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video editing services

Video Editing Services has been creating award-winning programming for corporate, education, entertainment and commercial clients for over 25 years. VES provides design, script, studio and location production, graphics, music, editing and distribution. Their unique tool-kit includes a full array of production tools, creative talent and management experience. 5,300 square feet of production and office space are available to the Media Collaboratory.

 

 

 

fusioncorp design mediahouse

Daniel Boone is the Co-owner and Creative Director of Fusioncorp Design Mediahouse. Graduating in 2000 with a B.F.A in Art Studio at the University of Kentucky. Daniel along with a crack team of designers, and coders, Drew Lewis (Co-owner), Tim Raymer (Designer), Jamie Blummer (Coder) and Michael Bear (Marketing and Accounting). Fusioncorp is quickly becoming a design firm that stands out among the rest in the area offering specialized award winning Flash design websites, cutting-edge print designs and video editing effects.

Within its first three years Fusioncorp has won 4 major design awards including three Addy awards. They've won Gold Addys and cash awards for Keep-it-Real (Bluegrass Prevention), best public service web design, a Gold for best public service micro-site award (Marijuana Prevention Project, Bluegrass Prevention) and a Bronze Addy for public service interactive site, (Question Authority, University of Kentucky Alcohol Education Office). Fusioncorp has also won a Summit Creative Award for their design on Keep-it-Real (Bluegrass Prevention).

Fusioncorp continues to break the mold of modern website design and development.

 

Charley Pallos

Charley Pallos is a native of Los Angeles, CA with over 15 years experience in film / video post production, motion graphics / 2D / 3D animation, interactive multimedia and print design.  As a Creative Director at The Cannery in Burbank, CA, he played an instrumental role in major award-winning projects for Disney, DreamWorks, Activision, Fox and Nike, including the DVD menu design and animation for both the Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary and  Aladdin 2 disc Special Editions. Prior to that, he worked as an in-house compositor / 2D / 3D animator for Ultimatte in Chatsworth, CA, the Academy Award® winning blue and greenscreen compositing software and hardware company. While at Ultimatte, he also taught blue / greenscreen compositing classes to some of the industry's leading VFX artists at the American Film Institute in Hollywood, CA. Before that, Charley worked at Marvel Entertainment's West Coast coloring division as a digital colorist coloring covers and interior pages for some of Marvel's most popular titles including Spider Man and X-Men.

In 2004, Charley moved to Lexington where he currently lives with his wife and their 3 daughters.

 

Kinny Landrum

Kinny Landrum is a composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist who has worked with such unusually diverse people as Leonard Bernstein, The Meters, Carly Simon, Jimmy Cliff and David Lynch. He was the synthesist on the seminal TV show "Twin Peaks", which won a Grammy Award. He has scored a number of feature films and documentaries such as "A Touch Of Fate" with Teri Hatcher as well as being nominated for an Emmy Award for his score to "Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky". His songs appear on albums by such artists as John Whelan and Francine Reed. He orchestrated the Broadway show "In My Life". And he studied with Oscar-winning composer John Corigliano while earning his Master's Degree in Music.

Kinny teaches at the Filmmaking Certificate Program for Bluegrass Community and Technical College and is the president of Electrical Fire Music, Inc.

 

Gina Willis

Shooter, editor, photographer and project manager, Gina Willis is our Austin, Texas connection. Gina hails from sunny San Diego, California ... Gina Willis hails from sunny San Diego, California. In 2006 Willis arrived on the Lexington scene after a seven-year stint in the military in order to return to school and to be closer to her family. While pursuing her degree in education Willis enrolled in the Bluegrass Community and Technical College Filmmaking Certificate Program. After successfully completing the course, Willis worked with the Media Collaboratory for over a year before pursuing opportunities in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. Today, Gina is completing a Film degree at the Austin Art Institute and working with the Media Collaboratory to franchise the Keep It Real program.

