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Hawaii Film Office: 34 Years of Getting the Job Done
12 Best-Selling Author Seeks Mentoring Opportunities 14 Coming Attractions: Hawaii International Film Festival 16 Film Tourism: A Trending Topic 18 The Hunger Games Sequel Set to Shoot on Oahu 20 Hawaii Five-0: Season Three Premieres in Waikiki
30 The New Frontier: Paul Atkins Explores the Globe to Get the Shot 32 Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate Welcomes Film Productions 34 Turtle Bay Resort Has a New Face on the Entertainment Scene 36 The Jack Lord Story
40 You May Not Kiss the Bride Holds Premiere Screening 42 Transition Strengthens Keoki Wallace’s Commitment to Hawaii’s Production Industry 44 Airborne Aviation Takes Off 46 TM Equipment Rentals Celebrates Eighth Year in Hawaii
38 Spotlight on Cinematography at Big Island Seminar
Focus on Maui 22 Filming in Maui County: Film Office Announces New Website and New Productions in 2012 24 Keeping Busy on the Valley Isle 4
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Editor’s Letter 2012 has been a wonderfully consistent year for film and television production on Oahu. CBS’s popular police series Hawaii Five-0, as expected, received the green light for season three and began filming on Oahu, where the show is based, in July. Hawaii Film & Video has learned that the show is filming two days on Maui this fall, and there’s also a chance that Five-0 will film on the Big Island this season, with a scout sometime in November. Executive producer Peter Lenkov has said repeatedly that the series is called “Hawaii Five-0, not Oahu Five-0.” “We plan to film on every Hawaii island at some point,” he said. “Maui is just the start. We’re all very excited about this.” Hawaii also landed its second primetime series with ABC’s military thriller Last Resort. The premise: Having just crossed the equator on routine peacetime duty, the nuclear sub Colorado receives orders to launch a nuclear strike against Pakistan. But from whom? And why? Before launch, Capt. Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) realizes the command came through a secondary station meant to be used only if the U.S. were devastated by a nuclear attack, which it hasn’t been. When he refuses to fire without an explanation, U.S. forces fire cruise missiles at the Colorado. On the run with his crew he hightails the wounded sub to a remote island with a NATO station and declares a nuclear standoff with the American government until he can figure out what is rotten in Washington, and who’s trying to start a nuclear war.
Early reviews have been good, with one reviewer saying, “This is how a pilot should work.” Last Resort’s first hour establishes a snappy voice and the dynamic between Chaplin and his crew (including Felicity’s Scott Speedman as his second-incommand). It sets up secondary lines of tension among characters such as a new female lieutenant (Daisy Betts) trying to assert her authority among the skeptical old boys (including Robert Patrick as an old-school master chief). It hints at hefty intrigue back home in Washington, and builds to a tense climax that not only establishes Chaplin as a stand-up guy, but complicates him by suggesting he has a bit of a messianic streak.
>Last Resort production editors with stars Andre Braugher (second from right) and Scott Speedman (second from left).
This production is another example of the enduring relationship between ABC/Disney and Hawaii. ABC’s LOST leased the Hawaii Film Studio for more than six years, followed for several months by the network’s series The River and now Last Resort. Though film production is slower than in 2011, a big boost for Hawaii’s production expenditures and major publicity will come from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sequel, set to film on Oahu beginning in November until mid-December. Cast and Hawaii crew are expected to stay at the Turtle Bay Resort.
And speaking of Turtle Bay Resort, Hawaii Film & Video Magazine wants to welcome Frank Lonardo, the resort’s new head of sales and marketing, who will handle the production market. The Neighbor Islands’ production has been down as well. Hunger Games did scout the four major islands, including the Big Island’s Honomalino Beach, which according to reports they loved. But when the director, producer, cinematographer and production designer visited the beach, they decided that it didn’t work. The NBC reality show Ready for Love, executive produced by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria, shot an episode on Hawaii Island. And the Travel Channel reality series The Dead Files, which features a psychic and a retired New York homicide detective who try to solve unexplained paranormal activity, has repeatedly expressed interest in coming there. Also on the Big Island was a very secret commercial by German automaker BMW, who was there for an ad campaign and spent about $300,000— more than all still photo productions spent in the entire previous year, according to film commissioner John Mason. And finally, after a long absence from this magazine, Donne Dawson, the reinstated Hawaii Film Commissioner, writes her first column under her new banner about the important role of the Hawaii Film Office in supporting production, while balancing interests of community and state resources. That can be a daunting task! Tim Ryan Executive Editor
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The Hawaii Film Office
34 YEARS OF GETTING THE JOB DONE PHOTO BY PONO GRACE
BY DONNE DAWSON Hawaii State Film Commissioner
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o what exactly does the Hawaii Film Office do?” I’m often asked. It’s a tough question to answer because there are so many facets to who we are and what we do to support the needs of this fast-paced, demanding and everchanging industry.
