https://mattkprovideo.com/2017/07/18/jo-ellen-lyons-singer-logo/
This is the first draft of a logo to be used in a music video for Georgetown, Tx, based singer Jo Ellen Lyons.
Shot with a Canon T3i camera and edited with Photoshop and After Effects. I made the “jo ellen” script in Flash. www.j
https://mattkprovideo.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/rip-george-a-romero
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-george-romero-20170716-story.html
George A. Romero, ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Director, Dies at 77
George A. Romero, who launched the zombie film genre with his 1968 “Night of the Living Dead,” died on Sunday, Variety has confirmed. He was 77.
The director died in his sleep following a battle with lung cancer, according to a statement from his manager Chris Roe.
“Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero passed away on Sunday July 16, listening to the score of ‘The Quiet Man,’ one of his all-time favorite films, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero at his side,” the statement said. “He died peacefully in his sleep, following a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer, and leaves behind a loving family, many friends, and a filmmaking legacy that has endured, and will continue to endure, the test of time.”
Made in Pittsburgh on a budget of $114,000, “Night of the Living Dead” made $30 million and became a cult classic. Romero’s friends and associates in his Image Ten production company pooled their funds to make the film. Influenced by Richard Matheson’s novel “I Am Legend,” the black and white film about a group of people trapped in a Pennsylvania farmhouse who fall prey to a horde of the undead was said to be a critique of capitalism during the counter-culture era.
After “Night of the Living Dead,” he directed films including “There’s Always Vanilla,” “Season of the Witch,” and “The Crazies,” although none had the impact of his first film. His 1977 vampire arthouse pic “Martin” was somewhat more well-received.
He went back to zombies with “Dawn of the Dead,” which made more than $55 million on a half a million dollar budget, then made his third Dead movie with “Day of the Dead” in 1985.
His non-zombie films of that period gained more attention, including “Knightridgers” about jousters who re-enact tournaments on motorcycles and the anthology “Creepshow” written by Stephen King.
Among his other films from the 1980s and 1990s were “Monkey Shines,” Edgar Allen Poe adaptation “Two Evil Eyes,” in collaboration with Dario Argento, “The Dark Half’ and “Bruiser.”
He exec produced and updated his own screenplay for Tom Savini’s 1990 remake of “Night of the Living Dead.” He made a cameo appearance in “The Silence of the Lambs.” Romero was originally set to direct “Resident Evil,” but left the project due to creative differences.
His fourth Dead movie “Land of the Dead” was made in Toronto in 2005, starring Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento and John Leguizamo.
He followed that with “Diary of the Dead” in 2008 and “Survival of the Dead” in 2010. He also worked on video games and wrote comic books.
Born in the Bronx, Romero’s father was Cuban and his mother Lithuanian. He graduated Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, then began shooting shorts and commercials, including a segment of “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.”
He is survived by his wife Suzanne and two children.
keywords: george a. romero, obituary, night of the living dead, horror, zombies, dawn of the dead, independent film
https://mattkprovideo.com/2017/07/16/adam-west-sued-over-this/
Adam West sued because they stole his voice and likeness. West never owned Batman but how could anyone deny that the commercial actor was copying his voice and style.
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-05/local/me-373_1_adam-west
The TV actor from the 60s Batman show (Adam West) is seeking $Nine Million in damages the advertising agencies that made television commercials with an Adam West impersonator.
Adam West claimed that the other Batman actor used West’s “likeness, personality, voice and mannerisms” in a way that would make viewers believe they were watching West.
The TV Commercials depict the Batman and Robin characters Christmas shopping at Zayre’s, (a chain of stores).
West’s claims that the commercials had been shown numerous times in the United States since 1984 and that his “reputation as an actor” had been damaged. Robert Winckler (Wests’ lawyer ) said “They just hired a person to imitate him because they didn’t want to pay for the real thing. They just can’t hire someone to look alike or sound alike.”
Tebelius said that in November, Bette Midler was awarded $400,000 in damages from the ad agency that used an ex-Midler backup singer to mimic her voice.
https://mattkprovideo.com/2017/07/15/memorial-service-july-14-2017/
Saugata Ghosh, age 34, of Austin, Texas passed away on July 9, 2017.He was born April 20, 1983 in Contat, West Bengal, India to Narayan and Dharitri Ghosh. He married Rakhi Bhattacharjee on June 18, 2008. Saugataworked as a Data Architect for Stonebridge Acquisition in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Survived by wife, Rakhi Bhattacharjee, and his parents.
Funeral services were held on Friday, July14, 2017 at 3:00 pm in the chapel of Ramsey Funeral Home.
His family and friends gathered at Ramsey Funeral Home in Georgetown, Texas to remember and praise this remarkable man.
I was hired to make a video documentary of this Funeral /Memorial Service, July 14 2017.
http://www.ramseyfuneral.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1985184
https://www.gofundme.com/SaugataGhoshsFamily
Shot with a Canon t3I DSLR, Canon G20 camcorder and edited with Adobe Premiere with some color correction in After Effects.
https://mattkprovideo.com/2017/07/13/r-i-p-ruth-woods-mayor-of-vidor-texas/
Ruth Woods was a former Mayor of Vidor, Texas, (and was a major “character” in my documentary ” The Least of My Brothers“) and she died Saturday, July 9th, 2016 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont.
