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TODAY'S
FOCUS
Drastic
cuts to film agency would undo decades of progress
By PETER WENTWORTH
Independent filmmaker and producer
Special to CharlestonCurrents.com
APRIL
6, 2010 -- Proposed across-the-board state budget cuts will have
a profound impact on a number of state agencies - - yet it is hard
to imagine that any of them will suffer as much as the South Carolina
Film Commission. The recommendation for a 75 percent staff cut (from
four positions to one) means that the current plan will all but
literally close the office down.
Wentworth |
Most
people falsely assume that the Film Commission has an easy job,
because settings such as the beach on Sullivan's Island, historic
Charleston, or any of the plantations can sell themselves. But keep
in mind that the Lowcountry, a tourist destination, has the most
expensive accommodations in the state. Until recently, the cost
of capturing the area's beauty was so great that it ruled out all
but a very large-budget film. From 1980 to 2005, film and TV production
provided boom and then bust opportunities, putting a lot of money
in local retail coffers, but importing far more from out of state
to supplement what little was available locally.
Film infrastructure, crews, and goods and service providers are
built through work continuity. Lacking the corporate or industrial
clients that provide most of the bread-and-butter work, South Carolina
has always acknowledged that a TV series, or a company producing
a number of films, was the necessary anchor tenant. For example,
in 1983, Wilmington, N.C., offered Dino De Laurentiis a deal on
what was then a rundown businesses park in exchange for producing
three films there the following year. It was renamed the De Laurentiis
Studios in 1984, and Wilmington quickly boasted a robust pool of
technicians - a huge incentive as the cost of bringing technicians
from out of state is nearly double the cost of hiring that person
locally. Case in point: Wilmington lists four motion picture productions
between 1970 and 1983 -- and more than 350 from 1984 to present.
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In
2006 South Carolina passed the Film Incentives Act, which, after
a decade of lobbying by in-state advocates, gave the state an opportunity
to get a foothold by attracting production consistently though labor
and goods and services incentives. In the first nine months, South
Carolina hosted six feature films and two TV pilots, including "Army
Wives," which is currently shooting its fourth season here.
However, as the film incentives were available to public scrutiny,
they were passed into law by legislators, rather than negotiated
by the S.C. Department of Commerce behind closed doors, so they
became a political target as an untenable amount of tax dollars
were going towards rebating out-of-state labor.
Several
studies commissioned by the Department of Commerce proved this painfully
obvious point -- with no discussion of the Film Commission's three-
to five-year timetable required to build the industry to a competitive
level. The Department of Commerce immediately dropped the out-of-state
labor incentive for all productions except "Army Wives,"
and as a result, production has ground to a halt. By June of 2009,
the Film Commission had become such a thorn in the side of the Department
of Commerce that it was shuffled back to the state Department of
Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
But
the Film Commission is an unusually versatile tool during these
hard economic times because it finds opportunities in a downsizing
economy. An empty aircraft fuselage assembly plant was offered as
a solution to the producers of "Die Hard III" in need
of a building large enough to build and stage a New York City subway
crash. "Die Hard III" then hired hundreds of workers who
had been laid off from the concurrent closing of the Charleston
Naval Shipyard. In fact, the skills of the Navy Base crew were so
impressive that many were hired to build the main set for James
Cameron's "Titanic." Cameron had worked in the upstate
a decade before when the commission drew Cameron to an abandoned
nuclear power reactor to film the underwater scenes for the movie
"The Abyss."
Five
years ago, a feature looking to film in Charleston could expect
to find 15 percent to 20 percent of its crew locally. According
to the Film Office, 52 percent of the crew of "Dear John,"
which was filmed here last year, were South Carolina residents.
The
current proposal to cut the film office by 75 percent would undo
decades of slow gains -- overnight. This is a poor short-term solution,
especially as filmed entertainment has continued to be the second
largest American export after aerospace for the past decade.
Peter
Wentworth is an independent filmmaker and producer who lives in
Mount Pleasant.
CURRENTS
Census brings
R&R: revenue and representation
By
ANDY BRACK, publisher
APRIL
6, 2010 - Filling out the Census isn't a sin. It isn't a Democratic
or Republican thing. It's just the law, something required in the
U.S. Constitution by the founders of the country to ensure equal
representation.
Brack |
But
because even a piece of toast can become partisanized these days,
some from the left and others from the right are trying to get Americans
to boycott the Census or fill out only a part of it.
People,
this is silly. Don't believe anything you hear that suggests there's
any evil in filling out the Census. Its 10 questions are easy and
non-intrusive. Completing the mail-in form only takes about five
minutes.