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Every day is different and never a day goes portation and Land & Natural Resources). by where there are not multiple crises to These memoranda of agreement (MOA) solve. Essentially, if you boil it down to the called for mutual cooperation in getting film most basic, we beg permission for a living and permits processed in a timely manner, and put out fires when things don’t go right. established for the first time a lengthy list of Gratefully, that doesn’t happen very often. Stand-in Wayne Geiger (in wheelchair) where >Hawaii Five-0> guest star and As state film commissioner, I’ve comedian Shelley Berman will sit in this been doing this since 2001. My scene at Waikiki Beach. PHOTO BY TIM RYAN predecessor and mentor Georgette Deemer, who really built the office, did it for more than 15 years before that. We lost the majority of the state film office staff in 2009, which made things very difficult for the two years following. But since then, the Hawaii Film Office is getting back on track. A little historical perspective may be helpful. In 1978, on the heels of the success of the original Hawaii Five-O, and as Magnum, P.I. was starting to take off, the state Department of Planning (now the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism) decided to centralize support for the state’s burgeoning film industry. The core function of this new state agency was to streamline the process of securing film permits for filming activity on state land. Prior to establishing a state film office, productions were forced to track down the various government agencies holding jurisdiction over a specific facilpre-approved sites that the newly formed ity or piece of land and secure permission to state film office could approve quickly for film there. Ask any veteran location manager smaller productions meeting certain criteria. or producer and they will tell you how cumThe premise of film permits is quite simple, bersome the process was. but often very challenging to execute: Balance Given the growing economic importance of the needs of production with our important filming to Hawaii, the state drafted memoresources (cultural, natural and community). randa with the two state agencies we do busiHelp productions get what they need, while ness with the most (Departments of Transnot compromising any of these resources, and 8
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all the while, provide for adequate levels of insurance to address the ever-present issue of liability. We are responsible for a lot of territory throughout the Hawaiian Islands. We process more than 1,200 state permits every year to support filming on the state’s 1.3 million acres of fast lands and 3,100 square miles of submerged lands, as well as the waters three miles out from every island. Our consolidated film permitting system, established by the Legislature, is the only one of its kind in the country. Most of the per-
An explosion rocks Hawaii Five-0’s police headquarters near downtown Honolulu, sending the show’s star Alex O’Loughlin (at left) running for cover. (CBS PHOTO)
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ABC’s new series Last Resort films at Oahu’s Kualoa Ranch. At right are the show’s stars Andre Braugher (left) and Scott Speedman. ABC PHOTO BY MARIO PEREZ
mits we process are standard permits that can represent anywhere from a couple of locations to, in the case of Hawaii Five-0, close to 70 different locations with complicated filming sequences, set construction and logistical challenges. The exact filming activity at each one of these locations, with our assistance, must be fully described, vetted and approved by the specific state agency that controls the area. To do this in the kind of efficient manner that the industry demands requires indepth knowledge of film production, federal, state and county jurisdictions, and community, environmental and cultural sensitivities along the way. We work closely with our counterparts at the county film offices—every Island county has a film commissioner and film office to ensure all the bases are covered. There’s a lot of hand-holding involved, walking step-by-step with production to determine exactly what they want to do and where they want to do it, and figuring out a way to make it happen. Oftentimes we’re asked to make things happen overnight— due to weather, sick actors, lastminute changes in a script, or an exotic animal that’s required for 10
a scene—and we have to scramble. We scramble a lot. On top of the day-to-day film permitting and tax credit processing we do, the Hawaii Film Office is also charged with managing the Hawaii Film Studio at Diamond Head. Our newest TV show, Last Resort, a Sony TV production that rolled out on September 27, is our current tenant. An aging facility that has its challenges for sure, we partner with our resident production to help us keep it in working condition, given the tight budgets we all have to work with. Our strong relationships within the industry, with our fellow government officials, and with community members make all the difference in the world. They help us preserve our all-important film-friendly reputation by helping us get the job done, and they certainly are partners with us in generating close to $300 million a year in economic activity for the state. It’s a tough and stressful job for sure. And it would never work without the dedicated team of professionals who work in the Hawaii Film Office, but when we see the finished product up on a screen—big or small—and we know the hard work that went into every scene shot here, it all becomes worthwhile. HFV
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“Best-Selling Author Seeks Mentoring Opportunities” BY TIM RYAN Executive Editor
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he’s five feet tall, barely 100 pounds soaking wet, and speaks with a confident, weighty voice that is countered by a self-criticizing sense of humor and a mesmerizing smile.
Meet Kaui Hart Hemmings, whose book The Descendants was adapted into the Academy Award-winning screenplay of the same name by director Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash. “Writing is a lonely sport,” Hemmings told Hawaii Film & Video Magazine. “I don’t have anyone who needs anything from me. I don’t get paid by the hour or have deadlines. If you create years and years of trash, then it’s wasted time and you’re done.” “God, this is depressing,” said Hemmings, laughing at herself. “Writing is all discipline and self-motivation.” The Honolulu-born-and-raised author— who is writing a second novel with the story set in Breckinridge, Colorado, where she lived for a year and met her husband—said the artistic and commercial success of The Descendants “hasn’t changed my life, really, much; well, maybe a little bit.” She wrote The Descendants in 2007 and not long after that The New York Times and New Yorker magazine both gave it rave reviews. But it still didn’t get read. “It’s hard to get books to get read,” said Hemmings. “What the film did was help get it to a place where it is now and being read. It helps the royalties a lot.” But, amazingly, despite her newfound fame, Hemmings still has never been asked to mentor Hawaii writers at her alma mater, Punahou School, or at the University of Hawaii. “It’s been on my mind about how to give back in some way to my home, but no one has asked me to mentor or do workshops,” she said, shaking her head. “Maybe they just didn’t think of it? I am so open to that kind of thing, especially with kids. I would love to introduce them to reading and writing.” The Descendants director Payne came to Hawaii a year before filming began to do research.
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“We met in a restaurant in Kailua,” said Hemmings. “The next day, he came over to our house for a party for my aunt. He met all the guests (and)…talked to each one. The next day, we went location scouting.” Payne talked to as many Hawaii people as he could, said Hemmings. “He constantly called me to consult on everything about Hawaii,” she said. “He always said his purpose was to make a film that would work first for Hawaii, then the mainland.” After graduating from Colorado College, Hemmings returned to Hawaii and told her parents—including stepdad, former state legislator and world champion surfer Fred Hemmings—that she wanted to go to graduate school to learn to write. Her parents supported her decision to follow her dream. “My success has a lot to do with my mom and dad,” she said. “In our family it was never always about the money, about making a lot of money.” The New York Times best-selling author has had more than her share of rejections, including several graduate schools and publishers. “I went to the only (graduate school) that accepted me,” she said. One of the schools that didn’t accept her asked Hemmings to be their delegate in China this past summer.
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“I think the rejections for my collection of Hawaii stories was simply because publishers don’t understand Hawaii,” she said. “I used to keep the rejection letters, but the stack just got too big. Then when they started e-mailing me rejections, I could just delete them.” After landing an agent for her novel The Descendants, “things smoothed out,” said Hemmings. “But even now I am dealing with rejection, which is a good thing,” she said. “Each project is an individual project, so you just start the process over again. Without rejection you don’t look back to the beginning; you don’t actually know what you have to do to make it better.” Hemmings loves rewriting far more than writing, which means having to start with a blank page every day. “But in order to rewrite you have to write something,” she said, laughing. Currently, she is editing the untitled Breckenridge-based novel, which she said is “a mess.” “Sometimes I tell myself I should write a screenplay and be done with this life,” she said. Hemmings has loved to read and write since high school. “I didn’t know writing was what I wanted to do until I knew what I didn’t want to do, and I couldn’t think of anything else I wanted to do,” said Hemmings. She learned quickly after graduating college what she didn’t want to do, when she was hired as an ad salesperson for a small Colorado newspaper. “I wanted to write for them, but they wouldn’t hire me to do that,” said Hemmings. “I was good at selling ads. But I didn’t want to be good at this. I hoped they would eventually let me write. They didn’t, so I left and went to grad school.” And what did Hemmings think about George Clooney, who portrayed The Descendants’ protagonist Matt King? “Good guy, fun guy, hardworking guy. The first actor on the set and the last one to leave… Oh, and when he’s drunk, he’s even cuter.” Then Hemmings laughed loud and long. HFV
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Coming Attractions: Hawaii International Film Festival BY JAKE ANDERSON Publicity/Marketing Director, Hawaii International Film Festival
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ho says the best films of the year are summer blockbusters?
