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Oklahoma : The People’s House

August 18, 2023 | By Luke Leslie,

Oklahoma Historical Society in association with Inasmuch Foundation present a Pantheon Digital Production – Oklahoma The People’s House.

Director :  Bryan Beasley

Producers : Jaime Roman & Jon Roman

Executive Producers : Bob Ross & Trait Thompson

Director of Photography Jon Roman

Writer Jaime Roman

Director of Animation : Luke Leslie

Original Artwork : Holly Ingram

Editor : Anika kan Grevstad

Go-Producer & Post-Production Supervisor : Michael Slemmons

Score : Anderson Alden

Sound Mix : James Russell

Narrator : John Erling

Interviews : Amber Sharples, And Moore, Barbara Hoberock, Bill Parks Dr. Bob Blackburn, Duane Mass, Governor Frank Keating, Fred Schmidt, Governor George Nigh lack Baker, Governor Kevin Stitt, LaQuincy Reed, Lucy Lambert Novotny, Lynnsee Boyse, Marilyn Luper, Governor Mary Fallon, Steve Mason, Dr. Sunu Kodumthara, Trait Thompson

Ist AD : Steven Hanan

2nd AD : Caleb Holmes

Key Set PA : Ashley Stewart

Production Assistants : Jonathan Brown Caleb Schantz Jordan Sharpe David Greyson

Grip : John Shryock, Thirty Dangerous Seconds (1972), Dir. Joseph Taft

Drone : Sky Candy, Michael Welsh,  Jordan Alberino

Additional Cinematography : Charles Elmore Dolly Grip Jeremy D’Apolito Camera Operator Sam Taylor Hair and Make-up Teresa Luz Ramos Hannah Gates Shelly D’Apolito

Extras Casting : Magna Talent Agency

Animation Direction & Compositing : Luke Leslie

2D Character Illustrations : Holly Ingram

2D Character Animations : Holly Emerson-Byrne

2D Background Artist : Curtis Ryan

3D Models : Iván Pais Nieto

3D Animations : Brian Murray, Angus Lynn & Iván Pais Nieto

3D Texture Artist : Alex Glenn Murray

Color Correction : Stratton Farrar

Drone Titles : Matt Pintauro

Research : Hannah Globus

OHS Research : Chad Williams

OHS Archivist : Diane Wasser

Looping : Amy Ulrich,  Wolfie Trausch

Looping Sound Engineer : Dustin Burford,  Soundworks

Loop Group : Cherelle Cargill Michael Woodley Doug Stone Paul Mercier Wolfie Trausch Amy Ulrich Paula Tiso Nathan Turner Kelly Jean Badgley Grant George

Extras : Alleese Eldridge, Amanda Bertelli, Amanda Crawford, Ariana Hopkins, Bryce Barfield, Cadence Barreda, Gaitriona Weaver, Cara Black Cara Black, Curtis Gardner, Dana Campbell, Dana Williams, Darla Carter, David Tam, Don Reece, Eileen McClure, Emma Claire, Gabrielle Alspaugh, Heather Krauss, Jamal Williams, Jamie Brewster, Jennifer Satwekar, Kansas Mansker, Karys Barreda, Kate Ndichu, Kim Robertson, Kolbi Jones, Kristie Patton, Lori Chahal, Lucky Mansker, Lulu Goodfox, Madison Auld, Maria Gore, Mary Bruce, Morris Walker, Nancy Hutchinson, Rane Thomason, Rita Scranton, Suzy Que, Wade Carter, Cale Thompson, Sara Thompson, Lilah Thompson, Trait Thompson, Kerri Beasley, Eva Beasley, Lee Beasley, Gov. Kevin Stitt, Bob Ross, Frank Ross, Christopher Neumann, Nick Rosser, Sam Beasley, Sicilia Beasley, John Edwards, & Will Beasley

Archival :The Oklahoma State Capitol by Trait Thompson, The Oklahoma Historical Society, The Oklahoman, 405 Magazine, KFOR Archives via Oklahoma Historical Society, The Texas Tribune, The Guardian, KOCO 5 News, News on 6, 30 Dangerous Seconds (1972) a Joseph Taft film

Special Thanks : Friends of the Oklahoma History Center Oklahoma Arts Council Office of Governor J. Kevin Stitt Oklahoma Senate & Oklahoma House of Representatives Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Office of Management and Enterprise Services The Luper Family KOCO Channel 5 News and Abigail Ogle Manhattan Construction IE Dunn Construction FSB Architects + Engineers Let’s Fix This, Inc. Coco, Layla & Hazel Beasley Lee & Sherry Beasley Justin & Kerri Beasley Will & Addie Beasley Natalie Roman Richard Roman Lynne and Doug Vincent Victoria Vincent

This Film Is Dedicated To : Donald Kiesling, Bill Ross, Douglas Vincent III

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Home : Carrickmacross Workhouse

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

A deeply moving ‘imagining’ of a family’s experience in the Carrickmacross Workhouse during the Famine years

The Carrickmacross Workhouse was one of 130 Workhouses built throughout Ireland between 1841 and 1843 to house the poor, hence the Irish name of Teach na mBocht – The Poorhouse.

The poor had to apply for admission to the Workhouse and successful applicants had to surrender any land before entering as ‘inmates’.

