10/8/98
ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio University Eminent Professor of Film Rajko Grlic's CD-ROM program "How to Make your Movie: An Interactive Film School" won the Grand Award for Best of Show at the New York Festivals 1998 International Interactive and Multimedia Awards. The program also received the Gold World Medal for the best Educational/Instructional multimedia and Gold World Medal for best interface design.
The three-disc, CD-ROM package was written, directed and produced by Grlic and developed by Electronic Vision, a Athens multimedia production company.
After winning a gold in its category, the program competed with eight other entries for the overall Grand Award. After the first vote, "How to Make Your Movie: An Interactive Film School" was tied with a multimedia production of Nick Bantock's popular Griffin and Sabine trilogy featuring actors Isabella Rosellini and Ben Kingsley. "How to Make Your Movie" features Bob Winters, an actor and professor at Ohio University's School of Theater, along with Athens area voice talents. After a second vote, Grlic's production won.
"We were up against a program with quadruple our budget, so it was a dramatic moment when Ohio University's Bob Winters in effect beat out Ben Kingsley and Isabella Rosellini," Grlic said.
"I am very proud of the Electronic Vision and Ohio University production team," said Dan Krivicich, executive producer and chief executive officer of Electronic Vision. "Receiving the highest international multimedia award from the New York Festivals is truly an outstanding achievement."
Judges for the contest included representatives from the Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress and the World Bank. More than 300 entries were received from around the world, including titles from Levis, Chrysler, The Discovery Channel, Kellogg, IBM, the Sci-Fi Channel, BMW and MasterCard.
"How to Make Your Movie" is an illuminating and entertaining interactive experience that takes the user on a step-by-step journey through the filmmaking process. The program goes beyond written or spoken instruction, providing an interactive classroom on a computer desktop. It retails for $89.95, and is available by calling 1-800-516-9361 or on the Web at http://www.interactivefilmschool.com
Ohio residents will have the opportunity to preview the program next week when Grlic presents a big-screen tour of the CD-ROM at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus. To attend the preview, contact Alex Davis at 800-516-9361.
Editors: J-PEG images related to "How to Make Your Movie: An Interactive Film School" may be downloaded from the World Wide Web. They are suitable for publication, and may be viewed at http://www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/web. They may be downloaded at: http://www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/rajko1.jpg : An environmental photograph of Rajko Grlic at his computer. http://www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/rajko2.jpg : A headshot of Rajko Grlic. http://www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/rajko3.jpg : A photograph of Rajko Grlic, professor of film at Ohio University, demonstrating "How to Make Your Movie: An Interactive Film School" for some of his students. http://www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/rajko4.jpg : A photo of, from left, "How to Make Your Movie" Art Director Tom Erlewine, Director and Producer Rajko Grlic and Executive Producer Dan Krivicich. http://www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/rajko5.jpg : A photo of the three compact disks that make up the "How to Make Your Movie: An Interactive Film School" software program. http://www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/GRLIC.JPG: A photo of Grlic with a larger-than-life prop of the CD-ROM package.
