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Publisher ASIA

MarcPaperScissor

DMA Photography

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Major League

Table of Contents

Is WeMerge even a word?

Layout & Design

BluFireStudios.com

Creative Director

Dwayne Adams

Chief Editor

Renda Writer

Webmaster

Spiderman

Research

Dekal

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An Underdog is a Subwoofer

WeMerge Talent, Inc.

Michele Barenfeld Dawn Dubriel

Logo Design

Rob Smith

Asst. Layout

Scott Kalinowski

Computer Tech.

Contributors

Matt D’Amico Nicdeb Inc. Doom Inc. TrafficLab

Copyright © WeMerge Talent, Inc. All rights reserved. All content included in the magazine, such as text, graphics, logos, icons, and images, is the property of WeMerge Talent, Inc. or its content suppliers (writers, photographers, illustrators, and others) and protected by US and international copyright laws.

Wemerge Magazine contains the opinions and experiences of other people and we do not necessarily approve, agree with, and/or condone those opinions or actions. WeMerge Magazine cannot be held responsible for these opinions or actions. We provide a community service to our readers. All collaboration or verification of event postings is the responsibility of the reader prior to relying on such information for any action that may be taken on their behalf or on the behalf of others. For all legal issues call a lawyer. Not Aloia

Pg. 8 - DMA Photography Pg. 1 - Advertise With Us Pg. 9 - Local Artists Gallery Pg. 2 - Featured Artist Pg.10 - Album Reviews Pg. 3 - Comedy/Comic Strip Pg. 4 - Featured Poet/Author Pg.11 - Local Filmmakers ON THE COVER : Pg.12 - Digital Artist/Short Photography By: DMA Photography Pg. 5 - Short Poems The cover of this issue of Do ya even need a Pg. 6 - UnderLab Studios Who stole my haterade? Story Magazine features Renda table of contents?

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Special Thanks to Stellar Concepts for helping with printing. Reverse Polarity, Quicktrackz, & Roundabout Records for helping with recording and audio. Nicci “Bean” Loren for helping with imagination. Margate Commerce Center for giving us comfort. All the haters for giving us motivation. And last but not least Bonus Red Dot for always being a bonus.

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WeMerge Writer (center), Dwayne Adams (left), and Jonathan Vinazza (right).

Jonathan and Dwayne are the founders of ULS Media, the multi-media company that helped to make WeMerge Magazine possible.

Dwayne Adams is a photographer and graphic designer and also serves as Senior Account Executive for ULS Media.

Jonathan Vinazza is an independent filmmaker and also holds the title of Director of Motion Graphics with ULS Media.

Renda Writer is a freelance writer, spoken word poet, and event host and promoter. He started out as a client of ULS Media, and soon took a position as Senior Project Manager to help generate and maintain business.

Renda Writer is 100% committed to his goal of one day appearing on The Ellen Degeneres Show.

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By Renda Writer

MarcPaperScissor

- Never has a moniker for a young and talented artist more aptly described who he is and what he does. His name is Marc, and all he uses to meticulously create some of the most colorful, original, and thought provoking art since Peter Max is colored card stock Paper and a pair of Scissors.

Three years ago, while sometimes attending class at The University of Central Florida in Orlando, Marc was watching a lot of TV and ruminating somewhat solemnly on the unsteady direction of our planet’s future. Frustrated, concerned, and inspired, Marc jumped on the latter side of the phrase, “Either you’re a part of the problem, or a part of the solution.”

“solution” side of the Earth’s tragic equation.

And what sparked this realization? Once again, it was the TV - specifically, a program about actor/activist Woody Harrelson’s crusade to save the environment. This is why Marc’s plans for the immediate future include launching a series of “recycled paper art.” And whose help is he seeking in launching such a bold and noble venture? Mr. Woody Harrelson himself. So, Woody, if you’re reading this… just know that WE are looking to MERGE you with MarcPaperScissor.

