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His work has appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, the Minneapolis Tribune, Coastal Living and South Carolina Homes and Gardens. John is involved with the Photography Club of Beaufort and the Professional Photographer of South Carolina.

He is also involved with humanitarian and missions work in Africa.

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CONTENTS February/March 2014

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08 Stephen Wollwerth GOOD Is Best Described As A Mystery Unfolding

14 Film 8th Annual Beaufort International Festival 20 Take One With Jim Troutman 26 The Film Making At The Library Mac Media Lab 32 ABeaufort Beaufort Lifestyle Experience: High Drama Team Performs Anti-Bullying Play

37 FOCUS Penn Center 1862 Circle Inductees ON EDUCATION departments

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Have You Got Your Tickets Yet? It’s time again! The 8th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival starts in a few days! I am super excited about this year’s festival.

From the beginning stages of this issue to the very end, it has always been one of my favorites of the year. Beaufort Lifestyle is proud to bring Beaufort our annual Film Festival issue.

It seems this festival just gets bigger and better each year. I am sure this year will be no exception. Judging from the line-up of entries, it is going to make for a great four days.

And, this year is the 20th anniversary of the filming of Forrest Gump right here in Beaufort. There will be a screening of this movie on Friday night at 7:00pm.

Prior to the screening, there will be a 60 minute film showing in which behind the scenes moments and footage will be revealed. How exciting? You need to make plans to be there!

Once again, Beaufort Lifestyle has brought you some exciting stories about people right here in our home town. From the cover story on Stephen Wollwerth, to the drama class at Beaufort High school, we certainly have brought you some talented folks to read about.

So, sit back and get ready for a good read.

And, if you don’t have your tickets yet for the festival, give them a call. You don’t want to miss the excitement!

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ABOUT THE COVER Stephen Wollwerth is a master in his profession. He has done everything from Nascar spots to local commercials to music videos. This cover shot was the brain child of our writer, Mary Ellen Thompson, as she thought of recreating a scene from a music video Stephen shot for a local band, Reckless Mercy. The photo was taken at the cemetery at St. Helena Episcopal Church. The photographer is John Wollwerth, Stephen’s brother.

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Good is best described

as a mystery unfolding Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON • Photography by JOHN WOLLWERTH

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ipping above the Charlotte Motorway in the face of oncoming race cars, gently floating above the Beaufort waterways over the marshes and oyster beds, or hovering above a fog-laden, musician filled graveyard long after dark, are images that Stephen Wollwerth captures with his camera attached to a remote controlled helicopter. After watching his videos, everything else looks well, somehow flat.

Stephen had always like model aircraft, but they were an expensive hobby, so he sold them when his children were born and other obligations took precedence. But passions die hard; Stephen explains, “When my son was three, I thought, ‘I want to get back into

that, but I want to make money doing it.” He continues, “There is a lot of faith in my background; everything begins with prayer.” Buoyed with that faith, Stephen bought a remote controlled (RC) helicopter kit, which took him 3 to 4 months to build and then he attached a Canon 7D camera to it. Chris Petry, now Chief of Operations of BeaufortJasper Water & Sewer Authority, hired him to create a public service video; the aerial cinematography was a hit, the film won an award and is being used at the University of Arizona in the Department of Environmental Sustainability.

Stephen spent his early years in Syosset, on Long Island, New York.

When he was ten, his father died of brain cancer. His mother, Ginnie, married

Walter Stooksberry and the family moved to Nebraska for the subsequent years.

Immediately after graduating from North Central University in Minnesota, Stephen was invited by the Superintendent of the Singaporean Assemblies of God to teach guitar and music performance in Singapore for six months. He came back to the United States for a year and a half before moving to China where he did missionary work for two years.

Those were auspicious years for him; he met his wife Jenny there, and became fluent in speaking Chinese. His mother’s illness brought him back state-side; eight months later Jenny joined him and they were married in October 2004. Two weeks later they moved to Beaufort.

Of the five boys in the family, John,

Brian, Brad and Bruce, Brad was already in Beaufort by way of the military, and older brother John followed Stephen here. At the time, Brad had a tile setting business, and hired his brothers to work with him. John, of course, is a well known photographer in Beaufort and much loved by this magazine. It seems that John and Stephen both inherited love and aptitude for photography from their father, Henry.

One project close to Stephen’s heart was creating a documentary, “Tropical Storm Sendong,” in the aftermath of the typhoon that hit the Philippines in 2011.

In March 2012, he took Jenny, and sons Judah and Jacob, to Iligan which is in Northern Mindanao, where Jenny is from and her uncle is a pastor, and on the board of the Nehemiah Foundation. Stephen’s mission was to raise $20,000 for the people who had been made homeless by the floods, who were living in tent cities under the very poorest of conditions.

His emotionally wrenching documentary

dropped down to just over the track level as cars were passing underneath.’”

Some of his most creative and as he says, most fun, works are music videos of the local band, Reckless Mercy. “What sets you apart is how creatively you think; everyone can possess equipment, but not everyone possesses creativity. It’s imperative to create imagery the viewer doesn’t expect.” It seems that everyone who sees those videos, falls in love with the band. In one, while they are singing the 1930’s song, Ain’t No Grave, Stephen is busy filming the different components to make them look seamless.

