THAT
THAT DAMAGED SO MANY, A YOUNG DOCTOR TRIED TO PROVE THAT THE LOSS
OF A PRIMARY FUNCTION
WASN'T A DISABILITY... BUT
COULD INSTEAD UNLOCK
SOMETHING
SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY.....70 YEARS LATER I'M DETERMINED TO PROVE IF
HE WAS RIGHT.
AND NEXT YEAR -- WHEN
A NEW LOCALLY
PRODUCED FILM IS
RELEASED -- YOU WILL
FIND OUT IF HE WAS
RIGHT.
AND GUESS WHAT, YOU
COULD BE A PART OF THE
ENTIRE FILM JOURNEY.
WHAT YOU JUST SAW WAS
A PREVIEW OF THE
INDEPENDENT FEATURE
FILM CALLED 'MAKING
SENSE' . IT WILL BE
FILMED ENTIRELY IN BOISE
AND MCCALL AND THE
FILM MAKER NEEDS
IDAHOANS TO STAR IN
LEAD AND SUPPORTING
ROLES.
WE'LL GET TO WHEN THE
AUDITIONS FOR THOSE
ROLES IN A MINUTE.
BUT FIRST LET ME
INTRODUCE YOU TO
GREGORY BAYNE - THE
FILM DIRECTOR AND
DOUG COLE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER.
PRODUCER.
BOISE,
BOISE, IDAHO - THE FIRST INDEPENDENT FEATURE
FILM TO FEATURE PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES IN LEAD
AND SUPPORTING ROLES
IS SET TO BEGIN
PRODUCTION IN MAY,
2019 FOR AN ANTICIPATED
RELEASE IN 2020.
"MAKING SENSE" IS THE
LATEST PROJECT BY
NOTABLE IDAHO
FILMMAKER GREGORY
BAYNE AND IS BASED ON
A SCREENPLAY FROM
DOUG COLE, CO-FOUNDER
OF INCLUDEABILITY INC.,
AN IDAHO NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION THAT
PROMOTES INCLUSION OF
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
IN ARTS AND SPORTS.
THE FILM SPOTLIGHTS A
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT'S QUEST TO
PROVE THAT FIVE
SENSORY DEPRIVED
PEOPLE HOLD THE SECRET
TO HEIGHTENED SENSES.
THE PRODUCTION WILL
INVOLVE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR IDAHOANS TO WORK
ON THE FILM ITSELF
THROUGH A NUMBER OF
APPRENTICE
OPPORTUNITIES.
APPRENTICE OPPORTUNITIES. "MAKING SENSE" AIMS TO
BRIDGE THE DIVIDE FOR
THE REPRESENTATION OF
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
DEPICTED IN MOVIES AND
THOSE IN SOCIETY. A
STUDY BY USC'S
ANNENBERG INCLUSION
INITIATIVE SHOWED THAT
JUST 2.4 PERCENT OF
CHARACTERS IN THE TOP
100 MOVIES HAD ACTUAL
DISABILITIES COMPARED
TO THE 18.7 PERCENT OF
AMERICANS IDENTIFIED AS
DISABLED IN THE 2010
CENSUS. IN ADDITION, THE
RUDERMAN FOUNDATION
FOUND THAT 95 PERCENT
OF TOP TV SHOW
CHARACTERS WITH
DISABILITIES ARE PLAYED
BY NON-DISABLED
PERFORMERS.
"MAKING SENSE" WILL BE
FILMED IN BOISE AND
MCCALL, IDAHO
BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER,
2019. AN ADVISORY
BOARD MADE UP OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES HAS
PROVIDED CONSULTATION
ON THE REALISM IN THE
FILM AND TO RECRUIT
ACTORS AND EXTRAS.
THEY INCLUDE THE IDAHO
COMMISSION FOR THE
BLIND AND VISUALLY
IMPAIRED, NORTHWEST
ADA CENTER-IDAHO,
IDAHO PARENTS
UNLIMITED, IDAHO
COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF
AND HARD OF HEARING,
AND CHALLENGED
ATHLETES FOUNDATION..
"MAKING SENSE" IS THE
SECOND PRODUCED
SCREENPLAY FROM DOUG
COLE. COLE TEAMED WITH
ACADEMY-AWARD
WINNING DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR BEN SHEDD ON
A MAKE-A-WISH FILM
TITLED "STAR WAITERS"
WHICH WON THE 2009
MAKE-A-WISH NATIONAL
FOUNDATION INFINITE
AWARD FOR BEING THE
BEST WISH OUT OF 13,200
WISHES GRANTED. HE IS
AN ADVOCATE FOR
INCLUSION FOR THOSE
WITH DISABILITIES AND
AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER
WITH INCLUDEABILITY INC.
"MAKING SENSE" IS MADE
POSSIBLE
POSSIBLE BY PRIVATE DONATIONS AND FOUNDATION GRANTS.
A FREE AUDITION
WORKSHOP WILL ALSO BE
HELD AT JUMP ON MAY 18
TO PREPARE FOR THE
CASTING..
THE CLASS WILL BE
LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100
PARTICIPANTS AND AGES
13 AND OLDER ARE
WELCOME.
THERE WILL BE
PROFESSIONAL
PROFESSIONAL
HEADSHOTS
HEADSHOTS AND ACTING RESUME CREATION WORKSHOPS.
ACTORS OF ALL ABILITIES
AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES WILL BE
INVITED TO AN OPEN
CASTING CALL AT JACK'S
URBAN MEETING PLACE
IN BOISE ON JUNE 15TH.
WE
WE HAVE
WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS
SATURDAY'S WORKSHOP
AND NEXT MONTH'S
AUDITION ON THE
HOTLINKS SECTION ON
OUR WEBSITE KTVB DOT
COM.
THANK YOU FOR COMING