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6 Editor’s Letter

8 Hawaii Film Office: 34 Yearsof Getting the Job Done

12 Best-Selling Author SeeksMentoring Opportunities

14 Coming Attractions: HawaiiInternational Film Festival

16 Film Tourism: A TrendingTopic

18 The Hunger Games SequelSet to Shoot on Oahu

20 Hawaii Five-0: Season ThreePremieres in Waikiki

30 The New Frontier: Paul Atkins Explores theGlobe to Get the Shot

32 KamehamehaSchools/Bishop EstateWelcomes FilmProductions

34 Turtle Bay Resort Has aNew Face on theEntertainment Scene

36 The Jack Lord Story

38 Spotlight onCinematography at Big Island Seminar

22 Filming in Maui County: Film Office Announces NewWebsite and New Productionsin 2012

24 Keeping Busy on the Valley Isle

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Editor’s Letter2012 has been a wonder-fully consistent year forfilm and television pro-duction on Oahu.

CBS’s popular policeseries Hawaii Five-0, asexpected, received thegreen light for season

three and began filming on Oahu, where theshow is based, in July. Hawaii Film & Videohas learned that the show is filming two dayson Maui this fall, and there’s also a chancethat Five-0 will film on the Big Island thisseason, with a scout sometime in November.

Executive producer Peter Lenkov has saidrepeatedly that the series is called “HawaiiFive-0, not Oahu Five-0.”

“We plan to film on every Hawaii island atsome point,” he said. “Maui is just the start.We’re all very excited about this.”

Hawaii also landed its second primetimeseries with ABC’s military thriller Last Resort.The premise: Having just crossed the equa-tor on routine peacetime duty, the nuclearsub Colorado receives orders to launch anuclear strike against Pakistan. But fromwhom? And why? Before launch, Capt. Mar-cus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) realizes thecommand came through a secondary stationmeant to be used only if the U.S. were dev-astated by a nuclear attack, which it hasn’tbeen. When he refuses to fire without anexplanation, U.S. forces fire cruise missiles atthe Colorado. On the run with his crew hehightails the wounded sub to a remote islandwith a NATO station and declares a nuclearstandoff with the American government untilhe can figure out what is rotten in Washing-ton, and who’s trying to start a nuclear war.

Early reviews have been good, with onereviewer saying, “This is how a pilot shouldwork.” Last Resort’s first hour establishes asnappy voice and the dynamic betweenChaplin and his crew (including Felicity’sScott Speedman as his second-in-command). It sets up secondary lines of ten-sion among characters such as a new femalelieutenant (Daisy Betts) trying to assert herauthority among the skeptical old boys(including Robert Patrick as an old-schoolmaster chief). It hints at hefty intrigue backhome in Washington, and builds to a tenseclimax that not only establishes Chaplin as astand-up guy, but complicates him by sug-gesting he has a bit of a messianic streak.

This production is another example of theenduring relationship between ABC/Disneyand Hawaii. ABC’s LOST leased the HawaiiFilm Studio for more than six years, followedfor several months by the network’s seriesThe River and now Last Resort.

Though film production is slower than in2011, a big boost for Hawaii’s productionexpenditures and major publicity will comefrom The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sequel,set to film on Oahu beginning in Novemberuntil mid-December. Cast and Hawaii crew areexpected to stay at the Turtle Bay Resort.

And speaking of Turtle Bay Resort, HawaiiFilm & Video Magazine wants to welcomeFrank Lonardo, the resort’s new head of salesand marketing, who will handle the produc-tion market.

The Neighbor Islands’ production hasbeen down as well. Hunger Games did scoutthe four major islands, including the BigIsland’s Honomalino Beach, which accordingto reports they loved. But when the director,producer, cinematographer and productiondesigner visited the beach, they decided thatit didn’t work.

The NBC reality show Ready for Love,executive produced by Desperate House-wives star Eva Longoria, shot an episode onHawaii Island. And the Travel Channel real-ity series The Dead Files, which features apsychic and a retired New York homicidedetective who try to solve unexplained para-normal activity, has repeatedly expressedinterest in coming there. Also on the BigIsland was a very secret commercial by Ger-man automaker BMW, who was there for anad campaign and spent about $300,000—more than all still photo productions spent inthe entire previous year, according to filmcommissioner John Mason.

And finally, after a long absence from thismagazine, Donne Dawson, the reinstatedHawaii Film Commissioner, writes her firstcolumn under her new banner about theimportant role of the Hawaii Film Office insupporting production, while balancing inter-ests of community and state resources. Thatcan be a daunting task!

Tim Ryan Executive Editor

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The Hawaii Film Office 34 YEARS OF GETTING THE JOB DONE

portation and Land & Natural Resources).These memoranda of agreement (MOA)called for mutual cooperation in getting filmpermits processed in a timely manner, andestablished for the first time a lengthy list of

pre-approved sites that the newly formedstate film office could approve quickly forsmaller productions meeting certain criteria.The premise of film permits is quite simple,but often very challenging to execute: Balancethe needs of production with our importantresources (cultural, natural and community).Help productions get what they need, whilenot compromising any of these resources, and

all the while, provide for adequate levels ofinsurance to address the ever-present issue ofliability.

We are responsible for a lot of territorythroughout the Hawaiian Islands. We processmore than 1,200 state permits every year tosupport filming on the state’s 1.3 millionacres of fast lands and 3,100 square miles ofsubmerged lands, as well as the waters threemiles out from every island.

Our consolidated film permitting system,established by the Legislature, is the only oneof its kind in the country. Most of the per-

Every day is different and never a day goesby where there are not multiple crises tosolve. Essentially, if you boil it down to themost basic, we beg permission for a living andput out fires when things don’t go right.Gratefully, that doesn’t happenvery often.

As state film commissioner, I’vebeen doing this since 2001. Mypredecessor and mentor GeorgetteDeemer, who really built theoffice, did it for more than 15 yearsbefore that. We lost the majority ofthe state film office staff in 2009,which made things very difficultfor the two years following. Butsince then, the Hawaii Film Officeis getting back on track.

A little historical perspective maybe helpful. In 1978, on the heels ofthe success of the original HawaiiFive-O, and as Magnum, P.I. wasstarting to take off, the stateDepartment of Planning (now theDepartment of Business, Eco-nomic Development & Tourism)decided to centralize support forthe state’s burgeoning film industry.

The core function of this newstate agency was to streamline theprocess of securing film permits forfilming activity on state land. Priorto establishing a state film office,productions were forced to trackdown the various government agen-cies holding jurisdiction over a specific facil-ity or piece of land and secure permission tofilm there. Ask any veteran location manageror producer and they will tell you how cum-bersome the process was.

Given the growing economic importance offilming to Hawaii, the state drafted memo-randa with the two state agencies we do busi-ness with the most (Departments of Trans-

BY DONNE DAWSON Hawaii State Film Commissioner

“So what exactly does the Hawaii Film Office do?” I’moften asked. It’s a tough question to answer becausethere are so many facets to who we are and what we do

to support the needs of this fast-paced, demanding and ever-changing industry.

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mits we process are standardpermits that can represent any-where from a couple of locationsto, in the case of Hawaii Five-0,close to 70 different locationswith complicated filmingsequences, set construction andlogistical challenges. The exactfilming activity at each one ofthese locations, with our assis-tance, must be fully described,vetted and approved by the spe-cific state agency that controlsthe area. To do this in the kindof efficient manner that theindustry demands requires in-depth knowledge of film pro-duction, federal, state and coun-ty jurisdictions, and community,environmental and cultural sen-sitivities along the way. We workclosely with our counterparts atthe county film offices—everyIsland county has a film com-missioner and film office toensure all the bases are cov-ered.

