NewsNation is the new three-hour primetime newscast airing every day on Nexstar Media Group’s WGN America cable network. The main titles for NewsNation establish the show’s Midwestern roots and national scope through a montage of heartland imagery and bold, modern graphics. Played by a live orchestra, the accompanying theme music, created by Stephen Arnold Music, has an arresting, aspirational tone that evokes the drama of the America landscape in a manner inspired by the iconic composer Aaron Copeland.
“NewsNation originates from the center of the country and presents the news in an impartial, centrist manner,” said Stephen Arnold Music creative director Chad Cook. “The music has a similarly inclusive, centrist spirit. It conveys the genuine feel and authenticity one associates with heartland values and high-quality journalism.”
Stephen Arnold Music produced 20+ variations of the main theme music for graphics introducing Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Entertainment, Investigative and other show segments, and for use in opens, teases, promos, IDs and other show packaging. Stephen Arnold Music faced the unique challenge of producing the music package during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. To conform with recommended health and safety guidelines, the studio recorded the orchestra in multiple sessions with small groups of musicians.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More