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By NANCY ATKINSON
Staff Writer
Watcrcoloring is usually the first form of painting
that children are exposed to, and many people think
of watereolors as unsophisticated landscapes of
transparent hues.
But the versatility and beauty of watercolor is being
shown in the Union Gallery exhibit of works of eight
local watercolorists. Each artist is a member of the
N.C. Watercolor Society and has exhibited her
paintings in shows and businesses around the country.
They are very respected in the area," said Marcella
Butler, Gallery Chairperson of the Union Activities
Board. "It was hoped that they'd be up for a show,
because we wanted local artists for the beginning of
the year."
For the Union exhibit Billie Gronemeyer, an active
society member, contacted artists whose quality work
represented a broad range of techniques, and she let
each choose the paintings to be contributed. In
addition, three of the works are from Gronemeyer's
own collection.
Describing her painting style as "free," Gronemeyer
said a painting usually took a day or a day and a
half to complete, while painters who did abstract
paintings with a lot of color took longer.
"They'll go away from it (the painting) and then
decide how they're going to develop it," she said.
Louise Francke. who has four works in the exhibit,
paints both abstractly and colorfully. She said her
experience with lithography and photography had
influenced her current works, and her use of color
had been evolving toward its present brightness.
"My painting used to not be so intense colorwise,"
Francke said. "I'm getting to the point where I'm
putting pastels in the pictures."
Frances Calhoun, another exhibited artist, also said
she had changed her technique over the years. She
began doing nothing but watercolor in 1969, painting
landscapes exclusively on location. Later, she
branched out into a "wet and wet" technique, and
now paints in her studio from reference slides and
sketches.
"I like to work in my studio because I'm working
large," she said, Mand I can be more creative because
I don't make it look exactly like it is."
Spontaneity, freshness, challenge and joy are all
reasons why these artists. enjoy watercolor. Unlike oil
painting, watercolor cannot be reproduced or
repainted, and it is virtuous for being easily
transported and fast-drying.
"It's sort of a thrill with watercolor, because you
are never sure how it will come out," said Calhoun.
The N.C. Watercolor Society was begun in 1972
for North Carolinians interested in watercolor, and
membership in 985 is more than 500. Two of the
society's four meetings each year are used for the
spring and fall juried exhibitions, where a nationally
acclaimed artist judges the 200 or more entries, and
businesses sometimes buy paintings for their offices.
"The prizes are getting better each year, up to $400,"
said Gronemeyer. "The competition gets stiffer every
year, too."
The society also holds educational meetings in the
winter and summer which feature a technical
demonstration by a watercolorist.
Said Gronemeyer: "Some of the demonstrations
have been bringing in new thought. Some have been
very abstract and free, and others are more
traditionally oriented."
The Union exhibit will continue through Sept. 13,
but more watereolors will be shown at the society's
next scheduled event, a fall juried exhibition and
demonstration in Winston-Salem beginning Oct. 6.
Sponsored by the city's art association, the month
long exhibit is free, but there is a charge for
nonmembers who wish to attend the demonstration.
Cheaper costs make N.C. up and coming film production site
By ROBERT KEEFE
Staff Writer
Is North Carolina becoming the
Hollywood of the future?
With two movie production studios
in the state, the Earl Owensby Studios
in Shelby and Dino De Laurentiis' N.C.
Film Corporation in Wilmington,
North Carolina is gradually becoming
a well-known producer of feature films.
"We're getting a pretty good name,"
said Janet Price, a spokeswoman for
Owensby Studios. "Depending on our
schedule, we usually make one to three
movies a year."
In the De Laurentiis studios in
Wilmington, the schedule is a bit
heavier.
"We probably make about five
feature films a year," said George
Halverson, general manager of the N.C.
Film Corporation.
Since its opening in the spring of
1984, De Laurentiis' studios have turned
out such films as Michael Cimino's
"Year of the Dragon," and Stephen
King's "Cat's Eye," and "Silver Bullet."