The biggest surprise hits start off on the festival circuit and for the Hawaiian Islands, the best time to watch these independent gems are from October 11 – 21 at the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) presented by Halekulani. Just as successful as ever after 32 years, HIFF continues to bring films from around the world to Hawaii for a festival audience waiting to see what’s next. Mainly focusing on the Asian-Pacific region, the festival is expanding the film program, as well as its education efforts. This year HIFF is launching its new Creative Lab, a series of workshops and panels focused on teaching the bright talent of Hawaii many aspects of filmmaking. The Lab will include an actors’ workshop with SAG, a YouTube academy with stars who have made it big from the online platform, and a film composition workshop highlighting the process of putting music to film. We can’t forget about the films in a film festival, right? This year HIFF is opening the film program with the Cannes Film Festival standout, The Sapphires. Based on a true story, the movie follows four aboriginal sisters who come together to form a singing group in the 1960s. Spotted in a small open-mic competition by down and out manager Dave, played by funnyman Chris O’Dowd, the girls then travel to Vietnam to entertain the troops and continue to strengthen their bonds with each other. The Sapphires is another top-notch film from the Weinstein
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Company and will play at Regal Dole Cannery Theatres on October 11. The team at Weinstein has won the last two Best Picture Oscars and seems intent on winning a third. This year, their submission will most likely be Silver Linings Playbook, HIFF’s centerpiece film. With a cast including Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, and Chris Tucker, the film not only has a flashy ensemble of actors, but features a touching look at life when everything seems to fall to pieces. Catch the centerpiece film playing at HIFF on October 15, and bring a tissue with your ticket. The Sapphires
Rounding out the film program on October 21 is the heist movie that everyone is talking about—and seeing—in South Korea. The Thieves is a box-office giant right now in the East and doesn’t look to slow down anytime soon as it makes its way to the West. The film features a high-profile cast who plays an ensemble of criminals planning to steal the Tear of the Sun, a valuable diamond in a luxury casino. The plan sounds perfect, but is it really going to go off without any problems? Find out when HIFF’s film exhibition ends with a bang on Sunday, October 21, at Regal Dole Cannery Theatres. Look out for the nominated films also, as the festival gives out another batch of Halekulani Golden Orchid Awards. One of the films in the running this year for Best
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Documentary follows the up and down life of famed street artist Tempt. Getting Up: The Tempt One Story has already been hailed by many reviewers and publications, but now Hawaii can see what everyone is talking about. Making a name for himself for a number of years in Los Angeles, Tempt was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease and is now bed-ridden, only able to move his eyes. A stranger notices some of Tempt’s artwork in a gallery and learns of his situation. Although never meeting Tempt, the unknown man promises to bring Tempt’s work back to life by coordinating the work of engineers to develop the Eye Writer. This new technology allows Tempt to draw again and now brings new meaning to his life. The festival always mixes in the trendy international films with filmmakers from our aina. Not only is that again true this year, but HIFF took it one step forward. On October 15 at Hawaii Theatre, Jake Shimabukuro’s documentary Life on Four Strings will be screened and the ukulele virtuoso will play a short set following the film. This is the first time in several years that HIFF has screened a film at the downtown patriarch and no one is more excited than the festival itself. HFV For more information, contact pr@hiff.org or visit www.hiff.org.
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Film Tourism: A Trending Topic
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he idea of marketing a destination through film and television is not new, certainly to Hawaii, but it feels like it these days. The topic is all the rage, with jurisdictions worldwide recognizing the added value that exposure in projects can bring.
I was fortunate enough to be asked to speak on a Film Tourism panel at the Toronto Film Festival. The one-hour special, produced by Bloomberg Television (BTV), was streamed live on The Hollywood Reporter and has extended distribution through BTV.
Encounters of the Third Kind had at Devils Tower National Monument, the effect the “Millennium Trilogy” has had in Sweden, how Deliverance launched a whitewater rafting industry, and of course, what the original Hawaii Five-O did to introduce Hawaii to the
That film tourism is a trending topic is a great affirmation of what we’ve been saying for decades, and that is all good news for us.
L to R: Honolulu Film Commissioner Walea Constantinau; Steven Bornn, Film Commissioner, US Virgin Islands; Kevin Clark, Executive Director, AFCI; Mikael Svensson, Film Commissioner, Southern Sweden and Donna Zuchlinski, Film Commissioner, Ontario Media Development Corp.
It was a great opportunity to showcase what Hawaii has taken advantage of for decades, and interesting to hear how other areas interpret the topic and implement initiatives to capitalize on it. The panel was moderated by the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Executive Director Kevin Clark, and I was joined by a varied cross-section of film commissions from around the world, including Ms. Donna Zuchlinski from the Ontario Media Development Corporation, Mr. Mikael Svensson from Southern Sweden, and Mr. Steven Bornn from the U.S. Virgin Islands. The discussion started with a few examples, including the impact that films like Lord of the Rings had in New Zealand and Close 16
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world and how the updated TV series is helping to re-brand Honolulu to a new generation. With hundreds of examples from around the world, it was evident that a project does not have to be a positive portrayal about an area to have an effect, or be set in the jurisdiction to have an impact. Just ask New Zealand, which enjoyed a 40-percent increase in tourism when all was said and done after the Lord of the Rings trilogy introduced Middle Earth and their dramatic landscape to the world. Or Sweden, which caught everyone by surprise. Who would have thought that a dark and violent tale set in a bitter cold landscape would drive tourism to their region? Swedish officials there have fully embraced the concept and announced
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on the panel that they just launched a new initiative—Fiction Tourism—expanding the destination marketing beyond film to incorporate books and other sources of story that can capture the public’s imagination. Why is something that has been around and wildly successful trending now? Panelists concluded that a confluence of things have allowed Film Tourism to rise to the top. Maybe it’s the interactive nature of media today that is driving people to want to experience film in a more personal way. Or maybe it’s the global economy and tax credits that have prompted deeper research questions about the impact of the film industry in an area. Whatever the reason, Hawaii is front and center in the discussion, having just partnered with Universal Studios for the launch of Battleship and with Warner Bros. on a global promotion throughout Europe for the release of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Hawaii has also recently hosted a multitude of travel writers that were inspired to learn more about Hawaii because of The Descendants. We’ve always known that film is a good business for Hawaii and that the exposure received through what has shot in the islands is invaluable. That film tourism is a trending topic is a great affirmation of what we’ve been saying for decades, and that is all good news for us. HFV
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BY WALEA CONSTANTINAU Honolulu Film Commissioner
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The Hunger Games Sequel Set to Shoot on Oahu BY TIM RYAN Executive Editor
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awaii will end the year hosting one of the biggest blockbuster films of 2012 when the Hunger Games sequel—The Hunger Games: Catching Fire—films for several weeks on Oahu beginning midNovember. After scouting Kauai, Maui, Hawaii Island and Oahu, Hunger Games executives selected Oahu as the location for four weeks of filming. Budget for the sequel is in excess of $100 million, sources said. The first Hunger Games had a worldwide gross of $642 million, including $405 million in the United States. The budget was $78 million. The film’s executives, including production company GGX Productions, Inc. and studio Lionsgate Entertainment, are keeping news about the filming under wraps. Hawaii has not even been mentioned as a location, let alone the specific Oahu spots where the film will be shot, which are on the island’s North Shore windward side, including Kawela Bay, Manoa Valley, and Heeia. Catching Fire’s production