But let’s also let it be known that there’s more to MarcPaperScissor than just a need to awaken our collective consciousness one colored paper cut-out at a time. He is also working on a children’s book, which will utilize his own poetry and will of course be fully illustrated with “paper art.” The yet untitled book will tell the story of a man who flies to Mars to test his theory that the planet He withdrew from society and entered into is made out of jelly. a hermit-like artistic incubation period, And, as a part-time musician, Marc has found creating the initial pieces of what he calls, his way into the socially conscious jam band “paper art.” Images of brains, clocks, atoms, scene, allowing him to introduce his art televisions, the Earth, and men in suits to all the jam band followers and festival became reoccurring icons, all designed to (Langerado, Bonaroo, Burning Man, etc) goers. work together in a way that would serve For more information and to purchase prints to get the viewers thinking. The goal was please visit www.MarcPaperScissor.com to get them to think about the world of “Reality is normality, corruption, depleted resources, and corporate and I am just trying to be different.” dominance that we live in. He’s fulfilled the production side of his goal, so now all he needs is the exposure.

Due to his young age and inexperience with the business side of art, Marc has yet to exhibit his work at a gallery (with the exception of a showing at Florida Atlantic University’s Davie campus). However, that won’t be the case for long. Living close to many of Ft. Lauderdale’s newest and hottest galleries and having spent another productive stretch of time as a recluse – this time creating the ultimate self promotion tool, his website (www.MarcPaperScissor.com) – Marc is now ready to introduce the world to a style of art with a message that it desperately needs to see.

The Senses - Each sense has it’s own brain

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Recently, Marc realized that with trees being cut down at an alarming rate, maybe creating art solely out of paper could place him more on the “problem” side than the

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goal here at WeMerge is to shed light on all facets of the local creative scene, and so in an effort to not leave out a genre that is often overlooked, we dedicate this section to Stand-Up Comedy. Please go to MySpace.com/WeMerge, click on the blog entitled “Comedy,” watch the videos from the 20 comedians we have listed, and leave a comment to vote for your favorite. The comic with the most votes will be featured in our next issue.

1. Adrian Mesa – MySpace.com/AdrianMesaLive 2. AZ – MySpace.com/TheComedyOfAZ 3. Daleena Sequi – MySpace.com/KindOfFunny Who’s Next?

4. Dexter Angry – MySpace.com/DexterAngry Who will 5. Eugene Meaux – MySpace.com/EugeneMeaux be the next 6. Hansen Sinclair – MySpace.com/HansenSinclair featured c o m i c 7. Richy Lala – MySpace.com/RichyLaLa We M e r g e 8. Stevie D. – MySpace.com/NotReallyABlonde with you?

9. Kevin McLeman – MySpace.com/KMcLeman Go to the “Comedy“ blog on 10. Kirk Meadows – MySpace.com/Kirk_Meadows MySpace.com/WeMerge 11. Laurie Fondiler – MySpace.com/SmallGuitar and leave a comment to vote for your favorite 12. Lisa Corrao – MySpace.com/LisaCorrao stand-up comedian. That’s 13. Mirko – MySpace.com/Comic_On_A_Sailboat who we’ll feature next.

14. Nhan Du – MySpace.com/NonFatComedy 15. Oni Perez – MySpace.com/Oni_Perez_Comedy 16. Todd Shoes – MySpace.com/ComicToddShoes 17. Todd Webster – MySpace.com/ToddWebster 18. Patrick Schroeder – MySpace.com/PatrickSchroeder 19. Ivan Hernandez – MySpace.com/IvanHernandezLive 20. Jim Fredrick – MySpace.com/JimFredrickWriterComic

Artist Development Tips 7 Things Your Press Kit Should Contain

Comedy Local Comedy

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Logo - Every artist needs a logo. Logos help the public to quickly remember you and they give you “brand identity.”

Photography / Head Shots - Quality photography is needed for all press kits and anything related to media.

Website / MySpace Page - Every artist needs a website, giving the public a place to contact you and learn more about you and what you do.

Business Cards / Flyers - Every artist needs a business card, and a flyer can promote upcoming events. 2 imperative print materials.

Trifold Brochure - A brochure is a very professional way to present yourself to booking agencies, record labels, and other “powers that be.”

