Plota Productions has announced that Ringling College of Art and Design student Ailish Reilly won the studio shoot-out held on October 15th, 2013 and will be awarded a full-day all-resource access studio session at Plota Productions studios in Sarasota to shoot a project of her own creation.
Troy Plota and the Plota Productions crew introduced their Studio Production Workflow Process to Ringling College students on October 15 and began the session by throwing the Ringling Digital photography students attending into a "Live" advertising shoot scenario where pairs of students had 20 seconds or 10 frames to capture each other on the professionally lit set.
Ailish and other Ringling students' fashion photography will be featured at the PH_ashion1121 show Thursday, November 21st, 2013 from 7pm-9pm, with a Runway Show at 8pm in the Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall on the Ringling College of Art & Design Campus.
"It's always a pleasure to work with students as passionate about photography as the Ringling students are," said Plota, owner and founder of Plota Productions. "We have had several students from Ringling intern with us and it is most certainly a mutually beneficial engagement. Their fresh viewpoints are enlightening to us and they get a very quick and deep immersion into the myriad complexities and fast pace of modern commercial production. We look forward to growing our relationship with Ringling and the Photography and Digital Imaging Program in the years to come."
"I've always been impressed and inspired by the professionals Ringling College brings in to give us, as students, a real take on what's out there in the field," said student Reilly. "Troy and his team brought serious energy into the studio. The fact that Troy looks for new and exciting challenges in photography really pushed me to keep working on my own endeavors, no matter how difficult. I've been working on a project for a few years now that deals with a lot of unknowns in photography and music, and having complete control over lighting is key to making the connection between image and sound happen. Being given the chance to work in a professional studio, with someone who has that kind of control over light, is an amazing opportunity."
The Ringling College of Art and Design Photography and Digital Imaging program teaches students to discover the power of their own photographic voice along with the tools of the trade. From the creative, controlled environment of a studio shoot to the experiential side of going on location, Ringling students get to explore photography from every angle. From traditional darkroom techniques, to the endless possibilities stemming from the creative manipulation of images using the newest computer software, Ringling College enables students to explore their artistic freedom and the options available to today's professional photographer.
Actor Anthony Head, known for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” dies at 72
Anthony Head, the suave, smooth-voiced British actor known for roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Ted Lasso," has died, his family said Friday. He was 72.
Head's daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, told the Press Association news agency that the actor passed away due to complications from pneumonia.
The stage and TV performer became well known to British audiences in the 1980s as one half of a will-they, won't-they romantic couple in a series of ads for Nescafe Gold Blend instant coffee. The ads were later re-shot for a U.S. audience for Taster's Choice.
Head achieved wider fame as librarian Rupert Giles, mentor to the title character in the cult-favorite supernatural series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which ran from 1997 to 2003.
He most recently played Rupert Mannion, the villainous ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham's character Rebecca, in "Ted Lasso."
"Our grief is far greater than the hole he has left behind, but we know his legacy will live on, in the shows he was a part of, and in the audiences that love them," his daughters said. "How lucky we are to know we are able to watch him doing what he loved, even when he is no longer with us."
Head was born in London on Feb. 20, 1954 to Seafield Head, a documentary filmmaker, and Helen Shingler, an actor. His older brother, Murray, is also an actor.
Other notable roles included playing Geoffrey Howe, the deputy to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep, in the Oscar-winning "The Iron Lady."
Head portrayed a prime minister himself in the sketch comedy show "Little Britain," as well as King Uther Pendragon, the father of Prince Arthur, in the "Merlin" TV series. He also appeared in "Motherland," Manchild," and "Silent Witness," along... Read More