Georgia coast, he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina to attend the School of Communication Arts, where he earned a best short drama award for his film Fragile, and diploma in Digital filmmaking in 2005.

As a volunteer joining the ranks of ERMP in January, 2006.

2006-06-02:
Lincoln Theatre Renews Barchords Showcase for Third Season

On June 2nd, 2006 Barchords Producer Lisa Hart was informed by the Lincoln Theatre management that a third Barchords Showcase will commence in September 2006. In effect, Barchords Showcase was renewed for another season.

Description of Barchords: From the depths of smoky bars and noisy clubs dwells the life force of rock and roll, it is in places like these that BarChords have their fingers on its pulse. A showcase of the music scene in the heart of North Carolina, BarChords takes the audience on a volume to ten, backstage, in the audience, and in your face ride through one of America,s premier creative hubs. Here the experience doesn't end with the music alone but moves deeper into the mind sets of the musicians, the stories of the songs and the sometimes chaotic life of the rock and roll club, the rock and roll band and the rock and roll fan. So prepare yourself to go beyond entertainment and slip into a way of life. Welcome to BarChords.

2006-05-22:
Kris Bain Accepted into NCSA

On May 22nd, 2006, Kris Bain announced his acceptance into the UNC School of the Arts - School of Filmmaking Program in Winston-Salem. Kris will continue to be a part of ERMP as a Production tech from afar.

Anthony Dowling, Executive Producer for ERMP, states; "NCSA is getting a fine candidate and I am sure he will be a shining star in their crown as an alumni." "I expect great things from Kris and he will not disappoint, I am sure of it!" "There is an Oscar with his name on it!"

Eno River Media Production is a totally volunteer run nonprofit 501(C)(3) company located in the heart of the North Carolina piedmont. It was established in 1999, as a vehicle for highlighting local nonprofit organizations, musicians, artists, and creative entrepreneurs. Our mission is to promote and support North Carolina,s unique arts community, nonprofit organizations and positive entrepreneurial spirit, through a variety of media. Our goals are to vastly increase exposure of the unparalleled talent and resources found in North Carolina and provide training for volunteers wishing to increase production, acting, or nonprofit management skills.

2006-03-02:
The Films of 2005 in Review By Mike Willden

2005 will go down in history as one of the worst money making years for the motion picture industry, and not for the lack of quality films, but for the overabundant amount of pure drivel that was released. In addition, I feel that the industry needs to be more careful about release dates. Even though March of the Penguins took advantage of a great marketing and release strategy, many other great films were drastically under-marketed and rushed into theaters, and in turn were sadly ignored.

The one thing I did notice this year, more then any other year, was the enormous amount of Documentaries that were theatrically released. Even though there was no Fahrenheit 9/11 to dominate the box office, Michael Moore paved the way for many other great films to be theatrically released, and reach numbers in the millions, which is impressive for any documentary. Traditionally Cable TV and PBS have been the major showcase for Documentary features, but Moore,s past success has really sky rocketed the interest in the market for wonderful documentary films to reach a theatrical audience. Because of this surge, and my undying love for documentaries, I have separated my best of films section this year into Documentary and non-Documentary films.

Once again, though, the independent industry skyrocketed with most of the best films this year being limited released, and many of the Academy and other Award's have recognized that Hollywood is lacking at putting out quality features. Instead of nominating big budget films, most of the award winners and nominees have been smaller films. Hopefully this will lead to more independent features reaching wider releases and in return will lead to a better money year for 2006.