You can see it here:
https://mattkprovideo.com/2015/07/18/the-least-of-my-brothers/
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https://www.thevidorian.com/articles/2016/07/12/virginia-ruth-woods
Ruth Woods, 82, of Beaumont, Texas died Saturday, July 9th, 2016 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont.
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By Dan Wallach Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Ruth Woods, who served as Vidor’s mayor for almost three years in the early 1990s and stared down the Ku Klux Klan as she fought for desegregation of public housing in her city and prevailed in a recall attempt launched by the racist group, has died. She was 82.
Woods was a month short of her 83rd birthday when she died Saturday at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont.
During her tenure as Vidor mayor, Woods battled public perception of Vidor as a racist city on a television program and in Texas Monthly magazine, in an article published in December 1993.
Former Mayor Larry Hunter, who preceded Woods in office, said Woods was courageous for her stand and she did the right thing and got council rallied with her.
Hunter, a lawyer in private practice in Beaumont who still lives in Vidor, said her council for the first time in the city’s history, denied a parade permit to an outside “nationalist” group that wanted to protest the desegregation order.
“It was good money spent, saying no,” Hunter said. “We were tired of being the stomping grounds for such malarkey.”
Woods, in an early 1994 article in The Enterprise, sharply criticized the tabloid TV program “A Current Affair” for a segment is showed using hidden cameras to report on a black man living in Vidor for two weeks.
Texas Monthly, in December 1993, had published a 12-page piece titled “The Most Hate-Filled Town in Texas,” referring to Vidor.
“I thought Texas Monthly was a sleaze bag and that nobody in journalism or whatever they call themselves could stoop any lower, but ‘A Current Affair’ did,” she said.
The article never mentioned the racist protests began with agitation from a klan leader based in Cleveland or that a so-called nationalist group from Mississippi sought the parade permit.
Hunter said he had run for mayor, defeating four other candidates including Woods to impose a half-cent sales tax for the city. Once he’d accomplished that, he asked Woods to run, which she did in 1991.
“I finished my term, then the roof caved in,” he said, referring to the struggles about race.
https://mattkprovideo.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/silly-love-songs-philipino-style/
Theres lots of older movies that get digitally remastered / enhanced “special editions.” And many new Hollywood hits use face replacement technology- to put stars faces onto stunt performers etc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Death
When the greatest Asian Martial Arts star ever, Bruce Lee, died leaving his last film ” Game of Death” unfinished, the producers TRIED to save the project with body doubles and awful 1970s face replacement technology:
By todays standards, it is laughably bad.
I would like to suggest that whoever has the rights to the original master footage of Game of Death partners up with ILM or whoever and make a special edition. Replace Lees face with state of the art CGI, clean up and remaster the rest of film, and maybe even make it 3D.
Now, I don’t think facial replacement technology is quite where it should be – yet. They’re getting closer to reality. Tarkin and Lei came close, but there is something inescapably difficult to capture about the human face that even the best efforts look a little…. goofy. I think Lee would be worth the effort.
Bruce Lee is still thought of as one the greatest movie stars in the world. I think a “new” 3D film starring the Legendary Bruce Lee would be a huge hit in Asia, America and most of the world. They would more than make their money back and then some.
This is a whiskey commercial with a CGI Bruce Lee that comes REALLY close:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077594/
http://fightland.vice.com/blog/game-of-death-bruce-lees-unfinished-business
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/bruce-lee/articles/141995/title/game-death-1972-original-plot
https://mattkprovideo.com/2017/07/12/cali-ring-commercial/
The client provided me with a series of photographs. I cut them up and layered them in Photoshop. Then I composited them in After Effects and edited in some music.
https://mattkprovideo.com/2017/07/12/lennons-father-cashing-in-on-his-sons-fame/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Life_(My_Love_And_My_Home)
“That’s My Life (My Love And My Home)” is a 1965 single by Alfred “Freddie” Lennon, who was the father of John Lennon of The Beatles.[1][2]
Tony Cartwright, co-author of the song, began writing the song in inspiration from Lennon’s stories that he told.[3] When released, the song saw commercial success, with Morris Levy of Roulette Records requesting Cartwright to bring Lennon to the United States. However, the song suddenly disappeared from the charts, an action suspected by Cartwright to be executed by his son, John Lennon.
The record vanished from the charts. In Europe and the U.S., it was pulled. Only a very few music business figures had the power to do that, and I had my suspicions about who was behind it. Others accused Brian Epstein, but Eppy was my friend, and I knew he wouldn’t sabotage my record — unless John told him to do it. Why would John wreck his own father’s career? Sheer jealousy and insecurity are the only motives I can guess at. We drove to Weybridge to confront John, but he slammed the door in our faces.
— Tony Cartwright, Daily Mail[3]
The song featured Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lennon
After Christmas, in 1965, John was embarrassed to hear that Alf had made a record: “That’s My Life (My Love and My Home)“, released on 31 December 1965.[39][40] John asked Epstein to do anything he could to stop it being released or becoming a hit. The record never made it into the charts.[41] In 1966 “Freddie Lennon” (the name under which Alf recorded) tried again, and issued three singles with the group Loving Kind. These records did not sell well, either. Though the public at large quickly forgot these attempts to cash in on his son’s success with the Beatles, the records do command fairly high prices among collectors of rare records, with “That’s My Life” being worth over £50.[42]
