You know its going to be a great year when it flies by so quickly. I wanted to write before now – especially having linked this to the recently reworked chARTer school page – but we have been too busy doing things to stop and write about it. I figure to get started maybe I can post a few photos and words about a cool thing we did so far; knowing I’ll forget a few.
- In June we said goodbye to our 09 graduates – we sure do miss most of them. Soon we will post the entire graduation video on my media links page.
- In July we went back to Tennessee and Texas and worked on 3 projects with OFG Productions and Capricious Systems….. “Shoot Out of Luck” in Austin, “Free Kairo” in Nashville and “StradaVita” in Dallas.
- In August we took a road trip to Georgia with MOMS Rescue , ARF, Rescue Ink [National Geographic Channel]and other groups to empty a shelter and find homes for 130+ cats and dogs – one which ended up at my house. We are cutting a documentary of the trip. There is a short video in our media section about the trip now.
- In September, school began classes and we met the students, old and new and assigned our CEO team their duty roster .
- We also began to put together our CT News team and began producing shows for the school.
- This semester we have also begun a elective taught by myself and Mr. Erickson “The History of Film”, where classic and historical films are shown on the big screen. This has been challenging and enlightening to all, including myself. This elective is designed to evolve into a college credited course.
- In October we wrapped a large outside client project for “Pond Pros”.
- In October I was also lucky enough to be a guest of student Spencer David and his father at the Steven Spielberg Liberty Medal of Freedom award ceremony hosted by President Clinton and others.
This week, looking back and taking a breather, I am reminded how much we do each day in our department and look forward to all we have coming up; like this week with a visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In November we plan on returning to Ocean Way Studios in Nashville to produce music videos for country artist Jennifer Dixon and to the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
In December we are planning to go back to Texas to film Willie Nelson in concert, in the studio and on the ranch with his friends and family.
January I am trying to arrange a trip to Sundance in Park City Utah and in the spring, a location scouting trip to Barcelona.
We will round out the year as we always do with a film festival of this year’s top student films. We hope to see you all there.
In the meantime, I have to get back to work. I’ll try to write more often.
Best regards,
Dave Roehm
CT central
Spielberg Liberty Medal
On location
"Metropolis" in our black box theatre
News cover set
Graduates 09
Shoot Out of Luck
Free Kairo
StradaVita
Dog reception at airport
Chattooga puppy
Duke Harley - my rescue
Batso from Rescue Ink
Master Control
Animation/IT CEO Oliver Pleydle
Jr. CEO Luke Culleny
Back to class
CEO Corey Branigan
Vice CEO Richard Githens