offices will be at the Turtle Bay Resort. Hawaii locations manager is Randy Spangler, who headed the original scout with the film’s producers in June and July. Some pre-production was being done in early fall, with filming to begin in Hawaii as early as November 11 and continuing to December 22. The film, helmed by director Francis Lawrence, will shoot primarily in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Said Eric Feig, Lionsgate’s president of production, who is overseeing the production on behalf of the studio, “We are so excited to be embarking on this adventure with Francis Lawrence, who has already exhibited immense creative vision and resourcefulness in casting the film and planning its look and feel. The stakes are raised in every way in this second story, and we are thrilled to get the production underway in these perfect locations, with our excellent returning cast and some world-class actors in new roles.” Here’s the storyline: Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark survived the horrors of the Hunger Games against all odds, now living what seems to be their new, rich, peaceful lives in District 12’s Victor’s Village. But the government of the Capitol is not pleased with
Katniss and her performance as the starcrossed lover, claiming that her behavior in the arena may result in an uprising from the districts and, in turn, a new war, with her being the face of it all. Furthermore, as almost a whole year has passed, the 75th annual Hunger Games reaping comes with a heart-breaking surprise for Katniss and her fellow district 12 victors. The Hunger Games stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz, and Maui resident Woody Harrelson. Added to the sequel’s cast are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, and Jena Malone. In conjunction with the film’s Los Angeles shoot, Lionsgate has announced a global set visit sweepstakes. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Win a Trip to Set” will run through October 12, offering 12 lucky fans a chance to visit the set of the film and interact with the cast and crew. For more information visit www.catchingfiresweeps.com. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is set to hit theaters on November 22, 2013. HFV
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he fans came from Sweden, Japan, Australia, Connecticut, Alabama, New York, Southern California, Kalihi, Kapahulu, Laie, and the Big Island for a single purpose: To catch a glimpse and hopefully a photo or autograph of their favorite Hawaii Five-0 actors and show executives. And they got their wish as the CBS series’ stars, recurring characters and production executives walked the red carpet for the third time in as many years at the Waikiki Beach season three premiere. Some 10,000 people gathered in the shadow of Diamond Head Crater—some arriving at midnight, 19 hours before the episode would be shown—to ensure they got the best possible
Fans line the red carpet for a glimpse of their favorite Five-0 stars.
position to see their favorite performers. There were dozens of Australian fans on hand to cheer series star Alex O’Loughlin, who later said, “I’m thrilled; really excited that so many Australians came out for Sunset on the Beach.” “I love hearing the accent,” said the Australia native. “I’ve been away from home for a long time now.” O’Loughlin teased some female fans that “my lady (Malia Jones) is here. She’s pretty ferocious now and she’s eight months pregnant.” The vast majority of fans, which were decidedly female, said their favorite Hawaii Five-0 actor was O’Loughlin. Vivianne Blaher, who traveled solo from Melbourne for the premiere, said her main goal was to “catch a glimpse” of O’Loughlin. 20
“He’s an Aussie and such an incredible actor; I really admire him,” she said. “I love his acting and his character in this show. I used to watch the old Five-O growing up with my dad and that was fun, but Alex is so much more handsome than Jack Lord.” Jean Kolbek and her husband, of the Big Island, timed their Oahu trip to Waikiki to be able to see the premiere on the beach. “We love that the show is set in Hawaii and we can relate to locales,” she said. “It’s a fun show.” Emmy Arnett and her husband Alex, of Ventura, California, had already planned their Hawaii vacation, not knowing when the premiere would be shown here. “I like a good cop show,” she said laughing, “but naturally I love watching Alex, too. Hey, I’m married to an Alex, too, so how cool is that!” Dick and Sara Bell of Spanish Fort, Alabama, watch Five-0 “religiously, every Monday night.” “I like everything about this show and I loved the first Five-0, but this new one is so great, yet different.” Is Dick an O’Loughlin fan? “Nah, my favorite is Grace Park,” he said, smiling. Said wife Sara, “I love the Hawaii scenery and trying to figure out what’s gonna happen and all that.” Faith Scheideman of Waikiki, who has attended all three Hawaii Five-0 premieres on the beach, said her favorite character on the show is Dr. Max Bergman, played by Masi Oka. “He’s so kooky, but smart and funny,” she said. “I just love him to death.” Sisters Naomi and Miyuki Ishikawa of Tokyo held signs professing their affection for O’Loughlin. “He is so good and soooo handsome,” said Miyuki. Eleanor Olsson traveled solo from Sweden for a vacation in Hawaii and
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(left to right) Emmy Arnett of Ventura, California, and Jean and Chris Kolbek of the Big Island gathered near the red carpet entrance to see Hawaii Five-0 stars, and they were not disappointed.
heard about the premiere. “I am a big fan of the show and Alex is my favorite, but I like Scott (Caan) in a way, too,” she said. “Hey, Scott, I’m single.” Karen Zelaya of Mobile, Alabama, was making her third premiere appearance. “I love the show, but I’m especially fond of Alex,” she confessed. “He’s a good actor, sweet and down to earth, a really nice Aussie.” At the premiere, Peter Lenkov, co-creator and co-executive producer of the show, revealed some details about season three, including: • Michelle Borth has become a series regular this season as Navy Lt. Catherine Rollins, the romantic and crime-fighting partner of O’Loughlin’s Steve McGarrett. • Dr. Max Bergman, the medical examiner portrayed by Masi Oka, will have a romantic interest this season. Lenkov said that the role hadn’t been cast yet, “but we always look locally.” • The series will film two days on Maui in November. HFV
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Maui County. They will also see that, pieceaui County is currently in a state of film-related transition, movby-piece, Maui is stocking up on equipment ing from one scene to another, advancing forward, picking up the and services to help bring the cost of physipace! Mayor Alan Arakawa and the Maui County Film Office cal production down. For location man(MCFO) are proud to announce the launch of the county’s new film Web agers, it has never been easier to search site, www.filmmaui.com. This has been a large undertaking by the MCFO, Maui’s location database to view its large, taking nearly six months to complete. The comprehensive new site allows beautiful portfolio. In the midst of all this, Maui for quick and easy access to has had a string of great TV Ehman Productions information about filming in episodes shot in the county. To Maui County, including inforname a few, the successful mation regarding federal, state Syfy series Haunted Collector, and county permits. BBC’s Richard Hammonds In developing the Web site, Crash Course, and even MCFO partnered up with HGTV’s fun series Hotel Reel-Scout to help bring about Impossible all made a visit. the most comprehensive dataAs we move towards the base of locations, crew and film end of 2012, Maui is set and support services within Maui ready for a fantastic 2013. The County. These new tools from lights are on, the coffee is Reel-Scout are the real ecowarm, and the equipment is nomic development compoready. Log on to www.filmnent within the Web site. It has maui.com and see for yourself! been designed to serve the Remember, filming in growing film industry within Maui County really is “Simply Maui County’s four islands, and Perfect.” HFV to give Maui’s residents a completely new way to market their services and locations. Maui Film Commissioner Harry Donenfeld with Residents that have experiRichard Hammond ence and/or services to offer MCFO accepts the entry, and—presto!—the film producers can now upload their own database is built by the industry it serves. information. Those who have locations they Paul Ehman’s Ehman Productions has want to add to Maui’s database can also been adding equipment to its already-extenupload them, along with photos and all othsive grip and lighting packages. Studio Maui er pertinent information. Once uploaded, Productions, LLC, newly formed by Branscombe Richmond and his partners, has gone into the transportation side of production, just recently bringing a five-room dressing room trailer to Maui. These companies will now be able to list their equipment on the Reel-Scout database within the new Web site. Producers from all over the world can now easily access the huge amount of talent that is available in
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2012 has been a thankfully busy year for On Location Services. I have been very fortunate to have scouted and worked on each island and have helped to expand the local crew base for digital photography, videography and film production throughout the state.
