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We know it has been a while since our last posting about the company, what we’ve been up to & what’s to come.  It seems that our company’s information gets waylaid for the benefit of our clients work & life in general.  Well this past year has been quite busy for the Illum staff.  We have been diligently working on our e-motion studio’s children’s project; we are piecing together our animatic for the first video, working out the scenes & timing.

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The principals of Illum went & had a baby girl which we are all excited about.  Jerry & Michelle took some time away from the company to focus on Nya’s first several months of life.  Nya is a special addition to the Illum family.

Speaking of expanding families, our Animation Director, Joe & his beautiful wife Jada are expecting their first child.  Jada is due in October & though we have been relentless they decided to wait to see what they are having but our bet is a bouncing boy.  We couldn’t be happier for the couple.

Illum’s design division has been working with several clients, most notably SaraPath Diagnostics, formerly Sarasota Pathology.  The campaign has been a long one; we have completely retooled their marketing direction, renamed them & given them a completely new identity.  From corporate packaging to sales staff tools, from courier vehicles to building signage, from in-house requisitions to a soon to be published revitalized web site, Illum has assisted in the coordination & expansion of nearly every department.

Our creative director, Jerry has been working on assisting the expansion of film to Sarasota’s area.  He has been speaking with several local directors about possible projects here & with the expansion of Florida’s tax incentive, the future looks promising.  He has also spoken on a couple of panels about film in our area.  The latest was with the Economic Development Council & the Sarasota Film Commission on the business of film in Sarasota County.  Jerry shared the panel with Brad Battersby from Ringling College & Mark Famiglio from the Sarasota Film Festival.

 The Dove Foundation, www.dove.org, an organization dedicated to the promotion of family-centric entertainment, has awarded Click Clack Jack 4 out of 5 doves & the dove seal of approval. 

Founded in 1990, The Dove Foundation’s mission is to promote the creation, production, distribution & consumption of true family films & entertainment. 

Additionally, Christianbook.com has posted Click Clack Jack on its site for pre-purchasing.  The DVD will officially be released on September 1st, so check out the site & support safe family entertainment by picking up your copy.  

Still running strong in the film festival circuits, Click Clack Jack has received its National debut.  Indelible Media Group came on board to drive the distribution of our film through Word Distributors.  On September 1st of this year, Click Clack Jack will be released into Living Word, Lifeway & Parable Book Stores as well as your local Christian bookstores just in time for the holidays.

Indelible Media Group will sponsor CCJ’s pre-sales beginning on August 1st available only through their website at http://www.indelibleonline.com/.  Any pre-sales through Indelible’s website will count toward the first month of sales.  So check it out & help support a great family friendly film.

To check out a newly cut HD trailer of Click Clack Jack, go to Click Clack Jack HD Trailer :30 available at YouTube.

Click Clack Jack was selected for screening at the Sunscreen Film Festival (SSFF), St. Petersburg in Bayside Muvico Cinemas.  Opening night was a lot of fun; we were interviewed by the Tampa Bay Informer, watched Passenger & spoke with actor Patrick Wilson.  Another actor, whom you won’t find any humbler, was Bill Cobb.  He was amazing to speak with & showed great interest in the young filmmaker’s speaking to him.  Keith, Ryan & I also had very encouraging discussions with Producers Dave Anderson & Phil Cooke about our project.  Many are asking when the next two installments are going to happen now that CCJ has distribution.   Thanks again to everyone who came out & supported the film!

The Sunscreen Film Festival has encouraged the creation & production of independent film in Florida since 2005.  THE SSFF has the specific objective to promote works by filmmakers by conducting educational programs that teach the art & science of film making.  Created by Tony Armer & Derek Minor, SSFF is working to increase the public’s awareness & support of local film making as a local asset.  Going into its 5^th year, the SSFF has qualified to be the first film festival in the Clearwater/St. Petersburg area for an Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences grant.  This will allow short film maker winners to become eligible for Oscar consideration. 

Click Clack Jack was shown at the venue, Bayside Muvico Theatres on Saturday, May 2nd at 11:00 a.m.  We had a decent size audience & many showed great support!  The closing ceremony & awards presentation party was immense fun.  The crew was able to re-connect with many of the film makers we had befriended earlier in the festival & discuss future projects & possible collaborations.  Jeffery Donovan was there from USA’s Burn Notice making the rounds & talking with many of the crowd.  We are looking forward to the future of Click Clack Jack.

Sarasota Pathology has approached Illum’s Design Division to take on the company’s corporate re-branding project.  Sarasota Pathology is a local independent laboratory and pathology practice that has been catering to the tri-county area for more than 35 years.  Their pathologists are board tri-certified and licensed in anatomical and clinical pathology with diverse knowledge in tissue diagnosis and analysis.  Sarasota Memorial, HCA/Doctor’s Hospital and Desoto Memorial are but a few of the hospitals that utilize Sarasota Pathology’s quality expertise.

Illum will be designing a new identity, corporate stationary package, re-scoping all internal forms and procedure documentation, employee and vendor badges, building and courier vehicle signage, internet identity, digital brochure, exhibit and tradeshow booth displays.  Illum will also work with SaraPath’s internal sales/marketing staff in designing and producing a multi-platform executive folio.  The folio will be utilized for sales expansion, pathology education meetings and tradeshow events.

Once the new collateral is established, Illum’s production division will create and direct internal infomercials and edit exhibit teaching videos from Sara Path’s pathologists that will be utilized for training through the company’s inter/intranet sites.  Illum will also serve as a consultant on the organization’s marketing push expanding their assistance into additional markets.

Illum’s Graphics Division has picked up a corporate design contract for The Zenbu Center, located in Dahlonega, Georgia.  The center is part of the Blaize Foundation; a domestic charitable trust is creating a new opportunity in Dahlonega for constituents who strive to better themselves physically, mentally & spiritually.  An eastern philosophy fitness center & spa is being created as part of a non-profit charitable institute to bring a much needed alternative outlet and lifestyle to a rural college, manufacturing & agricultural town.

This facility will offer Japanese discipline classes through sword arts as well as other self development & enhancement courses such as yoga, aerobics & dance.  This facility will feature a world class martial arts training facility, large strolling Japanese gardens, a gymnasium & will house a fully equipped spa center with all the proper amenities.

Illum Design Group will be creating the corporate identity as well as company stationary packages, collateral material & will also serve as a consultant on the Foundation’s future marketing endeavors.