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ORLANDO STUDIO & PRODUCTION CENTER: UPDATE

Orlando, FL - Chapman / Leonard Studios and Production Center has proved most beneficial to productions from Florida to the Midwest

Our state-of-the-art Sound Stage has remained busy from day one. Ideal for a wide range of uses from television live audience shows to commercials, corporate videos, rehearsal and music videos. Chapman / Leonard Studios and Production Center accommodated the rehearsal needs of "World Party" and EMI Records during the 93 NARM Conference. The stage has accommodated production needs of such talent as Smothers Brothers, Doc Severson, World Party, Neon Armidello, Tim Allen and Ed McManon's Star Search.

Chapman / Leonard Studios and Production Center, a branch of the half-century-old Chapman Studio Equipment in Los Angeles, California, who manufactures and distributes camera cranes and dollies, worldwide, has enjoyed its adventures in this new end of the film business. Productions seem to enjoy the benefits of having equipment conveniently located within the area they are filming, along with 24-hour accessible technical advice and service. Technical Director and General Manager, Dave Bullard, explains, "we will walk a production through our facility and describe all the equipment that our facility has to offer them and decide what equipment will best serve their needs." Along with the technical aspects, productions also enjoy the friendly and service-oriented atmosphere the facility prides itself on, enhanced by facility coordinator, Zoe Iltsopolous. "To help provide assistance to foreign, out of state, as well as local clients," Ms. Iltsopolous states, "we offer 24-hour service for needs such as hotel arrangements, limo and airline scheduling, catering service scheduling, as well as, production crews."

Recently, Chapman / Leonard Studios serviced accommodations for Skydog Productions educational video, entitled,"Make Mine Milk." The facility provided comfortable accommodations for various sets to be built and placed on the stage to recreate a milk-based question and answer game show for the 27-minute video. The question and answer segments were edited with actual dairy processing shots from a dairy in North Florida, Alachua County. "The idea behind the educational video is to teach young people about the benefits of milk and how it is processed," explains a Skydog spokesperson.

Plans for the future include the building of another stage, as well as the addition of a full-service post-production group.

Being a California-based corporation, we have felt a positive flow of work to Florida and the Orlando area due to Florida's lower production costs and tax incentives, as well as, Florida's convenient southeast location (even for European productions) and comfortable climate and geography. Another important factor for Florida's commercial production growth is the influx of industry and tourism to South and Central Florida.

FULLY STOCKED AND READY FOR YOUR NEXT PRODUCTION

Chapman's new state-of-the-art sound stage and facility is conveniently located ten minutes from the Orlando airport and features a complete and updated line of Chapman equipment.

These include the Titan II mobile crane with a 27 foot lens height; the Olympian, an electric driven, hydraulic lifting arm unit for sports, television or motion picture use. Zeus, an electric driven stage crane with a lens height of 16 feet; Nike 14, a stage crane with a lens height of (you guessed it) 14 feet; the Sidewinder, an electric driven dolly for both film and television applications; the Hybrid II, Hustler, and Super PeeWeeŽ II camera dollies; the adjustable Lenny Arm II, Chapman's latest Hy HyŽ remote arm base, plus Chapman's full line of accessories. The Orlando facility also offers Hot Head and Power Pod Remote camera heads which allow remote use of the camera movement from ground level.

The Orlando Production center now has available the Cam-Mate Remote Video Arm System with the complete package that includes monitor, articulating head, and up to 25 feet of lens height.

Steadi-Cam System 3A is also available at Chapman's new facility. The system comes complete with Steadi-Mags--wireless controls of zoom and focus. A qualified Steadi-Cam operator is available through Chapman.

Within the 112 ' x 80 ' sound stage, complemented by hardwood floors and climate control, is a 50 ' x 60 ' corner into which we've incorporated one of the world's largest indoor Hard Cycs. This seamless background has a height of 26 feet with completely adjustable lighting from above. Over 4000 amps of 120 v 3-phase power is distributed throughout the stage. It's fully equipped with man and scissor lifts and OSHA approved chain hoists for lighting. The ceiling height is 29' with 9' square grids and climate control. Our stage is rated for an audience of 250 plus a 50-member crew--making it ideal for live audience shows. Plus a drive-in loading door insures quick unloading and loading of production equipment.

Adjacent to the sound stage are two private dressing rooms complete with private bathrooms, salon sinks, illuminated makeup mirrors and wardrobe space. Complementing the stage and dressing room areas is a 2000-square-foot production office area complete with a fully equipped kitchen, spacious greenroom, with plenty of telephone lines. In addition, the facility incorporates phone answering, fax, and photocopying services.

The facility features a full array of support services, including Herb Mandell Casting C.S.A., specializing in casting for feature film, television, commercial, corporate and extra casting needs. Continental Film Labs also support the facility with their film and video stock, as well as, developing services. BEC Technologies complements Chapman/Leonard Studios with fiber optic digital audio devices.

All in all, Chapman Studios and Production Center offers a complete package for all production needs within a conveniently located state-of-the-art facility. ASK FOR ONE OF OUR DEMONSTRATIONAL VIDEOS and we will send it directly to you!