The year began with the second unit filming on Haleakala of the opening sequence for a futuristic feature film, Oblivion, to be released later this year. Pottery Barn Teen catalog followed that, shooting primarily on Maui’s North Shore, utilizing a number of private residences and some of Maui’s well known beaches and locations. This year has also brought a number of BBC Science-based documentaries to Maui and the Big Island. First off was the BBC special The Wonders of the Earth, followed by
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The Transit of Venus, appearing on primetime British television and rebroadcast on PBS/Nova and Discovery Science Channels. In March, the remake of Blue Lagoon by SilverScreen Productions was filmed on Maui at Makena Big Beach and at a number of jungle locations from East to West Maui. Excellent community, film industry and union support lent a huge boost in its success. In addition to employing local film technicians and production suppliers, Blue Lagoon created some key relationships with new vendors and again proved the support for the feature film capabilities of Maui County. In June we worked on the music video for popular tween group Big Time Rush’s song “Windows Down.” The production company was RockHard Productions out of Los Angeles. July saw the filming of Volcano Live, a fourhour live broadcast from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for BBC2. A real-time, live outside broadcast truck and crew from NoaPro Productions on Oahu, and an excellent crew from both the Big Island and Maui, rounded out this unprecedented broadcast.
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A Cartoon Network program, Loiter Squad, also filmed in July. From DD Brown Entertainment, Loiter Squad features realtime, live comedy skits performed in public. The program featured the quaint town of Lahaina and the North Shore of Oahu. In August, I produced a 10-day still photo shoot for a private development company’s 2012 marketing and advertising campaign, and was the lead man for the art director on a recent Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau commercial. I have set more focus on producing projects, production supervising and location management, but the location scouting and bidding producer roles are still my mainstay. With a number of features planning to film in Hawaii, some commercial interests, and a growing commercial digital photographic and video market, there is a lot of renewed interest in filming on our Neighbor Islands. Maui County has four spectacular island locations to offer, an experienced crew base, a lot of community, and current county administration’s support to attract even more business in the coming year. Here’s to that! For more, visit www.onloc.com. HFV
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etaphysical media company Akasha Entertainment is relocating from Carmel, California, to Maui in 2013.
Company president and filmmaker Carolyn Cobelo also announced the company’s next project, which will be the third Akasha Metaphysical Film Festival, coming in early 2013. “We couldn’t be more excited to be launching the next phase of our company in the powerful energy of Hawaii,” said Cobelo. She added, “Hawaii is, in my mind, the most powerful energy vortex in the world.” The purpose of Akasha Entertainment, Cobelo said, is to use cinema as a vehicle to educate the public about the healing energy of the earth’s natural resources and energy vortexes, many of which are concentrated in Hawaii. Having researched and filmed sacred sites for over 25 years, Cobelo is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the power of sacred space, calling it her
“passion.” The media company recently wrapped its second documentary film, Sacred Space: The Magical Land of Hawaii, which is available for online viewing at the company’s Web site, and has three feature films in development. In addition, Akasha Entertainment has a 30-year history of producing events that blend metaphysics and entertainment, including two metaphysical film festivals in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Carmel, California. These festivals have featured celebrities such as Shirley MacClaine and Lindsay Wagner, and film producer Stephen Simon. Cobelo has transitioned over the years from working as a Gestalt and transperson-
al psychotherapist into a filmmaker who captures the power of the earth’s sacred sites for the purpose of “helping viewers find their own inner intelligence,” she said. “People are hungry for their own experiences of spiritual power and wisdom, and this is so accessible in Hawaii,” said Cobelo. “Akasha Entertainment continues to facilitate creative opportunities for people to discover their essential divine essence through the Akasha Film Festival and our special Hawaii-oriented films.” HFV For more, go to www.AkashaEntertainment.com. Carolyn Cobelo can be reached at (808) 572-7278 or info@AkashaEntertainment.com.
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THE NEW FRONTIER PAUL ATKINS EXPLORES THE GLOBE TO GET THE SHOT BY TIM RYAN Executive Editor
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inematographer Paul Atkins has traveled the world for his craft, while having the good fortune of being based in Hawaii. Atkins has gone from the depths of Monterey Bay tracking killer whales, to the rim of an erupting Kilauea Volcano, and then around Cape Horn in a replica of Capt. Cook’s HMS Endeavor, enduring five major storms and fifty-foot seas for the feature film Master and Commander. But when talking to the Oahu resident about his work, Atkins clearly downplays his own talent, focusing instead on “the art of filmmaking” and “the great joy” he gets from his cumulative experiences. “Sometimes I complain about traveling so much, but I am really blessed that I can live in Hawaii and have a career all over the world,” said Atkins. “Actually, I am spending more time here as I get more involved in the indie industry.” That local work this year included being a camera operator on CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 series, as well as some Hawaii-shot low-budget features. Atkins came to Hawaii in the 1970s after attending Florida State University, where he studied zoology. After moving here to pursue a doctorate at the University of Hawaii, he switched majors to marine biology. “I started using the department’s Super 8 camera and some underwater video cameras to study underwater marine fish behavior,” he said. “I got hooked on filmmaking. I was very passionate about it.” When he received funding for research projects, Atkins also would “tag a film” along with it. His first real underwater project, with help from wife Gracie and friend Mike deGruy, was an expedition to collect live chambered nautilus. The film was completed in about three years and cost about $50,000 from three research grants. “This film was a big break for me,” said Atkins. “The movie was our film school. It got the attention of the BBC’s natural history unit in Bristol, England, and they started hiring us to do more marine-related shoots.” Since then, Atkins has not only worked on a multitude of documentary projects, but has 30
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also lent his expertise to feature film productions as well. In addition to Master and Commander, Atkins has also recently worked on the Academy Award-nominated film The Tree of Life as second unit director of photography. The production starred Brad Pitt and was directed by Terrence Malick. Atkins has also been working as DP on Malick’s Voyage of Time for the past few years, and this summer, Atkins returned to Los Angeles to begin work as second unit director on Malick’s The Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale. Also in development with Malick is an indie feature, The Devil’s Teeth, a drama about a journalist trying to stop the slaughter of great white sharks. Malick will executive produce, Atkins will direct, and Tree of Life director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki will DP. The relationship between Atkins and Malick has been fruitful to say the least. The two met in the late 1990s at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, where Atkins and his wife had entered their film Dolphins: The Wild Side. Malick was on the jury. “I was already interested in features before I met Terry,” said Atkins. “I was a movie nut as a little kid and later very influenced by Jacques Cousteau.” Atkins, whose other feature work includes Soul Surfer as B-camera operator, says his documentary experience has enhanced his feature film work. “Wildlife filming requires a tremendous amount of patience,” he said. “You spend a long time in the field hunting, traveling, looking and waiting. Hours of nothing, then five seconds of panic, but when you get the shot it’s like striking gold.”
