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August 2010: InCA news
Keeping Score Series 3: Post-production continues on new Mahler films. Delivery by December 2010
Journey of the Universe: Editing continues. Scheduled completion 2011
ReCreating America: second film announced: "Re-inventing Yourself" for production in 2011
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In Production now: 2 new Mahler films and theatrical special for Spring 2011
Keeping Score: Series 3 now being edited
Principal Photography on the third series of this award-winning project has concluded in San Francisco. Producers Joan Saffa and David Kennard are working with Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony to create two new films on the composer Gustav Mahler, to be launched in 2011 on the centennial of Mahler's death, plus a two-hour theatrical special. Post-production continues, with delivery by the end of the year.
Post-production resumes on "Universe" project
Journey of the Universe
A mind-blowing journey through 14 billion years
A documentary feature produced and directed by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt
Location Producer: Lizzie Kennard
(Telescope Image Source - Wikipedia)
In 2006, principal photography commenced for “Journey of the Universe”, a documentary epic written and presented by Brian Swimme, co-written and executive-produced by Mary Evelyn Tucker, directed by David Kennard, produced by Patsy Northcutt with location producer Lizzie Kennard. The film, set in the Greek island of Samos, is a unique and exciting parable about the past 14 billion years, with stunning special effects. Special effects work commenced in 2007 and a first assembly of location footage was finished in October 2008. Editing continued in 2009. The final phases of post-production have commenced. Completion is now scheduled for 2011.
For more information on the man behind the movie and a new trailer, visit www.journeyoftheuniverse.org
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Don't miss the latest InCA films
ReCreating America: Creativity and Learning
Distribution on PBS stations continues: or watch online
Watch the 30-second trailer!
Download the 30-second trailer here and now...
Download a selection of stills from the film, a postcard and press release here
For more information please visit the website:
www.stateofcreativity.com/Recreating-America
Check your local listings for exact time and date in your city: please contact your PBS station
Summary
For much of its history, the word "America" has stood for the brightest ideas, the most resourceful solutions and the most provocative insights. Is this still true today, and if not, what can we do? The film explores the importance of creativity in education by highlighting four schools in Oklahoma and assessing how the state's teachers are attempting to teach and promote creativity: Educare Preschool in Tulsa, OK - serving a low-income, at-risk community; Flower Mound Elementary School in Lawton, OK - integrating the arts into the entire curriculum with the A+ Schools initiative; Odyssey of the Mind, a creative problem-solving competition at Piedmont Middle School; Santa Fe South Charter High School in Oklahoma City - helping students overcome the challenges of poverty and the high drop-out rate in America's urban high schools. The program asks teachers, parents and national experts: what appear to be the most effective ways to promote creativity, while still teaching the three Rs, and even improving test scores?
ReCreating America Production Team
- Senior Producer and Narrator: David Kennard
- Producer and Director of Research: Elizabeth Kennard
- Director and Editor: Michael O'Connell
Press and media: contact Executive Producer, David Kennard of InCA Productions for interviews or further information at dkennard@inca-productions.com
LATEST NEWS: The second film in this series, "Re-inventing yourself," has just been cleared for production in 2011. It will tell the story of people whose lives took a very different and creative turn, as they decided what to do in their later years.
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Keeping Score: Series 2
DVD, Blu-Ray, International-TV and PBS versions now available
1) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
2) Ives: Holidays Symphony
3) Shostakovich: Fifth Symphony
Produced and directed by Joan Saffa and David Kennard
Created in High Definition and Surround Sound, the second series features lavish locations in ROME, PARIS, SWITZERLAND, ST PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND and SAN FRANCISCO, as well as live performances by the San Francisco Symphony and MTT. The shows premiered nationally on PBS in October and November. See local PBS listings for exact times and dates of repeat broadcasts in your region, and visit www.keepingscore.org to purchase DVD or BluRay copies.
• click here for a clip from the original pilot: "The Making of a Performance"
See below for more information about Keeping Score: The First Series, available on DVD, and Keeping Score: Mahler, now in production.
