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NY Based Studio
to Perform Live-Animated Comedy Show at Cinema Classics Aug 28th
ILL Clan Performance One Of Over 100 Events to Coincide
with the Republican Convention
New York,
NY (Aug 8, 2004): New York based 3D animation and computer
game studio the ILL Clan Inc. will perform an improvised,
3D animated comedy show at Cinema Classics in New York's East Village.
This unusual performance is part of the Imagine Festival of
Arts, Issues & Ideas, a coalition of some of the city’s
finest artists, authors, producers, presenters, humorists and humanitarians.The
festival is designed to inspire, instigate and support civic engagement
during the Republican national convention and includes performers
such as Margaret Cho, Lewis Black and E.L. Doctorow at numerous venues
around the city.
The ILL Clan's performance
will include one of their signature shows "On the Campaign Trail
with Lenny & Larry" about two politically oblivious lumberjacks
who hope to get the two cushiest jobs in America: President and Vice
President. The 3D animated characters are voiced and controlled by
the ILL Clan comedy improvisers, live in front of the audience, and
projected onto a movie screen. The combination of close to 10 years
experience performing improv comedy in New York city, and the latest
computer game technology allows the ILL Clan to create a unique experience
where cartoon characters can interact with real people, in real-time.
The ILL Clan pioneered
the process (known as Machinima) using game technology to perform
for a live audience with their first show, Common Sense Cooking at
the 2003 Florida Film Festival. More recently the group performed
as part of the New York Video festival at Lincoln Center's Walter
Reade Theater. The group has modified the technology behind the popular
series of "Quake" games by Id Software, who recently released
"Doom III." By replacing the graphics with their own cartoon-like
3D graphics, and reprogramming the game technology to allow for character
lip-synching and a virtual camera, the ILL Clan has transformed a
fast paced game with marines and rocket launchers into a live, animated
comedy show with talking lumberjacks.
In this special live Republican
National Convention edition of "Six Minutes with Mike Whitely"
Lenny and Larry Lumberjack will present their campaign platform directly
to the live audience at Cinema Classics, and Mike will invite the
audience to ask questions of the candidates. "And unlike the
actual candidates, you can ask them anything you want, and they'll
give you an honest answer," promises Matt Dominianni, animator
and voice of Lenny Lumberjack.
This event is part of the
Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas, a citywide cultural
festival, Aug 28 - Sept 2, designed to inspire, instigate and support
civic engagement through the arts. www.imagine04.org
Where: Cinema Classics,
332 E. 11th St.
When: Aug 28th, 8:30pm - 9:30pm
Cinema Classics is a small
theater in Manhattan's lower east side known for its offbeat screenings
of the best foreign, cult, contemporary independent and classic Hollywood
films.
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 Note
to Editor: Please use all capitals for the word "ILL" in the name
ILL Clan.
Contact
and Interviews: Frank Dellario
Company: The ILL Clan, Inc.
Website: www.illclan.com
Title: President
Phone: 718-599-2591
Email: illbixby@illclan.com
Media:
The ILL Clan Movies & Press Resources - www.illclan.com
Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences - www.machinima.org
Movie Downloads Machinima.com - www.machinima.com
Imagine Festival - www.imagine04.org
Cinema Classics - www.cinemaclassics.com
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