But
if South Carolinians don't do a better job in filling out the Census,
the state could suffer. It's that plain and simple.
The
Census, explains Budget and Control Board Research Director Bobby
Bowers, is all about R&R -- not rest and relaxation, but about
revenue and representation.
On
the revenue side, many federal programs rely on Census-based formulas
to distribute tax dollars for everything from money for schools
and health care to highway construction and vocational rehabilitation.
It
is not an insignificant amount. If South Carolina's people are undercounted
- as about 48,335 people were projected to have been missed in 2000
- then the state will not receive $580 million to $1 billion over
the next 10 years, said Bowers, the legislative-appointed state
liaison with the Census Bureau. If we have the 49th lowest participation
rate in the country, as we did in 2000, federal tax money already
paid by South Carolinians will just go somewhere else.
"That's
a lot of money," Bowers said. "Think of what this state
could do with an extra billion dollars these days. It's critical
for this state, particularly with the downturn in the economy, to
be able to get as much from the federal government that is going
to be distributed anyway."
And
we don't want to miss out on that money due to some people failing
to act because of something they hear from a misinformed or misleading
talking head with an agenda who is on TV spreading calumny.
Filling
out the Census also could mean more representation in Congress.
It's been widely reported that if South Carolinians are more accurately
counted, there's a chance the state will get a seventh congressional
district.
Between
2000 and 2009, South Carolina was the nation's 10th fastest growing
state. By July 2009, the state had about 4.6 million people, according
to Census estimates. If this year's Census finds around 4.8 million
people here, we could be on the borderline to get another district,
based on Statehouse Report projections.
This
year, the Census made a special effort to educate South Carolinians
about the importance of filling out the Census form. There have
been ads, town meetings and more.
Former
Rock Hill newspaper editor Terry Plumb, who has been working for
the Census to spread the word, explained that it costs just 42 cents
for someone to return the Census in the mail. But if the Census
Bureau has to send an employee to someone's home-and they would
try up to six times to try to find them to answer the form's 10
questions - then the average cost rises to $57 for a completed form.
(The reason is the time, training and background checks for Census
employees.)
In
the coming months, as many as 12,800 part-time Census specialists
may be hired to ensure that the state has an accurate a count as
possible.
Do
your part today by filling out the form. By law, the information
remains confidential. Completing the Census could save money now
-- and reap bigger rewards for the state in many ways over the next
10 years.
Andy
Brack is publisher of CharlestonCurrents. He can be reached at publisher@charlestoncurrents.com.
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GOOD
NEWS
Local
man enters Race Week to help Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy
Charleston
resident Rob Turkewitz has entered Charleston Race Week with the
singular purpose of raising money for the Coastal
Crisis Chaplaincy.
"I
have entered my 44-foot ketch, "First Light," in the race
to raise money for the CCC," he tells CharlestonCurrents.com.
"My crew members are composed of members of various professions,
including real estate, medical, corporate and me - legal and entrepreneurial.
Our goal is to raise $10,000, and we are asking our professional
colleagues and friends in the community to become honorary crew
members by making a $25 donation to CCC."
The
ketch's lead sponsor is Turkewitz's own company, WhirlyBird Solutions,
which he established recently to market his patented WhirlyBird
Repeller, a device that safely and effective repels nuisance
birds from docks, vegetable patches, etc.
Those
interested in following the race and the progress of fundraising
can go to
twitter.com/SailingforCCC. "I'm asking people to make their
contribution online at www.coastalcrisischaplaincy.org and click
on the Race Week icon, or send their donations by check made payable
to 'CCC - Race Week.' " Checks can be mailed to Coastal Crisis
Chaplaincy, P.O. Box 21833, Charleston, SC 29413.
Firefly
Distillery introduces first Sweet Tea Bourbon
Wadmalaw
Island's Firefly Distillery has unveiled the first Sweet Tea Bourbon,
noting that the drink combines two Southern favorites for a perfect
new cocktail. It's the sixth spirit in the Firefly sweet tea family.
Made
with handcrafted straight bourbon whiskey from the well-known Buffalo
Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, Firefly Sweet Tea Bourbon
is infused with authentic South Carolina tea and Louisiana sugarcane.
Buffalo Trace has won more than 50 awards since 1990, and is the
only distillery to be named Distillery of the Year by Malt Advocate
and Distiller of the Year by Whisky Magazine.
Sweet
Tea Bourbon's makers suggest that it's best enjoyed when mixed with
spring water and served over ice, but they're asking others to share
their favorite recipes at http://www.fireflyvodka.com.