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In contrast, feature filmmaking is much faster-paced, said Atkins. “Every day you’re involved in making decisions about shooting,” he said. “Your brain is working, your body is working, you’re not waiting. It’s stressful but I love it. You’re making decisions about the shots constantly. When you start working with actors there’s such pleasure in being allowed to tell an actor to go here or there for the best shot and get it done in the next hour.” During Atkins’ entire career, he’s worked hard not to get pigeonholed as an “underwater guy.” “When I do wildlife documentaries I also film people and the culture,” he said. “The people docs really served me well in the feature film world because it taught me to switch on my feet very quickly. On a feature or TV show you sometimes have to change the shot very fast because it’s not working for whatever reason—the actors are not cooperating or the weather is a problem.” Some crew find this stressful, but for Atkins the quick changes “come quite naturally,” he said. It’s features, not docs, that fire Atkins’ soul. “The new frontier for me are scenes involving actors where I can combine my two careers,” he said. “The movies that excite me the most tell dramatic, narrative stories in a natural setting. You’re using all those skills of cinematography, like natural light and the time of day, to photograph a landscape, but now you’re putting actors in it and telling a story.” On The Tree of Life, Atkins was second unit DP working alongside Malick. But his other responsibility was working with the film’s natural history unit. “We had an IMAX camera on which we shot the creation sequence with the beginning of the universe, formation of the solar system and the earth, the evolution of life on earth, and literally the end of life with the earth burned up by the sun,” said Atkins. To film these scenes Atkins and crew took an IMAX camera all over the world, including Kilauea Volcano, Iceland, Chile, Palau, and throughout the American Southwest. Reflecting on his career, Atkins says that The Tree of Life is “the pinnacle of my career.” “But,” he adds, “hopefully the best is yet to come.” HFV
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he Bishop Estate is the largest private property owner in the state of Hawaii. With assets of around $10 billion, it is one of the richest private charities in the world, whose sole beneficiary is the Kamehameha Schools, located in the heights above Honolulu, with a student body of only about 3,200. Seven large organizations in Hawaii today possess 24 percent of Hawaii’s privately owned land. The largest owner is Bishop Estate with 336,372 acres. The estate was created in 1884 by the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter of King Kamehameha the Great, credited for uniting the Hawaiian Islands during the 18th century. Princess Pauahi died of cancer at the age of 52 and left the bulk of her estate “to erect and maintain in the Hawaiian Islands two schools, one for boys and one for girls, to be called the Kamehameha Schools.” As Bishop Estate continues to diversify its land uses, it has begun to allow productions—film, television and commercials— to use some locations that had previously been off-limits. “Historically, we’ve allowed for film production on our lands on a ‘per-request’ basis,” said Kalani Fronda, senior land asset manager for Kamehameha Schools. “However, within the last five-plus years we’ve strategically identified potential sites based on interest, striking backgrounds, and types of environ-
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ments that are secluded from habitation. “We’ve invested more resources towards addressing use of our real estate for film production because of an increase in demand by locations professionals and discussions with governmental film offices.” Some of the productions using Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate (KSBE) locations include all six seasons of ABC’s LOST at Police Beach in Haleiwa on Oahu’s North Shore; Baywatch Hawaii and The Big Bounce, also on Oahu’s North Shore; and Tears of the Sun on Kauai’s North Shore. A Honda Ridgeline commercial was shot on Hualalai on the Big Island, another prized location. LOST also ran an internship for Kamehameha Schools students for two seasons. Fronda said that the locations sought after depend solely “on the venue that the writers are looking for.” “It can vary from a campus setting, which might display historic buildings, to industrial lands in urban Honolulu, to picturesque landscapes on our fallow lands,” he said. The most popular KSBE locations include the secluded beachfront land along the North Shore of Oahu and North Shore Kauai; the bamboo forest in North Shore Oahu and North Shore Kauai; the mauka area of Hualalai on the Big Island; Kamehame Ridge on Oahu; and Kapalama Campus of Kamehameha Schools. KSBE prohibits productions from using locations that are especially culturally sensitive or that may negatively impact its tenants or users. “Safety, risk, and liability are always con-
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cerns that we address on a case-by-case basis and cautiously proceed accordingly,” said Fronda. The estate charges $2,000 for a location, $1,000 for the setup and breakdown, and market rent for land leases. But KSBE also plans to expand its locations availability to smaller productions. “Many inquiries that come in are from both the large and small productions,” said Fronda. “We have not been able to properly address the small film productions and hope to craft a program that can accommodate their financial restraints.” The organization is well aware of the need for more soundstages on Oahu and the Neighbor Islands, where there are none, but isn’t prepared to pay for the construction. “We have considered soundstage uses on our properties, but we have not considered being the entity to construct such a facility,” said Fronda. “The management of soundstages is a specialized niche and we would rather let those who have such expertise take the lead. “Over the past few years, we have had discussions with a number of different parties on this matter, typically centered on converting existing high-cube warehouses. While none of these discussions have resulted in new soundstages being constructed, we remain keenly interested in being part of the future production industry growth in Hawaii.” KSBE plans to launch a Web site of available locations for productions to peruse in 2013. HFV
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rank Lonardo was recently named director of sales for Turtle Bay Resort, the landmark property on Oahu’s North Shore.
