TAMPA, Fla. – North America’s largest fitness media and content production company is bringing one of Tampa’s most tragic malls to life.

Endorphinz, founded by Mike Hansen, produces fitness video content for brands and creators, big and small, all over the world.

The innovative group does it all from University Mall, the once bustling and undone mall that has since fallen into the shadow of USF.

“There’s a vision for it to be more than a mall,” Hansen said, “and we want to be on the ground floor of that.”

If you’re a fitness creator making workout videos or an athlete with a brand you want to grow, Endorphinz will work with you and help you build your media footprint, all within the hip and comfortable confines of their state of the art. ‘art. studios.

They can work in-house or remotely, with a full team of talented technicians and on-camera talent.

“Endorphinz was created to bring the fitness industry into mainstream media, to help brands and creators connect with consumers,” says id Hansen.

To contact Endorphinz, click here.

Endorphinz isn’t the only powerhouse media company changing the game inside the University Mall. A few doors away, the VU Virtual Production Studio uses 100+ foot LED screens to create any environment needed for commercials, TV shows, movies, and more.

EXCLUSIVE: Joy Gorman Wettels is starting her own production company and has struck a deal with Fifth Season.

The former partner of Anonymous Content, who is an executive producer of series such as 13 reasons why and Home before darklaunched Joy Coalition and signed a first deal with the company formerly known as Endeavor Content.

Joy Coalition focuses on premium content centered on social topics and works with policy experts and philanthropic organizations.

The multi-year deal with the studio behind series such as Severance will span scripted TV, movies and unscripted series. Both companies will be interested in projects that have a social impact on business and that value inclusion and equity.

Alyssa Raimann, who previously worked at STX Entertainment, joins as director of development with Reid Hensen as coordinator.

In addition to Netflix 13 reasons why and that of Apple Home before darkshe also executive produced for HBO Max Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground and is currently in production on the Hulu/Onyx Collective series Not imprisonedwith Kerry Washington and Dawn Porter’s HBO documentary series Eyes on the prize.

Outside of the deal, its development plans, including the restart of little house on the prairie for Paramount TV Studios/Anonymous Content Studio and a video game adaptation life is strange alongside pop star Shawn Mendes, Legendary Television and Anonymous Content Studio.

As part of this pact, she will work closely with Joe Hipps, Fifth Season’s senior vice president of television development and production, and Tamara Rothenberg, senior vice president of development and production.

Joy Coalition will also work with people like the Office of the United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, in response to the youth mental health crisis.

“Joy is a brilliant producer and a thoughtful and authentic changemaker. His work sparks important conversations on a large scale. We are beyond thrilled to have Joy join the fifth season and partner with her to tell authentic and popular stories that engage and entertain millions of people who impact society,” said Hipps and Rothenberg.

“The next generation is changing the world and pushing us to action,” added Gorman Wettels. “They are a crucial demographic for streamers and studios because when seen, heard and activated, they bring all generations of viewers with them. I am beyond grateful to partner with Fifth Season, a studio of impeccable taste, values ​​and culture that immediately understood and championed my vision for Joy Coalition. They know that global audiences crave useful content and real engagement and they’ve built a world-class studio that supports that work.

Gorman Wettels is replaced by Nina Shaw at Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang.

Oklahoma’s Narcotics Bureau plans to put a prop it received from the TV series “Tulsa King” to good use.

The show, which was filmed in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, donated a pill press to the office.

One of the show’s producers called the office and asked if they wanted the working pill press to keep it from getting into the wrong hands.

Oklahoma’s Narcotics Bureau said it could seize a pill press, but receiving it as a donation is a first.

“We said absolutely,” said Mark Woodward of the Oklahoma Narcotics Bureau.

The commercial pill press was used as a prop in the new ‘Tulsa King’ series starring Sylvester Stallone.

The production company no longer needed it and feared selling the expensive prop would run the risk of allowing a drug dealer.

“Certainly it could be valuable on the streets,” Woodward said.

The OBN will use the pill press for training purposes, helping law enforcement officers know what to look for.

“The likelihood of them walking into a house and going through a pill press is becoming more common as we see more of these drug labs popping up here locally,” Woodward said. “[I]If you didn’t know what to look for, they might walk past a pill lab in a house and never recognize it as anything other than a piece of metal machinery in the corner of the garage.”

Modern tablet presses like the one offered are intended for pharmacies.

“They’re bought off the dark web and even the legitimate web because there’s no law necessarily prohibiting it,” Woodward said. “One of the drugs we are most concerned about are these counterfeit blue oxycodone pills that look, side by side, like pharmaceutical oxycodone but are nothing but Fentanyl.”

Woodward said the machines can mass-produce deadly counterfeit pills.

“People are buying the raw Fentanyl overseas. They’re buying these pill presses and these patches and in their own basement churning out thousands of pills an hour and putting them out on the streets. So we’re very happy that it this is a single pill press that will go to good use,” Woodward said.

Oklahoma’s Narcotics Bureau plans to put a prop it received from the TV series “Tulsa King” to good use.

The show, which was filmed in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, donated a pill press to the office.

One of the show’s producers called the office and asked if they wanted the working pill press to keep it from getting into the wrong hands.

Oklahoma’s Narcotics Bureau said it could seize a pill press, but receiving it as a donation is a first.

“We said absolutely,” said Mark Woodward of the Oklahoma Narcotics Bureau.

The commercial pill press was used as a prop in the new ‘Tulsa King’ series starring Sylvester Stallone.

The production company no longer needed it and feared selling the expensive prop would run the risk of allowing a drug dealer.

“Certainly it could be valuable on the streets,” Woodward said.

The OBN will use the pill press for training purposes, helping law enforcement officers know what to look for.

“The likelihood of them walking into a house and going through a pill press is becoming more common as we see more of these drug labs popping up here locally,” Woodward said. “[I]If you didn’t know what to look for, they might walk past a pill lab in a house and never recognize it as anything other than a piece of metal machinery in the corner of the garage.”

Modern tablet presses like the one offered are intended for pharmacies.

“They’re bought off the dark web and even the legitimate web because there’s no law necessarily prohibiting it,” Woodward said. “One of the drugs we are most concerned about are these counterfeit blue oxycodone pills that look side by side like pharmaceutical oxycodone but are nothing but Fentanyl.”

Woodward said the machines can mass-produce deadly counterfeit pills.