King is presently working on his latest
film, "Overdrive" in Laurentiis' studios
also. It was King's "Firestarter" in 1983
that gave producer De Laurentiis the
idea of opening a permanent studio in
Wilmington.
"Mr. De Laurentiis saw the place and
noted that it had many varying looks
to it," Halverson said. "It was also near
to the beach, and to the airport, and
everything was beautiful; it's just a nice
place to be."
The N.C. Film Studio now has five
indoor sound stages and one back lot.
A $1.45 million street was built for the
filming of "The Year of the Dragon".
According to De Laurentiis in an
April 8 New York Times article, the
same street would have cost $4 million
to build in Hollywood.
"Mr. De Laurentiis once said that
everything you can do for $10 million
in Hollywood, you can do for $7 million
here," Halverson said.
Referring to Shelby as a good site
for film-making, Price said, "It seems
to be a lot cheaper to film up here."
She added, "The economy is just so
much bigger in California, you can
always get something cheaper in North
Carolina."
Earl Owensby went into the movie
business in 1976, with virtually no
experience at all. A former tool distrib
utor, Owensby has developed his
studios into a thriving business that
covers 150 acres of land in Shelby.
Owensby plans to set up another
movie studio in Myrtle Beach expected
to house 12 sound stages.
The Owensby Studios produce
mainly films that are sold overseas, with
budgets ranging from $1 million up,
depending on the script.
"Presently, we're working on a movie
called "The Order of the Black Eagle",
which is being produced by a group of
producers from Santa Barbra," Price
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said. "So evidently they feel it's cheaper
up here also." J
Price said her studios like to employ
a lot of local talent, which helps to keep
cost down.
The Wilmington studio also employs
a lot of local help from time to time,
including many aspiring acting students
from nearby UNC-Wilmington.
"The (UNC-Wilmington) students
participate in the realm of acting,
viewing and critiquing films so we can
try and find the mood of the audience,"
Halverson said.
Other studios around the nation are
starting to put the pinch on Holly
wood's production levels also. In New
York, the nation's second largest film
producer, approximately $350-$400
million was spent on movie production
last year.
Studios have sprung up in Texas,
Illinois and Massachusetts, where five
movies were made last year. Of the 165
feature films that were produced in the
United States last year, only 56 were
shot entirely inside of California,
according to the California Film Office.
Twenty-nine were filmed both inside
and out of the state, while 80 movies
were made entirely in other states
around the nation.
"I think that it's just a cyclic thing,"
Halverson said. "But it's a whole
different ballgame here because we do
mostly Mr. De Laurentiis' films.
"There is a studio in Texas, for
. example, that did only one feature film,
"Silkwood", and after that, it hasn't
been used at all."
Halverson said the chance of smaller
studios eventually taking over the
majority of Hollywood's business is
slight.
"There were a lot of ghost-town
studios built in the heyday of the
cowboy films, in places like Nevada and
Utah," he said. "But they have all sort
of gone to the wind now."
North Carolina will not replace
Hollywood in the movie industry,
according to movie producers, but it
probably won't go to the wind as
producers like Dino De Laurentiis
pump money in the Tar Heel state's
economy.
TV 'VSdeo Yearbook9 :
puts memories on tape
By SALLY PONT
Staff Writer
When students leave Carolina
after graduation, they can now take
their memories along on videotape.
STV's Video Yearbook rolls four
years worth of scraps of paper,
basketball games, tearful farewells
and drunken reveries into a perfectly
packaged, thirty-minute, instant
memory.
The video is designed for sale to
students, alumni and parents.
"I don't see how people can resist
this," said Amy Doyle, a senior
RTVMP major from Wrightsville
Beach and this year's producer of
Video Yearbook. "The emotional
appeal is there. We cover every
person's impression of Carolina.