There’s a lot of hand-holdinginvolved, walking step-by-stepwith production to determineexactly what they want to do andwhere they want to do it, and fig-uring out a way to make it hap-pen. Oftentimes we’re asked tomake things happen overnight—due to weather, sick actors, last-minute changes in a script, or anexotic animal that’s required for

a scene—and we have to scram-ble. We scramble a lot.

On top of the day-to-day filmpermitting and tax credit pro-cessing we do, the Hawaii FilmOffice is also charged with man-aging the Hawaii Film Studio atDiamond Head. Our newest TVshow, Last Resort, a Sony TVproduction that rolled out onSeptember 27, is our currenttenant. An aging facility that hasits challenges for sure, we part-ner with our resident productionto help us keep it in workingcondition, given the tight budg-ets we all have to work with.

Our strong relationships with-in the industry, with our fellowgovernment officials, and withcommunity members make allthe difference in the world. Theyhelp us preserve our all-importantfilm-friendly reputation by help-ing us get the job done, and theycertainly are partners with us ingenerating close to $300 million ayear in economic activity for thestate. It’s a tough and stressful jobfor sure. And it would never workwithout the dedicated team ofprofessionals who work in theHawaii Film Office, but when wesee the finished product up on ascreen—big or small—and weknow the hard work that wentinto every scene shot here, it allbecomes worthwhile. HFV

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“Best-Selling Author SeeksMentoring Opportunities”

BY TIM RYAN Executive Editor

She’s five feet tall, barely 100pounds soaking wet, andspeaks with a con fident,

weighty voice that is countered bya self-criticizing sense of humor anda mesmerizing smile.

Meet Kaui Hart Hemmings, whose bookThe Descendants was adapted into the Acad-emy Award-winning screenplay of the samename by director Alexander Payne, Nat Fax-on, and Jim Rash.

“Writing is a lonely sport,” Hemmings toldHawaii Film & Video Magazine. “I don’t haveanyone who needs anything from me. I don’tget paid by the hour or have deadlines. If youcreate years and years of trash, then it’s wast-ed time and you’re done.”

“God, this is depressing,” said Hemmings,laughing at herself. “Writing is all disciplineand self-motivation.”

The Honolulu-born-and-raised author—who is writing a second novel with the storyset in Breckinridge, Colorado, where shelived for a year and met her husband—saidthe artistic and commercial success of TheDescendants “hasn’t changed my life, really,much; well, maybe a little bit.”

She wrote The Descendants in 2007 andnot long after that The New York Times andNew Yorker magazine both gave it ravereviews. But it still didn’t get read.

“It’s hard to get books to get read,” saidHemmings. “What the film did was help getit to a place where it is now and being read.It helps the royalties a lot.”

But, amazingly, despite her newfound fame,Hemmings still has never been asked to men-tor Hawaii writers at her alma mater, PunahouSchool, or at the University of Hawaii.

“It’s been on my mind about how to give backin some way to my home, but no one has askedme to mentor or do workshops,” she said, shak-ing her head. “Maybe they just didn’t think of it?I am so open to that kind of thing, especially withkids. I would love to introduce them to readingand writing.”

The Descendants director Payne came toHawaii a year before filming began to do research.

“We met in a restaurant in Kailua,” saidHemmings. “The next day, he came over toour house for a party for my aunt. He metall the guests (and)…talked to each one. Thenext day, we went location scouting.”

Payne talked to as many Hawaii people ashe could, said Hemmings. “He constantlycalled me to consult on everything aboutHawaii,” she said. “He always said his pur-pose was to make a film that would work firstfor Hawaii, then the mainland.”

After graduating from Colorado College,Hemmings returned to Hawaii and told herparents—including stepdad, former statelegislator and world champion surfer FredHemmings—that she wanted to go to grad-uate school to learn to write. Her parentssupported her decision to follow her dream.

“My success has a lot to do with my momand dad,” she said. “In our family it was nev-er always about the money, about making alot of money.”

The New York Times best-selling author hashad more than her share of rejections, includ-ing several graduate schools and publishers.

“I went to the only (graduate school) thataccepted me,” she said. One of the schoolsthat didn’t accept her asked Hemmings to betheir delegate in China this past summer.

“I think the rejections for my collection ofHawaii stories was simply because publish-ers don’t understand Hawaii,” she said. “Iused to keep the rejection letters, but thestack just got too big. Then when they start-ed e-mailing me rejections, I could justdelete them.”

After landing an agent for her novel TheDescendants, “things smoothed out,” saidHemmings.

“But even now I am dealing with rejection,which is a good thing,” she said. “Each proj-ect is an individual project, so you just startthe process over again. Without rejection youdon’t look back to the beginning; you don’tactually know what you have to do to makeit better.”

Hemmings loves rewriting far more thanwriting, which means having to start with ablank page every day.

“But in order to rewrite you have to writesomething,” she said, laughing.

Currently, she is editing the untitled Breck-enridge-based novel, which she said is “a mess.”

“Sometimes I tell myself I should write ascreenplay and be done with this life,” she said.

Hemmings has loved to read and writesince high school.

“I didn’t know writing was what I wantedto do until I knew what I didn’t want to do,and I couldn’t think of anything else I want-ed to do,” said Hemmings.

She learned quickly after graduating col-lege what she didn’t want to do, when shewas hired as an ad salesperson for a smallColorado newspaper.

“I wanted to write for them, but theywouldn’t hire me to do that,” said Hemmings.“I was good at selling ads. But I didn’t wantto be good at this. I hoped they would even-tually let me write. They didn’t, so I left andwent to grad school.”

And what did Hemmings think aboutGeorge Clooney, who portrayed The Descen-dants’ protagonist Matt King?

“Good guy, fun guy, hardworking guy. Thefirst actor on the set and the last one to leave…Oh, and when he’s drunk, he’s even cuter.”

Then Hemmings laughed loud and long. HFV

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Coming Attractions: Hawaii International Film Festival BY JAKE ANDERSON Publicity/Marketing Director, Hawaii International Film Festival

Who says the best films of theyear are summer block-busters?

The biggest surprise hits start off on thefestival circuit and for the Hawaiian Islands,the best time to watch these independentgems are from October 11 – 21 at theHawaii International Film Festival (HIFF)presented by Halekulani.

Just as successful as ever after 32 years,HIFF continues to bring films from aroundthe world to Hawaii for a festival audiencewaiting to see what’s next.

Mainly focusing on the Asian-Pacificregion, the festival is expanding the film pro-gram, as well as its education efforts. Thisyear HIFF is launching its new Creative Lab,a series of workshops and panels focused onteaching the bright talent of Hawaii manyaspects of filmmaking. The Lab will includean actors’ workshop with SAG, a YouTubeacademy with stars who have made it bigfrom the online platform, and a film com-position workshop highlighting the process ofputting music to film.

We can’t forget about the films in a filmfestival, right? This year HIFF is opening thefilm program with the Cannes Film Festivalstandout, The Sapphires. Based on a true sto-ry, the movie follows four aboriginal sisterswho come together to form a singing groupin the 1960s. Spotted in a small open-miccompetition by down and out manager Dave,played by funnyman Chris O’Dowd, thegirls then travel to Vietnam to entertain thetroops and continue to strengthen theirbonds with each other. The Sapphires isanother top-notch film from the Weinstein

Company and will play at Regal Dole Can-nery Theatres on October 11.

