It's a Wrap: GSLA's Neighbors Night Out at Columbia’s Media and Production Center

No Snooze Fest Here!
There was a great and lively turnout for the GSLA’s “Neighbors Night Out.” The Media and Production Center at 16th and State St. was the setting for this networking event. The rooftop of the Production Center was the setting. Columbia has a 50% green roof and the building itself is Leed certifide.

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Besides food from Flavor 180, Weather Mark Tavern, Overflow Coffee Bar, and Donna’s Café, “neighbors” were treated to a tour of the facility, including the state-of-the-art sound stages. Joe Leamanczyk, Project Manager at Columbia College, led tours.
 
The Media and Production Center is a true gem right here in the South Loop.

""GSLA Neighbors Night Out""

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Follow Your Neighbors!

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GSLA Holds “Neighbors Night Out”

The Greater South Loop Association (GSLA) is holding a “Neighbors Night Out” networking get-together this Thursday, June 23, 2011 on the roof of Columbia College’s Media Production Center at 1600 S. State St. The state-of-the-art facility was designed by the Studio Gang Architects. The facility, built to LEED specifications, includes a 50-percent green roof.

The lobby of the Media Production Center

Admission to the event is $5 per person. Refreshments include wine, beer, and soda. Food will be provided by two South Loop businesses: Flavor 180, located at 1511 S. State St. and Weather Mark Tavern located at 1503 S. Michigan Ave. According to the GSLA Facebook page, the event will go on “rain or shine.”

For an overview of the Media Production Center, check out the video below.

MAN, WOMAN & THE BEAST WITHIN at Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago and Fulcrum Point New Music Project presented ECLIPSE Master Class: MAN, WOMAN & THE BEAST WITHIN last night at Columbia College Media Production Center, 1600 S. State St., Chicago.

Album art from Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo

Classic Scores
Scenes from several popular films, including the Alfred Hitchcock classic, Vertigo (1958), were screened while musicians from Fulcrum Point New Music Project performed selections from the movies’ soundtracks in the Media Center's main soundstage. Stephen Burns, Founder and Artistic Director conducted the Fulcrum Point New Music Project.

There Will Be Music
Movie clips and film score selections included pieces from There Will Be Blood (2007), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson with music by Jonny Greenwood; Shutter Island (2010) directed by Martin Scorsese with music Krzysztof Penderecki (featuring Symphony No. 3). The pieces played from the Vertigo score by Bernard Herrmann were a real highpoint. The orchestra was spot-on matching the music with the clips shown and the string section, so important in a Herrman score, were magnificent. The sound of the relatively small orchestra was magnified using Fujitsu Ten’s Elipse TD speaker. Fujitsu Ten has collaborated on three Master Classes with Columbia College Chicago.

Works by Students
In addition to the film scores mentioned above, scores composed by Columbia College students were performed while their respective films, also produced by Columbia College students, were screened. Maryln’s Dress (2010) a dark-themed short, directed by Tanya Savard was accompanied with music by Yiğit K. Güc. The Beast (2010), directed by Norman Franklin with music by Luke Wieting was a somewhat comic short about a young girl and how her life changes when her parents give her a new puppy.

"Eclipse Master Class: Man,Woman & The Beast Within"

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Hollywood in Chicago

Columbia College's Media Production Center at the intersection of 16th St. and S. State St. boasts a state-of-the-art film production facility. The 35,000 square foot production center was designed by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects at a cost of $25,000,000.

Joe Leamanczyk gives a tour of the Media Production Center

I recently took a tour of the facility led by Joe Leamanczyk from Columbia College. The tour was part of the Green Summit, sponsored by the Alliance for a Greener South Loop held on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The Media Production Center was built to LEED specifications that include, 50-percent green roof, radiant heating and cooling in soundstages, and indoor lighting fixtures that progressively illuminate as natural outdoor light decreases.

"Media Production Center at Columbia College "

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