Opening: full moon nestled in a dark milky way sky shedding just enough light to discreetly outline a church steeple; a lone musician, leaning up against a tree, playing the banjo.

The Mood: creepy yet redemptive; the ominous suggestive shadow of a gravedigger, back-lit fog drenched Spanish moss dripping heavily over gravestones.

days.’ “I had a vision where the Angel of the Lord appears to John in the Book of Revelation. I see this airing on the Bible or the History Channel. We shot for 3 months and produced 3 minutes of film; it’s just too big at the moment.” Currently part of a GoFundMe project, Stephen further explains, “We’ve used our own funds to begin the project but we realize that in order to keep the entire project at an extremely high quality level we need the help of all who believe that the world needs to see Biblically based movies.

As you can imagine, the imagery in the book of Revelation would need world class CG artists to create. Imagery such as a 7 headed 10 horned dragon chasing a woman is not easily filmed, but can be accomplished. We want to release this movie on a national level only when it’s worthy of theaters.” (Visit www.gofundme/ revelation for a film clip.)

Self-admittedly competitive, Stephen holds fast to the cutting edge, which

“It seems that in film and TV today, everyone is familiar with evil, destruction and darkness; how bad ‘bad’ can be, and everybody is trying to make another horror/ zombie movie. But I’ve not seen much in the media that does justice to exemplifying how good ‘good’ can be. I believe it takes far more creativity to convey the latter because it’s so much deeper and multifaceted. Evil can be described in obvious terms, but good is best described as a mystery unfolding.” gained momentum on social media and the money was raised. As a result, the Iligan government gave an additional $150,000 for houses to be built for 52 families on land that Jenny’s uncle, and the Foundation, had donated.

Innovative in his approach, Stephen says he was the first person in the world to put a Blackmagic Cinema Camera on a high-tech RC rig. When West Coast based Mi6 Films needed an East Coast crew to film aerial shots of NASCAR’s going around the track at the Charlotte Motor Speedway for a segment of a Fox Sports 1st premier commercial “Happy Days Are Here Again” in August 2013, Stephen was just the man for the job. The footage of cars racing at 200 mph, when seen from above, is dizzying. As stated in Visual Imaging News “‘The director, Joseph Kahn, was looking for a really dramatic wipe reveal of the stadium and motor speedway with fans cheering and waving,’ said Stephen Wollwerth. ‘We were also able to capture a long straight high speed shot where we cleared the fence and

Best Shot: a guitar player high up on the branch with the moon spilling through just at the junction where branch meets tree.

Biggest Challenges: creating the right light effects in the darkness, swirling the fog through the graveyard, the effortless look of raising and lowering the coffin by some supernatural force.

As Media Director of Praise Assembly, Stephen’s musical talents come to the forefront. “I play guitar, I’ve led the music at church every week for the past ten years, leading on guitar while singing.

I have a performance degree in classical guitar, but I don’t play much classical any more, so I play electric and acoustic guitar proficiently.

“When I’m not working, I’m usually trying to find a good way to spend time with my kids. I love running; normally I’ll get up and run 8 to 9 miles a few times a week before work. That time I also spend in prayer, I pray at least an hour each morning before I work.”

Currently in the works is the production of a feature film called ‘Revelation, end of

is what puts him at the top. He is also charismatic, visionary, and just this side of brilliant. Those attributes, coupled with his faith, will undoubtedly transport him successfully forward. “My greatest goal, vision, dream, is that wollwerthfilms comes to the level of Paramount Pictures and beyond, ultimately creating many movies and television series. It seems that in film and TV today, everyone is familiar with evil, destruction and darkness; how bad ‘bad’ can be, and everybody is trying to make another horror/zombie movie.

But I’ve not seen much in the media that does justice to exemplifying how good ‘good’ can be. I believe it takes far more creativity to convey the latter because it’s so much deeper and multifaceted. Evil can be described in obvious terms, but good is best described as a mystery unfolding.”

For more information: https://www. facebook.com/WollwerthFilms and/or www.wollwerthfilms.com

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urprisingly enough, for a reasonably small town, Beaufort has a well kept secret. From the 12th to the 16th of February is the 8th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF), held in the University of South Carolina Center for the Arts, with over 31 films shown over a period of three days, and bracketed by two to-die-for parties. But, shhhh... don’t tell because the majority of viewers come from over fifty miles away. This year, five foreign countries are represented - Germany, Australia, China, Canada and the Russian Federation. Ranging from 4 minutes to 98 minutes in length, films cover the following categories: Features, Documentary, Shorts, Animation and Student Film as well as Screenplays, and then there are Awards.

Many of the films are South Carolina premieres, two are world premieres, and the student film category is dominated by the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in WinstonSalem, NC. The 20th Anniversary of Forrest Gump is this years theme.

Prior to that screening on Friday evening, there will be a sixty minute special film, The Magic Behind The Making of Forrest Gump, in which behind the scenes moments and footage will be revealed. See how Forrest was able to run carrying Bubba’s heavy body, find out how a golf course on Fripp Island was created in a war scene; it will make watching the movie (again) a more enlightening experience.

Tireless leaders of BIFF and the Beaufort Film Society (BFS), Ron and Rebecca Tucker work all year long to find the best of the best. Seven years ago, Ron had a vision and his unflagging efforts have brought this event a long way from it’s inception in 2007 with 500 people attending.The films selected are winnowed down from one hundred and fifty entries from all over the world.