Created
by co-founders Scott Newitt and Jim Irvin in 2008, the original
Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka is the world's first handcrafted sweet tea
vodka. Firefly is the largest distillery in the state.
Charleston
County to host Earth Day Festival on April 17
Charleston
County's Environmental Management Department will host the 2010
Earth Day Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 17 at Park Circle
in North Charleston. The event attracts more than 8,000 people annually.
Highlights
for the festival will include the Center for Birds of Prey releasing
a rehabilitated bird at 11 a.m.; a recycled instrument and masked
procession by A.C. Corcoran Elementary School at 12:45 p.m.; and
a 1 p.m. "Environmental Poetry Slam" by the College of
Charleston Upward Bound Program.
More
than 70 environmental activities and educational displays will provide
information on alternative energy, green building, local and organic
agriculture and nutrition, outdoor adventure, animals and habitat
preservation, litter, water, recycling, seedlings and compost. Charleston
area chefs will be demonstrating local, organic and raw cooking,
the Charleston County School District will have its Mobile Planetarium,
and there will be hands-on earth science activities with Mad Science
teachers.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
Camp
Sorghum
In
the wake of a yellow fever epidemic among federal prisoners in Charleston,
Confederate authorities transferred 1,300 to 1,400 Union officers
to the South Carolina interior in late 1864 to prevent them from
infecting the local populace. They also believed that the prisoners
were less likely to be liberated by Sherman if they were moved inland.
The first prisoners arrived in October 1864 and were interned in
a five-acre field near Columbia, on a hill overlooking the west
side of the Saluda River (now West Columbia). To supplement the
few tents available, many prisoners built makeshift structures by
digging holes in the ground and covering them with tree branches.
Because their diet consisted of cornmeal and molasses, the Union
prisoners began calling their site "Camp Sorghum."
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Due
to poor sanitation and inadequate shelter, disease and malnutrition
were rampant. As many as 20 to 50 prisoners died daily. To alleviate
the poor conditions, Confederate authorities allowed limited paroles
to find food and better sanitation beyond the camp boundaries. Sometimes
this was used as a ruse to escape. Other methods of escape included
bribing the guards or feigning illness to go to the hospital outside
the camp's boundaries. One Confederate official claimed that Sorghum's
373 escapes were due to guards who were "very raw recruits
[who] … require constant watching and instruction."
In
December 1864 the camp was closed and the prisoners transferred
across the river to Columbia, where they were interned near the
South Carolina Lunatic Asylum until Sherman captured Columbia on
February 17, 1865. The Union force liberated some of the prisoners,
while others were forced north with their Confederate captors until
released the following month in North Carolina.
--
Excerpted from the entry by Fritz Hamer. To
read more about this or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina,
check out The
South Carolina Encyclopedia by USC Press. (Information used
by permission.)
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Meals on
Wheels
Walker
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More than 5
million seniors in America are hungry, and sadly, the Palmetto State
ranks second in the nation for the number of people 60 years of
age and older who experience food insecurity. Pat Walker, president
and CEO of East
Cooper Meals on Wheels, says that last year 400 seniors east
of the Cooper could not provide for their own nutritional needs.
That's where ECMOW comes in, providing daily nutrition for the homebound
who cannot provide their own meals. The agency recently was awarded
$14,992 through a Walmart Foundation grant to use for much-needed
equipment. Pat shares these five facts about ECMOW.
- Any homebound
senior living within the established service area east of the
Cooper who cannot provide his or her own meals qualifies as a
recipient. You, your family or your physician can call to arrange
an interview.
- Meals are
delivered to all qualified recipients free of charge. No recipient
has ever been charged for a meal.
- There is
no waiting list to receive meals. Qualified recipients begin receiving
meals within 72 hours of the interview.
- In addition
to midday meals, ECMOW provides suppers, weekend meals, pantry
items, nutritional drinks, healthy snacks and personal care products
to recipients who meet criteria. Seniors who eat well-balanced
meals enjoy better heath and are able to stay in their own homes
longer.
- In 2009,
East Cooper Meals on Wheels delivered 115,000 meals to recipients
and is expecting a 10% increase in delivery in 2010. The organization
is volunteer-driven and needs help to end senior hunger. Call
881-9350 to donate just two hours each week.
QUOTE
On
anticipation
"No matter
how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to."
-- Lynn
Johnston, "For Better or For Worse" cartoonist (1947
- )
CALENDAR:
THIS WEEK
(NEW)
Green Business Challenge: Noon to 1 p.m. April 8,
One Cool Blow, downtown. The Green Business Challenge is a joint
initiative from the City of Charleston, Lowcountry Local First,
the Sustainability Institute and the S.C. Green Fair. Charleston
was one of five cities across the country selected by the International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives to establish a Green
Business Challenge, with the goal of helping participating businesses
improve their bottom line through reduction of energy use and waste.
