Azzoni and Wolf reiterated the team’s goal, saying, “We’re happy to support this critical work and hope the PSA raises awareness that will affect real change and real action to end this terrible veteran suicide epidemic,’ while McCullough notes that Meshad and the National Veterans Foundation has devoted decades to serving veterans with one of the highest Charity Navigator ratings. In McCullough’s words, “This PSA shines a much-deserved spotlight on this great foundation.”
Meshad goes on to say, “Talk is cheap, but almost everyone is moved by visuals, and this PSA has academy-award winning visuals. The point goes right through you and you don’t forget it, whether you’re someone connected to suicide, someone contemplating suicide or someone unaware of this tragic epidemic. Nothing is more powerful than the message created by Scott McCullough and his team. Now, we must get the message out, so more people know who we are and the NVF will get more support to help veterans in crisis.”
To view the PSA see below go to the Vimeo site: The National Veterans Foundation "The Other Note"
Since 1985, the National Veterans Foundation has helped over 400,000 veterans and their families with crisis and information services through the nation’s first toll-free, vet-to- vet hotline for all U.S. veterans and their families. NVF’s veteran counselors provide veterans and their families with information, counseling and service referrals for issues around suicide, VA benefits, mental health counseling, housing, medical services, education benefits, financial issues and more.
Video Credits
Client National Veterans Foundation Agency/Production Company Edge of Reason, L.L.C. Scott McCullough, creative director/writer/director/DP; Windy Buhler, producer. Casting Sanford Casting Michael Sanford Executive Production Partners Kip Azzoni, Global Compassion in Action, Inc.; Tim Wolf, The Wolf Family Foundation. Production Services Rekon Studios Jon Kondrath, producer/production manager; Leslie Lopez, production coordinator. Property Master/Set Design Kirk de Musiak. Music/Sound Design Omar Fadel, composer/sound designer. Editorial Lucid Editorial Mike Hackett, editor. VFX J.S. Effects Postproduction/Editorial Crash + Sues, Minneapolis Story Consultants Debbie Karnowsky, Grayson Brooke, co-producer.
Contact:For Broadcast Elements or Press inquiries:
Scott McCullough
Edge of Reason, LLC
Contact Scott via email
www.scottmccullough.com
“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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