A select panel of judges watches all those films and chooses them on the following criteria: impact, technology, content and festival fit. Last year about 8,000 people came from all over the place to enjoy our film festival. On Wednesday evening, February 12, the festivities will begin with the Filmmakers Opening Night Reception held at the Old Bay Marketplace Rooftop. Several

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restaurants provide tasty bites of food with an abundance of wine, beer and water for drinks; the inclusive price is only $25 for BFS members and $35 for non-members. This party is not to be missed and is a wonderful place to meet and chat with the people involved in the film making process.

On Thursday, films are screened from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Thursday evening a Wine and Cheese Reception starts at 7:00 prior to the Screenwriters Workshop and Table Read at 7:30.

Friday presents another day of films starting again at 9 a.m. and culminating with the Special 20th Anniversary Screening of Forrest Gump at 7:00 p.m. followed by Lowcountry Weekly’s Mark Shaffer moderating a discussion about the movie with Film Editor Arthur Schmidt and other special guests.

Saturday begins at 9:00 a.m. with films in the Animation and Student film categories and a special presentation of South Carolina Indie Grants Films. At 1:00 on Saturday afternoon is the Gary Sinise Foundation/Healing Heroes of the Lowcountry Presentation and the wonderful Documentary, AKA Doc Pomus at 2:00. But it’s not over yet - Saturday night’s wrap-up party begins with the Awards Ceremony Cocktail Hour at 7 p.m., catered by Debbi Covington; and the Awards Presentations begin at 8:00. This evening is always peopled with stars, want-to-be stars, and some people who just like to dress up as film stars; you never know who you might see - Scarlett O’Hara, Marilyn Monroe, Hedda Hopper and Clark Gable are just a few of the guests.

The Beaufort International Film Festival website (www. beaufortfilmfestival.com) provides the schedule, synopsis, and trailers of many of the films. But, because many of the trailers are short, perhaps some more in-depth information about a handful of the films will pique your interest: The One Who Loves You (Feature) had two sold-out screenings at the 36th Starz Denver Film Festival last November.

The film’s official website reads, “It’s 1974. Gloria Bethune faces a bleak existence when she retreats to her small hometown after failing as a singer in New York. She falls for a grifter who claims to be the former manager of a famous Country singer.

Leaders of BIFF and the Beaufort Film Society (BFS), Ron and Rebecca Tucker

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Through this flawed man’s apparent faith in her, Gloria’s passion for singing is reborn, but she is pushed into uncharted territory.

Enhancing the 1970′s flavor of “The One Who Loves You” is its roots-inspired Country soundtrack, which features music by the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Phil Lee (“The Mighty King of Love”). The movie also includes a new recording of Lee’s “I’m The Why She’s Gone” by hard-core country maverick and Austin Music Hall of Famer Dale Watson, as well as scorching performances by country Academy of Country Music Awards nominees Jann Browne (“Ain’t No Train”) and Joy Lynn White (“One More Time”).”

Pechorin (Feature) was Winner of Best Feature Film at the 2012 London Film Awards. This description was presented by the County Theater for the New Hope Film Festival - “Based on Mikhail Lermontov’s classic Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time, this arresting film by Moscow-based auteur Khrushch Roman is a smoky, contemplative journey into the human soul. Our hero is dying on a rickety cart. The scene around him: nothing but desert. But the life he has led has been anything but barren.

Hasn’t it? A bon vivant and debauche who has lived only for the moment, he is suddenly grappling with questions that long evaded him: what is life all about, and because it only ends in death, are its trials and pleasures even worth the effort? His past indifference to everything except himself, when contrasted with the surrounding, windswept sands that he will join soon enough, make him appear, on reflection, at best a greenhorn and a showoff. Pechorin deems this unacceptable. So, unable to lift his body a single piad, he will instead raise his spirit by choosing the final action of an intelligent, and indeed outstanding, man: to judge oneself without mercy. Roman’s brilliant adaptation is worthy of Lermontov’s original.” In Russian with sub-titles.

Masque (Short) has won too many awards to list here. Here is the synopsis as stated in their press kit. “Colorado McBride is an infamous character who has led a sordid life as a prizefighter, gambler and henchman for a ruthless gang. An undefeated heavyweight champion, McBride is highly recognizable by his hideously scarred face that reflects not only his pugilistic profession but his dark and loathsome past. McBride’s boss informs him that tonight’s championship fight will be his last; “you’re past your prime”, the corrupt boss states, and he demands that McBride throw the fight to “this younger stronger man”. In defiance, McBride refuses to comply; he is drugged between rounds, ruthlessly beaten, and left for dead. Dragged to safety, by his loyal stallion, Colorado is found by a compassionate countrywoman who endeavors to nurture him back to health.

As Colorado slowly heals, he quizzically observes the captivating caretaker who has taken him in. He is mesmerized by her beguiling beauty and demeanor. Quietly taking on his share of chores around the farm Colorado develops a doomed attraction to Grace. She shies from Colorado’s romantic advances, as he is the antithesis of all that Grace represents. She confesses to McBride that the man who might win her heart would possess “the face of a saint, a mirror of true love.”

