Academy Awards — Cid Hunter and ITV were selected to be the production company to shoot the Oscar interview segments for the Entertainment Tonight of Brazil. All the red carpet interviews were shot by Cid as the Director of Photography and then aired two days later in Brazil. ITV is also the choice production company for the “Night of 100 Stars”, Oscar party night at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Cid has also produced all film segments used at the Hollywood Film Festival for the last five years including film compilation reels for Richard Dreyfus, Morgan Freeman, James Caan and Jack Lemon among others.
We Served With Pride — This film for PBS, documenting the account of Chinese-Americans involved in WWII was nominated for an Emmy in 2001. This highly acclaimed documentary which includes interviews, reenactments, and photo montages, was edited by Cid at his post-production facility using an Avid for off-line and on-line editing. Fourteen hours of footage was edited down to an hour long format which will be seen on PBS for the next two years.
Girl Scouts — The Girl Scouts of America needed a fund raiser for one of their chapters and ITV was called upon to shoot this piece which Debbie Reynolds supported with her testimony. The production was taped over a two week period and resulted in raising thousands for the San Fernando Valley chapter.
Educate America — “Educate America” is an ITV produced infomercial hosted by Bill Bixby selling computers and educational software for children from grammar school to high school. The successful infomercial ran for over a year and helped children understand the principles of computer science as well as their ABC’s.
Roland Rat — One of Jim Henson’s famous muppets is Roland the “Superstar” Rat. Roland’s fame is in England where the popular TV show has been running now for over 16 years. Roland traveled to California where Cid and his crew were consigned to shoot 13 episodes traveling all over Southern California.
Geo Tracker — The advertising arm for Chevrolet called ITV to produce, shoot and edit one of their commercials for the Geo Tracker sports utility vehicle. After casting was completed the commercial was shot in one day, edited in two and on the air for a successful ad campaign in the Midwest market.
Bristol Park Industries — Among ITV’s corporate clients is Bristol Park Industries which manufactures an electrical savings device for all businesses and cities that use HID lighting. This promotional video was scripted, produced, shot and edited and completed in a one month timeframe.
Music Video — Laytex video of Amsterdam hired Cid to edit their music video for the rising star, Alana, while shooting all around L.A. The music video was shot on 35mm by “Cool Breeze” from L.A. and telecined to video where Cid cut this lively music video on his Avid.
A Boy And His Dog — This award winning video was written and directed by Kevin McDermott who hired Cid to edit the piece which depicts the relationship between an abandoned dog and a lonely boy. Through the boys imagination we travel with him and his new found friend, the dog, on many adventures. This video is for children of all ages and the child within all of us.
PCS — This highly charged corporate video was produced from the ground up by Cid and his company to fulfill the desires of management to portray the company’s image of public communication in an entertaining manner. The project was a success as evidenced by PCS hiring ITV for four more projects.
2006 was a great year for ITV, producing over 40 corporate motivational videos as well as producing all the film clips for the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Ceremony. Video highlight reels from the works of award winners such as John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Annette Bening, Michael Mann, Jamie Foxx, Keira Knightley, and Zach Braff are edited and then screened prior to the actors receiving their award. ITV is also currently involved in a long term archival project taking one of its clients over 600 edited masters and archiving them to Digi-Beta and DVD. Find out how ITV can help you with your video needs.