 

Kiley Lane

Kiley Lane is a producer, director, writer, editor and on-camera host. Lane graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2003 with a degree in Journalism and Political Science. She began her career as a production coordinator and writer for a television series for Outdoor Life Network. Her love of travel took her around the world, after which she returned to her hometown of Lexington, Kentucky to work for the Media Collaboratory at Video Editing Services. In May of 2005 she and Arthur Rouse premiered Harriet Van Meter: A Life Extraordinary, which aired on Kentucky Educational Television. In the fall of 2005 she became production manager and on-camera talent for Channel 13 where she created the series' Telluride Today and In Your Backyard, both based around the concepts of travel and lifestyle. When Channel 13 was bought by New York based company, Plum TV, Lane became Senior Producer and Editor as well as co-host for the live morning show: Morning Noon and Night. In 2007 she returned to Kentucky to work with Rouse on another documentary: Non Basta Una Vita (One Life is Not Enough), a story about the life and art of Lexington artist John Tuska. Kiley lives in Louisville, KY and is the co-owner of ParkerLaneProductions.

 

Trigger Happy Productions

Marc Gurevitch has more than 20 years experience as a DP, as well as being a working Gaffer and Lighting Director serving an international clientele.

His company, Trigger Happy Productions, offers a 5-ton package, complete with over 80 lighting instruments and the grip to support them. He also carries jibs and dollies. For our production track, Marc will be offering a hands-on overview of lighting techniques including hi-contrast, low-contrast, day-for-night and night-for-day as well as both the psychological and logistical aspects of lighting design.

 

 

Archie Borders

Working from coast to coast, Archie Borders is a Producer and Director with over twenty years experience in filmmaking and production. Through his production company, BWK Media Group, Archie’s most recent project is as producer, writer-director of the feature film, “Pleased to Meet Me,” an adaptation from of the nationally syndicated radio program, “This American Life” and “Turnaround,” a dramatic short produced for Kentucky Educational Television.

 

 

 

Stu Pollard

Writer / Director / Producer

A native of Louisville, Pollard has been making films for more than a decade. His producing credits include BASS ACKWARDS (Sundance ’10), TRUE ADOLESCENTS (SXSW ‘09), DIRTY COUNTRY and IRA & ABBY.  He has also directed two feature films, NICE GUYS SLEEP ALONE and KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.  Among Pollard’s projects in development are HARMONY, a drama written by Brad Riddell, BEGIN RIVER ROAD, a drama based on Chris Bohjalian’s bestseller The Buffalo Soldier, and DEAD WRONG, a thriller penned by best-selling author Joel Engel.

He additionally freelances as a consultant (see www.pollardfilm.com), specializing in private equity financing, investor relations, and distributor delivery. Also an educator, Pollard is an Adjunct Professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and has presented/lectured at dozens of other organizations nationwide, including the Sundance Institute, Film Independent, and IFP chapters in Chicago, Phoenix, and Minneapolis. Pollard majored in business at Georgetown University and earned his MFA in film production from USC. He is a member of the DGA and serves on the boards of the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Kentucky Center for the Arts, and the Georgetown Alumni Association. He resides in Santa Monica, CA.

 

Chrissy Joy

Chrissy is an on-camera talent, spokesperson, and associate producer. Chrissy Joy spent her childhood years at the Jersey Shore and began riding horses at a young age. She is an accomplished equestrian, certified through the British Horse Society, and graduated a year early as Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Equi-Business.

On the flip side, Chrissy Joy also has a passion and strong dedication for acting, hosting, radio, voice-over, public relations, print, singing – branding herself as "MultiMedia Talent & Equestrian". Beginning her dreams in 2010, Chrissy Joy worked hard in New York City and appeared on TV and film for NBC, CBS, FX, ABC, along with commercial work. In April of 2010, she appeared on "Rachael Ray Show" as a model - what an experience!

Chrissy Joy is always seeking opportunities in the multimedia industry and aiming for her high goals and dreams. She's a positive, optimistic girl with a great outlook on life – always professional and having fun! She is now focusing her efforts on the multimedia industry and specifically films. Her favorite quote is: "Take Chances, Make Opportunities" and she loves to see others pursue their highest hopes and dreams.

 

MICHAEL FEIT DOUGAN

From the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael Dougan A U.S.C. graduate and George Cukor scholarship winner, Michael Feit Dougan’s screenwriting credits began with, Public Access, which earned the Grand Jury Prize for “Best Picture” at Sundance. He has since consulted industry-wide on script and story development. His client list includes Jeff Allard (Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003), Debbie Brubaker (The Darwin Awards), Colin Hodges (Avid Systems), Denise Minter (Dreamworks Animation) and Iain McCaig (Concept Designer Harry Potter IV). Michael is a founding member of the Kentucky Film Lab and has presented story design concepts at Dreamworks Animation in both Redwood City and Burbank.