The team at Weinstein has won the lasttwo Best Picture Oscars and seems intent onwinning a third. This year, their submissionwill most likely be Silver Linings Playbook,HIFF’s centerpiece film. With a cast includ-ing Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence,Robert De Niro, and Chris Tucker, the filmnot only has a flashy ensemble of actors, butfeatures a touching look at life when every-thing seems to fall to pieces. Catch the cen-terpiece film playing at HIFF on October 15,and bring a tissue with your ticket.

Rounding out the film program on Octo-ber 21 is the heist movie that everyone is talk-ing about—and seeing—in South Korea.The Thieves is a box-office giant right now inthe East and doesn’t look to slow down any-time soon as it makes its way to the West.

The film features a high-profile cast whoplays an ensemble of criminals planning tosteal the Tear of the Sun, a valuable diamondin a luxury casino. The plan sounds perfect,but is it really going to go off without anyproblems? Find out when HIFF’s film exhi-bition ends with a bang on Sunday, October21, at Regal Dole Cannery Theatres.

Look out for the nominated films also, asthe festival gives out another batch ofHalekulani Golden Orchid Awards. One ofthe films in the running this year for Best

Documentary follows the up and down lifeof famed street artist Tempt. Getting Up: TheTempt One Story has already been hailed bymany reviewers and publications, but nowHawaii can see what everyone is talkingabout. Making a name for himself for a num-ber of years in Los Angeles, Tempt was diag-nosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease and is nowbed-ridden, only able to move his eyes.

A stranger notices some of Tempt’s artworkin a gallery and learns of his situation.Although never meeting Tempt, theunknown man promises to bring Tempt’swork back to life by coordinating the work ofengineers to develop the Eye Writer. Thisnew technology allows Tempt to draw againand now brings new meaning to his life.

The festival always mixes in the trendyinternational films with filmmakers fromour aina. Not only is that again true this year,but HIFF took it one step forward. On Octo-ber 15 at Hawaii Theatre, JakeShimabukuro’s documentary Life on FourStrings will be screened and the ukulele vir-tuoso will play a short set following the film.

This is the first time in several years thatHIFF has screened a film at the downtownpatriarch and no one is more excited than thefestival itself. HFV

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Film Tourism: A Trending Topic

I was fortunate enough to be asked tospeak on a Film Tourism panel at the Toron-to Film Festival. The one-hour special, pro-duced by Bloomberg Television (BTV), wasstreamed live on The Hollywood Reporterand has extended distribution through BTV.

It was a great opportunity to showcase whatHawaii has taken advantage of for decades,and interesting to hear how other areasinterpret the topic and implement initiativesto capitalize on it.

The panel was moderated by the Associa-tion of Film Commissioners International(AFCI) Executive Director Kevin Clark, andI was joined by a varied cross-section of filmcommissions from around the world, includ-ing Ms. Donna Zuchlinski from the OntarioMedia Development Corporation, Mr. MikaelSvensson from Southern Sweden, and Mr.Steven Bornn from the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The discussion started with a few examples,including the impact that films like Lord ofthe Rings had in New Zealand and Close

Encounters of the Third Kind had at DevilsTower National Monument, the effect the“Millennium Trilogy” has had in Sweden, howDeliverance launched a whitewater raftingindustry, and of course, what the originalHawaii Five-O did to introduce Hawaii to the

world and how the updated TV series is help-ing to re-brand Honolulu to a new generation.

With hundreds of examples from aroundthe world, it was evident that a project doesnot have to be a positive portrayal about anarea to have an effect, or be set in the juris-diction to have an impact. Just ask NewZealand, which enjoyed a 40-percentincrease in tourism when all was said anddone after the Lord of the Rings trilogy intro-duced Middle Earth and their dramaticlandscape to the world. Or Sweden, whichcaught everyone by surprise. Who wouldhave thought that a dark and violent tale setin a bitter cold landscape would drive tourismto their region? Swedish officials there havefully embraced the concept and announced

on the panel that they just launched a newinitiative—Fiction Tourism—expanding thedestination marketing beyond film to incor-porate books and other sources of story thatcan capture the public’s imagination.

Why is something that has been aroundand wildly successful trending now? Panelistsconcluded that a confluence of things haveallowed Film Tourism to rise to the top.Maybe it’s the interactive nature of mediatoday that is driving people to want to expe-rience film in a more personal way. Ormaybe it’s the global economy and tax cred-its that have prompted deeper researchquestions about the impact of the film indus-try in an area.

Whatever the reason, Hawaii is front andcenter in the discussion, having just part-nered with Universal Studios for the launchof Battleship and with Warner Bros. on aglobal promotion throughout Europe forthe release of Journey 2: The MysteriousIsland. Hawaii has also recently hosted amultitude of travel writers that were inspiredto learn more about Hawaii because of TheDescendants.

We’ve always known that film is a goodbusiness for Hawaii and that the exposurereceived through what has shot in the islandsis invaluable. That film tourism is a trendingtopic is a great affirmation of what we’vebeen saying for decades, and that is all goodnews for us. HFV

BY WALEA CONSTANTINAU Honolulu Film Commissioner

The idea of marketing a destination through film and tele-vision is not new, certainly to Hawaii, but it feels like itthese days. The topic is all the rage, with jurisdictions

worldwide recognizing the added value that exposure in projectscan bring.

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That film tourism is a trending topic isa great affirmation of what we’ve beensaying for decades, and that is all goodnews for us.

L to R: Honolulu Film Commissioner Walea Constantinau; Steven Bornn, Film Commissioner, US Virgin Islands;Kevin Clark, Executive Director, AFCI; Mikael Svensson, Film Commissioner, Southern Sweden and Donna Zuch-linski, Film Commissioner, Ontario Media Development Corp.

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The Hunger Games Sequel Set to Shoot on OahuBY TIM RYAN Executive Editor

Hawaii will end the year host-ing one of the biggest block-buster films of 2012 when the

Hunger Games sequel—The HungerGames: Catching Fire—films for sev-eral weeks on Oahu beginning mid-November.

After scouting Kauai, Maui, Hawaii Islandand Oahu, Hunger Games executives selectedOahu as the location for four weeks of filming.

Budget for the sequel is in excess of $100million, sources said. The first HungerGames had a worldwide gross of $642 mil-lion, including $405 million in the UnitedStates. The budget was $78 million.

The film’s executives, including productioncompany GGX Productions, Inc. and studioLionsgate Entertainment, are keeping newsabout the filming under wraps. Hawaii has noteven been mentioned as a location, let alonethe specific Oahu spots where the film will beshot, which are on the island’s North Shorewindward side, including Kawela Bay, ManoaValley, and Heeia. Catching Fire’s production

offices will be at the Turtle Bay Resort.Hawaii locations manager is Randy Spangler,

who headed the original scout with the film’sproducers in June and July. Some pre-produc-tion was being done in early fall, with filmingto begin in Hawaii as early as November 11 andcontinuing to December 22. The film, helmedby director Francis Lawrence, will shoot pri-marily in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Said Eric Feig, Lionsgate’s president ofproduction, who is overseeing the productionon behalf of the studio, “We are so excitedto be embarking on this adventure withFrancis Lawrence, who has already exhibit-ed immense creative vision and resourceful-ness in casting the film and planning its lookand feel. The stakes are raised in every wayin this second story, and we are thrilled to getthe production underway in these perfectlocations, with our excellent returning castand some world-class actors in new roles.”