He comes with an extensive background in luxury hospitality and entertainment industry sales, and now oversees the entertainment industry market, among others, for the resort. “Turtle Bay Resort has long welcomed feature films and television shows to the North Shore,” said Lonardo. “From the original Hawaii Five-O and Magnum, P.I. to the more recent Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Soul Surfer, the list is impressive. The film industry is important to Hawaii, and we will continue to support the opportunities it offers and to further the legacy of production on the North Shore.” Since taking up his new post, Lonardo has already worked with a number of production projects, including Bing and Michelob Ultra commercials, episodes of HBO’s Enlightened and The Amazing Race (French and English versions), and a music video for the British
artist Dappy and Tulisa. Lonardo also shared some of the changes at the resort that will appeal to the film community. As part of a multimillion dollar refreshment projFrank Lonardo ect, the hotel recently completed a $2 million lobby renovation, which included the addition of a new lobby lounge. It’s a hip gathering place with a nod to both the relaxed waterman culture and the host Hawaiian culture. Surfer, The Bar also opened as part of the resort’s improvements. The mixed-media, highly content-driven venue brings the pages of Surfer magazine to life and is a place where events, film, food, music, drink and photography take center stage, making it the perfect post-surf watering hole and gathering place for locals and globals alike.
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Weekly events include Hawaiian Music Mondays, Kanikapila Tuesdays, and Talk Story Thursdays, the latter of which brings together ocean sports icons, artists and influencers to share their impact on the world with host Jodi Wilmott. Lonardo most recently served as hotel sales taskforce manager for multiple luxury properties in markets on the East and West coasts of the U.S. mainland. These include Portofino Hotel and Yacht Club in Redondo Beach, California; The Woodmark Resort, Spa and Yacht Club in Kirkland, Washington; The Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C.; and Stowe Mountain Resort and Spa in Vermont. Previously, he was the director of sales and marketing for Le Parc Suites Hotel in West Hollywood, California. He has also worked for other major brand hotels in the Los Angeles market and worked for a time in special event sales for Paramount Pictures. Lonardo is the recipient of numerous national honors, including Marriott President’s Circle and the Chairman’s Circle. He resides on Oahu’s North Shore. HFV
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The Jack Lord Story BY JOHN NORDLUM President, Hawaii Stunt Association
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I was standing right next to Jack Lord and we looked like twins. I was his stunt double that day. The gag was a drug bust. McGarrett in the big black Mercury surprises the bad guys making a drug deal. He almost runs them down and they have to dive out of his way. Then he jumps out of the car, gets the drop on them, and “books” the bad guys. I doubled Jack. Jack was not pleased with the stunt. He liked what I did, but he hated what the main-
land guys did. “You guys came all the way to Hawaii to fall down. We pay you first-class air and hotel to come to Hawaii to fall down? Don’t we have any guys in Hawaii who can fall down, John? Where are the Hawaii stuntmen?!” he shouted at the sky. When my ears stopped ringing, I made myself a promise. I knew some local guys who could fall down. I would start the
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Hawaii Stunt Association (HSA). I would build it as Jack Lord would have: to help the Hawaii stunt players, to help the Hawaii film industry, and to give back to the state of Hawaii. Jack Lord truly loved Hawaii. And he is truly the founder of the Hawaii Stunt Association. For over 25 years the Hawaii Stunt Association was the most professional stunt association in Hawaii. It was first envisioned and suggested by Jack Lord, encouraged by the Hawaii Screen Actors Guild, assisted by the Hawaii Film Commission, and modeled after the Stuntmen’s Association of Hollywood. It was incorporated as a professional association in 1980. The purpose of the HSA is to train and promote Hawaii stunt players. The professional standards are very high. Membership in the HSA is demanding and requires a complete lifestyle. We now specialize in four departments: • Hawaii Stunt Association – stunt players • CF Stunts – training • Pacific Stunt Equipment • HSA Productions With this corporate structure and its many film credits, HSA plays a major part in the Hawaii film industry.
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All of this is coordinated by a mild-mannered man named Colin Fong. He has performed over 200 stunts, coordinated 80 shows, and trained dozens of stunt players and actors. He is the most professional stunt coordinator in the State of Hawaii. He is also the vice president of the Hawaii Stunt Association. A few years ago, the Hawaii Stunt Association was asked by the Screen Actors Guild to lobby at the State Capitol for a bill to fund local film production. We saw this as long overdue. How could we make our point? I had an idea. The next day at lunchtime, as the legislators filed out of their meeting on the top floor of the State Capitol, they heard a loud voice. A stuntman, John Nordlum, with a megaphone told them that another stuntman, Colin Fong, on the top floor was thinking about jumping into the rotunda to make his point for local production. As the people Colin C.L. Fong watched: he jumped! He fell down to the rotunda floor. There he landed safely in a large air bag. He knew how to fall down. In 1997 the Hawaii Stunt Association reached its peak of success. CBS planned to make a new Hawaii Five-O pilot. They chose stunt coordinator Colin Fong and the Hawaii Stunt Association to do all of the stunts. The shooting of the pilot went fine with all local stuntmen who could fall down. This show opened the door for the present Hawaii Five-0. Jack Lord would have been very proud. He believed in local hire. Thank you, Jack. HFV
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ollywood came to Hilo in September as the Big Island Film Office sponsored a Cinematography Master Class seminar at The Palace Theater. An enthusiastic crowd of more than 100 welcomed the distinguished panel, which included Wally Pfister, ASC, Academy Award-winning cinematographer; Ron Garcia, ASC, Cable ACE award winner for Best Cinematography; and Robert Primes, ASC, Emmy Award-winning director of photography. They were joined by representatives from Canon, who hosted the crowd in a hands-on demo session during lunch with Canon’s high-end C300 DSLR camera. Wally Pfister, ASC, has received four Academy Award nominations for best cinematography in a feature film, and three American Society of Cinematographers nominations for best cinematography in a feature film. He won both the Academy Award and
ASC Award for his work on Inception, one of many movies Pfister has made with director Christopher Nolan. Pfister showed clips of Inception and talked through the making of many of the pivotal scenes. He talked about his early days and training in news documentary and his work for Frontline on PBS. Robert Altman gave him his first big break in movies, and he later went to the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he teamed up with another visual artist who would later become famous, Janusz Kaminski. As we all probably know, Pfister and Nolan have collaborated on the last three Batman movies, and Pfister talked at length about the making of The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight. These last two movies were shot largely in 65mm with four custom-made IMAX cameras. Pfister made a compelling case for the superior image quality of large format film negative. Ron Garcia, ASC, was the maestro of the
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event with Canon. Garcia was one of the cameramen on the sequel to Hawaii Five-0 when it began production three years ago. He gave back to the production community in Oahu by organizing a very popular workshop with the entire Five-0 camera team, covering aspects of how a camera crew works on network television and what it takes for the camera team to work at the top level on a successful series. (The program was repeated in Honolulu the next day.) Garcia is no stranger to all forms of film and television with many credits in each genre, including pilots, series, movies of the week (MOW), and features. He won a Cable