Presentation Folder - The ultimate way to put your press kit together - a folder that contains your brochure, business card, bio, head shots, & flyers.

Videos - They will help to rank you on search engines and let viewers all over the world see you in action. Videos are the wave of the future.

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Featured Poet (excerpt from) “THE WAITING HOUR”

There’s never a proper response when you’re sitting at the doctor’s office as he proceeds to tell you those are cancer cells they found in your body My doctor doesn’t wait for one But rather He takes my distant stare into the sterile white wall as his cue to tell me to stay positive After all, research shows that if treated early testicular cancer has a 95% survival rate And just then I was tempted to say 95% means nothing if destiny doesn’t intend me to be a part of that statistic But I bite my tongue Kept my eyes fixated across the room waiting until he was done explaining the process of what’s meant to happen next He says Step 1 involves cutting a 4” incision beneath my belly Then with a probe, guide the entire right testicle...

Full Poem Available on Asia’s CD “Project: Breath”

ASIA

This art school graduate and corporate world expatriate of Filipino descent can serve as an example to all poets who desire to build up their credentials until they can reach what is most likely their ultimate goal – to make poetry into a career. Asia has done just that, and that is why We Merge him with you.

Funky Gorilla Fist , in the words of its author, Anthony F. Pepe, is “a story that doesn’t have a moral, carry any weighty social commentary, and doesn’t possess any special philosphoy or higher message. It is just a look back at what one life could have become had it continued unchecked.”

Thankfully for us, Pepe’s life didn’t go on unchecked. Instead, it took a turn that brought him to Florida, where he was able to leave behind the debauchery

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For more information on Asia, and to purchase his latest release, “Project: Breath” please go to www.IBeAsia.net or www.MySpace.com/IBeAsia.

Book Review Anthony Pepe

HBO DEF POET .ibeasia.net

Asia is what many spoken word poets www aspire to be – accomplished. He is proof that you get out what you put in. After years of putting in work practicing his craft on microphones at various South Florida poetry venues Asia has in a sense “made it.” His long list of accomplishments includes appearing on the TV show “Spoken” on The Black Family Channel, taking 12th place individually amongst almost 800 poets at the 2006 National Poetry Slam Championship in Austin, TX, and taking 5th place in the team competition with his Miami teammates (Chunky, Will Da Real One, & Caheej). Add to that the fact that Asia has also earned himself one of the highest credits in the genre of Spoken Word Poetry – an appearance on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, produced by Russell Simmons. It was on this esteemed show that Asia performed one of his signature pieces, support the scene “The Waiting Hour.”

FUNKY GORILLA FIST

that accompanied his former life as a strip club bouncer to focus his energy on writing. With plenty of experience to draw from, he penned a 124 page novella with enough gruesome detail to actually bring the reader into his former world – a world where three men beat another man with bats for hitting on the wrong girl and making an off color comment and then proceed to place $1,000 bets on how many minutes it will take for him to die. It’s also commonplace in this world to answer the door with a

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cigar in your mouth, a beer in one hand, an issue of Hustler magazine in the other, and an erection when it’s a pair of friendly Jehvah’s Witnesses knocking.

Obviously not a book for eve r yone, “Funky Gorilla Fist” does require a reader with an open mind and a strong stomach, but there is no discounting the fact that every chapter is well written and the character development

is as worthy of praise as that of any bestseller on your local bookstore shelf.

Although the author might consider this book to be a mere look back at a former life that he says in his closing statement maybe shouldn’t have even been written, I believe it to be a vividly entertaining movie on paper and a quick read that is hard to put down before reading the very last word. To order your copy of Funky Gorilla Fist, go to GhostPostPublishing.com.

Also available from Anthony Pepe - “...that defines the light” A collection of short poems cowritten by D. Tori Morgenstein

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The Width of a Cat Plus Twice My Age

by Sasha Levin - sasha.26@gmail.com

Ya ya ya they say: hot coals: it looks like the tendons above the heel may have been: CutMusic? Music. But no singing in This House!