Here’s the storyline: Katniss Everdeenand Peeta Mellark survived the horrors of theHunger Games against all odds, now livingwhat seems to be their new, rich, peacefullives in District 12’s Victor’s Village. But thegovernment of the Capitol is not pleased with

Katniss and her performance as the star-crossed lover, claiming that her behavior inthe arena may result in an uprising from thedistricts and, in turn, a new war, with herbeing the face of it all. Furthermore, asalmost a whole year has passed, the 75thannual Hunger Games reaping comes witha heart-breaking surprise for Katniss and herfellow district 12 victors.

The Hunger Games stars JenniferLawrence, Josh Hutcherson, LiamHemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Donald Suther-land, Lenny Kravitz, and Maui residentWoody Harrelson. Added to the sequel’s castare Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin,and Jena Malone.

In conjunction with the film’s Los Ange-les shoot, Lionsgate has announced a globalset visit sweepstakes. “The Hunger Games:Catching Fire – Win a Trip to Set” will runthrough October 12, offering 12 lucky fans achance to visit the set of the film and inter-act with the cast and crew. For more infor-mation visit www.catchingfiresweeps.com.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is set tohit theaters on November 22, 2013. HFV

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Hawaii Five-0: Season Three Premieres in WaikikiFANS FLOCK TO SUNSET ON THE BEACH SCREENINGBY TIM RYAN Executive Editor

The fans came from Sweden,Japan, Australia, Connecticut,Alabama, New York, Southern

California, Kalihi, Kapahulu, Laie, andthe Big Island for a single purpose: Tocatch a glimpse and hopefully a photoor autograph of their favorite HawaiiFive-0 actors and show executives.

And they got their wish as the CBS series’stars, recurring characters and productionexecutives walked the red carpet for the thirdtime in as many years at the Waikiki Beachseason three premiere.

Some 10,000 people gathered in the shadowof Diamond Head Crater—some arriving atmidnight, 19 hours before the episode would beshown—to ensure they got the best possible

position to see their favorite performers.There were dozens of Australian fans on

hand to cheer series star Alex O’Loughlin,who later said, “I’m thrilled; really excitedthat so many Australians came out for Sun-set on the Beach.”

“I love hearing the accent,” said the Aus-tralia native. “I’ve been away from home fora long time now.”

O’Loughlin teased some female fans that“my lady (Malia Jones) is here. She’s pretty fero-cious now and she’s eight months pregnant.”

The vast majority of fans, which weredecidedly female, said their favorite HawaiiFive-0 actor was O’Loughlin. Vivianne Bla-her, who traveled solo from Melbourne forthe premiere, said her main goal was to“catch a glimpse” of O’Loughlin.

“He’s an Aussie and such an incredibleactor; I really admire him,” she said. “I lovehis acting and his character in this show. Iused to watch the old Five-O growing upwith my dad and that was fun, but Alex is somuch more handsome than Jack Lord.”

Jean Kolbek and her husband, of the BigIsland, timed their Oahu trip to Waikiki to beable to see the premiere on the beach.

“We love that the show is set in Hawaiiand we can relate to locales,” she said. “It’sa fun show.”

Emmy Arnett and her husband Alex, ofVentura, California, had already plannedtheir Hawaii vacation, not knowing when thepremiere would be shown here.

“I like a good cop show,” she said laugh-ing, “but naturally I love watching Alex, too.

Hey, I’m married toan Alex, too, so howcool is that!”

Dick and Sara Bellof Spanish Fort, Ala-bama, watch Five-0“religiously, everyMonday night.”

“I like everythingabout this show and Iloved the first Five-0,but this new one is sogreat, yet different.”

Is Dick anO’Loughlin fan?

“Nah, my favoriteis Grace Park,” he

said, smiling.Said wife Sara, “I love the Hawaii scenery

and trying to figure out what’s gonna happenand all that.”

Faith Scheideman of Waikiki, who hasattended all three Hawaii Five-0 pre-mieres on the beach, said her favoritecharacter on the show is Dr. MaxBergman, played by Masi Oka.

“He’s so kooky, but smart and funny,” shesaid. “I just love him to death.”

Sisters Naomi and Miyuki Ishikawa ofTokyo held signs professing their affection forO’Loughlin.

“He is so good and soooo handsome,”said Miyuki.

Eleanor Olsson traveled solo fromSweden for a vacation in Hawaii and

heard about the premiere.“I am a big fan of the show and Alex is my

favorite, but I like Scott (Caan) in a way, too,”she said. “Hey, Scott, I’m single.”

Karen Zelaya of Mobile, Alabama, wasmaking her third premiere appearance.

“I love the show, but I’m especially fond ofAlex,” she confessed. “He’s a good actor,sweet and down to earth, a really nice Aussie.”

At the premiere, Peter Lenkov, co-cre-ator and co-executive producer of theshow, revealed some details about seasonthree, including: • Michelle Borth has become a series regu-lar this season as Navy Lt. Catherine Rollins,the romantic and crime-fighting partner ofO’Loughlin’s Steve McGarrett.• Dr. Max Bergman, the medical examiner por-trayed by Masi Oka, will have a romantic inter-est this season. Lenkov said that the role had-n’t been cast yet, “but we always look locally.”• The series will film two days on Maui inNovember. HFV

(left to right) Emmy Arnett of Ventura, California,and Jean and Chris Kolbek of the Big Island gath-ered near the red carpet entrance to see HawaiiFive-0 stars, and they were not disappointed.

Fans line the red carpet for a glimpseof their favorite Five-0 stars.

Longtime Hawaii Five-0> fans Dick and Sara Bellof Spanish Fort, Alabama, traveled to Hawaii justto attend the premiere.

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Filming in Maui CountyFILM OFFICE ANNOUNCES NEW WEB SITE AND NEW PRODUCTIONS IN 2012

for quick and easy access toinformation about filming inMaui County, including infor-mation regarding federal, stateand county permits.

In developing the Web site,MCFO partnered up withReel-Scout to help bring aboutthe most comprehensive data-base of locations, crew and filmsupport services within MauiCounty. These new tools fromReel-Scout are the real eco-nomic development compo-nent within the Web site. It hasbeen designed to serve thegrowing film industry withinMaui County’s four islands, andto give Maui’s residents a com-pletely new way to market theirservices and locations.

Residents that have experi-ence and/or services to offerfilm producers can now upload their owninformation. Those who have locations theywant to add to Maui’s database can alsoupload them, along with photos and all oth-er pertinent information. Once uploaded,

MCFO accepts the entry, and—presto!—thedatabase is built by the industry it serves.

Paul Ehman’s Ehman Productions hasbeen adding equipment to its already-exten-sive grip and lighting packages. Studio Maui

Productions, LLC, newlyformed by BranscombeRichmond and his partners,has gone into the trans-portation side of produc-tion, just recently bringing afive-room dressing roomtrailer to Maui. These com-panies will now be able tolist their equipment on theReel-Scout database withinthe new Web site.

Producers from all overthe world can now easilyaccess the huge amount oftalent that is available in

Maui County. They will also see that, piece-by-piece, Maui is stocking up on equipmentand services to help bring the cost of physi-cal production down. For location man-agers, it has never been easier to searchMaui’s location database to view its large,beautiful portfolio.

