Sunday, July 19, 2009

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

In order to conform to the confines of a TV "hour", I had to cut ANIMALS AMONG US down from it's original 70 minutes. That was no easy feat and required some sacrifices, although I believe I've kept the heart and soul of the film. One section I had to seriously truncate was the ending credits. Not only that, I even compressed them in order to sneak in one last animal discovery, the gray fox, which I believe ends the film on a more positive note.

Well, websites and blogs are the perfect rest stops for television super-highways (we've all seen the movies or TV shows where the ending credits roll by like race cars). I'd like to take this time to recognize every person and every animal who contributed to the making of the film:

The ANIMALS AMONG US
in order of appearance:

Red Fox
Whitetail Deer
Red Tail Hawk
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Moose
Red Squirrel
Black Bear
Water Spider
Turkey Vulture
White Breasted Nuthatch
Widow Skimmer Dragonfly
12 Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly
Chipmunk
Hermit Thrush
Golden Crowned Kinglet
Short-Tailed Weasel
Eastern Screech Owl
Southern Flying Squirrel
Crow
Vole
Killdeer
American Robin
Sora Rail
Bluejay
Wood Duck
Cedar Waxwing
Brown Thrasher
Catbird
Bullfrog
Eastern Box Turtle
Green Heron
Eastern Phoebe
Raccoon
Great Blue Heron
Kingfisher
Osprey
Fox Squirrel
Mourning Dove
Striped Skunk
Carolina Wren
Black Capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-winged Blackbird
Muskrat
Baltimore Oriole
Eastern Hognose Snake
Red Bellied Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Eastern Coyote
American Redstart



CAMERA
Matt Clysdale

ASSISTANT CAMERA
Anthony Arent
Larry Dorfenbach
John Paul Lohrstorfer
Alix Duggins

NARRATION
Matt Clysdale

SPOTLIGHT 
Jeff Walls
Jonathon Morgan
Colleen Huckendubler 
Earl Hall

DRIVERS
Anthony Arent
Larry Dorfenbach
Emily Searles
Michele McWilliams
John Paul Lohrstorfer
Earl Hall

EXTRAS 
Michele McWilliams
Jodi Meyers
Dan Dewitt
Nate Fuller
Ned Clysdale

MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS
Matthew Clysdale

AUDIO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Brown & Brown Recording Studios

LOCATIONS
Paul McNellis - Western Michigan University 
Melody Lindsey - Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center
Shari Glaser - Western Michigan University
David Anderson - Kalamazoo Community Mental Health
George Jarvis - Western Michigan University Power Plant
Alexander Lee - Kalamazoo Public Schools
Ron Wiser
Wayne and Jill Flipse
H.G. Piatkowski
Jose Campos
Bonnie Brown
Jane and Ken Schroder 
Heather and Jim Ratliff
Steve and Tera Robison 
Shane and Robert Plemmons 
Derek Strine
Michael Lopresto
Janice Russo
Geoffrey Clapp
Patricia Harter
Robert Brown 
Jeff Krueger 
Dan Scott
Steinagle Apartments


THANK YOUS
Ray Adams
Gene Clysdale
Ned Clysdale
Christena Smith
Nate & Erin Fuller
Sarah Kingery & Lee Doezema
Richard Saroni
Joe Johnson
Karen Charleston
Donna & Thomas Lambert 
Chris and Lynwood Bartley
Dick Leenihan
Deborah Ann Percy - Maple Street Magnet School
Kalamazoo County Sheriff
Van Buren County Sherriff's Department
The Whole Art Theater
Kara Haas
Kalamazoo Nature Center

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY
Ed Ihling
Dorothy Blankenburg
Mary Coon
Donna & Thomas Lambert
Sharon Carlson - 
Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History

FILM FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY
Hazel Rood - Kleinstuck Footage by Paul Rood 
Barbara and Gene Clysdale 

DONORS
Eric Boersma
Mary Brodbeck & John Schmit
Barb & Gene Clysdale
Patrick D. & Krista K. Crocker
Nate & Erin Fuller
Brett & Kristen Gronwis
Larry Hubbard
Lad Hanka
Keith & Janet Jones
Kathlene LaCour & Jeff Brazda
Pamela & Lee Larson
Jim & Anita McNamara
Ian Nielsen
Bob & Nancy Peterson
Heather & Jim Ratliff
Steve & Michele Roberts
Hazel Rood
Joan Rood
Josephine A. Rood
Kathy Schuch
Tom & Nancy Small
Ward H. Squires
Rick Stahlhut
Brian Suppes

FUNDERS
Arts Fund of Kalamazoo County through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo

Irving S. Gilmore Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Program 
through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo

Education for the Arts Artistic Development Grant



©2009 HorsePower Pictures

2 comments:

  1. Matt,

    We just watched "Animals among us" on WGVU -- just happened to find it while channel surfing, although we are former Maple Street residents and even met you once when you were working on the documentary.

    Excellent job!

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  2. Thanks Will. I love the idea of people stumbling upon ANIMALS while channel surfing. It always gets my attention when I come across something local and homegrown.

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