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| Hi - My name is Lishka DeVoss and since 1995 I have been growing an
after school program called Kranky Kids.
Then it came down to the desire to be the other person’s choice:
As the story progresses, all the characters get confused as to who
wants to be who and why they each want to be the other person and what
in the world is going on!?!? (They all had to do it in song, too!)
In the end, they all finally decide that they should each just remain being themselves - and that was the lesson of that Kranky Kids session. Consider yourself yourself and be happy with that because that’s who you’re going to be anyway. After that the students kept demanding more and more because not only were we learning so many things together – we were having FUN! |
Lishka DeVoss - Founder of Kranky Kids®I have lived all over the US and I have attended a wide variety of educational institutions (see background) although the only one I "graduated" from was butler school in England. (And yes, I worked as a butler for several years.) I am the main educator, writer, director, editor and art department for Kranky Kids. I am constantly learning new software programs and discovering how to operate the latest video/audio equipment. I also spend a great deal of time doing research. I adore educational referential humor and I teach from that perspective. I like to laugh. A lot. Adam Wilt - VideographerAdam Wilt is a video systems and software engineer. He has worked for Abekas, Pinnacle, and Louth Automation (now Accom, Avid, and Harris, respectively); CBS and ABC; he is currently with Omneon Video Networks. In his spare time he freelances as a cameraman, sound recordist, and editor; maintains a website (www.adamwilt.com); writes for DV Magazine; teaches video tech to a wide variety of groups; and speaks at industry events like NAB, IBC, and DV Expo. He's on the Advisory Board of the Digital Cinema Society (www.digitalcinemasociety.com). He doesn't sleep much. Griffin Lamachy - Production Manager/TalentGriffin Lamachy is the Producer of Festival News Crew, a screenwriter, and has a knack at animating fruits and veggies. He presently resides in San Jose, the former agricultural center of the country. Flynn Donovan - Director of PhotographyFlynn Donovan has been working as a professional freelance cinematographer for over 30 years on five continents. He has filmed in the Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sweden, Europe, Central and South America. He was raised in South America and speaks fluent Spanish. He has worked with European directors, primarily Swedish free lance film director Torgny Anderberg. Most of their principal projects have been for Save The Children and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent. Volvo has also been a valuable client. Their films have won the following awards:
He has also worked as director of photography on three low budget dramatic feature films shot in South America for European distribution. Scott McComsey - Parent of 3 Kranky Kids / New England Humorist / Occasional Videographer"I was hitchhiking cross country and after about a mile into my trip this woman with a name I never heard of before picks me up in a fancy SAAB station wagon and asks me to help her film 15 wild kids. So I did and settled in that there town and have been living there quite happily ever since." Aaron Umetani - VideographerAaron Umetani is an aspiring young filmmaker who graduated from Cogswell College’s Motion Picture program in 2003. While going to school in Silicon Valley, he designed websites, animated graphics, and shot video for various clients including 3Com Corporation and Hewlett Packard. As an assistant to a portrait photographer, he learned traditional photography and development techniques. He’s also worked as a production photographer, production assistant, dolly grip, boom-operator, and driver. Theater 2007 Crew - Mark Calice - SoundMark Calice has worked in the professional audio/video industry for nearly 30 years. As chief engineer of Detroit's Sound Suite Recording Studios, he earned an Ampex Golden Reel Award for Bob Seger's double platinum "Strangers In Town" album and a Grammy nomination for Rance Allen's "I Feel Like Going On." He also recorded such legendary artists as The Spinners, The Romantics, Michael Henderson, Millie Jackson and Narada Michael Walden among others. After relocating to the "left" coast, Mark landed a position with Otari Corp. and served in successive roles as technical training manager, product specialist and product marketing manager for their first digital audio products, while creating point-of-sale videos for their products along the way. Later, as product marketing manager for Videonics, he designed their successful Edit Suite A/B Roll Edit Controller and after that, served as webmaster and technical writing specialist for Euphonix, a manufacturer of post-production audio consoles. Having developed an ear for the Jazz idiom over the years and as a labor of love, Mark helped resurrect a small independent Detroit jazz record label called Corridor Records. Able to leverage his music producing skills, Mark ran the company and began mastering all their recordings. Mark is one of the original founding members of the Santa Clara MacFilmmakers User Group and is currently owner of Ardenwood Sound & DVD, an offshoot of his independent record label. Ardenwood provides Production sound mixing for film and video, Audio post-production, Live event HD & 5.1 audio recording, Hollywood-style DVD authoring, High-resolution CD mastering, Record production, Video editing and CD/DVD box artwork design. Mr. Calice holds a B.A. in Television & Radio Production/Communication Arts from Michigan State University and has been a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (Grammy awards) for over 25 years. Theater 2007 Crew - Joanne Dorgan - CameraJoanne Dorgan began her career as a video editor with several internships in the San Francisco Bay Area at independent film companies and Avid Technology. She then worked as an assistant editor on independent feature films, short documentaries and commercials in both the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Now a film/video editor with more than ten years experience, she has worked on a wide range of projects, including documentaries, reality TV, commercials and corporate video. Theater 2007 Crew - David Murphy - CameraDave has had a long and rewarding career as a photojournalist and video editor at TV stations across the country. Beginning in 1985 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Dave developed a strong passion for shooting and editing news stories as he honed his skills. Moving to Austin, Texas two years later to work at a TV station owned by President Johnson, Dave enjoyed working on many different assignments, such as: Covering the Texas State legislature, College and High School sports, environmental issues, Austin City Council meetings, and the shooting and editing of numerous documentaries. Dave took pride in occasionally traveling to stories in the station's jet ranger helicopter. Newly married in 1995 with a bride whose parents lived in California, it was a natural progression for Dave to move out to the Bay Area. Immediately picking up work as a freelance photographer, Dave started working for KRON TV on their early morning newscast. Up at 2:30 in the morning, he drove a microwave truck to assignments, shooting with a reporter, editing in the truck and feeding the story back to the station, setting up in time to do a live broadcast on location. In 2004, KABC TV in Los Angeles needed a local photographer to provide coverage of the Scott Peterson trial in Redwood City for their station. Dave was chosen and worked with KABC's reporter for the duration of the trial, editing and feeding coverage to KABC for their six daily newscasts. Upon completion of the trial, Dave was asked if he would cover another trial for KABC, which he readily accepted. Santa Maria became home for 6 months as Dave edited material for KABC from the Michael Jackson trial. In addition to freelance work at KRON, KTVU, and KGO, Dave works part-time at the CNN bureau in San Francisco, where he shoots with network correspondents, crews on shoots for Larry King LIve and Anderson Cooper, and frequently travels out of state on internationally televised assignments. Dave lives in Palo Alto, with his wife of twelve years and his 2 and a half year old daughter, and 12 week old son.
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