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July 24, 2007

Litchfield, CT Congratulations Eric!!

Captime would like to Congratulate
Eric on his third Emmy Nomination!!

59th Emmy Awards
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming

Survivor
An Evil ThoughtCBSSurvivor Entertainment Group
Tim Atzinger, Editor
Brian Barefoot, Supervising Editor
Chad Bertalotto, Editor
Eric Gardner, Editor
Fred Hawthorne, Editor
Bob Matthews, Editor
Evan Mediuch, Editor


Hidden Cameras at Captime have found Eric attempting to steal Harvey's Emmys......he just can't wait!


(Mouse-over picture)



BREAK A LEG!!

 


July 24, 2007

Litchfield, CT Congratulations Eric!!

Elizabeth Merz, Co-owner of the Bantam Cinema takes a turn in our sound closet and lends her voice to the show.



Naren, Eric, Yvonne and Diana hard at work in the Avid room......making history!

 


July 11, 2007

Litchfield, CT 15 Days left!!!!!

It's hard to believe, but Eric will be heading back to California and Survivor in 15 days (or 360 hours)!

Eric and Harvey worked around the clock and really pushed their limits, but they have put together (with some help from the crew) the first rough cut of Dislecksia!

This documentary will change your brain!


Our 20 year old supervisor, WildKat, is hard at work from his favorite spot!



Harvey's friend, Chris, helps us out in the sound closet (and it really is a closet) by doing a series of voice-overs for the movie.

 


June 12, 2007 Litchfield, CT 39 Days!

It's hard to believe but there's only 39 days until Eric goes home to CA and back to editing Survivor!!

The time is going fast but the crew is hard at work and making things happen! We've got an hour of a rough edit. Now we need to get the rest of our finishing funds together so that we can continue to move forward. You can help!! Donate or invest - contact us to find out how!

 


June 5th, 2007 Litchfield, CT Hamden Hall Country Day School

 

"We wish all kids had this opportunity!!"
-Evelyn Russo

The Captime Crew took a trip to Hamden Hall Country Day School in Hamden, Connecticut.

Evelyn Russo and Margie Gillis take the research from Haskins Lab and put it to practical use at Hamden Hall, by helping teachers to become more effective in helping all children experience early reading success. Hamden Hall is a private, coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades PreK-12. Every child has the best opportunity to succeed because teachers are being trained in the complexities of reading and literacy development. Since scientifically-based reading research is used to inform instruction, the traditional failure experienced by dyslexics is prevented.


Evelyn points out some of the materials used for teacher training.



Eric and Harvey have a cam-off during the shoot

Margie Gillis, Senior Scientist, from Haskins lab, spends some of her precious time with us. She explains just how the information gets from Haskins lab to the schools.

Eric and Harvey show off their complimentary "Spot and dot" hats.


June 2, 2007 Litchfield, CT Forman School Graduation



Jo'Von is second row, 1st person on the left.

 

Jo'Von Graduates!

Forman School sent another class of talented, successful students on to college and into the working world!

Our Cameras were there to capture Jo'Von Wright getting her diploma after years of struggle and hard work......A teacher in her former school said she'd never graduate high school......not only did she graduate she did it with honors and was inducted into the
National Honor Society!


Harvey ran into old friends Olivia, Keagan, Brian and Luke (Luke escaped us at picture time) at this years graduation. The gang, now Alumni, were there to give support to this years seniors.

June 2007 Litchfield, CT Let the Summer begin!!

JoVon Wright, a dyslexic student who is graduating from Forman School in less than two weeks, sat for an interview with us late Monday night. Later she showed her incredible talent as she sang and played her songs on the piano.


The Summer crew arrives!!
14 new recruits will keep Dislecksia moving forward this summer.

Dr. Einar Mencl, Director of Neuroimaging Research and President at Haskins Laboratories, took time out of his busy day to answer a few of Harvey's questions via ICHAT. Dr. Ken Pugh joined us as well.


Close-up of Dr. Einar Menci on ICHAT


Survivor Post-Producer, Jen McClure, get's a kiss from Prince Charming. (Under Harvey's watchful eye)

On the 7th day they rested.

They left the farm at 8am and had Dim Sum in China Town.Went to a few museums, met up with Walter and ended the night at the Survivor Finale!


May, 2007 The Farm Edit, Edit, Edit......

6:21 am Day one
Eric arrives to start our 76 day edit!
He's managed to pack his entire editing system in his carry on bags.....amazing!



10:59pm Day one
The end of the first of 76 long days..........

With a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck we should have a rough draft in 76 days!


March 24, 2007 Columbia, SC Production Assistant Boot Camp

Columbia, South Carolina is where the magic happened!

Harvey and Yvonne traveled down south to hold a "Production Assistant Boot Camp". The cool part is that they were able to bring virtual guest speakers.
Eric Gardner and Matt Corrigan joined us from Los Angeles, Dave Erickson joined us from DC and Andrew Saxe joined us while on location filming "Babylon Fields". We were able to make this happen through ICHAT, Speaker phone and the combination of both.

The event was sponsored by the South Carolina Film Office and the University of South Carolina.



The seminar was a hit. About 60 students representing 10 different schools attended the day long seminar.

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It was amazing to see the impact you had on the students in just a few hours.
-- Lauren Waring

"It was an honor and priviledge to learn from you and those you brought in to help us understand the business. I was inspired."
-- Rob Sprankle

"your passion for your work was completely clear, and that is inspiring to see...The entire day was a terrific experience for me, and I am very excited about starting a career in the industry"
-- Andrew Cline

"I now see many opportunities that I didn't even know existed in our state and the industry"
-- Julie Going


The night before Yvonne, Karla and David worked late into the night to fix some technical issues with ICHAT. They weren't able to make it work 100%, but Karla had a great back-up plan B and C (we used all 3 plans the following morning)




Our host, Dr. Cynthia Colbert the Chair of the USC Art Dept, Welcomed the students and the guests. .....and the seminar got rolling!

Harvey went through the basics of being a PA, what's expected, what not to do, how to be prepared and set etiquette...just to name a few.

Tom Clark, Grants/Project Manager for the SC Film Commission, spoke to the students about the production guide and film in the state of South Carolina. He also added insight and some experiences of his own throughout the day.


 


The first of our virtual guests was none other than our very own Eric Gardner on the ICHAT from Los Angeles. Eric got up at 8am to speak with the students before heading out to work on "Survivor" (his day job). Many in the audience were particularly interested in editing and had some keen questions.


Jason Rosin and Harry Palmer joined us from the local 491. They explained the role of IATSE union on the set. They also gave some advice on how to get into the union if you want to be a grip/electric. AND they bought everyone lunch!



 

 

Andrew Saxe inspired the students with stories of being a PA himself, on A Bronx Tale, 14 years ago and seizing the opportunity to move up. Andrew is currently a UPM and works on major motion pictures like "Night in the Museum" and "War of the Worlds". You can check out his impressive list of movies at IMDB.com


Dave Erickson joined us via ICHAT on the big screen. The students asked some great questions about being a PA on a TV production. Dave is currently working for Court TV on a new series called "Suburban Secrets".
(Dave is the Associate Producer for the program and has also written some episodes.)






Lauren Waring, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, shared her story of success with the students. Lauren is currently working in the accounting department on a major motion picture called "Leatherheads" starring George Clooney.

Matt Corrigan also joined us via speaker phone. We used this cool picture of him on the big screen while he spoke with the students on his earlier work as a PA. Matt is currently in Los Angeles working in special effects make-up on major motion pictures like "300" and "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith, a Warner Brothers film to be released in 2008.



Miguel and Rob exchange business cards... something tells me we'll be seeing their movies one day.



Yvonne and Lauren enjoy dinner and a few laughs after the seminar.


Harvey and Karla contemplate life without PA boot camps.....it would indeed be a scary place!


We'd like to thank everyone involved in making this event a success!

This event wouldn't have been posible without a lot of hard work
by Karla Berry, Associate Professor, Media Arts: New Media at the University of South Carolina; Susan Hogue, Instructor- Media Arts Coordinator at the University of South Carolina; Tom Clark, Grants/Project Manager for the SC Film Commission; Jeff Monks, Commissioner for the SC Film Commission, and countless others including Karla's husband Don and several tech savy friends who tirelessy helped us to work out the technical gliches

We were lucky enought to have Story Teller and Graphic Artist, Lance Anderson, in the crowd and did this wonderful cartoon of the day! Check out Lance's website at lanceanderson.net

(If you click on the pictureyou'll get a readable image.)

February 4 - 7, 2007 Washington, DC History, Science & Government

The intrepid Captime Crew just got back from a successful shoot in Washington DC. (Cheri & Kimberly are missing from the photo -- they were warm and cozy at the National Archives researching stock footage)


Inside the mock MRI who knows what lurks inside the mind of this dyslexic.


We'd like to thank Tom West: Writer, Dyslexic and Historian, who secured a great location for our shoot and helped us finish up the history section of the movie.




Eric shoots Harvey in the mock MRI for the openning scene of the movie.

Harvey read in a book that sometimes directors do this.


The man, the myth, the
Can-a-Mex......Justin our multitalented filmmaker/Producer extraordinaire.



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We had the honor of shadowing Congressman Kendrick Meek for part of his busy day. From videotaping a staff briefing to witnessing him at work in an Arms Services Committee Hearing, It was a unigue and very cool experience!
Thanks also to Adam Sharon, Press Secretary, for all of his hard work coordinating the behind the scenes access for us!

 

We'd like to thank Dr. Guinevere Eden, Ashley Wall, Becky Wexler, Dr. VanMeter and the rest of the great folks at Georgetown University's Center for the Study of Learning for their help, expertise and their precious time. Everyone was truly generous in coordinating and blocking out an entire day for us to shoot!


 

 



Shortly after wrapping for the day, Eric and Harvey watch dailies on the small screen.

Einstein sits for a photo-op
with Harvey.





We'd like to thank our local DC PA, Wence, who worked, and froze, right along side us for the 4 day shoot. GREAT Job!

Thanks also to Kimberly, another local PA, who rocked at research and even stepped in as the boom operator.





Why do Cheri and Yvonne have their » pajamas on?.....That's what happens when you are awakened by the hotel fire alarm at 4:30am! Luckily it was just smoke and no flames, but Harvey made sure we had our cameras and tapes with us!....the shoot must go on!!

«In this time of Terrorism maybe Justin should have thought twice about the scarf around his face, especially because we are only steps away from the White House and the Capitol Police!

 

Special thanks to Caffrey who worked all weekend on the farm capturing 24 of our DC tapes into the Avid system!!
January, 2007 Litchfield, CT Kinda cool tech stuff

Thanks to Imagine News Magazine, "The Business of Film, Television & New Media Production in the Northeast", for publishing a great full page article on Dislecksia: The Movie in the Magazine's 100th Issue! You can read the full article on our press page.
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In Litchfield,Connecticut,The Hubbells have have doing some very cool stuff at Captured Time Productions, affectionately known as "the Farm".They hired an editor whose day job is editing "Survivor." That means Eric Gardner is 3000 miles away, but nights and weekends he works on the DISLECKSIA project. Both "Captime" and Gardner have identical editing systems and actually use video Instant Messaging via the internet to work together.
Captime has an AVID Newscutter operating on a desktop PC and Eric is using AVID Xpress Pro on a 17" Powerbook G4.


"Captime West" in Los Angeles, California


"Captime East" in Litchfield,
Connecticut
Station #1



Our view of Eric


Captime East Station #2, Isight
computer and logging bay

They only digitize to one machine (the Captime Newscutter).Then they copy the media from the Newscutter to a firewire drive and send the drive to Eric in Los Angeles.The system works because there is the exact same media at each end.
When they edit, Eric puts his cuts into one bin and emails the bin to CT as he works. Eric says,"emailing the bin to CT takes about a minute, so Harvey can see my cuts within a minute of my doing them." Meanwhile at Captime there is an editing intern who puts the cuts into the Avid so that Harvey can see what Eric has just edited the minute before.The intern also works with Harvey finding bites, b-roll cuts and music to send to Eric.The team works in tandem and the result is some really cool editing 3,000 miles apart!
Eric has a separate Powerbook 15" laptop that has iSight on it. He and Harvey talk via the computer through iSight/instant messaging.This way if either needs to show the other something, they hold the camera to the screen, it's just like being there, and it's free.
Eric says "I didn't know if I would like working with Harvey via email and iSight but as it turns out, I like it a lot. I think that we're more productive working this way, than when we edit in the same room together."


Eric's view of us

December, 2006 Litchfield, CT Happy Holidays!



Just some of the Captime Crew pictured.......From left to right; Jen Williams, Harvey Hubbell V, Andrea Haas Hubbell, Yvonne Reelick, Shelby Threloff, Dave Emlet, Darwin the cat and the brain.


HAPPY


HOLIDAYS!

 

From the
Captime crew!

 

Jen &
Shelby

Naughty
or
N-I-C-E

 

 

 


Andrew,
His eyes how they twinkled!
His dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

 


Harvey and Matt contemplate what is the "true" meaning of Naughty and Nice.....


Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year.....from Eric Claus and Shaunda Claus......




"and be good for

goodness sake!"


This is Eric at Christmas time.......

And this is Eric spreading Holiday cheer......


November 7 - 11, 2006 Indianapolis, IN Racing to Literacy


We're Back!!

Harvey and crew had a great time shooting interviews and broll for Dislecksia: The Movie at the International Dyslexia Association Racing to Literacy Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana!

We'd like to thank the IDA for all of it's support and for greeting us with open arms, we couldn't have done it without their help! Special kudos to Noreen, Rob, Katie and Jill for putting up with us!

 


Jaime & Anne

Thanks also to our intrepid crew! We picked up some of the best production assistance we've ever worked with from the Indiana Colleges and Universities. At Captured time we have a saying, "production assistants are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"......this trip we got all cherries!

Thanks Jaime, Anne, Natalie (or "Natasha"? but everyone knew her as "Nancy"), Marthe & Gab....We would never have made this happen without you. You all worked extremely hard and you'll be getting a credit in the movie!

Thanks to Jeff Cardwell and his radion show "People Helping People" on WICR 88.7 FM. Our amazing marketing intern, Shelby, set up time with Jeff for Harvey to talk about the movie on his radio show....the coolest part is that he broadcasts from a satellite office in his hardware store!


Gab got his directing debut, taking over the camera as our DP Bruce had lunch....Thanks Gab!

(Hey, Gab when you're a famous director in the big time, don't forget us and give us job -- then we'll be coiling your cables! Keep up the great work)


October 20, 2006 The Farm Hot off the press!


click picture for larger view

Dislecksia: The Movie's new promotional post card is finally here! Designed, from photo shoot to print, by our very own marketing intern, Shelby.

Harvey and crew will be traveling to the International Dyslexia Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana November 7 - 11, 2006 and we will be handing out post cards! While we're there we thought we would interview some experts, educators and of course, dyslexics!

This will be one of our last major shoots. The editing is ramping up and the story is taking shape.


October 3, 2006 The Farm Howlin' with the Moon!

Krizta Moon, the talent behind the song Dreamers & Warriors that played over the credits in Loop Dreams, came to the farm to work on some sounds for Dislecksia. While she was here she attempted to give Harvey and his spare brain a much needed lesson on his Ukulele...



They both decided it would be better for Harvey to play his trumpet Kazoo and for Krizta to sing along.

Krizta will be back with some great music for the movie....stay tuned (unlike Harvey's Ukulele).




September
8 - 11, 2006

Forman School, Litchfield, CT
The Farm, Litchfield, CT
Haskins Lab, New Haven, CT

What a Weekend!
A "pit bull with lipstick"
to Haskin's Hero's

Harvey started the day by picking up Eric from the airport. Eric took a redeye from Los Angeles that arrived at 6am!

After the coffee started flowing it was off to Forman School.

At Forman we shot an interview of Voncille Wright, a "pit bull with lipstick" when it comes to advocating for her daughter, JoVon! JoVon is a senior at Forman school.

The team also shot Broll of Voncille and JoVon walking through the New England campus.


Then it was back to the Farm where we interviewd the amazing Will Baker. Will visited us from Florida and talked about plans for the future for dyslexic's and the study of dyslexia.

Followed by a party for the Brain Trust from Haskins Lab in New Haven, (We like to call them the Haskins Heros.) where friendships between researchers from very different countries began to form.

The scientists at Haskins Lab will be starting there five year research project this December.



We were incredibly honored to have Dr. Ovid J. L. Tzeng, Vice President of Academia Sinica in Taiwan, as one of our special guests. (above left)

On Monday morning, after a weekend of editing with Eric, we were off to New Haven to shoot the Haskins scientists at work.........and crossing the street.(above right and below)

"Hero's Walk" . Some of the best of the best from Haskins lab are caught on tape. Dr. Ken Pugh, Dr. Manu Vesterinen from Finland, Dr. Tomi Guttorm from Finland, Dr. Jun Ren Lee from Taiwan, Dr. Shih-Kuen Cheng from Taiwan, Dr. Stanley Tzeng, Dr. Einer Menci, Dr. Nichole Landi, and Dr. Steve Frost.
Dan shoots the B-camera while Harvey interviews Dr. Tomi Guttorm from Finland at Haskins Lab.
August 11, 2006
Litchfield, CT
Intern Wrap Party Summer '06



As the summer of 2006 came to a close at Captime the interns and staff threw some logs on the fire (literally) and warmed up to their fondest memories of the past four months. Laughs were shared, competitions were held and everyone was wondering where Dan was.

This summers crew logged over 30 hours of tape, digitized and re-digitized...and re-digitized some more (they all know the footage very well). They worked with editors Joe Vecchione and Eric Gardner, revised scripts, and witnessed the development of the "Brain Graphic" and the addition of the song from The Captain Kangaroo Show. They recorded voice-overs, shot on location at Haskins Lab in New Haven and were often entertained by co-mascot cats Wildkat and Darwin.

Best of luck to everybody this fall and thanks for all the hard work!

OH, Here's Dan.





Harvey getting a little wood for the fire........watch your head!

July 8, 2006
Bradley International Airport, CT
Take Me Home Country Rogues




After 2 more weeks of volunteering his time, writing, editing and shooting, Eric had to make his way home to CA.

Sadly the boys had to apply everything they learned about Independent Film Financing 101 to be able to afford the plane ticket. Which included taking out their Ukulele and playing....hoping, in vein, for a crowd to gather.


June 27, 2006
Bristol, CT
Motion Control Camera



Motion Control Camera zooms in on Harvey's old school reports.

Yet another small, but an intrepid Captime crew joined Joe at VSI in Bristol, CT to shoot Harvey's old school records with the motion control camera.

It's an incredible set up with a robotic arm that is controlled by a computer. Joe programmed the camera moves and then recorded them to tape.

This footage will be cut into the documentary to demonstrate the difficulties that dyslexics often face in school.

 


Joe sits at the controls of the computer that operates the motion control camera.....This guy knows everything!


Harvey and Joe discuss the portions of the documents that will be video taped.


June 14 - 24, 2006
Southwest &
California
Southwest dyslexic artists share some thoughts with Harvey

Harvey and his daughter traveled to the dyslexic capital of Santa Fe New Mexico and met up with his artisitc and dyslexic friends; world famous Sculptor Malcolm Alexander, Filmmaker Cary Spiers, Filmmaker Sarah Spiers and Photographer,Colin Poole.

 




Harvey hired filmmaker and camera man Bruce Lewis, of Way Out West Productions, to DP the shoot.

Malcolm worked as they discussed dyslexia and the importance of public awarness.

Bruce shoots some of Colin's work in his studio in Santa Fe.



Cary and Sarah take care of important production business (ordering lunch) at Malcolm's studio.

 

Then he was off to California where he met up with cameraman, Michael Engel and former Captime intern turned special effects make-up guy, Matt Corrigan. He also met Reggae musician and teacher, Lionel Babtiste. You can check out Lionel's website, Ice Cream Songs.


Harvey and Lionel Babtiste on the beach



Matt, AKA "Track Star" spent a summer at Captime before hitting it big in LA. (Track Star is a HUGE fan of Leslie Nielsen!)



Michael Engel, of Engel Producdtions,a dyslexic camera man (shot the Costa Rica footage) and all around talented guy!
June 3rd, 2006
Forman School Litchfield, CT
The Rainforest Kids Graduate!

Tears of joy mix with rain when Luke Bornheimer's mom, Carole Bellew, tells Harvey about her son, his dyslexia and his induction into the National Honor Society at the Forman School Graduation.

Despite the rain our shoot went off without a hitch. We'd like to thank Mark Perkins, Headmaster, his assistant Noreen and all of the Forman staff that gave us the support and access we needed to plan for the weather and events of that day.
Annette Jenner, Ph.D., Forman alum of 1987 and dyslexic, gave the commencement address at the Forman School Graduation Ceremony.






Dr. Jenner has been an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the College of Holy Cross for the past five years where her responsibilities have included teaching core courses in statistics and research methods as well as courses in the psychology of language, cognition, and memory, and cognitive disorder. And not only has she done brain research at Holy Cross but also at Harvard, and the Haskins Laboratories in Yale school of medicine, where most of her recent work was to understand the brain processes underlying reading disability.

Dr. Jenner has recently accepted a new position for the fall of 2006 as Assistant Professor of Communication Science and Disorders at Syracuse University.


Phil Marindola, the senior class president and a dyslexic, graduated and will be attending The University of Colorado in the fall. Phil was one of the eight dyslexic kids picked for his critical thinking ability to be a part of the Rain Forest Project back in March. (see news archives)

 

 

May 25, 2006 Special Thanks!  



Captured Time wants to give special thanks to our good friend, Eric Gardner, who has volunteered his time and expertise to help us move the Dislecksia project forward.

Eric, who is very passionate about helping others, spent 2 weeks on the farm last month and will be coming back to donate some more of his time at the end of June.

We'd also like to thank Eric for spending so much time with our interns, who have learned an amazing amount about shooting, editing and production.


Eric risks his life, in busy Newtown, CT traffic, to get the perfect shot!


Eric, Jeremy & Harvey work on VO's

 

April 29 - May 6, 2006 Los Angeles Comes to Litchfield  

ERIC'S Back!


JOE's Back! ...getting us out of the latest jam
Eric volunteered his time this week to get the editing for our independent documentary,Dislecksia: The Movie, moving in the right direction. He worked with Harvey and our interns, digitizing, organizing and piecing sections together. This is just some preliminary work, we will still continue to shoot, write and edit for the next year.

Later in the week we had a successful writers meeting and began to construct the arc of the project.


Intern Steve uses positive motivational gestures to keep the office running smoothly.

March 31 & April 1, 2006 New York City On Location

Harvey and crew traveled to NYC to shoot a couple of interviews and to get some answers about dyslexia from the "Man On The Street".

Linda Selvin (above), Director of the International Dyslexia Association, gives Harvey insight into the problems facing people with dyslexia and their families.

We were fortunate to get a beautiful day and after the interviews we moved out side to shoot in 4 locations. We asked some citizens of NYC, who were enjoying the day in Madison square park, about dyslexia.(Above right & below)

We also managed to hit Times Square (right) and shoot some 16mm film.





Brian, Brain & Harvey make it to Times
Square!


Brian, Colin & Harvey prepare for the interview



Brian, just about to begin

 
March 3 - 11, 2006 Costa Rica Rains, Brains, and Mud

Harvey Hubbell V and Miguel Engel in Costa Rica.

 

Harvey's back! Harvey and fellow dyslexic cameraman Miguel Engel just returned from Costa Rica where they followed Wendy Welshans' Rain Forest Project. Wendy brought a team of researchers which includes eight dyslexic high school students picked for their critical thinking ability. Harvey would like to thank Wendy, her team, the students, and the Forman school for a great experience! It's not easy having two cameras follow you every minute of everyday!

Harvey with Wendy Welshans and the Brain in Costa Rica.

 

The Forman School Rain Forest Project is a non-profit program dedicated to rain forest education through scientific research with young adults from Northwest Connecticut high schools. Students contribute to science by helping to slow down tropical deforestation and provide alternatives to slashing and burning precious rainforests. Through this program, The Forman School also fosters cooperative efforts between public and private schools.

Rainforest Team making their way to Rara Avis Research Center. Getting there is half the fun!

 

The silk spun by the golden silk spider (Nephila clavipes) is the strongest natural fiber in the world.

 

February 6, 2006

Hartford, CT

Fighting for Connecticut Film Tax Incentives

Andrew Toriello; President, Sonalysts Media, Doug McAward;Producer & Former Chairman of the Connecticut Film Commission, Harvey Hubbell V;Chairman of the Connecticut Film Committe, Jim A. Amann, Connecticut Speaker of the House & Representative Steve Mikutel from Griswold along with many industry professionals from around the state met on February 6, 2006 in Hartford at the Legislative Building for an industry meeting on Film Incentives for the State of Connecticut. Connecticut is hoping to have a film incentive package passed through the legislature this session.

 

 

 

 

 

From left to right:
Andrew Toriello; President, Sonalysts Media, Doug McAward;Producer & Former Chairman of the Connecticut Film Commission, , Harvey Hubbell V;Chairman of the Connecticut Film Committe, Jim A. Amann, Connecticut Speaker of the House & Representative Steve Mikutel from Griswold.

 

January 24, 2006 Litchfield, CT 4 dyslexics Brainstorming Session


From right to left: Jeremy Brecher, Harvey Hubbell V, Renee Merow, Delos Smith


  At our last brainstorming session we were honored to have dyslexics, Delos Smith, Senior Economist, and his wife, Renee Merow join us here on the farm. Delos is a member of our advisory board and both Delos and Renee are members of our team! Together with our writer, Jeremy and of course Harvey it was quite a day!
The session began with a discussion of funding possibilities, laws and policy regarding dyslexia. We finished by talking about the "Heyokah". Called the divine trickster accoring to the Plains Tribes and Koshari by the Hopi and Pueblo Indians. All Heyokahs operate through opposites - something in common with dyslexics perhaps?


 


Harvey and the Heyokah

 

December 8th, 2005 Litchfield, CT Three Doc Night

Soldiers, Science & Santa

The night of November 8th was a busy one here at Captime. Harvey, together with Yvonne (Coordinator/Sound), Brian (Camera) from Rossomano Pictures and his good friends Jay & Anita, shot sections of 3 different documentaries in one night!

The first was an interview with one of Captime's favorite and talented interns, Bruce, who is going to be leaving us in January to serve his country in Afghanistan. He's going to continue to be a filmmaker by shooting a documentary about his experience. Harvey interviewed Bruce to start off his movie and launch his journey. He hasn't even left yet and we can't wait until he's home!





 



As soon as the interview was over we packed our gear into Brian's grip truck and headed to The Forman School to shoot a section for Dislecksia. Forman teacher, Wendy Welshans, and her 12 students (8 dyslexics and 4 non-dyslexics) are traveling to Costa Rica in March 2006 for the Rain Forest Project. Harvey and one of our cameramen will be going along to video tape the group in action and interview the students as they are discovering and learning about the rain forest.


Last but not least we headed back to the farm to shoot a segment for our Santa Diaries project. (A project we work on once a year - for some reason it's always about this time of year) Harvey and Santa, a.k.a Wally Claus, have been good friends for many years. This year we interviewed some retail "elves" to see just what the holiday season means to them! We've hidden their identity for obvious reasons!

We'll continue to work on this project for the next few years. Wally Claus says he still young, he has a couple more years before he hits his stride!

November 15th, 2005 Washington, DC Lab School Gala

  Harvey and the brain travel to DC for the annual Lab School Gala and get thier picture taken with Professor Sally Smith, Founder & Executive Director of the Lab School. He also met and talked with some more really cool dyslexic people.

November 8th - 12th, 2005 Denver, CO IDA Conference

Captured Time Crew begins shooting for Dislecksia: The Movie at the International Dyslexia Association conference in Denver Colorado. Thanks to everyone at the IDA, our Denver sound guy Lee Frank and our Denver PA's; Marcia, Kate, Gencie, Steve, Aron & Nicholas! We couldn't have done it without them! (Unfortunately Nicholas is missing from the picture)
 

October 16, 2005
Bruce and Lisa, interns extraordinaire, assist in shooting the Dyslexia Awareness Walk in Waterbury. The walk was sponsored by the Valley of Waterbury 32nd Degree Masonic Learning Center for Children.

 

 

October 10, 2005
Harvey and Jeremy are hard at work at this latest writers meeting. They've finished the proposal and launched into the development phase!

August 17, 2005
Arlene Sonday, Founder of the Sonday System, took time out of her busy schedule to visit with Harvey on the farm. Arlene got a first hand view of where we are in production of Dislecksia:The Movie.

 

 

 

August 12, 2005 Intern summer wrap party!! Thanks to our interns for a great summer! Among other things, they made this new website possible! We wrapped up the summer with a film festival of their work (they proved how incredibly talented they are!), great food, a little basket ball and some awsome conversation!
...Have fun at school...

 

 

July 21-23, 2005 - Harvey and his spare plastic brain attend the International Dyslexia Association's conference in Washington D.C., where he met up with "the amazing" Tom G. West, author of Thinking Like Einstein and In the Mind's Eye. He also met with the "lovely" Dr. Kenneth Pugh, President at Haskins Lab & Research Scientist, Dept. of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine and the "brilliant" Dr. Guinevere Eden, Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics and Director, Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown
.....and a bunch of other really smart people.

July 9, 2005 - Harvey attends the premier of fellow dyslexic and Twister creator Reyn Guyer's new play Spirits. Reyn, his wife and five children are all dyslexic. (He's joined in the photo with his wife and three of his daughters.) Their family company is called WINSOR LEARNING and it is headed by his daughter Cynthia (on his right in the pic) and his son Tom (not in pic)--The company's lead product is called the SONDAY SYSTEM and it is successfully remediating thousands of kids throughout the country who are behind in their reading skills.

May 14, 2005 - Eric Gardner, Survivor editor, flies in from the West Coast to have a planning meeting with Harvey at the Russian Tea Room only to find it is closed – so they had to be guests at the final Survivor Live Show.

 

May, 2005 - Andie oversees reconstruction of Captured Time website.

March, 2005 - Harvey visits New Grange School in Princeton, New Jersey, and Smart Kids in Westport, Connecticut. Gathers experiences of adult dyslexics in and out of adult dyslexic groups.

March, 2005 - Harvey and Gordon go to International Dyslexia Association conference in New York and Lindamood-Bell dyslexia conference in DC. Then Harvey and Gordon go on to Southern Exposure tour.

Fall, 2004 - Harvey visits Foreman School in Litchfield, Connecticut, and Lab School in Washington, D.C.

Early November, 2004 - retired professor Gordon Wallace, Ph. d., offers to serve as our guide to the dyslexia industry. We like to call him our resident Sacajawea.

Election day, November, 2004 - Harvey and Jeremy go to International Dyslexia Association conference in Pennsylvania. Attended an all day session on the latest brain science and networked with dyslexia experts.

November, 2004 - Jeremy prepares five-page proposal for Dislecksia: The Movie .

May, 2004 - Captured Time nominated for six Emmys for Loop Dreams. Lost three. Awarded hot new Avid Newscutter editing system.

February, 2003 - Andie speaks at University of Pennsylvania and at Women’s Film Festival at Central Connecticut State University.

August, 2002 - Harvey and Jeremy draft first one-page proposal for Dislecksia: The Movie documentary.






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