In the midst of all this, Mauihas had a string of great TVepisodes shot in the county. Toname a few, the successfulSyfy series Haunted Collector,BBC’s Richard HammondsCrash Course, and evenHGTV’s fun series HotelImpossible all made a visit.

As we move towards theend of 2012, Maui is set andready for a fantastic 2013. Thelights are on, the coffee iswarm, and the equipment isready. Log on to www.film-maui.com and see for yourself!

Remember, filming inMaui County really is “SimplyPerfect.” HFV

BY HARRY DONENFELD Maui County Film Commissioner

Maui County is currently in a state of film-related transition, mov-ing from one scene to another, advancing forward, picking up thepace! Mayor Alan Arakawa and the Maui County Film Office

(MCFO) are proud to announce the launch of the county’s new film Website, www.filmmaui.com. This has been a large undertaking by the MCFO,taking nearly six months to complete. The comprehensive new site allows

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Keeping Busy on the Valley IsleBY GLENN BEADLES On Location Services

2012 has been a thankfully busy yearfor On Location Services. I have beenvery fortunate to have scouted andworked on each island and have helpedto expand the local crew base for dig-ital photography, videography and filmproduction throughout the state.

The year began with the second unit film-ing on Haleakala of the opening sequence fora futuristic feature film, Oblivion, to bereleased later this year.

Pottery Barn Teen catalog followed that,shooting primarily on Maui’s North Shore, uti-lizing a number of private residences and someof Maui’s well known beaches and locations.

This year has also brought a number ofBBC Science-based documentaries to Mauiand the Big Island. First off was the BBC spe-cial The Wonders of the Earth, followed by

The Transit of Venus, appearing on primetimeBritish television and rebroadcast onPBS/Nova and Discovery Science Channels.

In March, the remake of Blue Lagoon bySilverScreen Productions was filmed onMaui at Makena Big Beach and at a numberof jungle locations from East to West Maui.

Excellent community, film industry andunion support lent a huge boost in its success.In addition to employing local film techni-cians and production suppliers, Blue Lagooncreated some key relationships with new ven-dors and again proved the support for thefeature film capabilities of Maui County.

In June we worked on the music video forpopular tween group Big Time Rush’s song“Windows Down.” The production companywas RockHard Productions out of Los Angeles.

July saw the filming of Volcano Live, a four-hour live broadcast from Hawaii VolcanoesNational Park for BBC2. A real-time, live out-side broadcast truck and crew from NoaProProductions on Oahu, and an excellent crewfrom both the Big Island and Maui, roundedout this unprecedented broadcast.

A Cartoon Network program, LoiterSquad, also filmed in July. From DD BrownEntertainment, Loiter Squad features real-time, live comedy skits performed in public.The program featured the quaint town ofLahaina and the North Shore of Oahu.

In August, I produced a 10-day still pho-to shoot for a private development company’s2012 marketing and advertising campaign,and was the lead man for the art director ona recent Hawaii Visitors and ConventionBureau commercial.

I have set more focus on producing proj-ects, production supervising and locationmanagement, but the location scouting andbidding producer roles are still my mainstay.

With a number of features planning to filmin Hawaii, some commercial interests, and agrowing commercial digital photographicand video market, there is a lot of renewedinterest in filming on our Neighbor Islands.Maui County has four spectacular islandlocations to offer, an experienced crew base,a lot of community, and current countyadministration’s support to attract even morebusiness in the coming year.

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Akasha Entertainment Moves to Maui

Metaphysical media companyAkasha Entertainment isrelocating from Carmel,

California, to Maui in 2013.Company president and filmmaker Car-

olyn Cobelo also announced the company’snext project, which will be the third AkashaMetaphysical Film Festival, coming in ear-ly 2013.

“We couldn’t be more excited to belaunching the next phase of our company inthe powerful energy of Hawaii,” said Cobelo.She added, “Hawaii is, in my mind, the mostpowerful energy vortex in the world.”

The purpose of Akasha Entertainment,Cobelo said, is to use cinema as a vehicle toeducate the public about the healing ener-gy of the earth’s natural resources and ener-gy vortexes, many of which are concentrat-ed in Hawaii. Having researched and filmedsacred sites for over 25 years, Cobelo is con-sidered one of the world’s foremost expertson the power of sacred space, calling it her

“passion.” The media company

recently wrapped its sec-ond documentary film,Sacred Space: The Mag-ical Land of Hawaii,which is available foronline viewing at thecompany’s Web site, andhas three feature films indevelopment. In addi-tion, Akasha Entertain-ment has a 30-year histo-ry of producing eventsthat blend metaphysicsand entertainment,including two metaphys-ical film festivals in Santa Fe, New Mexico,and Carmel, California. These festivals havefeatured celebrities such as Shirley Mac-Claine and Lindsay Wagner, and film pro-ducer Stephen Simon.

Cobelo has transitioned over the yearsfrom working as a Gestalt and transperson-

al psychotherapist into afilmmaker who capturesthe power of the earth’ssacred sites for the pur-pose of “helping viewersfind their own innerintelligence,” she said.

“People are hungryfor their own experi-ences of spiritual powerand wisdom, and this isso accessible in Hawaii,”said Cobelo. “AkashaEntertainment continuesto facilitate creativeopportunities for peopleto discover their essential

divine essence through the Akasha FilmFestival and our special Hawaii-orientedfilms.” HFV

For more, go to www.AkashaEntertainment.com.Carolyn Cobelo can be reached at (808) 572-7278or [email protected].

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THE NEW FRONTIERBY TIM RYAN Executive Editor

Cinematographer Paul Atkinshas traveled the world for hiscraft, while having the good for-

tune of being based in Hawaii.Atkins has gone from the depths of Mon-

terey Bay tracking killer whales, to the rim ofan erupting Kilauea Volcano, and then aroundCape Horn in a replica of Capt. Cook’s HMSEndeavor, enduring five major storms andfifty-foot seas for the feature film Master andCommander.

But when talking to the Oahu residentabout his work, Atkins clearly downplays hisown talent, focusing instead on “the art offilmmaking” and “the great joy” he gets fromhis cumulative experiences.

“Sometimes I complain about traveling somuch, but I am really blessed that I can livein Hawaii and have a career all over theworld,” said Atkins. “Actually, I am spendingmore time here as I get more involved in theindie industry.”

That local work this year included being acamera operator on CBS’s Hawaii Five-0series, as well as some Hawaii-shot low-bud-get features.

Atkins came to Hawaii in the 1970s afterattending Florida State University, where hestudied zoology. After moving here to pursuea doctorate at the University of Hawaii, heswitched majors to marine biology.

“I started using the department’s Super 8camera and some underwater video camerasto study underwater marine fish behavior,” hesaid. “I got hooked on filmmaking. I was verypassionate about it.”

When he received funding for researchprojects, Atkins also would “tag a film” alongwith it. His first real underwater project, withhelp from wife Gracie and friend MikedeGruy, was an expedition to collect livechambered nautilus. The film was completedin about three years and cost about $50,000from three research grants.

“This film was a big break for me,” saidAtkins. “The movie was our film school. It gotthe attention of the BBC’s natural history unitin Bristol, England, and they started hiring usto do more marine-related shoots.”

Since then, Atkins has not only worked ona multitude of documentary projects, but has

also lent his expertise to feature film produc-tions as well.