The words: although they do not exist: soak like coffee through the walls The Mother: backroom slumber: not worried at this age The Lover: frontroom slumber: still the colored light washes the sheets Me: tuxedo-black: Tophat-none: piano-black: almost a complete sentence: wrapped in the stringsWhen a love poem: or Suicide Permission is onboard a flying vessel: It could crash or be torn wing to wing: wound around the strings: you know a rattle or buzz If on a locomotive however: Invisibility may occur for the inhabitants So much so that: Suicide is No Longer NecessaryThat is why: I am on the platform: watching a six year old boyBoard the train at five: he is invisible of course: I cannot see himToy top I gave him: left hand: teeth biting right hand: blood will be bloodAs the train nears the curve that will: I imagine: eyes closed: he will be back Curve that will obscure it: dissapears with its passengers (and Suicide Permission) The boy is as gone as cold air: when he grows up: to be like meHe will know: it was his love poem that: crashed that aeroplaneAnd his Suicide Permission that: made the train go like water:

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by Mr. Wispers - my2ndchance1997@hotmail.com

In some form or fashion half of you are locked in some prison. Be it your husband, or your wife, or just your way of living. Some of you right now in here are locked up by the spirit of fear, especially the women whose husbands have been beating them for years, to the point that she don’t even shed tears. She becomes immune to his doom, so she dances to his tune as she patiently waits for the music to start and even though her eyes are swelled she knows how well he plays her piano in the dark. While he plays her piano, she sings soprano til she feels good. Leave, she should, she probably would if she could, but she thinks breaking up the family is a sin so she remains locked in his mental 8 by 10.

What about a few good men? The ones who were constantly pushed away from day to day to only one day foolishly realize he’s better off gay? He couldn’t get love at home so he asked his brother for a hug, through brotherly love looking for affection and realized that both of them had erections and through male bonding they made their own corrections. This was caused by the strife of an unloving wife both of them are now stereotyped in the world’s 8 by 10.

Or how about a mother and father’s greatest treasure, like a child dragged through drastic measures of peer pressure, hoping that their friend’s don’t close the door on their 8 by 10 and if so you as a parent live long enough to receive their amends, and society has already predicted their end and that’s in an 8 by 10.

What that about that job you gave all your blood, sweat, and tears and you still have the same title after forty years. You were scared to get fired because you were hoping to retire and no one mentioned, there is no pension. Hope this sits in while you’re in your 8 by 10.

And those dope boys, they usually die often and the reality of their 8 by 10 is usually a coffin or in hell, coughing from the smoke. The devil produces a slow choke inflicting wrath on his ghetto fab fam leaving them broke with lots of dope and no hope.

News flash, this just in. The Reverend has committed seven deadly sins, but he’s been aquitted from his 8 by 10 because he let the devil in, and he’s been doing half the choir in and tricking with lesbians and keeping secrets from the deacons. But the Reverend is human too, I’m sure he has his reasons.

The true answer is to wait on faith because faith works, but faith without works is dead works. Patience hurts, even the darkness has its perks. You see, if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail and it was the power of prayer that got Jonah out of the whale. He had enough belief to make Mary hail, and just like him I’ll lay still in the belly of the beast. I’ve been arrested, but I can’t be digested cuz I’m protected by HIM in my 8 by 10.

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Local Stars Check Out Their Albums

A Major Motion Mixtape - Word Perfect

Top-notch production gives this CD a professional sound, making it just as “major” as it’s title implies. www.MySpace.com/WordPerfectMusic

Eclectic Poetic - Renda Writer

To read the stories behind all of the poems and to buy the CD, visit www.CDBaby.com/RendaWriter

Cat Shell

“Cat’s Outta The Bag” Debut CD Coming Soon MySpace.com/ CatShellMusic Available for bookings with her band, “The Categories” MySpace.com/ TheCategories

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Welcome to UnderLabStudios.com - The Local Online Community

Underlab - Where ideas are formulated, planned, and executed into innovations.

All DETAILS are UNDER a microscope. Every idea is carefully crafted and created with discretion until it is presented to the world to be enjoyed.