“People are buying the raw Fentanyl overseas. They’re buying these pill presses and these patches and in their own basement churning out thousands of pills an hour and putting them out on the streets. So we’re very happy that it this is a single pill press that will go to good use,” Woodward said.

When Nigel Washington was a student at Chamblee High School, a teacher suggested he look into the school’s new videocasting program. He immersed himself in both the creative part and the technical part of broadcasting. “I decided on the spot what I wanted to do with my life,” Washington said, recalling the in-house news shows he helped create as a high school student.

After graduating from college in New York, he returned to Georgia and turned a passion he began as a teenager into the business he now owns and operates in Decatur.

Washington started Means of Production in 2017, working with her mother and a network of industry associates. He said that although he studied film at Bard College, he got off to a slow start once he launched his career. “The lessons at Bard were more theoretical so I didn’t have a lot of work to show at first. They taught us more in terms of full Hollywood productions.

It’s good to have that knowledge, but that’s not what I expect to do.

While at Bard, Washington and a member of his “group” — a support group for students with similar interests — started a television show on campus. “Bard TV is still in production and I was one of the founders. It’s so cool; I’m very proud of that,” he said.

Attracting clients in the video production industry involves a lot of networking, according to Washington. “Sometimes the person who isn’t as good creatively or technically will get a job because that person is better known,” he said.

Wanting to get his name out there, Washington said he started his business with people he knew, many of whom were performance artists who needed videos. As news of her work spread around the area, Washington began finding work recording weddings, fashion and sports spots, short films, and a variety of other productions, especially broadcast spots. on social networks.

“That’s what I want to do,” Washington said, “but on a higher level. We’re past the point where social media is something kids play with. Big corporations — Fortune 500 companies — use social media to get their messages across. As a millennial, I get it: I know social media very well and it gives me an edge over some older people in the industry,” Washington said. .

The rise of social media is one of the major changes Washington said it has seen since it first became interested in video production. “We have to remember that what we’re shooting is likely to be viewed on a smartphone, not a big screen, and we have to produce it with that in mind. There are people who don’t care; but that’s the reality,” he said.

Washington said he could handle all aspects of the production, from concept to writing, shooting and editing. “I can do whatever the customer needs,” he said. “If there are images that have already been shot and the client needs an editor, I can do it. If the client is just starting out and needs help developing a concept, I can do that too. »

Washington said there is a lot of competition in the video production industry, but he believes it stands out because it offers strong business values. “There are a lot of people in this business who emphasize their creative abilities, but they’ve never learned how to operate as a business. Not only do I give clients what they expect creatively, but I also deal with them professionally.”

Laughing at his choice for a company name, Washington said, “I know that ‘means of production’ is a term associated with communism. It’s kind of an ironic name because I’m definitely not a communist. I own a business; I am a capitalist. I like the name because it literally suggests what we do; we are the means of production.

While Washington has said he’s been successful enough to run his business full-time without any other employment, he’s still looking to expand his business. “Basically, I am a sole proprietorship, although my mother is involved in some aspects of the business, and I have a network of talented and reliable people that I call upon for various projects. My brother often reminds me that every business, even industry giants, started with one person.

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An independent Nanaimo film production company is funding a pilot series featuring a “devil on your shoulder” character in a dragon jumpsuit.

Producer, screenwriter and director for Toxic mascotlinityMatt Haley has said that if the project gets the financial backing it wants, he considers it an episodic sitcom that meaningfully addresses mental health issues.

“We really want to talk about current social issues and global issues. And using an interesting brand of comedy to bring some light to it as well,” he said. “But walking that fine line between what’s appropriate and what’s funny – we don’t want to overreach or insult anyone.”

He envisions the first season, if green-lit, will follow lead character Bree as she navigates the world with Kevin, her “gross, vaping, croc-wearing, poisonous fantasy dragon.”

“Kevin is like his shattered psyche. He’s there to help him with his loneliness and other…issues,” Haley said. “Your first instincts aren’t always your best instincts…and Kevin is that guy who always Something to say.”

From a director’s perspective, Haley said the series would be interesting to film since Kevin, played by Jonee Janolino, will provide a near-constant narrative, while only Bree can see or hear his antics.

Haley has speculated that her own drug and alcohol treatment experiences played a significant role in the story’s concept.

“When I got sober, I really wanted to tell stories that helped people… And as an ex-military person, I had mental health issues myself,” he said. “And I always had this idea of ​​the angel and the devil on your shoulder, to guide you in your decision-making.”

He said he expects many people can sympathize with the experience of having a “toxic sidekick hovering over their shoulder” as they try to live their best life.

The story of Toxic mascotlinity started as a short film script about six months ago. However, after contacting several production companies and agents, Haley said she mostly received requests for multi-hour episodic material. He then reworked the 12-page short into a 21-page pilot episode after numerous rewrites.

“Originally, there was going to be a large baseball-type mascot. And we weren’t going to show his face. But we decided that bringing in a working actor…and showing his face and having him in a dragon jumpsuit would be a lot funnier,” Haley said.

If successfully backed, the project will require the hiring of four additional actors, two potentially as recurring characters – Bree’s brother and her therapist.

Kaliandra Capri, who plays Bree, said she intended to “bring a bit of herself” to the title character.

“I see myself in this character a lot because we really focus on the mental health aspect, and also the sexism aspect…,” she said, adding that she has experienced her fair share of toxic masculinity. , especially working in different male-dominated industries. .

Capri also said she eagerly jumped at the chance to work alongside Janolino again, having starred in several Haley House Productions films with him before, including The colon and 12-step choke.

Although the characters and story were created by Haley, he said Capri and Janolino played a significant role in the project by helping him come up with story ideas and character development.

“It’s my story, but it’s their characters…It’s really important to me that these guys have a voice.”

With a hopefully successful Kickstarter campaign, Haley intends to submit the “proof of concept” pilot to streaming service providers and distributors in early 2023. They aim to begin filming, with potential locations in Nanaimo, Nanoose, Victoria and the Comox Valley, for five days in late October, followed by about six weeks of editing.

As of now, the campaign has reached about 25% of its goal of $11,200. The majority of the money raised will go to the cast and crew, and the rest will cover incidental costs such as insurance, securing locations, travel, accommodation and post-production.

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A production company, Vnation Pictures, has completed filming another movie titled “Oh Wow.” This is VNation Entertainment’s sixth feature film under the direction of Vincent Tobi and directed by director Mo. It stars actors such as Rotimi Salami, Seyi Awolowo, Uche Montana, Sophia Chisom and Lydia Achebe.

