HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - CONTINUING EDUCATION

Last month Cyndi and I went on vacation to Switzerland, Austria and Italy. While we were in Austria, we went to many of the sights where THE SOUND OF MUSIC was filmed. It was really interesting to see these sights after seeing the movie so many times through the years.

Just a little history on the film... It was filmed in 1965 on location in Austria and starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film won (5) Academy award. Here are some of the locations we visited:

 

This is the glass gazebo that was used on location, but the actual dance scenes where filmed on a sound stage with a larger gazebo.

This is the church that was used for the marriage scenes between Captain Von Trapp and Maria.

This was the home they used to film the back of the Von Trapp house that overlooked the lake...

And this was the house they used to film the front of the Von Trapp House.

We had a great trip and enjoyed seeing all the sights of this film plus everywhere else we visited!

HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - News and Updates

Derrick Warfel, our screenwriting instructor, came back in this semester to teach.  He is always a favorite among our students; his passion for writing is contagious!   This semester's writing assignment is to write a :60 second commercial on one of the programs offered by the Sheriff's Department.   We hope to produce them during the semester and cut them into our ABOVE THE LINE show.

Thank you Derrick!

HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - Alumni News

The Alumni Group, which is held every Tuesday night (7PM) at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita continues to do well; supporting "our guys" and their families as well as they guys still incarcerated. For the two weeks that Cyndi and I were on vacation, Richard Badger taught on the importance of what they believe and how it affects and guides their lives... positively or negatively.
One of our Alumni, Robert D. helped out as Richard taught.  Thanks Robert.
Last week we celebrated the two year anniversary of sobriety for Bill H. Congratulations Bill. Keep up the good work! 

Everyone is invited to attend our Alumni meetings. Hope to see you there.

HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - News & Updates

Last month in class we produced our 6th episode of ABOVE THE LINE. Our special guest was George Schlatter of LAUGH-IN fame.

The guys did a great job and really seemed to enjoy their day of production.

 

They created the set and set all the lights, ran the cameras and monitored the sound.

 

Good job to our students, much thanks to our volunteer instructors and to all of the Sheriff's personnel!!    Looking forward to semester #10.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY - HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS

Hollywood Impact Studios celebrated it's 3rd year anniversary at Pitchess Detention Center, this June. Thank you to all of our volunteer staff, our supporters and most of all God for this amazing ministry. We're looking forward to the future!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

To all of our Hollywood Impact Studios Dad's, we'd like to wish you all a very Happy Father's Day from Gary and Cyndi and the entire Hollywood Impact Studios family.

ALUMNI - News

Our Alumni Group, held at Grace Baptist Church is still struggling to find a full time instructor and admittedly some of our attendance has dropped off a bit, but for those who continue to faithfully attend, we are seeing some real positive results.   Families are getting stronger, men are supporting one another and strong healthy relationships are being created.

A couple of weeks ago, after our initial class, we all gathered around to signed and addressed cards and letters to send to the our HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS grads that are serving time "in State".

 

We also gave out a very much overdue, "Best Writers Award" to Gerald Grant, who won that award back in our semester #3 class in 2010 for best original short screenplay.   Congrats Gerald!

For those of you interested in attending or coming back to join us at our Sheriff's Department/HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS Alumni meeting, it's held every Tuesday night at 7PM at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, room C-215.  Hope to see you there.