Completely broken, McBride sets out in search of a mysterious Maskmaker, a gifted artisan who he believes can alter his appearance with the hope of winning the woman with whom he has fallen in love.The Maskmaker, who Colorado has brutally harmed in the past, empathetically agrees, and sets about creating a lifelike mask for McBride. With his newfound identity his outward appearance is transformed; on the inside, a change has also begun. The Maskmaker reveals to McBride that the

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mask cannot only cover his face, but holds a promise to “heal the man” if his desires are true. McBride returns to Grace as Cole, an attractive gentleman poet who asks if he can lodge for a time on her “peaceful and reflective” property so he can put his thoughts into words. Cole assists with the workings of the farm — even putting an old gristmill back into operation. Grace is engaged by the character of this kind and gracious stranger.

She becomes enamored by “Cole” and his genuineness. Cole gives the Maskmaker money and requests that, in his behalf, he make financial amends to people he has formerly wronged.

Inadvertently, McBride’s former cronies discover he is still alive.

The boss and his gang ride into the country and confront a nonresistant “Cole” who they are confident is McBride in disguise. In front of his newfound love the mask is brutally ripped from his face to reveal...”

Moment of Tooth (Animated) was created at the Savannah College of Art and Design as part of a collaborative class. It is an absolutely enchanting story of Maurice, an elephant, while on his journey to becoming a tooth faerie gets his chubbly little elephant self stuck while trying to retrieve a tooth. In the four minute film there are so many elements combined that tell a much bigger story.

AKA Doc Pomus (Documentary) is the story of Jerome Felder.

Born in Brooklyn and paralyzed as a child with polio, he was a blues singer who became one of the most brilliant songwriters with over a thousand songs to his credit, such as “This Magic Moment,” “Save the Last Dance for Me,” and “Viva Las Vegas”.

In the film, there is a clip of him explaining his passion, “To be a successful songwriter, you have to write songs, it’s not like you want to write songs or you’ve figured out the best way to make a living. There is some kind of terrible force, and sometimes it’s out of control, and you have to keep writing and writing, even when there’s no meaning to it. You know you’re not going to make any money at it, you know it’s going to take up all your time, and you know nobody’s going to give a damn anyway. But, someday, you’re in the street and somebody is singing a song that you’ve written and you want to go up to that person and say, ‘Hey, I wrote that song,’ but they’d think you’re some kind of nut so you never do it.”

Discovering Dave - Spirit Captured in Clay (Documentary) is set a little closer to home. The film, which took more than two years to complete, was produced by Mark Albertin, of Scrapbook Video Productions, and George Wingard, of the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program. Wingard and his team discovered a shard of a “Dave” vessel in 2006, thus was born the idea for this documentary which traces the story of Edgefield, South Carolina slave potter, David Drake, who used his skills as a craftsman to create beautiful pottery during the turbulent 1800’s. Despite being born into slavery, not only did he produce thousands of pots, he also learned to read and write and several of his jars are inscribed with verses of his poetry. Often signed and dated, his vessels can be seen in several museums.

Tickets can be purchased in several ways - all events passes, day passes, and single film tickets. The best bet is to join the Beaufort Film Society as a member (www.beaufortfilmsociety. org) which will give you discounts on the Film Festival events, discounted ticket prices at the Plaza Stadium Theatre in Beaufort, and a discount for the “Beaufort Movie Tour” as well as other benefits. However you get there, just don’t miss this wonderful event which made MovieMaker Magazine’s 2013 list of the Top 25 Coolest General Film Festivals in the World!

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ome people look so familiar but yet you just can’t place them. You know you have seen that face but where? In the case of Jim Troutman you may have seen him in Sleepy Hollow, a Belk’s commercial, Royal Pains, Army Wives, or perhaps in Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies.

If you missed those, maybe you saw Jim in CBGB as a New York City Police officer, as a parent on Teen Wolf or as a NASCAR official on an ESPN commercial.

Chances are you have seen Jim Troutman in at least one of his many film and television background roles. Since his retirement from the USMC and after ten years as a defense contractor, Jim has been very busy building a lengthy film resume of work in front of and behind the camera.

Jim is originally from Louisville, Kentucky, but grew up in Falls of Rough, a small lake community on the Rough River, where he says, “I wouldn’t have traded growing up there for anything.” Jim joined the Marines in 1977 and his first duty was at Camp Lejeune, NC where he was a basic radio operator. As he recounts, “One day someone asked me ‘do you want to jump out of an airplane?’ and I said yes.”

“I was in the 2nd Force Recon for three years, went to jump school and Navy diver training, and I was deployed a lot.” He continues, “I did enjoy jumping and doing something different.

But I always wanted to learn more and that lead me to electronics school.” Jim spent twenty five years in the Marines, specializing in electronics and communications, and has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.

Jim and his wife Rhonda have called Beaufort home since 1999. Jim says, “The USMC brought me here again almost twenty two years after I went through boot camp on Parris Island. Never would I have thought I would retire here!”

Background Actor So how does a military electronics and communications expert end up in the film business? Jim says, “Meeting Tom Berenger at the Marine Corps Ball back in 2001 and speaking with him

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Jim Troutman Story by CINDY REID Photography by SUSAN DELOACH

sparked my interest in film. I first did some background work while still in the Marines for a Spielberg project named Semper Fi when they shot the pilot on Parris Island. It never got picked up but it aired as a NBC Sunday night movie. “ Background work, or being a background actor, is industry language for actors who used to be called “extras.” Essentially it is a non-speaking role and the actor appears in the background of a scene. For example, the people seen walking along a busy street scene in a film are all background actors. These roles require a level of skill to portray someone who is not yourself, as well as a professional level of reliability, punctuality and ability to take direction.

