Orange Is Backdrop For Two Films; Nine Dots Helps Nonprofits Online
The former Tustin Marine Corps Air Facility is set to be used for portions of the new Walt Disney Co. film “Pearl Harbor,” directed by Michael Bay (“Armageddon,” “The Rock”) and featuring a cast that includes Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin and Cuba Gooding Jr.
The film is scheduled to begin shooting in the base’s landmark blimp hangar later this month, according to Orange County Film Commissioner Janice Arrington.
The OC set is one of many for the $145 million film that is mostly shooting around Oahu as well as a gigantic water tank built in Baja California for the movie “Titanic.” “Pearl Harbor” is slated to open on May 23, 2001, just months before the 60th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the naval base on December 7th, 1941.
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The city of Orange recently was the stage for two films. Fox’s “Big Momma’s House,” which opened June 2, was shot in historic Orange Plaza and Old Towne Orange where a residential neighborhood doubled as a small town in Georgia. Also, Universal Pictures film “The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle,” which opened June 30, features scenes of Bullwinkle’s alma mater Wossamatta U shot at Chapman University in Orange, while Orange Plaza doubled as a Midwestern town for the movie.
Under Water
The Media Alliance of Orange County, a coalition of private and public businesses involved in the film production industry, plans to take the plunge at the Rancho Santa Margarita headquarters of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors this Saturday. The diving association plans to stage an underwater videography demonstration for members of Media Alliance, whose mission is to attract production to Orange County. Also, the Media Alliance appointed Ilona Hobbs secretary to the board of directors. On a related note, the Orange County Film Commission has hired Caroline Janki-Wong as marketing assistant.
Promoting Nonprofits
If nonprofit organizations want to get noticed in the online world, they need the same tools as other businesses and they need to take advantage of the Internet.
So that’s why Nine Dots Corp., Irvine, which ranks No. 18 on the Business Journal’s list of top ad agencies, recently got together with BrightStar Information Technology Group and BroadVision Inc. to create a free seminar to help nonprofit companies use the Internet to grow their operations.
More than 50 organizations, including United Way, California Thoracic Society and National Childhood Cancer Foundation attended “How Nonprofit Associations Can Profit From the Internet,” held on June 29 in Newport Beach.
Bits and pieces
Newport Beach-based Johnson Gray Advertising has picked up a new advertising account with real estate investment brokerage Sperry Van Ness in Irvine Taco Bell Corp., Irvine, recently launched its first comprehensive Internet ad campaign to promote its late-night service. TBWA/Chiat/Day in Playa del Rey created about a dozen ads for 16 Web sites such as MTV.com Susan Marzec, president of Marzec & Associates, Villa Park, recently picked up two Department of Agriculture merit awards and a check for $2,700. Marzec won for her work researching and writing about the Northern Goshawk, a threatened species of birds that nests in Utah and for conducting a statewide public involvement process. Her work is included in several sections of the department’s Environmental Assessment report Entrepreneur.com, Irvine, recently launched a new “Ask the Experts” program to offer members advice on operating small businesses Beard Boy Productions, Laguna Hills, recently won two national Telly awards, one for a 60-second TV spot created for Blue Cross of California and the other for a 30-second spot for the Ruby Restaurant Group in Newport Beach Lages & Associates, Irvine, recently picked up the PR account of eHomes.com in Laguna Niguel. The online real estate company wants Lages & Associates to handle the launch of its new service and retail centers Lawrence, Mayo & Ponder, Newport Beach, picked up eight LULU awards (three statuettes and five certificates) at the 54th annual LULU Awards competition sponsored by the Los Angeles Advertising Women in Torrance. The top prizes were given to the ad shop for work on behalf of its clients Fatburger, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Orange County Ad Club … Chapman University Communications Professor Janell Shearer didn’t enter the recent Public Relations Society of America’s local Protos awards last month, but she felt like a winner as she watched six of her former students and two former employees win awards MacGillivray Freeman Films, Laguna Beach, spent $30 million to film its latest IMAX feature “Adventures in Wild California” released June 30. Wells Fargo Bank, Edison International, Walt Disney and the cities of Brea, Buena Park, Cypress, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest, Santa Ana, Westminster, Costa Mesa and Irvine funded the project Surfwear manufacturers Toes on the Nose in Costa Mesa recently sponsored a $5,000 surf contest called Margaritaville Malibu Women’s Longboard Open.
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In a recent column announcing winners of the Public Relations Society of America’s local Protos awards, the number of awards for Waters & Faubel Inc., Newport Beach, came up one short. The PR firm won four Protos for a total of six awards including two awards of excellence.