In addition to Master and Commander,Atkins has also recently worked on the Acad-emy Award-nominated film The Tree of Lifeas second unit director of photography. Theproduction starred Brad Pitt and was direct-ed by Terrence Malick. Atkins has also beenworking as DP on Malick’s Voyage of Time forthe past few years, and this summer, Atkinsreturned to Los Angeles to begin work as sec-ond unit director on Malick’s The Knight ofCups, starring Christian Bale.

Also in development with Malick is an indiefeature, The Devil’s Teeth, a drama about ajournalist trying to stop the slaughter of greatwhite sharks. Malick will executive produce,Atkins will direct, and Tree of Life director ofphotography Emmanuel Lubezki will DP.

The relationship between Atkins and Mal-ick has been fruitful to say the least.

The two met in the late 1990s at the Jack-son Hole Wildlife Film Festival, where Atkinsand his wife had entered their film Dolphins:The Wild Side. Malick was on the jury.

“I was already interested in features beforeI met Terry,” said Atkins. “I was a movie nutas a little kid and later very influenced byJacques Cousteau.”

Atkins, whose other feature work includesSoul Surfer as B-camera operator, says his doc-umentary experience has enhanced his featurefilm work.

“Wildlife filming requires a tremendousamount of patience,” he said. “You spend along time in the field hunting, traveling, look-ing and waiting. Hours of nothing, then fiveseconds of panic, but when you get the shotit’s like striking gold.”

In contrast, feature filmmaking is muchfaster-paced, said Atkins.

“Every day you’re involved in making deci-sions about shooting,” he said. “Your brain isworking, your body is working, you’re not wait-ing. It’s stressful but I love it. You’re makingdecisions about the shots constantly. Whenyou start working with actors there’s suchpleasure in being allowed to tell an actor to gohere or there for the best shot and get it donein the next hour.”

During Atkins’ entire career, he’s workedhard not to get pigeonholed as an “underwa-ter guy.”

“When I do wildlife documentaries I alsofilm people and the culture,” he said. “Thepeople docs really served me well in the fea-ture film world because it taught me to switchon my feet very quickly. On a feature or TVshow you sometimes have to change the shotvery fast because it’s not working for whatev-er reason—the actors are not cooperating orthe weather is a problem.”

Some crew find this stressful, but for Atkinsthe quick changes “come quite naturally,” hesaid.

It’s features, not docs, that fire Atkins’ soul.“The new frontier for me are scenes involv-

ing actors where I can combine my twocareers,” he said. “The movies that excite methe most tell dramatic, narrative stories in anatural setting. You’re using all those skills ofcinematography, like natural light and the timeof day, to photograph a landscape, but nowyou’re putting actors in it and telling a story.”

On The Tree of Life, Atkins was second unitDP working alongside Malick. But his otherresponsibility was working with the film’s nat-ural history unit.

“We had an IMAX camera on which weshot the creation sequence with the beginningof the universe, formation of the solar systemand the earth, the evolution of life on earth,and literally the end of life with the earthburned up by the sun,” said Atkins.

To film these scenes Atkins and crew tookan IMAX camera all over the world, includ-ing Kilauea Volcano, Iceland, Chile, Palau,and throughout the American Southwest.

Reflecting on his career, Atkins says thatThe Tree of Life is “the pinnacle of my career.”

“But,” he adds, “hopefully the best is yet tocome.” HFV

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Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate WelcomesFilm Productions

The Bishop Estate is the largestprivate property owner in thestate of Hawaii. With assets of

around $10 billion, it is one of the rich-est private charities in the world,whose sole beneficiary is the Kame-hameha Schools, located in the heightsabove Honolulu, with a student bodyof only about 3,200.

Seven large organizations in Hawaii todaypossess 24 percent of Hawaii’s privatelyowned land. The largest owner is BishopEstate with 336,372 acres.

The estate was created in 1884 by the willof Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-grand-daughter of King Kamehameha the Great,credited for uniting the Hawaiian Islandsduring the 18th century. Princess Pauahi diedof cancer at the age of 52 and left the bulkof her estate “to erect and maintain in theHawaiian Islands two schools, one for boysand one for girls, to be called the Kame-hameha Schools.”

As Bishop Estate continues to diversify itsland uses, it has begun to allow produc-tions—film, television and commercials—to use some locations that had previouslybeen off-limits.

“Historically, we’ve allowed for film pro-duction on our lands on a ‘per-request’ basis,”said Kalani Fronda, senior land asset manag-er for Kamehameha Schools. “However, with-in the last five-plus years we’ve strategicallyidentified potential sites based on interest,striking backgrounds, and types of environ-

ments that are secluded from habitation. “We’ve invested more resources towards

addressing use of our real estate for film pro-duction because of an increase in demand bylocations professionals and discussions withgovernmental film offices.”

Some of the productions using Kame-hameha Schools/Bishop Estate (KSBE) loca-tions include all six seasons of ABC’s LOST atPolice Beach in Haleiwa on Oahu’s NorthShore; Baywatch Hawaii and The Big Bounce,also on Oahu’s North Shore; and Tears of theSun on Kauai’s North Shore. A Honda Ridge-line commercial was shot on Hualalai on theBig Island, another prized location. LOST alsoran an internship for Kamehameha Schoolsstudents for two seasons.

Fronda said that the locations sought afterdepend solely “on the venue that the writersare looking for.”

“It can vary from a campus setting, whichmight display historic buildings, to industri-al lands in urban Honolulu, to picturesquelandscapes on our fallow lands,” he said.

The most popular KSBE locations includethe secluded beachfront land along theNorth Shore of Oahu and North ShoreKauai; the bamboo forest in North ShoreOahu and North Shore Kauai; the maukaarea of Hualalai on the Big Island; Kame-hame Ridge on Oahu; and Kapalama Cam-pus of Kamehameha Schools.

KSBE prohibits productions from usinglocations that are especially culturally sensi-tive or that may negatively impact its tenantsor users.

“Safety, risk, and liability are always con-

cerns that we address on a case-by-casebasis and cautiously proceed accordingly,”said Fronda.

The estate charges $2,000 for a location,$1,000 for the setup and breakdown, andmarket rent for land leases. But KSBE alsoplans to expand its locations availability tosmaller productions.

“Many inquiries that come in are fromboth the large and small productions,” saidFronda. “We have not been able to proper-ly address the small film productions andhope to craft a program that can accommo-date their financial restraints.”

The organization is well aware of the needfor more soundstages on Oahu and theNeighbor Islands, where there are none, butisn’t prepared to pay for the construction.

“We have considered soundstage uses onour properties, but we have not consideredbeing the entity to construct such a facility,”said Fronda. “The management of soundstagesis a specialized niche and we would rather letthose who have such expertise take the lead.

“Over the past few years, we have had dis-cussions with a number of different partieson this matter, typically centered on con-verting existing high-cube warehouses. Whilenone of these discussions have resulted innew soundstages being constructed, weremain keenly interested in being part of thefuture production industry growth inHawaii.”

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Turtle Bay Resort Has a New Face on the Entertainment Scene

Frank Lonardo was recentlynamed director of sales forTurtle Bay Resort, the land-

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luxury hospitality and entertainment indus-try sales, and now oversees the entertainmentindustry market, among others, for the resort.

“Turtle Bay Resort has long welcomed fea-ture films and television shows to the NorthShore,” said Lonardo. “From the originalHawaii Five-O and Magnum, P.I. to the morerecent Forgetting Sarah Marshall and SoulSurfer, the list is impressive. The film indus-try is important to Hawaii, and we will con-tinue to support the opportunities it offersand to further the legacy of production onthe North Shore.”

