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Bordering Realities – Ulster

May 25, 2024 | By Luke Leslie,

Bordering Realities is a new immersive 20-minute audio-visual film intended to showcase the border region of Ulster. Our film takes viewers on a evocative coast to coast journey from County Louth through Armagh, Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh, Tyrone ending in Donegal.

The film will be on display in the recently inaugurated Peace Campus in Monaghan Town. The new building will provide a cultural and heritage centre, youth facility and shared community space for people in this border region.

The Monaghan Peace Campus received significant funding from the EU’s Peace IV programme, which is a cross-border initiative to support peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2024/0510/1448308-peace-campus/

Client : Monaghan County Museum
Director : Luke Leslie
Locations & Logistics : Mark Leslie
Drone Operators : Luke Leslie & Theo Jebb
Composer : Jonathan Casey
Uillean Pipes : Patricio Penin
Violin : Anna Rice
Cellist : Angelica Guevara

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

Solas : Awakening Ireland

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

A nationwide series of illuminations, which will see many of Ireland’s most beautiful rural locations and urban landscapes immersed in light.

Locations featured in Solas: Awakening Ireland include the GPO and the Mansion House in Dublin, Trim Castle in Meath, Powerscourt Waterfall in Wicklow, Athenry Castle in Galway, Grianán of Aileach in Donegal and many more. These iconic locations and buildings will be illuminated with projections of reimagined, contemporary Irish imagery such as Ogham lettering, phrases and typography.

The displays will be captured on film and set to a specially commissioned spoken word performance and music composition, which calls on the nation to remain hopeful through these challenging times. These illumination films will be presented on SPF TV at stpatricksfestival.ie from March 12th to 17th.

Voiceovers : Aoibheann McCann & Patrick McBrearty

Director : Luke Leslie

Director of Photography : Andrew Cummins

Focus Puller : Sam Mulcahy

Second Camera Unit : Kev L Smith

Editor : Peter Madden

Composer : Jonathan Casey

Live Cellos : Ailbhe McDonagh

Script Writers : Leah Leslie, Luke Leslie & Gary Duggan

Aerial Unit : The Drone Guys

Festival Producer : Neil Burke

Project Lead : Callum Buchanan

Head of Production : Tony Killeen

Production & Logistics Coordinator : Darren Murphy

Production & Licensing Coordinator : Steph Farrell

Outdoor Event & Broadcast Coordinator : David ‘Spud’ Murphy

Lighting Design and Install : Tom Rohan, EventCo

Lighting Design / Powerscourt Waterfall : Conor Biddle

Project Assistant : Chloe Tully

Still Photographer : Donal Healy

Covid Compliance Officers : Siobhan Buffini & Niall Barrett

Site Managers : Ronan Conroy & Adam Fitzsimons.

Crew : Paul Kelly, Colm Robinson, Susan Collins, Keith Newman, Simon Kennedy, Keith Newman, Brian Murray, Gus McDonagh, Rob Usher Gunter Bleikss, Kevin Dermody, Tony Gunning, Paul Grace, Dougie McConnon, Matthew Kilmurry, & Ulick McAvaddey Lighting EventCo Session Hire With thanks to : Dublin City Council, Office of Public Works, Lord Mayor of Dublin’s Office, Monaghan County Council, Fingal County Council, Galway City Council, Galway County Council, An Post, Trinity College Dublin, Powerscourt Estates, Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, Shannon Heritage, Health 1st Pharmacy Monaghan, Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio, The Courts Service of Ireland

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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