This comes after ‘Obsession’, another film from the production house which found success in cinemas.

Tobi added that the company will begin work on another project this month. He said, “VNation Pictures will launch another project in September under the name ‘Oh Wow’, and our ‘Lagos Spinsters’ web series has come to an end. Viewers don’t know what is about to “hit” them. All these projects have been directed by the talented Emmanuel Nwosu, aka Director Mo. We are sure that our new productions will surpass ‘Obsession’ as a film and a web series respectively.

Speaking about the new project, director Mo said, “We don’t stop at the success of our other productions. With the crop of talented actors I’ve worked with on these projects, I can say with confidence that both productions will blow viewers away.

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STATE News:

LAS CRUCES — Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday that a full-service film and production company has chosen Las Cruces for its headquarters, with plans underway to open a film production studio in the near future.

Over the next six years, California-based 828 Productions plans to invest $75 million to build a 300,000-square-foot studio and 20-acre back lot, creating at least 100 well-paying jobs in Las Cruces. The company began ramping up its production efforts in May 2022, filling key positions and purchasing a 7,500 square foot office building in downtown Las Cruces for training, post-production and visual effects.

The State of New Mexico is committing $3 million to the project from the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) job creation fund as the company achieves its employment goal of at least 100 full-time, year-round employees.

“New Mexico is seeing record numbers of film and television industry productions and record spending, and that’s no accident,” Gov. Lujan Grisham said. “Not only are we investing in studios like 828 Productions, but we’re also expanding industry workforce training with a new film school in Albuquerque and Las Cruces — and it’s paying off. We are extremely excited to welcome 828 Productions to Las Cruces, and the well-paying local jobs and industry growth it will bring to the entire state.

828 has finalized negotiations on an additional 35 acres of land in downtown Las Cruces, with existing structures that will provide a soundstage and building space. The film company aims to shoot its first production at the new Las Cruces studio before the end of 2022 and spend $350 million on productions over the next decade.

The City of Las Cruces is considering an additional $897,000 in local LEDA through capital appropriations, with an additional amount of up to $2.8 million set aside by the Las Cruces City Council specifically for cinematographic infrastructure. These funds are pending City Council approval and finalization of a project participation agreement.

With the LEDA deal and other company guarantees to invest in workforce training, 828 Productions is set to become New Mexico’s third film partner, joining Netflix and NBCUniversal. The partnership model is a key provision of Senate Bill 2 of 2019, led by Governor Lujan Grisham, which revised New Mexico’s film tax credits to catalyze ongoing investment from the film and television industry. in New Mexico to create jobs and diversify the economy.

“828 Studios chose Las Cruces because of Governor Lujan Grisham’s commitment to job growth in film and television,” said Department of Economic Development Secretary Alicia J. Keyes. “It’s an industry that is very mobile and can be set up anywhere. They come to Las Cruces to create jobs here because we have pioneering investments in place that help this industry thrive.

828 Productions is a full-service film production and finance company, whose recent films include: K. Asher Levin’s dark, millennial comedy “Helen’s Dead”, Robert Rippberger’s haunted house thriller “Those Who Get Away go”, the special grand prize of the Deauville Film Festival nominated “The Last Son”, the high-octane action film by Camille Delmarre “Assassin Club”, “The Price We Pay”, “Raven’s Hollow” , “Operation Seawolf”, “The Requin” and “The Fallout”, winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize.

“We were looking for a home for 828 Studios and fell in love with Las Cruces,” said Todd Lundbohm, Founder and CEO of 828 Productions. “It’s a booming city, with a wealth of opportunities just waiting to be tapped. At 828, we’re passionate about history and film as an art form, but we’re also passionate about creating a studio environment that also inspires positivity behind the scenes,” he continued. “For us, it’s about putting down roots, and New Mexico, specifically Las Cruces , gives us the perfect place to do so.”

Stephanie Denton is a longtime media executive, formerly with WWE Studios and Lionsgate International and now Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development with 828 Productions. “We are excited to work with this amazing community to continue to grow the local workforce, developing programs with NMSU and Doña Ana Community College with the goal of creating a premier production center right here in Las Cruces,” Denton said.

Denton added that the Governor’s commitment, through EDD and the Department of Higher Education, to develop a professional media education curriculum through the Next Generation Media Academy will enable 828 Studios develop practical internships and training programs that can lead to full-time employment for many people. students.

The creation of 828 Studios comes as Las Cruces sees an increase in filming activity, hosting Netflix and major studios and independent productions featuring well-known actors such as Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, Kate Bosworth , Ving Rhames and Ryan Phillippe.

Las Cruces is included in New Mexico’s “uplift” film incentive zone, offering film productions an additional 5% discount on films to shoot there, for a total potential incentive of 35%. The incentive resulted in a 650% increase in direct spending in rural areas of the state last year.

“Today’s announcement is a game-changer and a dream come true for the film industry in Las Cruces and Doña Ana County,” said State Senator and Film Las Cruces Co-Founder and President Jeff Steinborn. “We are thrilled that 828 Productions is making this investment in our community to create a full-service film production studio and backlot. 828 Studios will help make Las Cruces one of the top movie production hotspots in New Mexico and the United States, and showcase our excellent movie incentives, diverse locations, talented crew, and the rich culture of the Southwest. .

Pending City Council approval, the City of Las Cruces would be the fiscal agent for the economic relief.

“Las Cruces is already a destination for filmmakers and the City of Las Cruces is working closely with 828 Productions to bring a world-class production company to the city so we can create year-round permanent jobs and grow our highly skilled labor in film. industry,” said Mayor Ken Miyagishima.

Lots of hyped hype has been done for A24, the nearly decade-old film production company that also makes beautiful Blu-rays and the occasional beach towel. I have no problem with A24 – on the contrary, they have made quite a few films which I enjoy. But the relentless fandom and genrefication have all gotten a little too much, culminating today in a list at Vulture that ranks all of the company’s film ventures since their first swing and miss by Roman Coppola in 2013, A Glimpse into the Mind of Charles Swan III. I had a question, and not just about Joanna Hogg’s placement Memory movies below Midsommar. I was mainly curious about the ranking of other indie arthouse studios being left behind due to their lack of flashy merchandising.

Enter: Sony Pictures Classics. Doesn’t your whole body get chills when you see that bright blue screen? Last spring I participated in a raffle organized by the company, giving away bucket hats to celebrate the release of their film The Phantom of the Openand I won.