Taco Boy will provide lunch. Speakers will be Brian Sheehan, the
Charleston's sustainability director, and Renee Patey of the Sustainability
Institute. Cost: $15. More info: online
or 740-5444.
RiverDogs
Home Opener: 7:05 p.m. April 8, Joseph P. Riley Park.
The RiverDogs take on the Lexington Legends for opening night at
The Joe. It will be a Budweiser Thirsty Thursday with $1 beers,
hot dogs and sliders in the Ashley View Pub, and the RiverDogs will
also be handing out free magnet schedules. Tickets: Available
online. More info: http://www.riverdogs.com.
Kiawah
Art and House Tour: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. April 9, Kiawah
Island. The 10th annual tour, sponsored by the volunteer group Gibbes,
etc., benefits the Gibbes Museum of Art. Tour features six homes
that have distinctive art collections and dramatic views of the
salt marsh, creeks, ocean and woodlands. Tickets: $55 per person
(includes tour, light refreshments throughout the afternoon at the
Cassique clubhouse, and an admission pass to the Gibbes Museum of
Art valid through Dec. 30. Buy at the Gibbes Museum Store, online,
or by calling 722-2706, ext. 21.
House
& Garden Tours: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. April 9 and April
10, downtown Charleston. The Garden Club of Charleston offers
its 75th annual walking tour of private homes and gardens in the
Historic District. Homes also feature flowers arranged by garden
club members, and refreshments will be served in one of the gardens.
All proceeds benefit the garden club's year-round maintenance of
several public gardens, including those at the Manigault House,
the Heyward-Washington House, the Gateway Walk and the Healing Garden
at MUSC. Tickets: $35. Details: Online
or 530-5164.
Pet
Fest: Noon to 6 p.m. April 10 and April 11, Palmetto
Islands County Park, Mount Pleasant. Sponsored by Charleston County
Park and Recreation Commission, Pet Fest gives local pet organizations
and businesses a chance to showcase their causes, products and services.
Events include K9s in Flight Frisbee Dogs, Lowcountry Dog Magazine's
Cover Model Contest (enter your dog for a chance to be on the cover),
a variety of pet contests, a microchipping clinic and more. Cost:
$5 per day; children 12 and under, Gold Pass Holders and leashed
pets are free. Details/event times are online
here.
CALENDAR:
ONGOING AND SOON
Raising
a Reader: 7 p.m. April 12, Mount Pleasant Regional Library,
1133 Mathis Ferry Road. Fran Hawk, author and Post and Courier columnist,
will offer "Ten Tips for Raising Readers," based on her
book of that name, which helps parents learn how to get children
to love reading. Book will be for sale at the program in cooperation
with the Friends of the Library. More info: 849-6161.
Talking
Twitter: 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. April 13, Charleston
County Library, 68 Calhoun St. Free monthly Small Business &
Nonprofit Networking Lunch. Local Tweeter Michael Carnell will explain
how to market your organization on Twitter and will teach Twitter
skills such as understanding hashtags, lists and re-tweeting, managing
your tweets so Twitter doesn't manage you, and knowing how to attract
followers and interact effectively with them. More info: 805-6930
or http://www.ccpl.org.
(NEW)
1K
Backwards Run: 5:30 p.m. April 15, Joe Riley Park, downtown.
Runners must navigate backwards as they cover .62 miles (three laps)
around the baseball field's warning track. Tracking everyone's speed
(or lack thereof) will be split-times at each .2 of a mile, in addition
to a beer station at the halfway mark. All participants get a post-race
dinner party in Doby's Deck, where prizes will be awarded from most
leisurely runner to largest beer belly. Following the dinner party
is the Charleston RiverDogs' game against the West Virginia Power.
Cost: $20 (includes the race, commemorative koozie, dinner, awards
ceremony and a ticket to the baseball game; additional game tickets
are $7 each). More
info/registration.
Third
Thursday: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 15, downtown Summerville.
Live music, vintage car cruise-in by Coastal Classic Ford Car Club,
and Art Walk on Short Central Street. Stores will be open late with
specials. Sponsored by Summerville D.R.E.A.M. More info: 821-7260
or visit
this Web site.
