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The Zine • Living & EntErtainmEnt guidE
By Rosalyn Stevenson
Spotlight on local film making
JAY TAVARE, Hollywood actor, writer, producer and director, has worked for the past 20 years with Oscar winning directors such as ron Howard (The Missing), Spike Jonez (Adaptation); Anthony Minghella (Cold Mountain); and Steven Spielberg (into the West miniseries) to name a few. He is also a popular Huffington Post blogger. In April of this year he filmed a documentary in part on the Mescalero Apache reservation near ruidoso. The film, Tavare said in a recent interview with this writer, was created to honor and raise awareness of the Chiricahua Apache Centennial Apache Freedom run commemorating the Chiricahua Apache survival and perseverance as they traveled on foot in April, 1913 through extreme hardship to a new homeland on the Mescalero reservation after their release from 27 years of imprisonment by the American government. The full story can be read on Tavare’s Huffington Post blog. www.huffingtonpost.com. The 540-mile journey from Fort Sill, Okla., to the Mescalero Apache reservation in new Mexico, home of today’s Chiricahua nation, was run in stages by 25 Apache runners who covered approximately 100 miles each day beginning April 1 and culminated at the Mescalero reservation on April 5 and 6. During the relay run, instead of a baton, a medicine bag containing sacred pollen was passed from runner to runner. Celebrations at the conclusion of the run included the traditional Apache War
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all along their 540 mile run, documenting the ordeals the runners faced. Another part of the crew filmed events on the Mescalero Reservation, where I was able to interview actual descendants of the survivors of the Apache ordeal in addition to filming the rest of the ceremonies. We got wonderful shots of the emotions in people’s eyes and captured the haunting mood of the nighttime dances, though out of respect for the traditions of the elders the dances themselves were not filmed. During filming, Brett Nichols of Paradime Media LLC, Ruidoso, who is a very talented cinematographer with natural skills for framing, assisted us with camera work. The Inn of the Mountain Gods on the Mescalero Reservation provided free meals to many of the crew. Inspired by these incredible runners, I have begun development of a script for a full length feature that I am very excited about.” The public can be a part of this documentary by contributing to the project on ingiegogo.com and Kickstarter.com.
BRETT NICHOLS Multi-Faceted Creative Owner Paradime Media LLC; Marketing / Advertising Manager inn of the Mountain gods; Ski Apache; Casino Apache Travel Center, Mescalero. “At my digital media company, Paradime Media LLC, we design static and motion graphics for all Courtesy photos media: TV, computer, varied platforms and formats. At left, Jay Tavare, Hollywood actor; at right, We design commercials and video spots as well as Brett Nichols, Paradime Media LLC. music and audio segments for clients nationwide. We have filmed ballets at the world class Spencer Theater Dance; social dancing; in Alto: The Nutcracker; Don Quixote and Copellia, to the Dance of the Mounmention some. My wife of five and half years, Natasha tain gods; feasting and singing. The names of the Nichols (Lopez) works with me at Paradime Media LLC, as Tooskie Photos (TooskiePhotos.com). I use 183 people who survived Canon 6OD’s and a Sony HD1000camera. I prefer the Apache ordeal of the DSLR’s for depth of field and true HD 1080p im1913 were read aloud. age quality. The HD1000U can shoot for 65 minutes in this interview, Jay straight, so its good for long takes. We use a 15-foot Tavare talked about his camera crane, and have pro lighting and sound for all film: “I began thinking applications, on location or in the studio. We edit with about this project two Adobe Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro software and interyears ago. I thank Fredface with Adobe Illustrator, Flash, After Effects and erick Chino, president other software. I am currently developing green screen of the Mescalero tribe; special effects in my studio in Ruidoso. Debbie Naiche Martinez, I produced my first digital beat on a non-linear Chiracuaha Community system at age 12, and many others before that, dubCommission and the digbing on linear systems. At 14 years old I produced my nitaries of the Mescalero first original album in Tommy Martin’s Studio, with tribe for permission to Homegrown Boyz’ Anthony McTeigue. At 14, I filmed film on the Mescalero skateboard movies, cut them onto VHS, then connected Apache Reservation. I two VCRs together and dubbed audio with a Walkman. raised money and drew together a film crew of ten I have produced more than 1,000 music compositions. I’m offering a workshop this fall on every aspect of a people from my acquainproduction; writing, producing; audio; video; graphtances in Hollywood. ics; implementation of each in production; camera Many of the participants deferred payment because training; stills and video using DSLRs and / or video they wanted to honor this cameras; editing. Private mini sessions/shoots will project. We traveled from result in a final product that guests will get to keep Los Angeles, Calif. to film forever. this. More information: Paradimepictures@gmail.com. One part of the film 575-937-3688. Space is limited. www.paradimepiccrew followed the runners tures.com.