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The 'Clooney effect' On North Carolina film
production
Greensboro, NC -- Movie buffs continue their
George Clooney watch as filming rolls on in the
Triad.
And movie production recruiters keep
looking for more lights, camera and action to
follow.
The dollars film productions drop
on the Triad can be eye popping.
But it
can't compare to the bigger thrill of a good
"Clooney watch."
Fans outside of War
Memorial Stadium got a little souvenir in the form
of a digital photo.
The benefits of a
George Clooney picture take on a larger meaning
when you consider its impact
statewide.
According to North Carolina Piedmont Triad Film Commission
Director, Rebecca Clark, it'll help attract other
movie productions.
"When I'm talking to
other production companies about filming here in
the Piedmont Triad and I tell them 'Leatherheads'
was filmed here, that's going to be something
they're going to be able to
recognize."
Read the complete story and see
video at WFMY-TV
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ERMP Profile of the
Week:
Robert
Schaap
Production
Technician
As the US and allied forces
freed Europe from German occupation, Bob entered
the world (born November, 1945) and started
enjoying a newly liberated Amsterdam, Holland.
Robert grew up enjoying school, soccer,
basketball, and darkroom work with black and white
photography. For the next ten years, Bob worked at
night in the music industry with a rockstar
(almost), nightclubs, and bars.
Robert was first married for five years in
Holland having two girls and three grandchildren.
Then in 1970, Bob moved to the USA and worked in
retail, first job at a gas station with a dream of
making movies, but then however, landed a job at
K-Mart where he found the woman of his dreams.
Robert continued to work in retail for almost 25
years with K-Mart, Howard's, Hill's, WalMart, and
then Office Depot.
After 22 moves, Robert's family decided to stay
put in Cary, NC where his family purchased their
first house. All that was lacking was a way to
make a living, so Robert's wife started a daycare
(Connie's In Home DayCare) and Bob started running
a corporate transportation business (limo service
- C&B Transportation). Robert and wife managed
to raise three children (Robert, Jason, and
Ashlee) in between all this chaos, whom are now
all married with four grandchildren, making a
total of seven grandchildren. Through the years,
music has always been in Robert's life. With this
in mind, Bob stated a small home recording studio.
With his son Jason interested in the movie
business; Robert added Video production to his
home business (Skylee Entertainment). Skylee
Entertainment has produced several CD's and
Music/Corporate video productions.
In July of 2003, Robert joined in partnership
with Eno River Media Productions with an emphasis
on the show
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TV Viewers in Eurpoe
Gravitating Towards Internet
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| Forty-five percent of
broadband users in Europe are watching some
television shows online, according to a survey
conducted by Motorola. In some countries, the
percentage is far higher, with 59 percent of
French broadband users watching TV online; in
other countries, it is far lower, with only 33
percent of Germans doing so. "Viewers across
Europe are no longer satisfied with fitting into
schedules dictated by broadcasters and are turning
to the choice and flexibility offered by TV over
the internet," said Motorola's Karl Elliott. The
trend may pose a significant threat to both
conventional broadcasters and cable-TV operators.
Internet communications guru Jeff Pulver noted on
his blog this week that his 14-year-old son and
his friends "live on the computer" and watch no TV
except online. "The future is today for a certain
age group that is viewing media only if the media
is on the Internet," Pulver
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Beaufort Music Festival
Features
Viva La Venus
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You´ve seen them on the
Tonight Show with Jay Leno. You´ve heard them on
national TV. Now experience
them
live. Viva la Venus will be
performing during The Beaufort Music Festival on
the Main Stage West at 7:00pm on Friday May 11,
2007 in Beaufort, NC. The female fronted
guitar rock band will be playing songs
off
their new CD "Forget the Fairy Tale". Viva
la Venus is based out of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel
Hill, NC area. The members are Wendy
Brancaccio on vocals and guitars, Susan Darney on
vocals, guitars, and bass, Mary Anne Barckhoff
on
bass, guitars, and backing vocals, and Trey
McLamb on
drums.
The band is
currently touring to support their latest
CD
"Forget the Fairy Tale". Their first CD "The
Never Ending Mending Story" included the track
"Mystery" which was featured on Lifetime TV´s
"Strong Medicine". Both CDs are available at
http://www.cdbaby.com and at live shows. For
more information on the band or to check out
upcoming shows, see their website at http://www.vivalavenus.com.
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True Civil War Lave Story to
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COLUMBIA, SC (AP)-- The story of Julian Adams'
great-great-grandfather and the Confederate
captain's romance with a Northern girl will get
its Columbia premiere next month as part of the
Stanley Donen Film Festival.
"The Last
Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams"* will have
some theatrical bookings in selected cities this
month and next, Julian Adams said. The movie will
be released on DVD June 26.
The movie is
being released by ThinkFilm, which specializes in
independent productions, including Oscar-nominated
"Half Nelson," "Being Julia" and
"Murderball."
"One thing I'm really pleased
about is that I know about 99 percent of indies
never get released anywhere," said Adams, who
directed and co-wrote the film as well as playing
his ancestor.
"I had heard so much about my
great-great-grandfather while growing up," Adams
said. "So when I played him, I almost felt like I
was him. I think his spirit was there with
me."
Gwendolyn Edwards plays Capt. Adams'
love interest Eveline McCord. The movie was filmed
where many of the events happened, including
Wavering Place Plantation near Columbia, and in
the North Carolina cities of Lenoir and
Wilmington.
The cast also
including movie veterans Mickie Rooney and Tippi
Hedren.
Read the complete story from
The State (Columbia, SC)
online>
* This film was formerly
titled and marketed as, "Strike the
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