Since taking up his new post, Lonardo hasalready worked with a number of productionprojects, including Bing and Michelob Ultracommercials, episodes of HBO’s Enlightenedand The Amazing Race (French and Englishversions), and a music video for the British

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Lonardo alsoshared some ofthe changes at theresort that willappeal to the filmcommunity. Aspart of a multi-million dollarrefreshment proj-ect, the hotel

recently completed a $2 million lobby reno-vation, which included the addition of a newlobby lounge. It’s a hip gathering place witha nod to both the relaxed waterman cultureand the host Hawaiian culture.

Surfer, The Bar also opened as part of theresort’s improvements. The mixed-media,highly content-driven venue brings the pagesof Surfer magazine to life and is a placewhere events, film, food, music, drink andphotography take center stage, making it theperfect post-surf watering hole and gather-ing place for locals and globals alike.

Weekly events include Hawaiian MusicMondays, Kanikapila Tuesdays, and TalkStory Thursdays, the latter of which bringstogether ocean sports icons, artists and influ-encers to share their impact on the worldwith host Jodi Wilmott.

Lonardo most recently served as hotelsales taskforce manager for multiple luxuryproperties in markets on the East and Westcoasts of the U.S. mainland. These includePortofino Hotel and Yacht Club in RedondoBeach, California; The Woodmark Resort,Spa and Yacht Club in Kirkland, Washington;The Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C.; andStowe Mountain Resort and Spa in Vermont.

Previously, he was the director of sales andmarketing for Le Parc Suites Hotel in WestHollywood, California. He has also workedfor other major brand hotels in the Los Ange-les market and worked for a time in specialevent sales for Paramount Pictures. Lonar-do is the recipient of numerous national hon-ors, including Marriott President’s Circleand the Chairman’s Circle. He resides onOahu’s North Shore. HFV

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The Jack Lord StoryBY JOHN NORDLUM President, Hawaii Stunt Association

“Where are the Hawaii stunt-men?!” the Lord’s voice echoedthrough the Koolau Mountains.

The Time: 1978The Place: Hanglider RidgeThe Voice: Jack LordThe Show: Hawaii Five-O

I was standing right next to Jack Lord andwe looked like twins. I was his stunt doublethat day.

The gag was a drug bust. McGarrett in thebig black Mercury surprises the bad guysmaking a drug deal. He almost runs themdown and they have to dive out of his way.Then he jumps out of the car, gets the dropon them, and “books” the bad guys. I dou-bled Jack.

Jack was not pleased with the stunt. Heliked what I did, but he hated what the main-

land guys did. “You guys came all the way toHawaii to fall down. We pay you first-classair and hotel to come to Hawaii to falldown? Don’t we have any guys in Hawaiiwho can fall down, John? Where are theHawaii stuntmen?!” he shouted at the sky.

When my ears stopped ringing, I mademyself a promise. I knew some local guyswho could fall down. I would start the

Hawaii Stunt Association (HSA).I would build it as Jack Lord would have:

to help the Hawaii stunt players, to help theHawaii film industry, and to give back to thestate of Hawaii.

Jack Lord truly loved Hawaii. And he is tru-ly the founder of the Hawaii Stunt Association.

For over 25 years the Hawaii Stunt Associa-tion was the most professional stunt associationin Hawaii. It was first envisioned and suggest-ed by Jack Lord, encouraged by the HawaiiScreen Actors Guild, assisted by the HawaiiFilm Commission, and modeled after the Stunt-men’s Association of Hollywood. It was incor-porated as a professional association in 1980.

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All of this is coordinated by a mild-mannered man named Colin Fong.He has performed over 200 stunts, coordinated 80 shows, and traineddozens of stunt players and actors. He is the most professional stuntcoordinator in the State of Hawaii. He is also the vice president of theHawaii Stunt Association.

A few years ago, the Hawaii Stunt Association was asked by theScreen Actors Guild to lobby at the State Capitol for a bill to fundlocal film production. We saw this as long overdue. How could wemake our point? I had an idea.

The next day at lunchtime, as the legislators filed out of their meet-ing on the top floor of the State Capitol, they heard a loud voice. Astuntman, John Nordlum, witha megaphone told them thatanother stuntman, Colin Fong,on the top floor was thinkingabout jumping into the rotundato make his point for local pro-duction. As the peoplewatched: he jumped! He felldown to the rotunda floor.There he landed safely in a large air bag. He knew how to fall down.

In 1997 the Hawaii Stunt Association reached its peak of success.CBS planned to make a new Hawaii Five-O pilot. They chose stuntcoordinator Colin Fong and the Hawaii Stunt Association to do all ofthe stunts. The shooting of the pilot went fine with all local stuntmenwho could fall down. This show opened the door for the presentHawaii Five-0.

Jack Lord would have been very proud. He believed in local hire.Thank you, Jack. HFV

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Spotlight on Cinematography at Big Island SeminarBY JOHN MASON Big Island Film Commissioner

Hollywood came to Hilo inSeptember as the Big IslandFilm Office sponsored a Cin-

ematography Master Class seminar atThe Palace Theater.

An enthusiastic crowd of more than 100welcomed the distinguished panel, whichincluded Wally Pfister, ASC, AcademyAward-winning cinematographer; Ron Gar-cia, ASC, Cable ACE award winner for BestCinematography; and Robert Primes, ASC,Emmy Award-winning director of photogra-phy. They were joined by representativesfrom Canon, who hosted the crowd in ahands-on demo session during lunch withCanon’s high-end C300 DSLR camera.

Wally Pfister, ASC, has received fourAcademy Award nominations for best cine-matography in a feature film, and threeAmerican Society of Cinematographers nom-inations for best cinematography in a featurefilm. He won both the Academy Award and

ASC Award for his work on Inception, oneof many movies Pfister has made with direc-tor Christopher Nolan.

Pfister showed clips of Inception andtalked through the making of many of thepivotal scenes. He talked about his early daysand training in news documentary and hiswork for Frontline on PBS. Robert Altmangave him his first big break in movies, and helater went to the American Film Institute inLos Angeles, where he teamed up withanother visual artist who would later becomefamous, Janusz Kaminski.

As we all probably know, Pfister and Nolanhave collaborated on the last three Batmanmovies, and Pfister talked at length about themaking of The Dark Knight Rises and TheDark Knight. These last two movies wereshot largely in 65mm with four custom-madeIMAX cameras. Pfister made a compellingcase for the superior image quality of largeformat film negative.

Ron Garcia, ASC, was the maestro of the

event with Canon. Garcia was one of thecameramen on the sequel to Hawaii Five-0when it began production three years ago.He gave back to the production communityin Oahu by organizing a very popular work-shop with the entire Five-0 camera team,covering aspects of how a camera crewworks on network television and what it takesfor the camera team to work at the top lev-el on a successful series. (The program wasrepeated in Honolulu the next day.)

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Bob Primes, ASC, closed the session with comments that ampli-fied those of Pfister and Garcia. Primes has over 50 credits as a cin-ematographer in television and documentary, from 1973 to 2012.He has worked on such seminal TV shows as thirtysomething, Birdon a Wire, Get Smart, Quantum Leap, and Sleeper Cell. He hasbeen awarded two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Cinematog-raphy for Felicity and My Antonia, and received a Cable ACE nom-ination for his work on My Antonia. Primes has earned three ASCnominations for best cinematography in television, and an ASC winfor his work on MDs.