Once admitted, they were subjected to a strict regime: families were segregated and forbidden from seeing each other without permission; their diet was meagre and unvarying; difficult, and often pointless, work had to be undertaken; there was little heat and no comfort.

These deliberately harsh conditions meant that Workhouses quickly became known as the Poor Man’s Jail, and the poor only applied for admission as their last resort.

Home is a deeply moving ‘imagining’ of a family’s experience in the Carrickmacross Workhouse during the Famine years. It describes their ‘fall’ as a result of successive crop failures due to potato blight, leading them inexorably to the Workhouse, and their lives within these walls.

The story also highlights the Earl Grey Scheme under which 4,114 girls between the ages of 14 and 18 were emigrated from Irish Workhouses to Australia as wives and servants of the settlers and convicts there.

This number included 38 girls from Carrickmacross Workhouse.

 

Client : Monaghan County Council

Voice Talent: Leah Leslie

Writer : Leah Leslie

Producer : Mark Leslie

Director : Luke Leslie

Illustrations : Holly Ingram

Storyboards : Matthew Shiell

Animations : Daniel McNicholl, Rafael Araújo de Medeiros & Luke Leslie

3D Models : Iván Pais Nieto

3D Model Textures : Alex Glenn Murray

Original Music : Jonathan Casey

Traditional Vocals : Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

Violin : Anna Rice

Cello : Ailbhe McDonagh

Recording Studio : Red Box

Special thanks to : Mayo County Library Service, Maggie Land Blanck Collection, and Views of the Famine for their 19th Century Prints. With calligraphy by Christiane Foller.

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Ormond Castle : Elizabeth Berkeley

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

Ormond Castle was the medieval stronghold of the powerful Butler dynasty. Thomas Butler 10th Earl of Ormond built an Elizabethan manor house onto the front in 1665, ostensibly to please his English wife. But the iconography of the decorative plasterwork suggests that ‘Black Tom’ Butler expected a visit from his royal cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

The exhibition room is a holding area for guide-led tours. The restored 16th-century ambiance is maintained by reproductions of period woodcuts, paintings, and tapestries. These are arranged in a sequence that follows the story of Tom Butler’s pivotal role in the downfall of the Fitzgerald dynasty. Interactive digital books on Tudor lecterns provide information in eight languages. Digital technology has been used to transform John Derricke’s famous woodcuts into two spectacular animated movies. The emotional tension between Tom Butler, and two Elizabeths – one his wife – the other his queen, is presented from contrasting standpoints, in two complementary audiovisual dramas.

 

Client : OPW – Ormond Castle

Voice Over : Tara Flynn

Director : Luke Leslie

Writer : Leah Leslie & Mark Leslie

Production Manager : John Raftery

Storyboard Artist : Matthew Shiell

Illustrations : Holly Ingram, Alan Dunne, Brian Gallagher

Horse Animations : Ivan Pais Nieto

Original Score : Jonathan Casey

Featuring Traditional Music by Kíla

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Ormond Castle : Thomas Butler

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

Ormond Castle was the medieval stronghold of the powerful Butler dynasty. Thomas Butler 10th Earl of Ormond built an Elizabethan manor house onto the front in 1665, ostensibly to please his English wife. But the iconography of the decorative plasterwork suggests that ‘Black Tom’ Butler expected a visit from his royal cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

The exhibition room is a holding area for guide-led tours. The restored 16th-century ambiance is maintained by reproductions of period woodcuts, paintings, and tapestries. These are arranged in a sequence that follows the story of Tom Butler’s pivotal role in the downfall of the Fitzgerald dynasty. Interactive digital books on Tudor lecterns provide information in eight languages. Digital technology has been used to transform John Derricke’s famous woodcuts into two spectacular animated movies. The emotional tension between Tom Butler, and two Elizabeths – one his wife – the other his queen, is presented from contrasting standpoints, in two complementary audiovisual dramas.

 

Client : OPW – Ormond Castle

Voice Over : Stephen Brennan

Director : Luke Leslie

Writer : Leah Leslie & Mark Leslie

Production Manager : John Raftery

Storyboard Artist : Matthew Shiell

Illustrations : Holly Ingram, Alan Dunne, Brian Gallagher

Horse Animations : Ivan Pais Nieto

Original Score : Jonathan Casey

Featuring Traditional Music by Kíla

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From the Sky

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

From the Sky tells the story of Josie McCusker — who in 1942 at the age of 5 was playing in a field near her families farm when the quiet Sunday stillness was shattered by a deafening explosion. Traveling at 400 miles per hour, Battle of Britain Spitfire R6992, crashed into the ground and was instantly smashed to pieces. Now aged 81, she tells her story, alongside Aviation historian Jonny McNee who supervised an archaeological dig of the wreckage in 2017.

This film was part of the “Life on the Border with a World at War” exhibition in Monaghan County Museum; which was distinguished with the Heritage & Built Environment Award.

Client : Monaghan County Museum Commissioned by : Liam Bradley

Featuring : Josie McCusker, Jonny McNee, Eabha Campbell

Producer : Noel Murphy Director
Visual Effects : Luke Leslie
Director of Photography : Burschi Wojnar
Drone Photography by Slawomir Zielinski

 

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