Jim continues, “Next I worked in Savannah on The Fugitive with Tim Daly. But then life and work got in the way of my pursuit of learning more about film. It was only after retiring from the Marines and while working as a defense contractor for ten years in Charleston, South Carolina that I got back into working in television and film. In 2009, I was offered to work on a film in North Carolina named One Last Sunset which reignited my interest and I have pursued learning about independent filmmaking ever since.”

He continues, “I have worked on shows such as Sleepy Hollow, Army Wives and the new upcoming CBS Drama Reckless which just finished shooting in Charleston and should air this summer.”

About working as background Jim says, “Doing background work, you never know if you’ll make the cut being seen at all, you might even be a blur. But working as background enabled me to gain access to sets and this was the best way to observe many of the ‘behind the camera’ aspects of filmmaking. I was able to gain an understanding of camera angles and lighting without going to film school.”

Jim says watching and learning from directors on the set has been very educational. He says, “I recently attended a great workshop called Directing Actors with director John Gray, writer and director of The Ghost Whisperer and now the new CBS drama Reckless airing this coming summer. While working

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on Reckless I was able to watch John directing on set. And I had the pleasure of observing Tyler Perry in action directing Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor while working as background for the production in Atlanta.”

Behind the Camera As his experience in the film industry increased Jim, found himself turning more and more to the behind the scenes aspect of the productions. He is an Associate Producer for the film Untouched which was filmed in Savannah, which stars Simone Griffeth and Chip Lane. Untouched is the story of a Savannah attorney who must face the darkest event from his past in order to acquit a teenager accused of murder. It has been submitted to several film festivals and is currently in talks to pitch to the Lifetime Network.

Jim is also a Producer for Ticket to Ride, a short comedy film starring Danny Jones which was screened at the Charleston International Film Festival last year. Interested in learning every job in the business, he has helped crew for film projects in various positions including being the Assistant Camera for Accept Not, a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Signatory film shot in Bluffton which has been submitted to the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York City as well as being Key Grip for a short film Sara Jane which was filmed and edited over one weekend for the Savannah 48 Hour Film project.

“I really love filmmaking because it reminds me of a military operation where planning is key to success.” Jim says, “I have seen great productions and some not so great ones.

There is usually also a lot of camaraderie among the crews working towards a common goal. Everyone has a role and it all comes together.”

Jim has also helped crew as a Key Grip on shorts for First City Film’s Getting Reel classes which trains actors with the production of a short film which features and showcases the actors, giving them material for a Demo reel.

BIFF As a member of the Beaufort Film Society, Jim has supported the Beaufort International Film Festival for years. A self professed “Big Movie Buff,” he has known Ron Tucker since before he retired from the Marines. Some of his favorite BIFF moments include “having the chance to meet Michael O’Keefe in Beaufort back in 2009.It was his first time back in Beaufort since filming The Great Santini which was being filmed while I was in boot camp. And I got to speak to him again at the 2010 BIFF.” “One of my best moments at the BIFF was in 2012. It was prior to the Awards Night presentations and the lobby had gotten very warm and I decided to step out to get some air...and I ended up having a great conversation with Powers Boothe. This is one of the reasons I enjoy the BIFF- you never know who you might run in to.”

Jim is also a member of the Carolina Film Alliance and is involved with the South Carolina Film Commission, which he says “give great workshops in many aspects of filmmaking, free of charge. He has also been a Jurist for the 2012 Southern Appalachian International Film Festival (SOAPIFF).

When asked what his favorite movie is, Jim thinks a minute and then replies, “That would be The Shining, as my favorite horror movie but my favorite military movie is Full Metal Jacket, with the actor R. Lee Ermey who played Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The first time I saw it I indeed knew that this guy had

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been there and done it so there was very little acting involved. He knew the real thing and was showing how it was done.”

What’s Next Always busy, Jim has multiple projects and roles already in the pipeline for this year and will be working on various projects in Wilmington, NC, Atlanta, GA as well as Charlotte, NC and Savannah, GA. He recently was Richard Dreyfuss ‘s stand in for the film Killing Winston Jones which should be released this year and he will soon be working on the film Midnight Rider, the Gregg Allman biopic, which will be filming in Savannah. In addition to his behind the scenes work Jim continues to audition for commercial as well as print work.

When he is not working, Jim enjoys photography, because as he smiles and says, “After all film is just moving pictures, right?”

For further information: www.carolinafilm.com www.savannahfilmmakers.org www.filmsc.com www.imdb.me/jamestroutman

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Film Making at the Library: The Mac Media Lab

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Story by CINDY REID

Photography by PAUL NURNBERG

ttention all aspiring filmmakers from age 10 to 100! If you have ever watched a YouTube video and thought “I could do better than that,” or have a photos and video clips you would love to make into a special family keepsake, the St. Helena branch of the Beaufort County Library has everything you need to see your cinematic vision come to life. The Mac Media Production Lab/ Sound Lab is brand new, the equipment is of professional quality, and all of it is available to use at no cost to library patrons.