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ACE award for his cinematography on the MOW El Diablo. He has worked with such luminaries as David Lynch and Michael Mann, but his main reflections to the audience in Hilo were more about passion than about working with hard-driving directors. His advice is to follow your heart and be passionate about your work—the keys to success in the business, he said. Bob Primes, ASC, closed the session with comments that amplified those of Pfister and Garcia. Primes has over 50 credits as a cinematographer in television and documentary, from 1973 to 2012. He has worked on such seminal TV shows as thirtysomething, Bird on a Wire, Get Smart, Quantum Leap, and Sleeper Cell. He has been awarded two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Cinematography for Felicity and My Antonia, and received a Cable ACE nomination for his work on My Antonia. Primes has earned three ASC nominations for best cinematography in television, and an ASC win for his work on MDs. Primes said there are three ingredients for success in the film business. First, you need to know something—increasingly a lot— about the technology of the business. Then, you need to listen to your heart and be truthful to your individual creative voice. Lastly, you need to have a good set of people skills because film collaboration and the demands of production necessitate the ability to get along with all types of people in often difficult situations. Primes showed and narrated a fascinating image quality test comparing the image quality between twelve high-end digital cameras and one 35mm film camera across a number of imaging quality variables. This test was sponsored by the ASC and the Producers Guild. As he said, there are no definitive conclusions—more often than not, “it’s the eye of the beholder that matters most in assessing image quality.� HFV
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ducing motion pictures, television shows, and animated projects in Hawaii with Hawaii ownership. Producers David and Shauna Jackson are president and executive vice The movie opened nationally on Septempresident, respectively, of ber 21 in select domestic markets. Showcase Entertainment, Set in Chicago and Tahiti, the romantic a worldwide film distriadventure comedy was filmed almost entirebution company, and are ly on location in Hawaii, and was produced co-owners and senior by Hawaii Film Partners’ Rann and Gina executives of Hawaii Film Watumull and David and Shauna Jackson. Actors Ken Davitian and Howard Bishop with director/writer Rob Hedden. Partners along with the The film also features music by several Watumulls. Hawaii artists, including Willie K, Ben Vegas Hawaii Film Partners’ first project was the and Maila Gibson, Tiffany Thurston, Afatia Law, Misery). award-winning international hit television Thompson, Kapono Beamer, and Imua The movie finds an unsuspecting Chicago show for Discovery Kids, Flight 29 Down, Garza—who wrote and sings the opening pet photographer (Annable) being forced to which is still airing in over 100 territories. credits track. It also includes an original song marry the daughter (McPhee) of a Croatian Also for television, Hawaii Film Partners has co-written and performed by leading lady mobster (Davitian). Action, adventure and produced 38 two-minute animated episodes Katharine McPhee. romance ensue as the couple spends their of Ape Escape for Nickelodeon’s NickThe invitation-only premiere screening “fake honeymoon” in Tahiti interacting with Toons™ Network. Rounding out Hawaii featured red carpet arrivals of many of the humorous, quirky, and dangerous characters, Film Partners’ ambitious slate is the original film’s actors, including Ken Davitian, and realizes that they may share real feelings animated television series, Guardians of the Howard Bishop, Jeanne Rogers, and Tia Carfor each other. Power Masks, which marks an historic inter“We’re extremely national partnership with the Chinese city of proud of our first Changzhou and the Gangwon Information film, the talented Multi-Media Corporation (GIMC) in South cast, and Rob HedKorea. Production of this animated children’s den’s funny screenseries is near completion. play and comedic Hawaii Film Partners plans to direction,” said the produce more feature films and television film’s producers. projects in the State of Hawaii. “The movie also For more information, please visit www.facehighlights Hawaii’s book.com/YouMayNotKissTheBride. HFV flexibility as a feature film location that can double for anywhere in the world, and showFamily friend Michael Baldovino, with Megan & Brent Watumull, Caitlin, Rann & cases the versatility Gina Watumull of Hawaii Film Partners. of Hawaii’s amazing musical artists.” rere. Following the screening, a private after“When the producers approached me party was held at Vice Nightclub. about writing and directing a movie in You May Not Kiss the Bride stars Dave Hawaii, I jumped at the chance,” said HedAnnable (ABC’s Brothers and Sisters, the den. “You simply can’t beat the amazing upcoming ABC series 666 Park scenery, location versatility, professional Avenue); Katharine McPhee (NBC’s Smash, crews, and film-friendly environment. WorkAmerican Idol); Mena Suvari (American Pie, ing with Hawaii Film Partners on such a fun, American Beauty); Rob Schneider (50 First action-packed romantic comedy fulfilled a Dates, Deuce Bigalow); Ken lifelong dream.” Davitian (Borat); Tia Carrere (Wayne’s Producers Rann and Gina Watumull are World, True Lies); Vinnie Jones (X-Men 3: co-founders and senior executives at Hawaii The Last Stand); Kevin Dunn (Transformers, Film Partners. With the goal of helping to Vicky Cristina Barcelona); and Academy build a sustainable film industry in the state, The stunning Tia Carrere flashes Award winner Kathy Bates (NBC’s Harry’s Hawaii Film Partners is dedicated to proa “shaka” at the premiere. 40
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ter.” Suzi said, “Wow, okay!” Soon after, they were in Calgary, Canada, finalizing the lease on a Hughes 500, and three days later flew it out of the hangar on a handshake and a smile. Since its beginning, Airborne Aviation’s three-year life has been nothing short of illustrious. The first utility contract was established on Kauai in September 2009 and the regular customer list has rapidly grown to more than 40 private and government agencies, including The Nature Conservancy, the Department of Land & Natural Resources, and the University of Hawaii. 2010 was an exciting year of growth in many directions. Airborne Aviation was gaining momentum and news of its many-faceted services spread quickly via the coconut wireless. According to Suzi, “We were the new player in town. We hunkered down entrenched in our labor of love, we were serving our customers well, and soon the calls were coming in from the TV and film industry.” Providing aerial coordination, location scouting, logistical support, and remote transportation on all the Hawaiian islands, Jim and crew have been hired by many local, domestic and foreign production companies such as Nation-
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al Geographic, TNT, Paramount Viacom, NHK Nihon and ThoRa Film. In October 2010, utility operations began to expand to Oahu, and a second helicopter was added to the fleet and dedicated full-time to the new Oahu base. Another milestone was in February 2011. Kauai County was seeking a company suited to provide pilots and maintenance for the County Hughes 500 helicopter (“Air One”). Since winning this coveted contract, Airborne Aviation has been on duty for hundreds of rescue and fire-fighting missions. More than 20 years and over 13,000 hours of diverse flying experience in Canada, Mexico, the United States mainland, Alaska and Hawaii have gained Jim a solid reputation in the helicopter industry. He handpicks and personally trains each of his pilots and holds them to the highest professional standards. But most of all, they share a true passion for flying. Says Jim, “Safety is of the utmost importance, but we love to have fun and allow you to enjoy your time at work.” HFV Airborne Aviation can be reached at admin@airborneaviationhawaii.com.
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