The FilmGroup Reels In Feature Films The FilmGroup Reels In Feature Films Feature film business is booming at the FilmGroup, a service area of Crawford Communications, Inc. In recent months, the FilmGroup has completed film processing and telecine work on "False River" and "Doomsday Man," and just recently was awarded work on "Selma, Lord, Selma," a Wonderful World of Disney TV movie. The FilmGroup's contributions on "False River" and "Doomsday Man" included a wide spectrum of services including film processing and telecine, color-correction, film-to-tape transfers, keycode logging, and synch sound work. After the final AVID cut, Crawford will complete additional post production work on "False River" including online editing and sound mixing.

"False River," a two hour feature length film, will be submitted for entry into competition at the Sundance Film Festival which takes place in January 1999. The film will also be released on video at a later date. "Doomsday Man," directed by William Greenblatt, is slated for release on video and cable in early 1999. "Selma, Lord, Selma" is a two hour film directed by Charles Burnett, filming in Georgia and Alabama. "Selma, Lord, Selma" is scheduled to air on ABC the Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1999.

To keep up with the work, The FilmGroup added Colorist D.C. Cardinali. Cardinali joins the FilmGroup after working as a Freelance Colorist at the company for more than a year. Cardinali is currently working on Hi-Def transfers and will continue to work with commercial clients. Cardinali's work during his freelance stint at the FilmGroup, included spots for Chevy/GM cars and trucks and the Learning Channel series "Rome: The Power and The Glory." Prior to the FilmGroup, Cardinali served as a Colorist at VTA, as well as facilities in Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco.

Craig Heyl, FilmGroup's Director of Operations, was a presenter at the Jackson Hole Symposium held in Jackson Hole, WY. At the gathering, Heyl discussed FilmGroup's involvement in the recent Jackson Hole Film Test comparing film and video formats for high-definition television. The comparison test was organized by the Jackson Hole Symposium, the off year event of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The results were showcased at the symposium to present natural history filmmakers, and others, with a menu of choices that can help make informed decisions regarding the appropriate formats to choose for the production of programs destined to be on the new digital television channels.