Melanie Florencio, Computer Lab Instructor at the St. Helena branch, says the goal of having the equipment is “Providing access freely to everyone. In this case, access to graphic design tools, 3D animation and filmmaking hardware and software.”

Any Beaufort County Library card holder may use the equipment at the St. Helena branch, but of course it would be unfamiliar to most so the branch offers classes and has video tutorials available for training. Melanie, who holds a BFA and MA in Sequential Art from SCAD, teaches the filmmaking classes as well as computer instruction at various branches. “People have been using the media equipment for various purposes,” Melanie says, “Our professional audio equipment has been used to record oral history memories and media professionals have used our Mac

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Media Lab equipment to create local projects, such as self guided tours for Friends of Hunting Island.”

The film making and sound design equipment at the Mac Media Production Lab/Sound Lab includes Panasonic HD flip cameras, Canon Powershot digital cameras, Panasonic production quality camcorders, a boom microphone, wireless microphones, the Green Screen, Final Cut Pro X, and iMovie. They also have tripods for camcorders, mini tripods for digital cameras and SD card readers.

“Whether you are a hobbyist or professional you have the capacity of creating a feature film here at the library.” She continues, “Not only do we have cameras we have Final Cut Pro, an editing software program, and we have Green Screens, which are used to project background images.” The software includes Logic Pro; which provides software instruments, synthesizers, audio effects and recording facilities for music synthesis; and GarageBand, a software application that allows users to create music and podcasts.

And that’s not all- for folks interested in graphic design, animation and game design the equipment also includes: Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Illustrator CS6,Sketchbook Express, Daz 3D Studio, Poser 9,Blender,Unreal

Development Kit, iStopMotion, Anime Studio Debut, Swift Publisher and Makerware.

In addition, the St. Helena Library received a $25,000 grant via the Library Sciences and Technology Act funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of South Carolina, that enabled the library to purchase the following equipment: Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printers (2) Makerbot Digitizer Laser Scanner (1) Little Bits (Snap Circuitry Kits) Bristle Bots (Small Robotics Kits) Arduino Board Kits (Computer programming, robotics) Raspberry Pi Computers (Computer programming, robotics) Annual Teen Film Fest Beaufort County Library organizes an annual Teen Film Fest, held annually in October, for teens ages 11 to 17 years old. The teens can enter as teams or individuals. There are no restrictions on the film’s story theme, length or budget. The only caveat is that the films cannot use copyright material, including music. Amateur films submitted by teens from around the county compete against each other and the contest screens the finished works at Plaza Stadium Theater in Beaufort and at Park Plaza Cinema on Hilton Head Island.

“It is important to have an opportunity available for young people to express themselves creatively,” said Melanie, the film fest’s organizer. “Beaufort County has been the feature location for many award-winning films and by having the Teen Film Festival, it gives young people a chance to create a fresh new perspective on a familiar place.”

Reaching out to younger patrons is vitally important to the library, in fact the St.Helena branch is the only branch that has a Teen Librarian, Shay Brooks, and boosts a dedicated teen area that includes a teen lounge.

Filmmaking Made Simple

into simple steps and get it on film.

Write the script.

Story Board the script. This is a visual breakdown of each scene including camera distance and angles.

Use the camera and record the shots. Patrons can use the library cameras inside the library for interior shooting, and they can shoot exterior scenes on the library grounds while accompanied by a library staff member.

Edit the filmed shots on Final Cut or Imovie.

In addition to filming at the St.Helena branch, movie makers can also use their own filmed video by bringing it in on a flash drive or CD. For those so inclined they can also make a movie using the Stop Motion station, which can do claymation among other neat effects. Melanie says it is not difficult, in fact a “nine year old boy did one!”

Beaufort Film Tradition Beaufort has been the home to some of those most celebrated films of the past, such as The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides and The Big Chill as well as the children’s series Gullah, Gullah Island, and so it is only fitting that we have this rich treasure trove of filmmaking equipment so readily available to residents who can be inspired by the past and by the unique beauty of our locale to create something brand new.

For further Information: • Melanie Florencio, Computer Lab Instructor Office number 843-255-6547 , email mflorencio@bcgov.net • Beaufort County Library, St. Helena Branch 6355 Jonathan Francis Sr Rd St Helena Island, SC Programs and classes are listed on the library website www.beaufortcountylibrary.org

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A Beaufort Lifestyle Experience:

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Story by JULIE HALES

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W

hen I walked into the Arts Center at Beaufort High School, I was a bit taken aback. What I saw, and experienced, was far from what I had anticipated.

I had been approached by a parent of one of the students on the Drama Team to write a story about an antibullying play the high school students were performing. I had heard some other buzz around town about it as well and thought, ‘What a better time to do this…in our Film Festival Issue.’

I contacted the Drama Teacher at Beaufort High School, LaRaine Fess, and made arrangements with her for an interview and photos. Mrs. Fess seemed super excited for the opportunity and quickly arranged for some of the students to be present for the interview and to perform scenes of the play for our photographer to capture.

On a recent Saturday afternoon, my photographer, Susan DeLoach and myself walked into the theater where Mrs. Fess and the kids were anxiously waiting. What unfolded next was something I will soon not forget.

When entering, the first thought in my mind was ‘Oh my, typical teenagers, running around, playing, exchanging gossip’… you know the drill. But, as introductions were made, it was certainly proven to be much different than that.

