Academy Award® Winning Errol Morris Directed
Boston-area music house Kusiak Music scored the latest ESPN spots in the “It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports” campaign launched on Aug.1. John Kusiak and P. Andrew Willis scored the 15-, 30- and 60-second “trailers,” as well as a short documentary entitled “Team Spirit” about fans who choose to be buried with their sports memorabilia.nnAcademy Award® winning Director Errol Morris was commissioned for the project. The spots are already garnering high praise in ADWEEK and other venues. “The music is great,” said Morris. “Another successful collaboration with John Kusiak. We’ve done so many now, I’ve lost count.”nnMorris previously directed the critically acclaimed The Fog of War, Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line, Standard Operating Procedure and Tabloid. Kusiak scored Tabloid, which was released in 2011, as well as other ads and television programs directed by Morris, including ads for MasterCard, United Airlines, H&R Block and Quaker Oats and Morris’ First Person television series for Bravo and IFC.nn
nnCREDITSnClient: ESPNnProject: “It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports” – “Team Spirit“nnAgency: Wieden + Kennedy, New YorknExecutive Creative Directors: Ian Reichenthal, Scott VitronenCreative Directors: Brandon Henderson, Stuart JenningsnArt Director: Cyrus CoulternCopywriter: Dave CanningnHead of Content Production: Lora SchulsonnExecutive Producer, ESPN: Temma ShoafnSenior Producer: Jesse WannnDirector of Business Affairs: Sara JagielskinBusiness Affairs Manager: Angel CielonGroup Account Director: Brandon PrachtnAccount Director: Casey BernardnAccount Supervisors: Brian D’Entremont, Katie HoaknAccount Executives: Mark Williams, Alex ScarosnProduction Manager: Julie KnightnDesigner: Darren PhilipnStop Motion Animation: Jamie CarreironnProduction: Moxie PicturesnDirector: Errol MorrisnExecutive Producer: Robert FernandeznProducer: Julie AhlbergnProduction Supervisor: Dina PiscatellinDirector of Photography: Robert ChappellnnEditorial: Rock Paper ScissorsnEditor: Grant SurminAssistant Editor: Victoria LesiwnExecutive Producer: Eve KornblumnProducer: Melanie GaglianonConform, Retouching: Eddie ReinannAnimation, Art Direction: ElasticnArt Director, Designer: Jeremy LandmannProducer: Jamie McBrietynAnimator: Alan ChennnRetouching: 150 ProofnRetouchers: Chris McLelland, Jesse CorinellannSound Mixing: Sonic UnionnMixer: Steve RosennnTelecine: Company 3nColorist: Tom PoolennMusic Composition (:60, :30, :15, Short Film): Kusiak MusicnComposers: John Kusiak & P. Andrew WillisnnAdditional Music Track (Short Film): Paper DrumnComposer: Adam Crystal nnAbout Kusiak MusicnKusiak Music is a boutique music house in the Boston area where John Kusiak and crew compose music for film, television and live performance. He has scored hundreds of projects, including feature films: Tabloid, Secrecy and The Fog of War (additional music), television documentaries for HBO, PBS and IFC, and large-screen exhibitions (Yellowstone National Park and the Smithsonian). His score for Errol Morris‘ Tabloid won the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score.” Kusiak Music has written music for numerous national television commercials. Clients include: MasterCard (McCann Erickson), H&R Block (Campbell Mithun), United Airlines (Fallon), Earthlink (Crispin Porter + Bogusky), SBC (GSD&M), Quaker Oats (Element79Partners) and CVS (Hill Holiday). www.kusiakmusic.com Contact:John Kusiak Kusiak Music 781-646-1966 Contact John via email
“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? Ǝvolution suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence, Ǝvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating —in the blink of an eye— the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called “progress” may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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