"It's different from the Yackety
Yack," Doyle said. "There are things
you can capture with video that you
just can't put on paper. Video is the
only media that can capture a party
or a speaker. The audio really makes
all the difference."
Shaun Wallace, a senior from
Greenville and an STV staff member,
was confident in the Video Yearbook
and its producer. "Amy's really got
a jump on last year's Video Year
book producer," Wallace said. "She
worked on it last year so she really
knows what she's doing. And she's
already jumped into crowd-shooting
around campus."
Doyle began filming before classes
began, and captured one of Carol
ina's most infamous experiences,
drop-add in Woollen Gym. Last
year's Video Yearbook, STV's first,
began filming after Christmas.
Doyle said the bonus of an added
semester to this year's Video Year
book schedule will also help in
marketing. Doyle plans to show
"teasers" throughout the year in the
Pit and in dormitories. Doyle has
also been advertising for the Year
book during weekly programming
on STV.
"Starting late really hurt last year's
yearbook," said Doyle. "No one
knew about it. This year we won't
have that problem.
"What we need now is a small
team who is willing to see the project
through to the end," she said. "I'm
putting together a core staff right
now. Applications are available at
the Union Desk. With a committed
staff I think well do very well with
the video and with marketing."
Felicia Barlow, Doyle's assistant
and a junior RTVMP major from
Oxford, said: "Well do really well
once parents and alummni hear
about it. Once we let them know
about it, they'll want it."
Lab Theater seeks students
The UNC Lab Theater will soon begin
its $5 6 season, and all students are
encouraged to participate. Students
interested in directing a production
should pick up space proposals in room
104 of the Graham Memorial building
and return them no later than Sept. 13.
Those interested in auditioning for Lab
productions should watch for two
upcoming audition calls by checking the
Security
bulletin board in Graham Memorial or
by calling the Lab Board at 962-1132
or 968-8166. Also needed are students
interested in designing, stage managing
or crewing productions.
The Lab Board would like to stress
that although the Lab is operated under
the auspices of the department of
dramatic art, all members of the student
community are welcome to participate.
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In the past, a few Teague and Avery
residents also returned early from
breaks and stayed in their rooms
without permission, Kuncl said.
"This (security arrangement) is just
consistent with all the other halls on
campus," he said.
But Teague residents disagreed about
the necessity of the doors.
"I don't like them, because I don't
feel that there was any problem around
here," said Reg Yarbrough, a freshman
from first-floor Teague. "If they can get
through that dorm room (door), they
can get through the other ones, too."
Junior Chris Shearer, a second floor
resident, said, "I don't think Teague has
much to worry about."
One Avery resident said the doors
were a good idea in general but poorly
planned.
"The study room, laundry room, and
mailboxes are not behind any locked
doors," said Anne Mcintosh, a sopho
more who lives on the third floor. "As
soon as you open those doors, you're
outside."
Both Avery and Teague have external
hallways. The lowest levels of each
dorm are accessible from their back
yards.
Mcintosh echoed Jones' statement
that someone being chased now had no
safe place into which he could run.
"(The doors) may keep casual wand
erers out, but before, if someone was
after you, you had somewhere to run,"
she said. "A guy's not going to follow
you into a guys' suite.
"I feel that Avery being co-ed deterred
people from coming in," she added.
Other Avery residents expressed
more positive reactions toward the
doors despite the strong disapproval
voiced at Avery's budget meeting.
"I feel great about them because I'm
really insecure when I'm alone," said
junior Sonya Cardi, a third-floor Avery
resident. "I'm afraid to get up in the
middle of the night if my suite door's
not locked."
Jones said he realized there were
residents in the dorm who wanted the
doors.
"I appreciate that, but we're looking
beyond that to realism and practicality,"
he said. "Will this work? And are you
creating more danger than you're
averting?"
Kuncl said additional outdoor lights
would be set up near the entranceways
before the doors were used.
Construction should be finished in no
more than two weeks, he said.
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