These kids possess something far greater. It is quite evident from the first moment you meet them there is much more to these guys than being a typical teenager. There is talent, camaraderie, a rare sense of family.

Getting down to business, Mrs. Fess and I started the interview.

The play, When You See Something, Say Something, is an antibullying play performed by the students. But this play has a special meaning to many, and especially to LaRaine Fess.

Mrs. Fess’ eight year old son was bullied. Her child was a third grader at Lady’s Island Elementary School. He was on the bus on his way home from school one day. He was pushed accidentally into the aisle and quickly took a seat, not wanting to get in trouble for being in the aisle. An eighth grade student approached him and threatened to punch him in the face if he didn’t move out of her seat. The young boy was scared and started crying, leaving the seat to the much older student.

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This young boy did not tell his parents about the incident.

He was afraid. Mrs. Fess found out what had happened from the mother of one of her son’s friends who had witnessed the encounter.

LaRaine Fess was astonished. Her son had been bullied. “I was blindsided. Who would bully my kid? He is confident, well liked, he has performed on stage….how did this happen,” Mrs. Fess shared with me. “I didn’t find out about this for 2 weeks after it happened. My son was afraid to tell me, knowing that I would do something about it. He thought I would embarrass him and cause more problems with the kids and they would tease him.”

Mrs. Fess started doing research on bullying and her findings were not pleasant. Bullying has become a major issue in our school systems today.

She went to her students one day and told them of her son’s experience. She asked them if they had ever had similar situations. To her surprise, many of her students spoke up and told her about their own experiences of being bullied. Those who had not been bullied had witnessed friends and fellow classmates being bullied. They were all in agreement that bullying was a problem that something needed to be done about.

One of her seniors at the time suggested they write a play about it. Other kids quickly agreed. They joined together and started putting skits and music together. Mrs. Fess says, “I was looking for a way to help my son and a way for me to deal with what had happened to him. I didn’t expect these students to be my answer.”

The play, When You See Something, Say Something, has gained quite a bit of notoriety. These students have performed this antibullying play all over the low country and as far away as Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

“We are a touring show. We have performed in many of the local schools from here to Hilton Head, for the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, for the Rotary Club of the Low Country and in Myrtle Beach. We will be heading to Columbia on February 6th to perform for Governor Haley and we have been asked to perform at a Rotary Convention in Baltimore, Maryland on Mother’s Day Weekend. We had no idea this would grow to this magnitude,” states Mrs. Fess.

Through this interview process, there were moments we would stop talking and the students would perform different skits form the play for Susan to capture. From the pictures on these pages, I am sure you can envision the feelings as I had.

These students were captivating. Not only in their performance, but in the way they addressed me afterwards. These guys were enthusiastic, excited and showed a true passion for what this play means to them. Some of them shared their own stories of being bullied with me. They shared their hopes, their dreams and their aspirations for the future.

One of the students, Meg Lacombe, a senior at BHS is one of the original cast members Meg Lacombe of the play. She, herself, was bullied.

Meg shares with me, “I went to a very small school where both my parents were teachers.

There was no policy on bullying. I was picked on all the time for just not being the ‘norm.’ Sometimes it would happen in front of teachers who just ignored it.

It got to the point that I just stopped talking in class and stopped talking to my parents. I just wanted it to stop.” Meg has learned how to stand up for herself and take control. She wants the bullying to stop in the schools. She feels those being bullied get very depressed and sometimes suicidal. This is a problem she wants to see go away.

Meg adds, ”Bullying doesn’t end when the last bell rings. It goes home with you on the internet. It is on Russel Perry Facebook, Twitter and all other social media….it’s called cyber bullying. A student can be bullied all day at school and still go home and see the hate on their computers.”

Russel Perry, another senior in the play, says, “I have been bullied since I was in the 6th grade.

It started small but just grew. I started high school in hopes it would get better, but it didn’t. I have been beat up, pushed into lockers, you name it. I am actually from

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New Jersey and things were bad there. We moved here in 2011 in hopes of a new start. But the bullying didn’t stop. In fact, it got worse.” Russel has already had to transfer out of one area school to BHS. “I transferred to BHS for my senior year.

Things are much better here. I am not bullied here. Mrs. Fess and all of the drama students welcomed me into the drama program. Being involved in this class has helped me build my self-esteem,” adds Russel.

At this point, the kids are sitting around me sharing stories.

It is enlightening to watch them talk about the play and about their own experiences. It is very obvious from this interaction, these kids admire and respect their teacher, and each other. One of the students, Tiffany Jackson, said, ”We are like one large family, everyone loves everybody. When things get stressful and busy, we get rude and nasty…..just like a big family.”

As I am getting ready to ‘wrap things up,’ I ask a big question.

“What do you kids want to do when you leave high school. Do you plan on going to college to pursue a degree in theater?”

The answers started coming at me like bullets being fired from a machine gun. I heard answers like, “I want to be in tech theater,” “I amn going to do sound, lighting, and staging.” And “”I want to perform.”

At this moment, it is obvious the love these kids have for the stage, but more obvious the love they have for their teacher, LaRaine Fess. The smiles on their faces as they share stories about her will light up the entire theater.