When I emailed the company to send my address, I included a sentence telling them they had to get in the merchandise game, or at least sell a blue t-shirt with their logo on it. above. The email went unanswered, but my hat arrived in the mail, and I’m looking surprising inside.

I wanted to return the favor to Sony Pictures Classics, which has been killing it since the early 1990s (millennial slay!), making me just a bit older than the studio. But they’ve released so many movies since then, as well as I’ve written countless blogs, so I in turn limited my criteria to the following: best.

28. Austenland (2013)

I fell asleep watching this on a plane so can’t really speak to its quality.

27. French release (2021)

French release, which premiered at the 2020 New York Film Festival Online Festival, is a bewilderingly gritty film, starring an ever-great Michelle Pfieffer traveling overseas to settle her husband’s affairs. now deceased alongside his mopey son played by who else but mopey son connoisseur Lucas Haies. The film, based on a somewhat beloved novel by Patrick deWitt, never finds its footing, otherwise stumbling along its lush settings with little to say and less to do.

26. The Traitor (2020)

Boring! Next.

25. Blue Jasmine (2013)

“The world is round, people!” Cate Blanchett screamed in the middle of her speech. In the end, I agree.

24. Always Alice (2015)

Yet another Sony Pictures Classics that led to an undeniably brilliant actress (Julianne Moore) winning an Oscar for a movie no one cares about or remembers.

23. A Fantastic Woman (2018)

Sebastián Lelio’s highly acclaimed film starring the fantastic Daniela Vega won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Feature that year. It’s a beautiful film, no more, no less, that backs up Vega’s incredible performance, but otherwise feels didactic about its trans politics and plot, merely manhandling its main character’s suffering in order to teach a lesson. to his audience.

22. Toni Erdman (2016)

21. The Woman (2018)

Wife is better than Toni Erdman.

20. The Human Voice (2021)

Pedro Almodóvar’s eclectic short features the admittedly relatable Tilda Swinton having a bad time talking on AirPods while an apartment burns down around her.

19. Son of Saul (2015)

I saw Son of Saul with my parents the year it was released – a “watch with your parents” type film that imagines the Holocaust filmed on a GoPro. Just kidding: but its tremulous, rapid assault on the senses is admirable on first viewing and sour on the spirit later.

18. Juliet (2016)

Pedro Almodóvar is kind of the only one who can make films about women, TBH.

17. The Phantom of the Open (2022)

Alright am I literally crazy putting the movie I won a promotional bucket hat for on top Toni Erdman? Most likely. But The Phantom of the Open is a Sunday matinee classic: Mark Rylance in a weird wig and weirder teeth playing a Brit who tricked the golfing world into letting him play in several tournaments even though he was so bad at golf that he became a kind of proto-meme. The film is about pursuing something that you really suck at, like me with blogging (just kidding – I’m good at it).

16. The Rider (2018)

Chloe Zhao The horseman had the deep misfortune to come out at the same time of year as A24’s Andrew Haigh Lean on Pete, both of which are devastating movies where something bad happens to a horse and/or the person riding them. The Sony Pictures Classics sad horse movie, however, is a much more confident and low-key film, which is why Zhao got the promotion to direct a Marvel movie after. 🙂

15. Parallel Mothers (2021)

See no. 18.

14. Fox Catcher (2014)

We all laughed at Steve Carell’s big fake nose and weird voice, but it’s time for someone who’s brave (me) to go on record and say that foxcatcher rocks. It’s a petty and deeply unpleasant film, one that we need a lot more of.

13. The Truffle Hunters (2021)

This sweet and thoughtful Italian documentary about the changing and increasingly ferocious economy of truffle hunting is beautiful and strange, and interesting. Pig (2021), bitch retirement!

12. Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Say what you will about me, but number twelve is the perfect place for this movie on this list.

11. Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

Before a charming round of support Queen’s Gambit or his excellent non-biopic Mr. Rogers A beautiful day in the neighborhoodthere was the daring and funny adaptation of Marielle Heller The diary of a teenager, based on a graphic novel about a high school girl’s affair with her mother’s boyfriend. The film features what should have been a star performance from Bel Powley (where are you, girl??) and a career best from hot guy, Alexander Skarsgård.

10. Whiplash (2014)

It’s really fun to say “not my tempo”.

9. The Red Turtle (2017)

This underseen Studio Ghibli co-production is a quiet, lush film about a castaway who falls in love with a turtle (in a normal way, much like Aesop’s fable, not Alissa Nutting’s way).

8. She (2016)

Paul Verhoeven’s very dark comedy about a woman (who other than Isabelle Huppert) who starts courting her rapist isn’t for everyone, hardly for me, but certainly the most daring film of the last decade, and the only film to ever suggest that someone like Isabelle Huppert could be the head of a video game company.

7. The Father (2021)

Now, The father’Sir Anthony Hopkins’ reputation may be tainted by the weirdness of Sir Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar win in 2021, a ceremony he was unable to attend and whose win was seen as possibly a clash with the late Chadwick Boseman. Without a doubt, The father is the scariest movie of all time, scarier than Hereditary, the stuff of nightmares for people watching movies at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays. It’s a wonderfully played game and, perhaps more importantly, staging film.

6. Love is Strange (2014)

Ira Sachs’ quiet romance starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as longtime lovers who marry is a bittersweet film, a calling card for Sachs’ melancholy and melancholy, his love and his frustration with New York. It’s a gay movie that looks at the lives of older gay men, who have survived the most to be where they are, facing one last challenge together.

5. The Intervener (2016)

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4. Only Lovers Stay Alive (2014)

Jim Jarmusch’s take on vampires – they would just go see a lot of live music – remains the definitive take on 21st century vampires.

3. Pain and Glory (2019)

Obviously Almodóvar is also the only guy who can really make films about men, but I consider this his true Sony Pictures Classics, a meditation on his own life and career, featuring an Antonio Banderas never better ( grey-haired!) version of Almodóvar looking back on a life full of art and drugs and love and heartbreak.

2. Leviathan (2014)

Leviathanreleased in the United States on December 25, 2014, the same day as American sniper and In the woods, is a dark and sprawling film by Andrey Zvyagintsev about a family on the rural coast of Russia for whom things are going badly but are about to get worse. Bureaucratic corruption, alcoholism, religious scandals, a missing woman – if it’s something that can be terrible, it’s in the movie. Known perhaps best for having an amazing poster of a whale skeleton, Leviathan is a scathing and daring cinematic work.