At Underlab Studios we have created a network of talented artists and technicians and combined them into a full production team. They are constantly creating quality production in Film, Video and Animation. As of late Underlab Studios has been acting as a media outlet for young and unsigned talent in South Florida, filming events and shows of the artists, and then offering artist devlopment services. Our community of artists helps to network as well as expand on their talents. We find that our members enjoy the arcade out of all of our features and with the rising popularity of our site, we will be offering many new features.

UnderLab Studios Features: The UnderLab Show Free Image Hosting Online Magazine Art Galleries Event Promotions Forums Arcade

Contests Artist Development Short Films Music Videos Animations Webinars Tech Support

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Let your eye wander free, not how a designer wants it to.

We say look at what you want when you want.

Enjoy.

Visit Website for Complete Contests Details

Do what you love, When you love to do it.

Join Our Community: UnderLabStudios.com is a community-based website that is here for you - the local artist. It’s really very simple.

Just go to http://Members.UnderLabStudios.com Then, click the word “Register” in the upper right corner. Then, enter your date of birth. Next, read the “Forum Rules,” click “I Agree,” and click the “Register” button. After that, set your username and password, and enter your e-mail address so that you can receive a confirmation e-mail. Then, go check your e-mail and click the link to finish the process. And that’s it. Now you’re a part of the community. You’ve been MERGED with us. Now you can upload photos, play arcade games, learn about upcoming events, and network with other artists and creative types in the local area. Also just to remind you, it’s a FREE community site. We look forward to having you as a member. Enjoy.

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Featured Photographer Featured Photographer

Dwayne Adams is a South Florida photographer and graphic designer. He has helped produce album covers, magazine ads, and fashion photography for corporate clients as well as local artists and musicians.

Self Portrait - Manipulated with Photoshop

D wayne st ud ied at t he A r t Institute of Ft. Lauderdale from 20012004. Also, he is certified with NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). In 2004 he joined forces with UnderLab Studios to expand on his Photo from 1926. ReTouched to remove dust and scratches. talents. This is where WeMerge’d with Dwayne and found that photography isn’t all about just taking some pictures. “You have to know what to look for. It’s hard work, but I love it,” he says while cleaning his camera. After years of running around and snapping shots for UnderLab, he now has a very impressive portfolio, with a ton of friends to go along with it.

Check out more work by Dwayne Adams @ www.DesignMakeArtwork.com DMAphotography@ulsmedia.com

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Album Reviews

MAJOR LEAGUE The Grand Larceny Mixtape Album Review: The Grand Larceny Mixtape - Ma-

G.T.P.S.

jor League - G.T.P.S.

What does G.T.P.S. stand for? Get That Paper Son. And that’s exactly what the members of Major League are intently focused on doing – getting that paper...son! Lex One, Mike Beatz, Verbal Kush, and DJ Trippin are grinding harder than any other rap artists on the South Florida scene right now, pushing their latest release, “The Grand Larceny Mixtape,” which is hosted by DJ EFN and N.O.R.E. Now of course it’s a given that almost every rapper out there talks about money - having money, spending money, and the pursuit of money, but when Major League does it there’s something a little more earnest behind their words. Their lyrics express dreams of monetary success that the listener can side with. Some stand out tracks include “N.Y. Shotta,” “Gone,” “Corner Store,” and “Dough, Dope, & Hope.” All 39 tracks on the CD actually make you want these guys to reach their goals and make you want to reach yours too. It’s a motivational masterpiece. In their pursuit for the greenbacks, the boys from Major League are not being stingy; they willingly break bread with others, enlisting some of South Florida’s best MCs for guest appearance spots - artists like Protoman, Dynas, Butta Verses, and Garcia. “The Grand Larceny Mixtape” is available at www.MixTapeUSA.com and at the group’s headquarters, Hi-Top Studio, a retail store for hip-hop fashions and full service recording studio - (954) 703-6513. So go out and get it, and get that paper… son! www.MySpace.com/MajorLeagueTryouts