Lyz Betz, also a senior, says, “I want to be a ‘Little Fess,’ I want to teach.” Then adds student Christian Osborne, “I want to be a ‘little man Fess.’” The other kids smile and laugh with approval.

LaRaine Fess just sheepishly smiles at this. You can tell she loves what she does and she loves these students. A bad incident with her own child turned into something far greater than she ever imagined……a chance to help other students overcome this growing problem. Her wish to make a difference about bullying in our school systems has come to life on a stage at Beaufort High school.

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FOCUS ON EDUCATION The purpose for which Penn School was founded—education— is being celebrated at this year’s Penn Center 1862 Circle Gala.

Through its choice of inductees into the 1862 Circle, Penn Center has affirmed the value it places on education, from its inception as the first school for freedman in the region to the present mission as a center for cultural and historical preservation.

Marian Wright Edelman, President and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund, will deliver the Keynote Address after her induction into the Circle. A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, Edelman was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi, and worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as counsel for his Poor People’s Campaign. She then founded the Children’s Defense Fund which for forty years has challenged the United States to improve policies and programs for children.

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, and eight other books, Marian Wright Edelman is also the winner of many awards for her work, including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings. In 2000, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Herman Gaither has served this community for 45 years as an educator and administrator. After graduating from Claflin College in Orangeburg, S.C., with a Bachelor of Science degree, and earning a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Reed College in Oregon, he began teaching. His two decades of experience in the classroom led him into administration, where he worked as Deputy Superintendent for Finance and Administration in Beaufort County Schools (1990-1995, and as Superintendent (1995-2005).

His distinguished career was recognized as he was cited by South Carolina Gov. Hodges for his innovative leadership, named a Congressional Black Caucus Distinguished Educator in 2002, and selected as the South Carolina Superintendent of the Year in 2005. Consistent with his desire always to give back to his community, Mr. Gaither has held numerous positions on local executive boards and committees, including the Penn Center Board of Trustees, while writing a regular column on educational, social and political issues for the Gullah Sentinel Newspaper.

Brick Baptist Church, as site of first Penn School classes in 1862, occupies a unique place in the history of Penn School and the education of a nation of freedmen. It was built in 1855 by enslaved Africans and, after white plantation owners left St. Helena Island when Union forces occupied the region, the church was turned over to the Black congregants left behind.

When Penn School founders Laura Towne and Ellen Murray moved their teaching to Brick Church, an association began that continues today. They began special classes for the Deacons and church leaders in Bible study, public speaking, English and spelling in 1865, and in 1883, Ms. Murray started the first Sunday school classes on the islands.

Brick Baptist Church and Penn School, now Penn Center, share 150 years of challenges and successes. In 1974, Brick was

designated as part of the National Historic Landmark District that is the Penn campus.

Once again, Penn Center is honoring individuals In Memoriam who have made significant contributions.

Harriet Keyserling served on the Board of Directors from 19921995, and on the Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1998. She also was elected to represent the Beaufort district in the S.C. House of Representatives for sixteen years from 1977-1993. In her elected positions and in her work with Penn Center, Harriet Keyserling was a persistent and effective advocate for equal educational opportunity for all children. Dr. Herbert Keyserling served as a Navy doctor during World War II and returned to Beaufort to open a distinguished fifty year career in general practice, building long associations with the Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, the Lowcountry Medical Association, and the TB Association, while serving as chief of staff of Beaufort Memorial Hospital. He served on the board at Penn Center during the 1960s.

Agnes C. Sherman was known as “Keeper of the Culture.” Her determination to improve the quality of life for St. Helena citizens led her to become the first woman elected to public office—the County Board of Education. She worked for employment opportunities for African Americans, serving as Secretary to the local NAACP branch for two decades. When her talents and energies turned to Penn Center, she developed efforts to create and maintain the York W. Bailey Museum, revived the monthly Community Sings, and worked on the first Heritage Days Celebration committee. Her activism and concern for cultural preservation well-represented the values of the community she served.

The Penn Center located on St. Helena Island, is in its third and final commemoration year, “Celebrating 150 Years of Education, Leadership and Service” and the 1862 Circle Gala is its major fundraiser held annually. The 1862 Circle, first established in 2003, recognizes leaders who embody the spirit of Penn Center and who serve as national advocates for the enduring history, arts and culture of the Sea Islands. The name celebrates the founding of Penn School, now Penn Center, in 1862. Some notable 1862 Circle Members from South Carolina are: Dr. Emory S. Campbell of Hilton Head Island, James Denmark of Yemassee, Philip Simmons of Charleston, Congressman James E. Clyburn of Sumter, Jonathan Green of Gardens Corner, Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of Charleston, Thomas C. Barnwell, Jr. of Hilton Head Island, Mary Inabinett Mack of St. Helena Island, Roland J. Gardner of St. Helena Island, Louis O. Dore of Beaufort, Congressman Robert Smalls of Beaufort and Ronald Daise of St. Helena Island.

Penn Center invites you to the eleventh 1862 Circle Gala to be held on Saturday, April 26, 2014. The elegant affair will be held at the Sonesta Resort on Hilton Head Island beginning at 6:00 p.m. with a reception and silent auction followed by dinner, induction ceremony and live auction at 7:00 p.m. For more information on the 1862 Circle Gala, sponsorships opportunities and to make reservations, contact Penn Center (843) 838-2432 or info@ penncenter.com.

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