MOVING PICTURES SLATED FOR "FUTURE GLORY"

Moving Pictures’ crews have been hopping lately. The crews have been shooting projects all over the world, including Japan, Chicago, France and even Gastonia, N.C. However, a feature film project, Future Glory, should keep them home for a while.

Future Glory is currently in pre-production as Moving Pictures and local Talent Agent and Producer William Pettit work to bring it to the big screen.

The film tells the story of two rival racing teams as they battle for the championship. Full of action, long-held grudges and plenty of teen angst - Future Glory has the makings of a blockbuster.

Check out the story, cast and crew at

..... http://www.futuregloryracing.com/

..... (Play the Trailer)

CHRIS WILSON WINS THREE TELLY AWARDS

In 2005, Moving Pictures (MP) President and Senior Director, Chris Wilson won three Tellys for his outstanding work in the commercial and film industry.

The first place statue went to Wilson for writing and directing a music video for R & B artist DEL. The video, a remake of George Michael’s "Careless Whisper", was shot on 35mm over three days in Charlotte night club and restaurant locations and at on Moving Pictures’ soundstage.

Wilson also directed a promotional video created for Charlotte-based Elevator Channel. This video - chosen from ten thousand U.S. and Canadian entries - took Bronze awards in two categories.

Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition and receives over 10,000 entries annually from all 50 states and many foreign countries.

MOVING PICTURES HOSTS SEMINAR

Moving Pictures was proud to host the "Lighting for Video Film Style" seminar taught by Tom Musto. This easy-to-understand seminar is used to unlock the secrets of techniques used by film Directors of Photography and explains how they can be applied to video production.

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MOVING PICTURES IN FRANCE

In 2005, Moving Pictures sent a production crew to Strassbourg, France for Jacob Holm Industries. The crew filmed employee orientation and process videos scripted by Chris Wilson, Moving Pictures president. Jacob Holm Industries is opening a plant in Asheville, N.C. for manufacturing non-woven materials for various industrial and consumer products.

Update: Moving Pictures Associate Producer Chris Pittman is currently overseeing post-production on these videos.

MP CREW RETURNS FROM JAPAN

We discovered that Moving Pictures’ crews can work all day on a hearty breakfast of fish and seaweed. In August 2005, Moving Pictures sent a team to Sadamitsu, Japan to produce a training video series for LiveDo, a Japanese personal care and medical products company. LiveDo will soon open their first U.S. plant in Wilson, NC.

"THE INEXPRESSIBLE HORROR" WINS AT FESTIVAL

"The Inexpressible Horror" won 2005 Best Science Fiction Short at the third annual Southern Exposure, the Charlotte Film and Video Association's film festival. Moving Pictures completed postproduction on the low-budget, short-film parody of 1950s horror movie trailers at Moving Pictures Studios. 

Principle photography was completed at Moving Pictures Studios by a local independent film company, Tripod Frog Productions. Charles Meauhead and Bob Morgan created Tripod Frog Productions to provide financial backing for the picture and to help promote awareness of independent film production in the Charlotte, NC  area.  Chris Wilson, owner of Moving Pictures, was the Director of Photography.  All cast and crew were regional.

DUBMASTERS WINS BANK OF AMERICA CONTRACT

In the Fall of 2005, Dubmasters, a division of Moving Pictures, was awarded a duplication contract with Bank of America’s Knowledge Channel. Dubmasters now provides DVD, CD and VHS copies to Bank of America associates worldwide.

SUMMER

2004

MOVING PICTURES ADDS EDIT SUITE

Moving Pictures has completed the upgrade of its second non-linear edit suite. This state-of-the-art suite now includes the Pinnacle Cinewave System HD/SD. With the addition of Xserve Fiber Channel RAID and Digital Beta, Moving Pictures can edit original footage (film or video) in its full, uncompressed glory. The only limitation in this Cinewave suite is the imagination.

CHARLOTTE'S ROCK-N-ROLL VENUE

In the Fall of 2004, Moving Pictures hosted pop artists Kid Rock and Uncle Cracker in an acoustic concert for a crowd of lucky Kiss 95.1 listeners.  Local morning personalities Ace and T.J. emceed the event and interviewed the musicians between sets.

In the Summer 2004, classic rock band Def Leppard performed an acoustic set in another Kiss 95.1 promotion.  After the show, audience members talked to band members in a question and answer session.

BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES, GERMANY

Moving Pictures President Chris Wilson traveled to Steinfurt Germany to research and shoot video for a 100-module computer based training series.  The series will be used to train employees at a Buckeye Technologies facility in Gaston County. Buckeye is a manufacturer of non-woven textile products.

RAFLATAC, UK

Raflatac, Europe's leading manufacturer of self-adhesive label stock, turned to Moving Pictures when it needed training videos for its new U.S. employees. The week-long shoot in Scarborough, England yielded a new-employee orientation program and a manufacturing process overview.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, ITALY

A production team from Moving Pictures completed two weeks of shooting industrial footage for BASF's Powder Coatings Division in Italy.  The process overview video was used to train employees in the new company facility located in Morganton, N.C. facility.