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A Makeup Artist/Stylist: Don't Leave for a Shoot without One.
(With a teeny, weeny exception)
Anne Schwab
Producer/Writer/Director
& Styling Consultant
As part of a national depression-awareness campaign, a major health organization brought in a production company to develop a series of PSAs. Two stylists from Creative Management Services were also booked to design the character makeup and wardrobe needed to give the two actors that tired, unhealthy and depressed look.
Knowing how important the use of makeup is to the overall look of a production, we proudly set up our makeup boards and hung the wardrobe. But, before we could begin the makeup application, the producer said she wanted the talent on the set for a lighting test. The cameraman fiddled with the lights and took one look through the lens and exclaimed, "Perfect. The makeup's perfect."
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FIVE PRINCIPLES OF PAINLESS MINGLING
Anne Schwab
Even for those of us in the field of communications, entering a room full of people we have never met can be daunting. I remember many business and social gatherings when I unceremoniously signed in, made a beeline for the food table and mused, "Just how long must I be here?"
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CMS NEWSLINE
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Press Release
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
Washington, DC
Peer Awards
On Saturday evening, October 20, 2007, three hundred talented men and women of the local Washington, DC film and video community donned their dressy duds and attended the 7th annual Peer Awards gala. | |
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Wounded Veterans Shoot
for New Careers in Video.
Anne Schwab
Writer/Director/Producer
After serving their country with pride, dignity and loyalty, more than 8,000 Marines return from the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq and enter military hospitals throughout the United States. As their wounds both psychological and physical begin to heal, these service people often realize that their injuries may prevent them from returning to their jobs--for example--in law enforcement or the military. Recovery and readjustment for them might include travelling down an altogether new career path.
 Enter: The Wounded Marine Careers Foundation in San Diego, California founded by Kev Lombard and his wife/partner Judith Paixao. This filmmaker couple strongly believes that if wounded Marine and Navy corpsmen learn the tools of video production, they will be able to film their own personal stories while developing new, marketable skills. Today, veterans listen and learn the production Biz from thirty film and video professionals at the WMCF. These dedicated pros share their visual storytelling experiences and techniques in cinematography, sound design, lighting, editing, graphic design and photojournalism. Veterans study and work on the renowned Stu Segal Studio lot that boasts six sound stages with production support services like wardrobe, makeup, paint and metal shops, scenic art and sign shops.
Outfitted with Panasonic AG-HVx200 P2 HD camcorders and equipped with MacBook Pros, each veteran student works hands-on with the equipment and software necessary to successfully complete the course and prepare for a career in production. Amy Lemisch of the California Film Commission says the WMCF course is like a boot camp where veterans learn many nuts-and-bolts skills that even some college film departments do not teach.
 "This isn't about turning out the next Steven Spielberg," Lombard said. "It's about turning out a camera operator, a grip, a boom operator. These are good job opportunities with good pay." Creative Management Services is
now teaming with a service-disabled veteran.
For more information, contact Anne Schwab
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Anne Schwab
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