Primes said there are three ingredients for success in the filmbusiness. First, you need to know something—increasingly a lot—about the technology of the business. Then, you need to listen toyour heart and be truthful to your individual creative voice. Last-ly, you need to have a good set of people skills because film col-laboration and the demands of production necessitate the abilityto get along with all types of people in often difficult situations.

Primes showed and narrated a fascinating image quality test com-paring the image quality between twelve high-end digital camerasand one 35mm film camera across a number of imaging quality vari-ables. This test was sponsored by the ASC and the Producers Guild.

As he said, there are no definitive conclusions—more often thannot, “it’s the eye of the beholder that matters most in assessing image quality.” HFV

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You May Not Kiss the Bride Holds Premiere Screening

In August, Honolulu-based HawaiiFilm Partners premiered their firstfeature film, You May Not Kiss the

Bride, directed by Rob Hedden from hisoriginal screenplay.

The movie opened nationally on Septem-ber 21 in select domestic markets.

Set in Chicago and Tahiti, the romanticadventure comedy was filmed almost entire-ly on location in Hawaii, and was producedby Hawaii Film Partners’ Rann and GinaWatumull and David and Shauna Jackson.

The film also features music by severalHawaii artists, including Willie K, Ben Vegasand Maila Gibson, Tiffany Thurston, AfatiaThompson, Kapono Beamer, and ImuaGarza—who wrote and sings the openingcredits track. It also includes an original songco-written and performed by leading ladyKatharine McPhee.

The invitation-only premiere screeningfeatured red carpet arrivals of many of thefilm’s actors, including Ken Davitian,Howard Bishop, Jeanne Rogers, and Tia Car-

rere. Following the screening, a private after-party was held at Vice Nightclub.

You May Not Kiss the Bride stars DaveAnnable (ABC’s Brothers and Sisters, theupcoming ABC series 666 ParkAvenue); Katharine McPhee (NBC’s Smash,American Idol); Mena Suvari (American Pie,American Beauty); Rob Schneider (50 FirstDates, Deuce Bigalow); KenDavitian (Borat); Tia Carrere (Wayne’sWorld, True Lies); Vinnie Jones (X-Men 3:The Last Stand); Kevin Dunn (Transformers,Vicky Cristina Barcelona); and AcademyAward winner Kathy Bates (NBC’s Harry’s

Law, Misery). The movie finds an unsuspecting Chicago

pet photographer (Annable) being forced tomarry the daughter (McPhee) of a Croatianmobster (Davitian). Action, adventure andromance ensue as the couple spends their“fake honeymoon” in Tahiti interacting withhumorous, quirky, and dangerous characters,and realizes that they may share real feelingsfor each other.

“We’re extremelyproud of our firstfilm, the talentedcast, and Rob Hed-den’s funny screen-play and comedicdirection,” said thefilm’s producers.“The movie alsohighlights Hawaii’sflexibility as a fea-ture film locationthat can double foranywhere in theworld, and show-cases the versatilityof Hawaii’s amaz-ing musical artists.”

“When the producers approached meabout writing and directing a movie inHawaii, I jumped at the chance,” said Hed-den. “You simply can’t beat the amazingscenery, location versatility, professionalcrews, and film-friendly environment. Work-ing with Hawaii Film Partners on such a fun,action-packed romantic comedy fulfilled alifelong dream.”

Producers Rann and Gina Watumull areco-founders and senior executives at HawaiiFilm Partners. With the goal of helping tobuild a sustainable film industry in the state,Hawaii Film Partners is dedicated to pro-

ducing motion pictures,television shows, and ani-mated projects in Hawaiiwith Hawaii ownership.

Producers David andShauna Jackson are pres-ident and executive vicepresident, respectively, ofShowcase Entertainment,a worldwide film distri-bution company, and areco-owners and seniorexecutives of Hawaii FilmPartners along with theWatumulls.

Hawaii Film Partners’ first project was theaward-winning international hit televisionshow for Discovery Kids, Flight 29 Down,which is still airing in over 100 territories.Also for television, Hawaii Film Partners hasproduced 38 two-minute animated episodesof Ape Escape for Nickelodeon’s Nick-Toons™ Network. Rounding out HawaiiFilm Partners’ ambitious slate is the originalanimated television series, Guardians of thePower Masks, which marks an historic inter-national partnership with the Chinese city ofChangzhou and the Gangwon InformationMulti-Media Corporation (GIMC) in SouthKorea. Production of this animated children’sseries is near completion.

Hawaii Film Partners plans to produce more feature films and televisionprojects in the State of Hawaii. For more information, please visit www.face-book.com/YouMayNotKissTheBride. HFV

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Transition Strengthens Keoki Wallace’sCommitment to Hawaii’s Production Industry

Change is in the air for Keoki Wallace. Theformer Turtle Bay Resort (TBR) public rela-tions manager has opened his own Oahu

production company, Isles of the Sea Productions. Under Wallace’s leadership at TBR he became

a dominant factor in attracting Hollywood production business notonly to the North Shore, but to the island of Oahu. His dedication toattract production business to Hawaii has not been eliminated.

Over the recent summer he founded Isles of the Sea Productions,which showcases the beauty and the talent of Hawaii by bringing thefilm industry to the state. The company’s first contract involved loca-tion services for Riveting Entertainment’s shoot of music videos forUnited Kingdom modern sensations Dappy, and Tulisa featuring Tyga.

Isles of the Sea Productions’ future projects include being askedto co-produce a major motion picture, the first film in a trilogy, witha projected budget of more than $150 million for each film. Hawaiiwill serve as one of the main filming locations for this movie and hope-fully for the rest of the series. Isles of the Sea Productions has alsobeen asked to co-produce a television show with Hawaii-based TalkStory Productions, headed by Jason Lau.

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Airborne Aviation Takes Off

Owned by Jim and Suzi Hobbs, Air-borne Aviation is a full-serviceprovider for aerial film, still photog-

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Jim Hobbs (helicopter pilot) and SuziHobbs (paramedic and registered nurse)spent most of their careers as hourly employ-ees working for the man, yet with entrepre-neurial hearts and a strong passion to followtheir inherent dreams.

So when they were approached by a familymember in 2005 to partner in the start of a lim-ousine company, they jumped in with both feet.The Limo Company was born and is thriving asan elite limo service provider on Maui, con-tracting with the Four Seasons Hotel andGrand Wailea Hotel, as well as other properties.

Jim had another adventure up his sleeve.This one was near and dear to his aviator heart.

The idea of Airborne Aviation was bornpartly out of a desire to fly missions closer tohome and family, but primarily to fill anapparent need for precision helicopter serv-ices that would benefit from Jim’s uniqueexpertise. In the fall of 2009, Jim said, “Babe,I got an idea. Let’s just get our own helicop-

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2010 was an exciting year of growth in manydirections. Airborne Aviation was gaining momen-tum and news of its many-faceted services spreadquickly via the coconut wireless. According toSuzi, “We were the new player in town. We hun-kered down entrenched in our labor of love, wewere serving our customers well, and soon the callswere coming in from the TV and film industry.”

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Tom D. May, president and COO, said, “I am very excited that wehave continued to supply grip and lighting equipment on many big-bud-get feature films and television projects over the last eight years, help-ing generate revenue for the state of Hawaii and employing local help.”

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