Posts Tagged ‘Live Events’

Total Media Group recently unveiled its originally produced 60-minute documentary, “Life is a Banquet” , the story of Academy Award winning Hollywood legend, Rosalind Russell.

Sassy, classy and brassy, the raven-haired Russell entranced audiences as a no-nonsense newspaper reporter in 1940’s “His Girl Friday” (with leading man Cary Grant), and in the Broadway production and the film of “Auntie Mame”, making the title character her signature role.

“Life is a Banquet” uses rare home movie footage, clips from her 30 year career and interviews with various colleagues friends and luminaries to tell the story of this gifted star and generous philanthropist. The film is narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Kathleen Turner, and features interviews with Tom Brokaw, Tina Sinatra, Haley Mills, famed designer James Galanos and a host of others.

The film’s world premiere will be at the Stony Brook Film Festival (New York) in July, 2009, followed by the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August, 2009. The national broadcast premier will be on PBS in the fall of 2009.

On October 8, a gala screening benefiting the Rosalind Russell Center for Arthritis Research will be held in San Francisco. Kathleen Turner will be on hand to speak at the benefit. The center was founded by Ms. Russell in the 1970s.

The film was produced entirely by Total Media Group. Jonathon Gruber produced and directed for TMG. Executive Producer was Aldo Panattoni. Offline Editor, Atticus-Culver Reese. Online Smoke Editor, Toshi Onuki.

Funding for the project was provided by the Bob and Connie Lurie Foundation.

Total Media Group produced the product launch for Salix Pharmaceuticals new GI product “Apriso” at the Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona in February 2009.

The focal point of the event was the 80’ long by 15’ high multi-blend projection screen, which allowed to the ballroom set and atmosphere to be instantly transformed to suit any mood or media configuration.

At the opening night gala, attendees walked in to a room that featured a massive desert sunrise. The 3D animated time lapse slowly transitioned the scene from morning to night, culminating with a desert thunder and lightning storm. The massive screen and surround sound totally enveloped the audience in the storm.

Setting the tone for the them of the meeting, “The Salix Revolution”, the set was transformed into a post-modernist design of logo and design transitions to kick off the Opening Video, featuring roto-scoped executive testimonials keyed over the primary design background.

Over the course of the meeting, the set was transformed into more desert scenes, animated design-intensive backgrounds, a game night featuring video games projected onto the giant screen, and a 3D animated Taj Mahal panorama for the closing Awards Banquet, set to a theme of Bollywood.

Total Media Group produced and designed all aspects of the meeting, including the set technical and creative design, all videos, all meeting graphics, the keynote presentations, breakout sessions and our signature closing candids video, produced in the unique set screen ratio all onsite.

Producing for Total Media Group was Aldo Panattoni. Technical Director was Jay Koller. Screen design and animation by Steven Gregory. Candids Video was photographed by Shingo Kohara and edited onsite by Steve Miller.

Stryker Endoscopy, a division of the Fortune 500 medical device titan Stryker Corporation, took over Hangar 0 at Marine Air Station at Miramar ( San Diego) one night in July, to launch three new products for their sales force. The event, produced by Total Media Group, was themed “Best of the Best,” paying homage to the film, Top Gun, shot at the base in 1984.

The open air set design was set against a backdrop of actual fighter and transport aircraft flanking the stage. All audio and lighting was flown from the hangar ceiling creating a true open air set, capturing the essence of an operational military base. The dramatic multi-truss lighting package and design, including custom gobos sweeping the hangar, and Top Gun military decor throughout, completed the atmosphere.

As the revelry ensued, “Secret Service Agents” guarded the Top Secret products placed in attaché cases on pedestals at the center of the stage.

At the culmination of the evening’s celebration, the lights dimmed and the announcer called everyone’s attention to the stage. Blaring sirens signaled the approach of a genuine Marine Rocket Launcher. The vehicle had seen actual combat in the Iraq war. Spotlights captured the vehicle as it traveled across the tarmac and stopped at the foot of the stage. From the vehicle emerged legendary engineer Dr. William Chang, inventor of the endoscopic three-chip surgical camera. With great drama, Dr. Chang took the stage to unveil the new products to the roar of the approving crowd.

Total Media Group provided all creative and theme development, production and staging for this exciting event. TMG also produced the remainder of the week-long event held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego.