Captured Time makes documentaries - documentaries with a difference.
Indeed, we are pioneers of the comic documentary.
Even when they deal with serious issues like American identity,
reproductive rights, or globalization, our shows are highly entertaining
- and sometimes hilarious. Our documentary Loop
Dreams even won the Gold WorldMedal for Comedy at The New York
Festivals and a Boston/New England Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment
Program.
Founded by producers Harvey
Hubbell V and Andrea Haas
Hubbell, Captured Time's crew includes a network of highly skilled cinematographers, writers,
video and film editors, and other specialists. We also provide invaluable
experience to aspiring filmmakers through our Internship
Program.
Captured Time operates from an 80-acre, Avid-equipped farm in Litchfield,
Connecticut.
Harvey
Wants YOU!
INTERNS
WANTED Captime is currently
looking for students who are especially interested in marketing,
graphic design and production to join the internship program and
work with an award winning team!
Internships are unpaid, but
you will get valuable hands-on experience. Find out more about our internship program and check
out our former interns and what they've
had to say! You can submit your resume to captime@optonline.net.
We
are in need of finishing funds for this very important documentary.
You can make a tax deductible-donation by clicking the button below and following the five-step process. Thank you!
Despite its status as a work in progress, Dislecksia: The Movie was extremely successful this past weekend, playing to a full house at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. The audience laughed and cried along with the rough cut film as it presented the stories of numerous dyslexics and how their difference has both hindered and helped them.
Harry Litwack introducing Harvey
Standing room only for the Panel Discussion
Many people also stayed for the panel discussion that followed the screening, ignoring the extreme heat and leaving standing room only in the packed auditorium.
The crew is now hard at work putting the final touches on the full version of the film. Spirits are high as we aim to be done soon.
June 25, 2009
Litchfield, CT
Rough Cut Screening
Harvey and the crew are heading down to Philadelphia this weekend for a rough cut screening of Dislecksia: The Movie.
Please feel free to join us at the Philadelphia Sound Stage, 1600 North 5th Street. The screening will begin at 6:20pm and will be followed by a panel discussion.
We look forward to seeing you there.
June 23, 2009
Litchfield, CT
It's a wrap!
7:12pm June 18th, 2009. The last pick up shot of the film was recorded.
Coffee=Protestant work ethic in a cup.
Dyslexia=Phonemic bottleneck in the back of the brain.
The film should be finished in just over 100 days.
We need finishing funds now!
June 2009
Litchfield, CT
Donor of the Month
Joan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. She has worked for 35 years with students who have learning differences. Joan believes that many students with learning differences are ill-prepared to successfully attend college. to work to improve student's transition from high school to college, Joan created a free e-list to educate parents about the transition process. Joan has also authored a course, Conquer College with LD/ADD, that serves to educate high school students and their parents by providing them with strategies that bode well for college success. This course is now available online. Additionally, she provides online consulting and individualize coaching for parents concerning post high school options. Joan donated to Dislecksia: The Movie because she is passionate about furthering understanding and opportunity for kids. She feels that both her and Harvey's missions coincide.
Captured Time would like to thank Joan for her support and work in the field!
Last week, Captured Time Productions was visited by three European advocates. Luca Grandi, Enrico Riva and Pietro Passarelli. Luca, from Bologna, has designed assistive software for independan`t living, called Carlo. Enrico is his business manager. Pietro has a film festival in London called DysFest. He has also studied and compared dyslexia in the UK, Italy and now America.
Their visit was extremely educational for both parties. Harvey and a few crew members visited the Forman School in Litchfield, CT. The school specializes in educating students with learning differences. We went on a tour of the facility with our new friends, and they admitted they had never seen anything like the Forman School in the United Kingdom.
Sneeking a peek at the Forman School
May 2009
Litchfield, CT
Donor of the Month
Anthony J. Pantuso III
Owner of the Pantuso Law Firm LLC
Dressed down at the "Family Reunion"
Anthony shares his story:
"I was a few years behind Harvey in school, and have known him since I was about 14. Long before I knew he was dyslexic, I decided that one of the main things I like about Harvey is that he "thinks sideways"- he sees things from a different angle than most people, which usually leads to a different, often more creative approach.
I had lost touch with Harvey for many years, although I had seen Electronic Road Film and LoopDreams, so I knew he was making documentaries (actually, I learned this from my sister, who saw Harvey at a high school reunion). I reconnected with him last fall, when a mutual friend organized a "family reunion" of friends from high school days. That's when I learned about Dislecksia: The Movie. After listening to the passion with which Harvey discussed the project, and then viewing the trailers he posted on the website, I felt the least I could do was make a small donation. When Harvey asked for volunteers to help at the screening in Newtown, I was more than happy to do what I could."
Anthony donated both his time and money to support the progress of Dislecksia: The Movie. He worked with our sound board on our screening in Newtown. Thank you Tony for your sideways thinking!
May 27, 2009
Litchfield, CT
Stock Footage
We are very proud to be nearing our final edit on the documentary! The summer crew is arriving, and we are all extremely motivated to finish the film. Most importantly, our intern Sam is purchasing the remainder of the stock footage (see left). We are still in need of funds to complete the film, about $225,000. This funding will cover stock footage, still images, an original musical composition and much much more!
April 30, 2009
Litchfield, CT
Georgie at the Farm
UK singer/songwriter/actor (and fellow dyslexic) Georgie Swan recently visited Captured Time to lend his talent to the movie's voiceover track! Georgie and Harvey both had the honor of presenting at last year's Dyslexic Dreams Gala (see the archives for more information), where they first met. In addition to voice talent, Georgie spent two weeks at the farm helping out with production. If you missed him at the Newtown screening, check out his website!
April 25, 2009
Newtown, CT
Rough Cut Screening
Thanks to help from the Connecticut Film Festival, the Newtown Arts Commission, local volunteers, scientists, lawyers, parents, and dyslexics across the state and nation, the rough cut screening of "Dislecksia: The Movie" was a huge success! The screening audience filled Newtown's 500-seat town theater - thanks for your support!
Following the screening was a question-and-answer session, where audience members' questions covered the topics of gender and dyslexia, legal issues with schools and testing, and the financial benefits of improving our educational system. Thanks to panel members Ken Pugh and Evelyn Russo (interviewed in the film), attorney Piper Paul, and several local parents and dyslexic students, attendees were able to leave the theater with a better understanding of what dyslexia is - and what to do about it.
April 20, 2009
Hartford, CT
Interview on FOX 61
Harvey appeared Monday on Fox 61's morning show to talk about "Dislecksia: The Movie" and the upcoming screening in Newtown, CT!
March 10, 2009
Litchfield, CT
Newtown Screening
On Saturday, April 25th, Captured Time will be screening a rough cut of "Dislecksia: The Movie" at the Edmond Town Hall Theater in Newtown, CT! The event will include a panel discussion with subjects from the film, including scientist Ken Pugh (president of Haskins laboratories), educator Evelyn Russo, as well as parents and local advocates for dyslexics. For more information, click here for a link to the Newtown Bee article, and visit the Newtown Cultural Arts commission here for tickets and times.
*Links updated 3/26/09*
News Archive
Captured Time Productions announces its Advisory
Board for Dislecksia: The Movie. We are honored to have
some of the best and brightest professionals in the dyslexia world
on our team!
Ever wonder what would happen if you tried to take a brain through
security in an airport?...Read about Harvey and "the brains"
airport incident on the Trips
& Travels page.
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If you want up to date information about Dyslexia: The Movie, or just want to find out what is going on with Harvey and the crew, check out our new blog.
Captured Time is currently at work on Dislecksia:
The Movie, a documentary that presents both the latest science and experiences; sometimes excruciating,
sometimes hilarious... always dyslexic.
(To guarantee that this will indeed be a documentary with a difference,
the staff of Dislecksia: The Movie includes a producer, a writer,
and a cameraperson who are dyslexic and an editor who loves being around them.)