Artist Reviews Flint Blade

He plays custom guitars, like the Chapman Stick and the Tapatar, and can be found gigging nearly every night in South Florida. His music is an ethereal fusion of jazz, classical, and ambient music & is available on his two full length releases, “Custom Standards” & “Introscope.” www.FlintBlade.com, www.MySpace.com/FlintBlade

The 7D

A rap duo with a message, Pilot Rai and Chopp Devize make music that inspires ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

Successful as solo artists, these two MCs are now performing together and preparing for the release of their debut CD in early 2008. www.MySpace.com/7D

Andrew Bayuk

A singer/songwriter committed to excellence, Andrew Bayuk is the ultimate do-it-yourself musician. With two 1st place wins in the Folk category on IdolUnderground.com and an appearance on Deco Drive, Bayuk is promoting his latest record, “Mixed Messages” and working on new music. www.MySpace.com/AndrewBayuk

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So Official Like...

The Benchwarmers Clique

“So Official Like,” the debut release from The Benchwarmers Clique has something that very few Hip-Hop albums have - something the “grown & sexy” crowd is sure to appreciate. That thing is – class.

Joka Wild and Travisty the Lazy MC, who met on a South Florida basketball court, float through all 19 tracks of this CD like modest pimps, with intelligent lyrics and laid back stories about the lives they live and the lives they hope to www.myspace.com/TheBenchwarmersClique live. The class that permeates this disc exists not only in the lyrics, but also in However, it’s not all about the good life the crystal clear production, courtesy of on “So Official Like.” They take time out Camillion Enterprises. on “Reflections of a MC” to relate to the common man and let the listener know “Sparkle,” the album opener, and “Love they’re going through the same struggle it a Lot,” which features the smooth R&B too, and their sense of humor is revealed on crooning of Don Wilson, both serve “Kung Fu.” The Benchwarmers Clique have as anthems for living and loving the done what few hip-hop artists have done good life. Both songs evoke images of by creating a CD that wins the approval swaying champagne flutes and French of the hardcore hip-hop heads, as well as cuff button up shirts in the VIP room. And the ladies and the hip-hop sophisticates. the ladies at the party will love tracks like Why? Because it has class. It’s so official “Sky Lady” and “Searchin’.” like that.

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Featured Director Featured Director sfhnsgnsrfn xrfjn

There’s really nothing more entertaining and inspiring than watching a quality locally-produced independent film. A local avante guard filmmaker and 2004 graduate from The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale named J. Vinazza is here to inspire and entertain us all with his eye-catching films that draw on his experiences as a poet, painter, and graffiti artist.

One thing that makes J. Vinazza’s films so unique is the fact that none of his characters are portrayed by trained professional actors. Instead, he casts his films with local rappers, musicians, and artists and is able to bring out the actor in them with his agreeable and friendly approach to directing.

Created for the 2007 48-Hour Film Project in Miami

Created for the 2007 Grindhouse Deathmatch Contest, which won 1st place

Created for the 2006 48-Hour Film Project

Motivated by local film competitions, J. Vinazza has released 3 of his best short films within the last year and has experienced a rise in his productivity that is sure to make him one of the most saught after filmmakers in the area. “Bulletfist: No Honor In Regret” was entered into the 2006 48-Hour Film Project, and “Jonny Efficient” was entered into the 2007 version of the same contest. His film, “Cut Your Hand on the Good Book,” was entered into the 2007 Grindhouse Deathmatch Contest, sponsored by the Improv Export Co., and won the $100 first place prize.

Look for the DVD of all the featured films coming out soon.

Check out UnderLabStudios.com for more information

J. Vinazza’s main project going into the future is the completion of his first feature-length film, entitled “Self: Direction 7.” This film has been in production for the past 5 years and includes an all-star cast of “local celebrities.” For more on J. Vinazza, please visit www.MySpace.com/JAVFilms.

Bulletfist: No Honor In Regret

Jonny Efficient

Cut Your Hand on the Good Book

Champagne

We Have a Winner

WeMerge Magazine wishes to congratulate

Dawn Dubriel as the 1st Place Winner of The Improv Export’s - QUICK and DEAD Film Festival on Saturday - October 13th, 2007 at Kevro Art Bar in Delray Beach. Her short film was called “Champagne.”

