Nexus Studios collaborates with 22 drama pupils in a one of a kind, digitally animated school play
Written and directed by Oscar-winning Nexus director Patrick Osborne, the animated film uses facial recognition technology to bring a middle school play to life.
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The pandemic has affected school kids in a myriad of ways, particularly for drama students unable to perform. As schools struggle to get back into the full educational rhythm of life pre-pandemic, many extracurricular activities, including anything deemed “nonessential”, have been sidelined. To the dismay of some students, this includes school plays. The students at Thurman White Academy of the Performing Arts Middle School were particularly disappointed with the news that there would be no school play due to the pandemic. But luckily for this acting-enthusiast bunch, Nexus Studios decided to collaborate with Cox Communications and 180LA to reimagine a school play through innovative animation technology, feat
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“Working with these kids was easily the best part of the project. They were endless wells of enthusiasm and natural performers. Each student brought a unique sensibility to the characters that elevated the story to a hugely entertaining and emotional plane.” - said Nexus Studios’ Director, Patrick Osborne.
This film was produced by Cox, in collaboration with ad agency 180LA and Nexus Studios to inspire all of us to stay connected and show the power technology has to bring us closer to one another during difficult times.
The animated short Drawn Closer will premiere on Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 9 on YurView, the local origination television network managed by Cox Communications. Visit www.yurview.com for a complete broadcast schedule for YurView’s nationwide markets to watch and cheer on the superstars from Thurman White Academy of the Performing Arts. Watch the “Making of” film here.
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A Purple Heart veteran who pleaded guilty in June to defrauding the Veterans Administration and was sentenced this month, said the charges against him are not true.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder sentenced Willie Dosher Cain to five years of probation and ordered him to perform 250 hours of community service, after he pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement in June.
Cain was also ordered to pay more than $903,000 in restitution and to forfeit a modified van and mobility scooter.
“As far as pleading guilty, this I did and you must remember that there are many in the U.S. who have done the same but were innocent,” Cain, 74, said in a statement emailed to The Fayetteville Observer.