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SeaWorld Sensations
Client: Busch Entertainment Corporation
Distributor: Sold at SeaWorld of Orlando
Running Time: 30 minutes
Audience: Guests of SeaWorld of Florida
Description: i. karumbah’s Renne Leatto and Lee Sommie wrote and directed this slapstick comedy romp through SeaWorld’s flagship park in Orlando, creating the best-selling park souvenir video in SeaWorld’s history. A big hit with kids, many parents report that it's their children's favorite video.
A Day In Paradise: Discovery Cove
Client: Busch Entertainment Corporation
Distributor: Sold at Discovery Cove
Running Time: 25 minutes
Audience: Guests of Discovery Cove
Description: i. karumbah’s Renne Leatto and Lee Sommie wrote and produced and Renne directed this park souvenir video for Discovery Cove, SeaWorld’s premier, swim-with-dolphins park. We created two alternate endings — one designed to receive customized footage at the end, showing the guest swimming with dolphins. We also designed the video’s retail display sleeve, wrote the copy, supervised the print production process, and coordinated the video duplication.
AIDS and Kids: The Whitney Project
Client: AIMS Multimedia
Distributor: AIMS Multimedia
Running Time: 12 minutes
Audience: Grades 3 – Adult
Description: We searched through 14 hours of candid documentary footage to find the right scenes to tell this heartwarming story of friendship. A sixth grade class in Pecos, New Mexico gets to know a girl in Illinois with AIDS. Hosted by TV stars Joey and Matthew Lawrence.
- Gold CINDY — International Association of Audio Visual Communicators
- Telly — Bronze Award
- Bronze Plaque — Columbus International Film & Video Festival
“This exceptionally well-done video helps teach young people to have compassion for people with HIV/AIDS.”
— Compassion Books
Bell On A Deer
Client: Sandler Films, Inc.
Distributor: Film Fair
Running Time: 15 minutes
Audience: Grades K – 8
Description: A young girl discovers an injured fawn in the Chinese countryside. When she carries it home to nurse it back to health, her grandfather cautions that the fawn belongs with its parents. But the pull of their special friendship is stronger than her grandfather's words, and she can't let the fawn go. They share many happy adventures until, one day, they hear a call from the woods that means the end of their time together.
The Girl and the Foxes
Client: Sandler Films, Inc.
Distributor: Film Fair
Running Time: 13 minutes
Audience: Grades K – 6
Description: A blind girl takes a dangerous journey into the jungle in search of magic foxes said to have healing powers that can restore her vision.