Dawn Dubriel - “Redawn”

Having traveled all over Europe, South America, and across the U.S., Dawn Dubriel has a sense of culture and wisdom that is very apparent in her on-screen vision, as well as in her lyrics as her rap artist alter-ego “Redawn.”

Dubriel is a seasoned veteran in the art of storytelling, as shown in her latest cut, “Champagne” and her LA Film School thesis short film entitled “Revenge of the B-Girls.” Although she admits that she had a lot of help in creating her first place film, she displayed great direction in her work on the project as a Writer/Director.

All images are actual screen shots from the movies

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Dawn was sure to earn the win after having served as co-director of “Bulletfist: No Honor in Regret” & “Jonny Efficient,” both of which were produced by UnderLab Studios and entered into The 48-Hour Film Project, in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

After helping J.Vinazza in his film “Cut Your Hand on The Good Book” as his Director of Photography, she came back to the Improv Export in 2007 to deliver her next smash hit. “Champagne” had the audiences cringing in thier seats and bemused at some of the madness displayed on the plasma TV at Kevro Art Bar (www.KevroArt.com).

South Florida is proud to congratulate Dawn Dubriel on her success as a filmmaker. We hope to see more of her work soon.

For more information on Dawn Dubriel and her films please visit www.MySpace.com/DawnDubriel www.UnderLabStudios.com (Find her in the Forums) Support the scene or there will be no scene to support

If you are a local filmmaker, and would like your film(s) mentioned in the next issue of WeMerge Magazine, please contact us. Go to www.WeMergeMag.com or www.MySpace.com/WeMerge. We give preference to those with their press kits and materials professionally packaged and put together, but we accept all entries

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Digital Artist

WeMerge’d with a digital artist named Julio Salvat to find out more about the world of animation. We found that not only does working with animation have its long hours, but also that animators like Julio are creators of life. He first comes up with the names and emotions for his characters. Then he designs them - everything from clothes to facial features.

He digitally rigs his characters with bones, which allows him to pupeteer their movements. He becomes an actor, director, and storyteller at the click of a mouse, creating stunning and compelling animations.

“Creativity is the root to all greatness” - Julio Salvat

Short Story the crow

Heavenly seemed the dark bird that perched on top of the tall trees behind the boy’s house. Each day this crow would come sit and watch the boy play by a small pond with paper boats he would create, as the boy was already a master of origami. The crow would watch as the boy would sink the boats with stones that surrounded the muddy waters, perhaps imagining a naval battle at his whim.

The boy always noticed the bird, who to others seemed sort of frightening. His cackles would stir anger and frustration to the neighbors. At times some of them would come out and throw stones at the bird, watching it jump and fly on, only coming back when the boy was near.

“Why do you come, crow? My neighbors hate you and there is no reason for you to come here.”

The bird squawked once more as if to respond to the boy’s inquiry. But no sense was made of the strange noises created by this fowl’s voicebox.

Days and nights passed and the crow still came back each day to watch this boy play by his pond, his usual game of “sink the battleship.” This time the boy decided to create a big splash and pick up the biggest stone he could find. Heavy as his heart this stone was, but the boy was not about to give up. He lifted the stone up over his head attempting to throw it to the center of the pond where his enemy target floated patiently to be destroyed. His fingers could not grip the stone firmly enough

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and the boulder fell, landing on his head, and the boy fell face first into the filthy pond.

The crow began to scream with all its might. Flapping its wings, it howled and screamed, until once again neighbors rushed out with such anger that this time, they came armed with more than just sticks or stones but with a large BB gun rifle. Without any hesitation the neighbor shot the crow across the chest. Blood gushed out, rendering the crow dead, but as if a final gesture of kinship for this little boy, he landed in the middle of the pond, giving a direction of sight for its murderers to be aware of its warnings.

And so this crow, labeled a pest, served its purpose in this universe. Never given credit for his role in this boy’s life. Yet he still remained in the heart of him, even after he became a man, realizing the sanctity of life and all the vessels that carry it.

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