Flowerfest
Celebration: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 17, Charleston County
Library, 68 Calhoun St. Earth Day celebration includes activities
for kids (stories, learning how to create a butterfly garden, watching
a movie) and adults (programs on the Noisette Rose, poisonous plants
in the Lowcountry, Magnolia Gardens and the archaeological dig at
Charleston's French Botanic Garden, along with tips on photographing
flowers and caring for miniature roses). More info: 805-6930 or
online.
(NEW)
Dropout
Prevention Benefit Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 21,
High Cotton, 199 East Bay St., downtown. Lunch event will offer
local business professionals a way to honor employees on Administrative
Professionals' Day while supporting Communities In Schools, which
will get 100 percent of the proceeds. CIS is a nonprofit dropout
prevention agency. Cost: $25 per person plus tax and gratuity. Reservations
(required): 724-3815. To see the menu, go
here.
Tricounty
Youth Service Day: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 24,
various locations. The event is part of Global Youth Service Day,
a worldwide event engaging millions of children and youth in more
than 115 countries to address unmet needs in their communities.
Locally, more than 600 youths are expected to take part in service
projects such as neighborhood beautification, school cleanups, senior
services and environmental issues. A celebration rally will be held
to wrap up the event from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at North Charleston
High School. More
info.
FOCUS
ARCHIVES
7/1:
Shaffer:
Picky Eaters Group
6/28: Bender:
Fishy Fourth
6/24: Belden:
Society 1858
6/21: Stevenson:
Summer reading
6/17: Handel:
On Jim Fisher
6/14: Reeves:
Summer dress
6/10:Martin:
Garden tips
6/7: Dubrofsky:
Green homes
6/3: McCutcheon:
Young pros
5/31: McFaddlin:
Health benefits
5/27: Ledbetter:
Senior riders
5/24: Myers:
Microloan's impact
5/20: Gadson:
Rural Mission's needs
5/17: Bender:
Bocce bashing
5/13: DeMarco:
Homeless help
5/10: Spencer:
Ending violence
5/6: Westmeyer:
Fish to buy
5/3: Maas:
Spoleto tips
THRASH
ARCHIVES
7/1:
Lots
to do on 4th
6/24: Ways
to nab skeeters
6/17: Dump
the Pump, more
6/10: Lots
to do locally
6/3: Dancin'
for dollars
5/27: Locals'
15 minutes
5/20: Strawberry
season
5/13: New
for foodies
5/6: Poll
managing
4/29: Adopt
a Duck
4/22: Indelible
ink
4/15: Grab-bag
of items
4/1: In
jingle semifinals
3/25: Blues
and birds
3/18: Recalling
"The Charleston"
3/11: East
Cooper hospital
3/4: Green
mowers
2/25: Get
outdoors
2/18: Local
guide book for kids
2/11: Reviewing
Jenny's book
2/4: MSNBC
looks at success
1/21: Tell
Mt. Pleasant
1/14: Winter
plant tips
1/7: New
books
BRACK
ARCHIVES
6/28:
Impatient
electorate
6/21: Haley's
thin record
6/14: Daddy-daughter
trip
6/7: Gulf
spill report
5/31: New
SC poll flummoxes
5/24: BBQ
should be state meat
5/17: Advice
to new grads
5/10: Bad
Spoleto poster
5/3: First
District candidates
4/26: Don't
veto cigarette tax
4/19: Great
weekend of fun
4/12: Remembering
Civil War
4/6: Be
counted in Census
3/29: SC
economy is recovering
3/22: Meeting
Turkish neighbors
3/15: Clyburn
whips up support
3/8: The
Wreck rec
3/1: Cut
all of the cuts
2/22: A
look at summer camps
2/15: School
district Einsteins
2/8: About
mules
2/1: Bauer
should get out
1/28: Gibbs
at White House
1/25: Friend's
new show
1/18: Rockwell
painting
1/11: Palmetto
Priorities
1/4/10: Piggly
Wiggly visit
BUSINESS
INDIGO
3/18:
Biz
fair, CED venture
3/4: Lowcountry
tech hub
2/4: Advice
on working with Boeing
1/21: Co-working
group
1/7: Free
library text questions
LIST
ARCHIVES
7/1:
Keeping
cool
6/28: LinkedIn
tips
6/24: Be
an Angel
6/21: CFW
finances
6/17: Pirate
facts
6/14: Gadsden
Flag
6/10: Butterfly
tips
6/7: 1773
awards
6/3: Good
reads
5/31: 5
Southern artists
5/27: Local
jazz legends
5/24: Piccolo
for kids
5/20: Pats
on back
5/17: Tea
tips
5/13: PeaceLoveHipHop
5/10: Myth
detector
5/6: Cooking
with Mom
5/3: Turtle
tales
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