1. Mr. Turner (2014)

At the Mike Leigh retrospective in June last year, I turned to my friend at the Sony Pictures Classics logo and said, ‘omg, they should make shirts’, and he said, ‘ you are so right”. Mr. Turner, a sort of non-biographical biopic by British painter JMW Turner starring Timothy Spall, is perhaps Leigh’s funniest and most lavish film, a blunt comedy about an idiot who is also a genius, for whom color is what that makes the world go round. Or consider: Everyone on the midday show, most of them a good 30 years older than me, was having more fun watching. A Sony Pictures Classics promise.

Studio space is in demand in New Mexico.

This is exactly the reason why Edit House Productions decided to develop its own film studio. It is located at 640 Quantum Road NE in Rio Rancho.

Ed Smith, co-owner of Edit House Productions, said its new location in Rio Rancho will add more options for the film industry, as well as the company itself.

For 22 years, Edit House has been making documentaries and long format videos.

Smith said that for some of its productions, the company often struggled to find studio space to film projects.

“We had a project with Finn Wolfhard of ‘Stranger Things’ and we couldn’t find studio space to film,” Smith said. “We ended up bringing a portable green screen to Finn’s to complete the production project.”

The film and video production studio occupies approximately 2,000 square feet.

It also has 13 foot ceilings, 50 foot black walls as well as 400 amp electricity, two rolling doors and an adjacent toilet/dressing room with an adjustable color temperature lighted mirror.

A floor-to-ceiling green screen and audio recording booth are also available.

Smith says the facility will be used for Edit House clients as well as daily, weekly or long-term rental for other film or video production companies.

“For us, it gives us a space to carry out our projects,” he said. “In the film industry, it’s ideal for an independent film, a second unit, a documentary or a TV show. There are many possibilities for using this space.

Smith says there are two complete editing suites running on Adobe software.

Cameras in the studio include two Sony FX-9 cameras compatible with Netflix, a teleprompter, portable lighting, a grip and other equipment.

Smith says the company is currently working on a project with retired New Mexico astronaut Harrison Schmitt.

“The plan is for the films to go to the National Archives,” Smith said. “These are the types of projects that Edit House has undertaken for years.”

BARCELONA has sold an additional 25% of its in-house production company in order to save its summer signings.

Barca are facing serious financial problems and are yet to declare the recent arrivals of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde and Ousmane Dembele, who have signed a new deal.

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Manager Xavi wants this sorted ahead of Saturday’s La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou.

However, the club are confident the matter will be dealt with following the recent deal which saw them raise £85million.

According Daily Footballthe deal will allow them to register “a number” of their new players this week.

According to the Mail, the Blaugrana have activated their fourth ‘economic lever’ after signing an agreement with Socios.com to sell 25% of their stake in Barca Studios last month.

And the Catalan giants’ latest deal has been with Orpheus Media.

Barcelona released the following statement: “With this investment, the strategic partners of Barca Studios show their confidence in the value of the project and in the future of digital content in the world of sport.”

Barcelona haven’t been able to register their new signings as they are currently too close to their spending cap.

The Spanish team needed to generate additional funds by selling key players, reducing their wage bill or activating ‘economic levers’ by selling part of their domestic TV rights or offloading sections of Barca Studios.

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Barcelona faced the dilemma of selling Manchester United and Chelsea target Frenkie de Jong or offloading another 25% of Barca’s studios to Orpheus Media.

Eventually, they chose to sell another section of their production facility.

BARCELONA has sold an additional 25% of its in-house production company in order to save its summer signings.

Barca are facing serious financial problems and are yet to declare the recent arrivals of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde and Ousmane Dembele, who have signed a new deal.

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Manager Xavi wants this sorted ahead of Saturday’s La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou.

However, the club are confident the matter will be dealt with after the recent deal which saw them raise £85million.

According Daily Footballthe deal will allow them to register “a number” of their new players this week.

According to the Mail, the Blaugrana have activated their fourth ‘economic lever’ after signing an agreement with Socios.com to sell 25% of their stake in Barca Studios last month.

And the Catalan giants’ latest deal has been with Orpheus Media.

Barcelona released the following statement: “With this investment, the strategic partners of Barca Studios show their confidence in the value of the project and in the future of digital content in the world of sport.”

Barcelona haven’t been able to register their new signings as they are currently too close to their spending cap.

The Spanish team needed to generate additional funds by selling key players, reducing their wage bill or activating ‘economic levers’ by selling part of their domestic TV rights or offloading sections of Barca Studios.

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Barcelona faced the dilemma of selling Manchester United and Chelsea target Frenkie de Jong or offloading another 25% of Barca’s studios to Orpheus Media.

Eventually, they chose to sell another part of their production center.

LOS ANGELES — A California man is accused of using the name of the production company behind “I Love Lucy” and “Star Trek” to defraud investors, prosecutors announced Thursday.

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Charles Hensley, 68, of Redondo Beach, has been charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated impersonation, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. .

Prosecutors allege that from August 2017 to May 2018, Hensley used “Desilu” – the same name as the company founded by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in 1950 – to successfully initiate investments in companies he owned, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The companies were called Desilu Studios Inc. and Migranade Inc., which he operated from offices in Manhattan Beach and other Southern California locations, prosecutors said.

Hensley claimed his business Desilu Studios was legitimate and successful, but prosecutors say they were shell companies, the entertainment outlet reported. Prosecutors said Hensley allegedly provided investors with “false and misleading” valuation letters that showed Desilu Studios was worth more than $11 billion and Migranade was valued at more than $50 million.

“Hensley attracted investors by saying he was reviving the Desilu brand through Desilu Studios, which claimed to be a modern entertainment company engaged in film and television production, merchandising, content delivery, theme parks and entertainment. cinemas,” prosecutors said.

The Justice Department claimed Hensley used the investments for personal gain, including the purchase of a car title lending company and a pawnshop, the press release said. He also used the funds to pay for trips to Las Vegas, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The scheme allegedly impacted several investors, including some who wired about $331,000, prosecutors said. Hensley also allegedly targeted several businesses in the entertainment industry, convincing owners and executives to sell their businesses to him in exchange for shares of Desilu Studio, which were worthless.

CBS Studios sued Hensley in October 2018, alleging he tried to get support from Lucie Arnaz to revive Desilu, Deadline reported. CBS alleged in the lawsuit that Hensley was trying to use Arnaz’s name to “lead unwitting investors” into a shell company.