Michael’s production roster includes the short subjects: In This Corner, I/O Error, Road Rage which he wrote, directed and produced. His first feature as a producer and editor, Making Metamorphosis, premiered at the 2001 Mill Valley Film Festival. 2007’s feature-length documentary, Anarchy Ahead,, will present Michael’s first work as Director of Photography

His experiences lead to Michael’s contribution as a co-writer of Developing Digital Short Films (2004) with Sherri Sheridan for New Riders Publishing. In the realm of academics, Michael’s tenure as a professor of Digital Motion Pictures at Cogswell College, earned him both the 2003 Presidential and ASB Teacher of the Year Award as well as being awarded “Teacher of the Week” by the San Jose Mercury News. Michael actively lectures at San Francisco’s Film Arts Foundation and works as a freelance consultant.

 

Soozie Eastman

From Los Angeles, Soozie Eastman is a documentary filmmaker and short film producer. During her time at Chapman University completing her MFA in Producing for Television and Film, she returned to her hometown of Louisville to produce and direct “By The Wayside”, a feature length documentary about the city’s homeless. The film played very well both in Kentucky and on the festival circuit, winning several awards including the Bluegrass Film Festival’s Best Film by a Regional Filmmaker.

Since graduating in 2005, Soozie has gone on to work with Hollywood icons and staples such as Meryl Streep, Michael Ovitz (founder CAA, former president ABC/Disney), and Janet Yang (Producer “The Joy Luck Club” and “People vs Larry Flynt”). She was post-production accountant and festival liaison for “Dark Matter” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. She has since been producing and directing short films in Los Angeles, CA, but this fall hopes to shift the focus back to producing her next documentary.

 

Mindy Faber

From Chicago, Minday Faber is an award-winning independent video producer, curator and media educator. A recipient of a 1996 Rockefeller Intercultural Media Fellowship, Faber's series of videos produced in collaboration with teenagers have reaped numerous awards, screening at hundreds of venues, including the National Conference on Multicultural Education, the Nashville Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival and the Taos Talking Pictures Festival.

From 1986-98, Faber was the Associate Director of the Video Data Bank at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the world's most important and renowned resources for video art and alternative media. Faber's own work uses humor and autobiography to reveal how private conflicts are played out upon stages formed by historical and social conditions. Her most acclaimed work, Delirium is about the history of female hysteria starring her own mother. Delirium was awarded Grand Prize in Video at the 1994 Berlin Film Festival and First Prize at the 1993 Atlanta Film/Video. Faber's work has been screened at such diverse venues as the Museum of Modern Art, MTV, Showtime, PBS, the Lux Theatre in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her work has been written about by Michael Renov (USC), Chris Straayer (NYU), Miranda July (Filmmaker) , Patricia Mellencamp (UWM) and many other film theorists, curators and scholars

 

rebecca wright

Rebecca Wright is a casting coordinator, makeup artist and photographer. She landed in Lexington to pursue her Masters in Theatre from the University of Kentucky. As a child she was fascinated by the art of making movies, finding the "making of" specials just as entertaining as the movies themselves. After visiting Los Angeles , she was bitten by the acting bug and landed her first agent at the age of 16. Soon after she saw a production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing directed by English Tony-winning director John Doyle at Western Kentucky University and decided to toss job security aside and get her BFA in Theatre. After debuting as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Rebecca soon found she had a talent in stage makeup and became the leading Makeup Artist for the department. Quickly catching on to scene painting, costuming, and dance, she became something of a jack-of-all-trades, soon trading her place on stage for a director's chair after working with John Doyle. Before graduating, she studied for a semester at Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam College, taking time to travel to Paris, Athens, Rome, and Venice while living in a small village in England. After graduating she moved to Atlanta, working as an actor and costume designer for commercials. Within a year she moved to Los Angeles, working as a background artist on TV shows and movies such as Alias, CSI, Will & Grace, War of the Worlds, Elizabethtown, Six Feet Under, and many others. While in LA she directed a cast of seventeen people and eight horses in A Midsummer Night's Dream, working with David Sheffield, an established screenwriter of many of Eddie Murphy's films. She decided to write a few things herself, and in doing so, made her way back to Kentucky to get her M.A. at the University of Kentucky.