| | | | Today we received word that Foul Water, Fiery Serpent was honored with 5 awards at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival! Wow! We are truly humbled by the recognition for the entire team!
Foul Water was honored with the following awards:
Feature Documentary: 1st Place.
Best Director: Gary Strieker
Best Score / Soundtrack: Patrick Belden
Best Voice Over: Sigourney Weaver
Best Documentary Concept
We’re especially excited for Patrick Belden. He not only did the score for the film, but created all the original music. I first met Patrick when working on “Good Eats with Alton Brown” and he’s been a tremendous asset to the BCM team. I’m very happy that his work was recognized at the festival.
And this is just the beginning. The second global health documentary, “Dark Forest Black Fly” is currently in post. More soon!
Huzzah to the entire production team!!! | | | | |
| | | | Really proud to announce the completion of our latest project produced in partnership with Cielo Productions and Producer Gary Strieker.
Medical textile company, Vestergaard Frandsen was looking for a special way to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. They didn't just want to spend a lot of money on a party, a company trip, etc... They decided to put their money and their company efforts in creating an innovative event to promote HIV awareness and testing in Africa, specifically in Kenya.
In order to be properly treated for HIV, you must first be tested. In Kenya, and throughout Africa, there has been a deep seated stigma associated not only with the disease, but even just going for a blood test. If you're going for the test, then you must be immoral if you suspect you might have HIV. This results in millions of people not aware of their status and thus passing on the disease to yet more people.
At the same time, Malaria and Diarrhea are major diseases in Africa that are responsible for millions of deaths each year. Vestergaard Frandsen has developed insecticidal bed nets to keep mosquitoes from biting at night and water filtration devices to help prevent diarrhea. So they developed the idea to give away these health prevention aids in return for taking an HIV test. Hence, "The Test."
The results, in a word, were astounding and beyond the wildest dreams of the company and the health ministries in Kenya. It is hoped that this film will show the world what is possible when the private sector and government work together for common good of all mankind.
A video crew from Cielo Productions was led by Gary Strieker throughout the Lurambi District of western Kenya over a 1 year period. Strieker, along with Co-Producer Walter Biscardi, Jr. crafted the story with lead Editor Kim O'Neill. Biscardi completed all the refined cuts and Patrick Belden provided the sound mix. The film debuted at a Global Health Campaign event in Washington DC in September 2010 and is slated for film festival and other screenings worldwide.
Website is now live and you can check there for screenings as they are scheduled.
http://thetestfilm.com/index.html
Also check out the great Trailer cut by one of our newest Editors, Adrienne Latham. Yep, she's going to get stepping up from Edit Assist to full Editor as we move into the new facility.
Partial Credits:
Producer / Director: Gary Strieker
Producer / Editor / Colorist: Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor: Kim O'Neill
Edit Assist: Adrienne Latham
Photography: Rhett Turner, Ronald Borden, Tyrone Edwards, Gregory Pope, Roger Herr
Sound Design: Patrick Belden
DVD / BluRay Authoring: Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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| | | | The feature documentary, Foul Water Fiery Serpent will screen Thursday, Sept. 9 at the Atlantic City International Film and Music Festival.
Location will be at the Claridge Theater and Lucky's Lounge
Time will be 3pm.
Ticket price is $12.
You can read details of the film and purchase tickets here:
http://acifmf.com/selection/film/#Foul_Water
Full information about the Festival here:
http://acifmf.com/
Foul Water Fiery Serpent website:
www.foulwaterfieryserpent.com | | | | |
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walter biscardi
Professional Video Editor, Producer, Director since 1990. Credits include multiple Emmys, Tellys, Aurora and CableAce Awards. Owner / Operator of Biscardi Creative Media, a full service video and film production company with about 65% of our work in HDTV. The show you know us best for is "Good Eats" on the Food Network. I developed the HD Post workflow and we also create all the animations for the series. Favorite pastime is cooking with pizza on the grill one of my specialties. Each Christmas Eve we serve the Feast of the Seven Fishes, a traditional Italian seafood meal with approx. 30 items on the menu. If I wasn't in video production I would either own a restaurant or a movie theater.
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