Hensley is not in custody and could not be reached for comment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He will be arraigned in U.S. District Court for arraignment “in the coming weeks,” prosecutors said.

If convicted, Hensley faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each count of wire fraud, the press release said. Identity theft charges carry a mandatory two-year sentence.

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Photo from left to right: Irina Schestakoff and Kieve Ducharme, Managing Directors, Serviceplan Make

Serviceplan, recently awarded “Craft Agency of the Year” at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2022, now pools its potential in the new entity Serviceplan Make to create a unique service for customers, brands and products. Combining over 50 years of production experience with innovative, all-new services, Serviceplan Make, a new global production company led by Managing Director Kieve Ducharme, will set the standard for end-to-end content production and creation. Serviceplan Make’s first customers are Ferrero and Lufthansa.

In addition to Kieve Ducharme, Irina Schestakoff has held the position of Managing Director of Serviceplan Make since July 2022. She is responsible for the areas of growth and content strategy as well as networking with the other Serviceplan agencies.

Alexander Schill, CCO of the Serviceplan Group comments: “A good brand is a story that is constantly being told. However, future communication behaviors change massively – this will happen episodically, being hyper-individualized and used in a lot of different media. With Serviceplan Make, we are creating a scalable global production company for the communication needs of tomorrow.

Kieve Ducharme, Managing Director of Serviceplan Make, explains further: “We want to meet the demand for immersive brand stories with a new type of content: neo-stories. With Serviceplan Make, we design, create, realize and adjust exactly the content that successful brands need to inspire target groups and create unique experiences.

Till Diestel, CCO of Serviceplan Germany adds: “Innovative stories can be handcrafted, with iconic content created by masters of their craft, or thousands of assets that will be adapted and delivered for atomic customer journeys. Serviceplan Make uses channels, technologies and creative ideas to reach target groups in an impressive way.

Whether it’s “crafted content” or “content at scale”, the new type of service offered by Serviceplan Make will revolve around a content and execution strategy defining the specificities of the essential neo-narratives . Serviceplan Make will always be ready to involve talents and experts from the sectors of; cinema and photography; post production; CGI; retouching; phygital innovation; large-scale productions; to print; digital and asset generation; as well as audio, sound and music. This principle takes brand-optimized and customer-oriented production quality to a new level, and creates the experiences and customer journeys of decades to come.

By deploying all productions through the newly created MakeOS platform, Serviceplan Make can achieve a high level of transparency and customer orientation as an end-to-end supplier from the brand and company side. To achieve this, more than 800 employees, spread over all key markets, are already in position for the launch of the new entity: Serviceplan Make.

Serviceplan Make, thanks to its close integration with the creative agencies Mediaplus and Plan.Net of the Serviceplan group, goes far beyond the usual services of a conventional production house. As a result, the new entity is able to deploy excellent know-how or even thousands of assets in the form of unique narratives that are very specifically focused on impact, awareness and strategic objectives.

“This is why Serviceplan Make is fully anchored in our Communication Houses and integrated with other specialists in the media, creativity and technology sectors”, explains Vincent Schmidlin, partner and spokesperson for the Serviceplan agencies.

The importance of content services is also reflected in the composition of the Serviceplan agency holding team. In addition to Vincent Schmidlin, Till Diestel, Stefanie Kuhnhen and Holger Scharnofske, Kieve Ducharme is now also responsible for the production of creative assets within the intermediary holding of the Serviceplan agencies itself.

Kieve Ducharme, who led the planning process for Serviceplan Make, has many years of experience in the production, content and production studio industries. She came from Mediamonks to the Serviceplan Group, where she was responsible for the area of ​​growth and customer solutions. Previously, she was Chief Production Officer in the production department of the Publicis group. In a previous position, she worked on setting up production offers between the WPP and Hogarth agencies.

Serviceplan Make co-CEO Irina Schestakoff started her career as a creative, worked with agencies such as Ogilvy and Leo Burnett, among others, as creative director as well as on the corporate side with Breuninger as digital strategic director. Most recently, she was Director of Digital Content Design at Accenture Interactive, where she was responsible for content strategy as well as implementation for global clients.

Irina Schestakoff, Managing Director of Serviceplan Make, says, “Production involves content strategy, concept, creation, connection, customer and control. Serviceplan Make reflects this necessity at all touchpoints, so brands reach the right customers at the right time – in the right form”

A 68-year-old Redondo Beach man has been charged in a fraudulent scheme in which he is accused of enticing investors by using the name of a famous TV production company for fictitious investments which he later used for his personal expenses, including trips to Las Vegas, authorities said.

Charles Hensley, owner of Desilu Studios Inc. and Migranade Inc., has been charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated impersonation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement Wednesday. August 10.

As part of the suspected scheme, Hensley began using the name “Desilu” in 2016 – the same name used by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s company for shows such as “I Love Lucy” and “Star Trek” – claiming that he was making new content for his company, Desilu Studios.

From August 2017 to May 2018, Hensley launched investments in his businesses that he operated from offices in Manhattan Beach and other Southern California locations, alleging that they were real and successful, and that he supported the company with his personal funds. However, Hensley had few assets and repeatedly refused overdrawn checks and bank accounts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Hensley also allegedly provided victim-investors with false and misleading valuation letters valuing Desilu Studios at over $11 billion and Migranade at over $50 million.

The companies had little to no assets and operated as front companies used in the investment scam, prosecutors said.

Hensley was also accused of misrepresenting that his companies had acquired intellectual property, distribution agreements, subsidiaries and development rights, saying they were actively developing projects. This included new movies and television projects under the Delisu name.

He also allegedly misrepresented that Desilu Studios was about to go public and that the company’s shares were worth more than face value.

In reality, Hensley stole someone’s identity to appear as Desilu Studio’s chief financial officer by donating material, prosecutors said. He targeted companies in the entertainment industry, convincing owners and executives to sell their companies in exchange for shares of Desilu Studio which had no value, they alleged.

Several victim-investors were affected by the scheme, including some who wired about $331,000 identified in wire fraud counts, prosecutors said.

A representative for Hensley could not immediately be reached for comment.

Hensley now faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each count of wire fraud and a mandatory two-year prison term for the aggravated identity theft count, officials said.

This isn’t the first lawsuit Hensley has faced regarding Desilu Studios.

In 2018, CBS Studios Inc. sued Hensley and two of his Desilu companies in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claiming that CBS had used the Desilu name for decades, including for the show “I Love Lucy,” and that Hensley and his companies were infringing the rights of CBS by trying to obtain a trademark for the Desilu name and by operating the Desilu websites.

That lawsuit noted that Hensley was convicted more than a decade ago by the same court for marketing and selling an unapproved bird flu drug, a crime for which he was probated. The CBS lawsuit accused him of not being a television or film producer, but rather of intending to use the Desilu name in order to induce “investments” in his front companies.

CBS won that lawsuit, with a judge ruling in May 2019 that CBS owned the Desilu trademark and assigned the domain names of Desilu websites to CBS. The judge also ordered Hensley and his agents to dissolve the Desilu companies or change their names to remove any reference to Desilu.

The horrific rape of eight young women last week, allegedly by a gang of illegal miners commonly known as zama-zamas, could have been avoided if
the TV production company they were on assignment for was taken over.

This was revealed by Cowboy Town Antique Flea Market owner Romy Mare who confirmed the production company used her room to film the music video before later filming some of the dump scenes. of the mine, where the eight women were accosted and raped.

The incident happened at a notorious disused mine dump in the West Village of Krugersdorp last Thursday.

This newspaper reported last week that the crew shot the first scene at a location called CowBoy Farm, however, we have now established that the scene was actually shot at a facility called Cowboy Town Antique Flea Market.

Mare said the crew arrived at his facility on July 28 where they spent three hours – between 7am and 10am – shooting a music video.

The company, REC Button Media, made the reservation the day before. The production house was previously widely known as Red Button Production.

“The lady who booked my room had already booked my room for another music video. I saw a team of people who came to shoot the video when I arrived on July 28, and once they finished filming the clip, they left our venue, but we had no idea where they were going,” Mare said.

“If we knew they were going to continue shooting their music video at the dump, we could have warned them of the dangers of going there. What happened to these women is cruel and sad.

Mare said police had already collected CCTV footage.

Several mysteries surround the production house. One of the owners seems to use two different names. One of the names is Raphael Ugochukwu Metu, while on social media he goes by the name Shawn Ray.

REC Button Media is being deregistered by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, according to our investigations. The man owns the company with Queen Nopopozana Lolwane, and the company was registered in 2019.

Sunday World established that the production company had filmed music videos, commercials and promotions for well-known local artists.

We tracked down numerous REC Button Media videos and discovered that the company’s Instagram account is full of music videos shot around Gauteng’s mining dumps.

Attempts to get comment from Metu and Lolwane failed as their phones had been turned off throughout the week.

Another mystery surrounding this production house is why some of their team members provided fake residential addresses to the police. A Sunday World visit to some of the addresses provided to police revealed that they do not live in the houses where they claim to reside.

Police Minister Bheki Cele hinted last week that some of the crew would be questioned and possibly arrested. He did not provide further details.

A resident who lives in West Village said last week’s gang rape was nothing new. “We’ve been living like this for seven years, where women and children are raped and houses robbed by illegal miners. Krugersdorp Police are useless as we are chased away every time we report a crime.

On Friday, West Village residents gathered and blocked the entrance to the area with burning tires and rocks in protest. “We are fed up with these people and what they are doing here is nothing but lawlessness. We cannot walk freely in our neighborhood because of these people and the police are not doing anything either. to keep our neighborhood safe. We have used private security companies to patrol our area,” said Clayton van Niekerk.

Kagiso residents unleashed their fury on Thursday as they scrambled to flush out illegal miners. Shacks believed to have belonged to illegal immigrants were also set on fire.

Police have since arrested more than 100 suspected illegal immigrants in Krugersdorp.

It is not yet clear how many of those arrested are linked to the gang rape of the eight women, but police are investigating 32 counts of rape and 22 counts of armed robbery.

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Once you are interested in hiring a video production company, you need to make sure that you take the most appropriate steps to choose and select the best people for this project. There’s a lot of pride in delivering great content to your customers. This production company should be your long-term marketing partner for a significant investment of money and time. Choosing the best live video production company from a set of houses in the markets can be overwhelming. Therefore, it would be crucial for you to read the tips below to guide you in choosing the one you prefer.

Video production cost

Like any other business, cost is an essential tip to consider. For more complex needs you might have, you might pay a lot more than expected. Most video companies base their prices on time spent on a project like gillespie productions. You have to compromise your quality to produce a much lower budget project. Saving for a while is also considered preferable in cases where you cannot hire a video production company.

Professional experience

A good number of reliable companies have their track records video portfolios kept online, such as live event production and video streaming company, to show their work experience, quality level and craftsmanship. Experience here means quality of work, clients served and work done. This way, you will know what the company can do for your project. This should come out online when opened.

What videos can you offer?

Before settling on the most reliable video production company such as Gillespie productions for you, you should hire one that can produce the preferred work you need and at an affordable price within your budget. Consider all of your available options before fully deciding what you want. Watch their previous work online to see what their videos look like, especially the lighting. Is the lighting flattering, especially when it falls on people’s faces? Too many bright spots and dark spots are a bad indication.

Internal Crew vs Contract Crew

This is a very critical factor to consider. Most video production companies hire contract crews to help produce projects. This mainly leads to a reduction in production. Production companies like Live event production and video streaming company work with internal and contracted teams for quality production. You can also consider whether the two teams can work well as a team by calling or visiting the company to speak face to face with the company representative. It can easily be detected if they show some arrogance during the quick talk and how they react during the conversation.

The above tips are recommended to guide you in choosing the best video production company of your choice. Reading and analyzing each tip before contracting any business would be best to avoid being misled. Some companies will make empty promises that cannot be kept. So also be aware of these tips.

Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay $31 million to ‘House of Cards’ production company, MRC, after it was determined he breached his contract and was fired for alleged sexual misconduct.

According to court documents obtained by ET on Thursday, Judge Mel Red Recana upheld the arbitration award, which was determined last November following an arbitration hearing between MRC and Spacey’s lawyers.

An arbitrator has ruled the 63-year-old actor breached his contract with the production company when he was fired from ‘House of Cards’ in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.

The decision, first reported by The Wall Street Journalawarded $29.5 million in damages and $1.4 million in attorneys’ fees and costs to the MRC.

