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(Indianapolis, Indiana) The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced today that the
video produced to celebrate the agency’s 50th anniversary recently
earned a Gold ADDY Award for Indianapolis-based Think Ahead Studios®.
A 2017 ADDY Award for Public Service Online Film / Video /
Sound was presented to Think Ahead Studios and Executive Producer Jason Drake during the
American Advertising Awards Indianapolis event, February 24, 2017 at the
Biltwell Event Center. The ADDY was awarded for the production of “Fifty
Years,” celebrating the history of Indiana artists and the Indiana Arts
Commission. The video was a central part of the Bicentennial Indiana Governor’s
Arts Awards.
Think Ahead Studios is the video production arm of
Indianapolis-based marketing firm Trendy
Minds®, which earlier this year earned a 2016 Davey Award in the Film /
Video category for “Fifty Years.”
“It was an honor to work with the team at the Indiana Arts
Commission to create a piece to celebrate the history and breadth of art in
Indiana,” said Jason Drake. “Having so many artists come together to contribute
their passion and talents to the story made the experience especially
meaningful. Each collaborator made the work richer and more powerful.”
Filmed at various locations around Indiana, the video
features scenes reflective of the creative process found in all artistic
disciplines yet is closely linked to the recipients of the Governor’s Arts
Awards. The audio editing captures sounds from nature merging with original
music composed by Butler University music student Timothy Carlos and performed
by a quartet of Butler University music students. The video narration is an
original poem, “Hoosier Quilt,” composed by Indiana State Poet Laureate Shari
Wagner and narrated by 2016 Indiana State Poetry Out Loud Champion Grace
Milligan.
“It was such a pleasure working with Jason and his team at
Think Ahead Studios,” said Lewis C. Ricci, Executive Director of the Indiana
Arts Commission. “This is another example of the young, creative talent that
makes up Indiana’s Creative Economy. The Arts Commission is so pleased these media
artists are being honored by their peers for their outstanding work.”
Sponsored
by the American Advertising Federation, the
awards honor excellence in advertising and cultivates the highest creative
standards in the industry. Local winners proceed to district competition, and
those winners proceed to national competition.
The Indiana
Arts Commission is dedicated to the vision of the arts everywhere, every day,
for everyone in Indiana.
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