River City Limits presents:
RCL 11-2-24 Jay Smack Host – Fund Drive Fall 2024
smack River City Limits November 2nd, 2024
Posted In: Fund Drive, Fund Raising, Local, Music, Music Shows
Tags: rvamusic
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
A new doc on Georgia O’Keeffe
This is the first major documentary on artist Georgia O’Keeffe since the 70s. Charlottesville filmmaker Paul Wagner directed the film and we have an interesting discussion about this fascinating woman, including:
– Why the film started in Basel, Switzerland
– The meaning of the title
– O’Keefe lived in Williamsburg and Charlottesville
– 25,000 pages of letters between her and Alfred Stieglitz
– Seeing O’Keeffe not wearing black and wearing makeup
– Getting Claire Danes and her husband Hugh Dancy to do the voiceovers
– Using a graphic approach to the visuals
– Her mental health issues
LINKS
Virginia Film Festival (Oct 30 – Nov 3)
Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light website
Paul Wagner Films
My podcast with the makers of Anahita
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear October 25th, 2024
What Wakes Me Up Episode 6 Veterans Tell Their Stories presents:
What Wakes Me Up Episode 6 Veterans Tell Their Stories
Friends, to commemorate Veterans Day, 11/11, Episode 6 of What Wakes Me Up features the plight of military veterans in our communities. Two Veterans have cocreated this episode by generously telling their stories; one from the Vietnam War and one from the continuing war in the Middle East.
They independently related facts that are common to both their lives:
- Sharing their experiences helps other veterans, and themselves.
- War is just wrong, for so many reasons.
- The military misrepresented facts to them around enlistment and benefits.
- Getting help with mental health is difficult, stigmatized and inconsistent.
Sunny Gardener October 20th, 2024
Posted In: Events, Fund Raising, Local, News
Tags: activism, mental health, Military. Activism, moral injury, Peace, ptsd, Quaker House, Veterans, Veterans for peace, War
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
ADR, Foley & star stories
In Your Ear is Richmond’s premiere sound facility. In addition to all manner of music and commercials, they regularly work on films and TV shows, often with stars who are visiting/working in Richmond. President and co-founder Carlos Chafin is joined by Chief Engineer Paul Bruski to talk about their work on some of these shows:
– How IYE sprang from Alpha Audio
– Using ADR & foley in movies
– Regular visitor Sissy Spacek
– Working with Anthony Hopkins
– Sharing cigars with Ridley Scott
– Claire Danes talks about IYE on Jimmy Fallon
– Mike Henry recording Family Guy
– A studio made them install a camera to safeguard their recordings
– Why they have a box of dirt in 2 studios
– Working on a movie that just came out
LINKS:
In Your Ear
Modern Richmond’s tour of TILT
BK Fulton’s podcast
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear October 18th, 2024
Commonwealth of Notions / Deutscher Jam presents:
10/11/24 Flairoline’s Commonwealth of Notions
Flairoline Commonwealth of Notions / Deutscher Jam October 11th, 2024
Posted In: Local
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
A unique visual music album & documentary
Songs From The Hole was the inspiration of JJ’88, who at 15 took a life. While serving a double-life prison sentence, he wrote the songs that become the genesis of this unique documentary visual album. It’s part of the InThrive Festival, which celebrates the voices and talents of incarceration survivors, and runs Oct 18 – 19 at First Baptist Church. The discussion with JJ’88 and the director Contessa Gayles includes:
– How Contessa got involved
– The story behind the characters
– Why this approach instead of regular “talking head” doc
– Using animation and other visual elements
– The complex combo of real people and actors
– Winning the SXSW Vision Audience Award
– A background on the festival
LINKS
InThrive Film Festival (Richmond event)
Songs from the Hole website
Virginia Film Festival
My review of the Offer (about making of The Godfather)
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear October 11th, 2024
Higher Consciousness presents:
Higher Consciousness
From 3 to 5 on Thursdays, Alicia is dedicated to raising your vibration in this time of a mass spiritual awakening. The synchronicities and coincidences that call for attention are given space and joined with music that shares the peace of Gaia and points to the thresholds of our collective experience. A mixture of edgy music, candid interviews, and Alicia’s insights, this is Higher Consciousness.
Playlist 98:
Alicia Higher Consciousness October 10th, 2024
Posted In: Local, Music, Music Shows
Tags: DJ Godiva, higher consciousness, Positive music, spiritual radio shows, Tarot and chill
River City Limits presents:
RCL 10-5-24 Jay Smack Host
smack River City Limits October 5th, 2024
Posted In: Local, Music, Music Shows
Tags: rvamusic
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
IATSE is the union for film/TV technicians
IATSE is the union that represents more than 168,000 technicians in the entertainment industry. Today’s show features Dave O’Ferrall, the Business Agent for IATSE Local 487. Our discussion includes:
– What IATSE is and what the acronym stands for
– How are they different from the Teamsters
– The financial and other benefits added to the new contract
– What’s involved with “Turnaround”
– How IATSE functions in a right-to-work state
LINKS
Website for IATSE Local 487
The trailer for the Bowman Body doc
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear October 4th, 2024
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
VFX from Pixar to VR
Mark Lambert got his break in special effects when he developed proprietary rendering software for Pixar. He went on to create visual effects for numerous movies. More recently, he’s pivoted to work in virtual reality, which has taken him around the world to shoot incredible footage. Our discussion is crammed with interesting info, including:
– Creating “flying type” for Oprah
– Developing proprietary rendering software for Pixar
– How Air Force One get him “bit by the bug”
– Breaking his arm in a Buddhist temple
– An upcoming project with The Poe Museum
– Creating the 3-headed dog for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
– Photo-realistic animation in “The Polar Express”
– Designing a talking wolf for “The Chronicles of Narnia”
– Keeping the crew out of 360-degree virtual reality
– Shooting from the top of the Burj Khalifa
– Working with veterans for VR therapy
LINKS
LighthouseXR
VArtisans
My podcast with Craig Martin on The Good Road
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear September 27th, 2024