In 2017, several people came forward against Spacey alleging a pattern of sexually predatory conduct, and he denied the allegations. The MRC immediately suspended Spacey after a November 2017 CNN report claimed he had made ‘House of Cards’ a ‘toxic environment’ through a sexual harassment pattern, and Netflix eventually cut all ties to him before “House of Card”. sixth and final season.

Court documents obtained in November indicate that the arbitrator at the hearing found that “Spacey’s conduct constituted a material breach of his acting and executive producer agreements with MRC, and that his breaches excused MRC’s obligations to pay him any other compensation in connection with the broadcast.”

The court documents continued, “The arbitrator further found that Spacey’s gross breaches of contract caused him and made him (and his affiliated entities) liable for tens of millions of dollars in losses suffered by the MRC while that he had no choice, following Spacey’s revelations. pattern of harassment, halting production on season 6 of the series, rewriting the entire season to omit the Spacey character, and shortening season 6 from 13 to 8 episodes to meet delivery deadlines.

The legal development comes weeks after Spacey pleaded not guilty in a London court to four counts of sexual assault against three men, related to incidents that allegedly took place between 2005 and 2013. to penetrative sexual activity without consent.

The judge handling the case told Spacey and his lawyers that a trial – expected to last between three and four weeks – would begin on June 6, 2023.

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The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service spent more than a year reviewing a file sent to them by the Metropolitan Police, which alleged that Kevin Spacey forced “a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent “. He was charged with four counts of sexual assault. Shortly after, he was fired from the popular show “House of Cards”, where he played the protagonist Frank Underwood.

Kevin Spacey must pay ‘House Of Cards’ production company $31 million over alleged sexual assault

A “House of Cards” production assistant alleged Spacey sexually assaulted him, prompting an investigation by MRC, the show’s production company. Spacey was kicked out of the show during the sixth season, claiming they lost millions of dollars in profits because they had to change the season from 13 episodes to eight. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana ruled in favor of the MRC, insisting Spacey violated his agreements as actor and executive producer.

Spacey’s lawyers have tried to argue that his behavior was “innocent horseplay” and “sexual innuendo” and did not violate the MRC’s anti-harassment policy. They failed and now Spacey is forced to pay MRC $31 million in damages.

The court found that “MRC’s damages calculations were sufficiently conservative and were based almost entirely on MRC’s actual costs and contract revenues.”

However, Spacey is still set to appear in a movie called “Peter Five Eight.” The film’s producers sent a statement to Variety about the untimely manner of her role in the film:

“While it’s unfortunate that the increase in negative press is timed with Kevin’s return to work, it’s also to be expected. There are those who wish he wouldn’t act, but they’re outnumbered by fans around the world who have been waiting for the return of an artist they’ve loved for decades to the screen.The production has no knowledge or comment on the various swirling allegations, and believes it’s The validity is up to the courts to determine if they exist. ‘Peter Five Eight’ is a film for fans who care more about art than scandal.”

Spacey has been accused more than once of sexual harassment. In 2017, CNN published an article in which Spacey was accused of creating a “toxic” work environment due to inappropriate comments and non-consensual physical contact with young male employees. Like many before him, however, it seems his career is still thriving.

Chris Wildr is a local progressive and melodic house DJ who has established himself as a fixture on the Seattle scene, hosting multiple residencies and performing in a variety of venues throughout the city’s musical history.

During his career he has provided direct support to some of the biggest names in dance music such as Gabriel & Dresden, Hernan Cattaneo, Sultan & Shepard, Jeremy Olander, Jaytech and Roger Sanchez. Suffice to say that his roots in the local scene are deep.

Like an artist’s journey, Chris Wildr has rebranded himself into something that can cross genres. When he started he played trance and progressive under the alias Chronus before slowly transitioning into tech house and house music. He stepped away from DJing to focus on other aspects of his life, but the passion for the job set him back.

He took advantage of the pandemic to rebrand himself, creating a Twitch stream you can tune into here and spawning a new alias: Chris Wildr.

Chris Wildr learned to beat the match on vinyl and prides himself on his technical mixing skills, as evidenced by his smooth, fluid, harmonic mixing and transitions that keep the listener intrigued and curious. We’ve seen him a few times and he’s incredibly tight when he’s behind the stand. He is also proud of his role as an opener.

“I really see this as a challenge. It takes a lot of planning because you really have to consider who the artist is, what their sound looks like and how much, what I’m going to build,” he told Dance Music Northwest. “But you also have to find a way to build that takes the club from zero to full. I’m in charge of creating that vibe, but not dominating the headliner to give them room on the ceiling to take it to the next level. I have really enjoyed these challenges over the years.

Lately, he’s had more opportunities as a close relative. During this transition, he developed a thirst for experience and his focus shifted to the mindset of a closer, his recent experiences creating for himself fundamental memories of the dance floor. who reinvigorated and reinvigorated his passion for the craft.

Chris Wildr continues his growth as an artist by ironically performing less. But in doing so, he is able to focus on helping uplift newer/younger DJs who have entered his circle. And what better way to give visibility to these DJs than by creating an event that can showcase their talents? This is one of the great benefits of having an event production company.

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Dazed is an event production created by friends and local DJs Eliogold, Chris Wildr and Interwave Surfer. This Saturday August 6th from 10pm to 10am (yes you read that right), Dazed and De La Creme will present Pixel, a 12 hour variation of their monthly Soft Option event, held on the first Saturday of every month.

The theme is pixelated graphics associated with Alice in Wonderland. The headliner will be All Day I Dream and Innervisions artist Jon Charnis. Tickets can be purchased here!

The idea for Dazed was brought to Seattle by Eliogold, who ran an event production company of the same name Dazed & Confused. The trio wanted to combine their different musical backgrounds and interests to create events based on underground house and techno, as well as create something positive for Seattle nightlife. The concept of Dazed stems from a concept as simple as it is beautiful: having a fun group of friends who like to dance together and listen to music.

“Some of us have been friends for a long time, and some of us don’t know each other,” Wildr described. “Anyway, it was an organic growth from a group of people who regularly went to various events and turned into a core group of friends. We always emphasized the importance of creating a sense of community.

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These friends even became team members and helped promote Dazed events. Wanting to address the old school aspects of the scene, Dazed branched out into physically promoting their events. You can even catch them outside of clubs handing out physical flyers, a refreshing thing to see in a crowded digital marketing world.

Dazed is not just an event production concept, but a strong, safe and welcoming community on the Seattle scene that is still in its infancy. We can’t wait to see more from Chris Wildr and the Dazed crew.

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