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Fur On The Radio

Synthetic Fur — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:36:36 +0000

Tony Elwood and Paul Barrett were recently interviewed by John Boy and Billy of Charlotte, NC-based nationally syndicated morning talk show, The John Boy and Billy Big Show. Actors Nick Searcy and Jeff Pillars (a regular contributor to the Big Show,) are also featured.

Listen to the interview.

Cold Storage on John Boy and Billy

Synthetic Fur — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:43:35 +0000

Cold Storage director Tony Elwood and Producer Paul Barrett have an interview on the John Boy and Billy Show at 8:10 AM EST Tuesday, May 4th. If you have them on your local radio, take a listen in. The interview lasts about 15 minutes and is pretty funny.

Joelle Carter on “Justified”

Synthetic Fur — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:52:37 +0000

We just found out that Joelle Carter, co-start of COLD STORAGE, got a great review for her show “Justified” which premieres March 16th at 10PM on FX. Check out the review here.

http://smallscreenscoop.com/advance-review-of-timothy-olyphants-show-justified/35369/

“Give Your Age” Part 2

Synthetic Fur — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:56:28 +0000

Our friends at The Light Factory have created a new page for their “Give Your Age” campaign, allowing potential donors to easily donate the dollar amount of their choice with the click of a button. On the bottom of the page, you can see Tony’s, shall we say, “unique” contribution to the campaign.

We’re all big fans of The Light Factory here at Synthetic Fur. Since 1973, they’ve been a bulwark of arts, culture and education here in Charlotte. Not only have they displayed compelling work by amazing photographers and filmmakers over the years (Ansel Adams and Stanley Kubrick to name but a few,) they also provide unique and interesting community outreach and educational programs such as their

Annual Members Show and annual “My Family, Our Stories” series of photographs from local ESL students.

If you’re looking for a nice karma boost, consider making a donation to The Light Factory. They know how to give back to the community, and then some.

“Give Your Age” Photoshoot

Synthetic Fur — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:10:50 +0000

The Light Factory is launching a new fundraising campaign called “Give Your Age” which encourages people to match their donation to their age. For example, a 35-year old would-be patron of The Light Factory might make a donation of $35, and even tack on a few zeros if desired. The Light Factory sought out some creative minds around town to provide compelling imagery for the campaign, and director Tony Elwood was happy to oblige.

We spent part of Tuesday morning working on the shoot with photographer George Lainis, owner of Catch Light Studio, and Light Factory marketing director Dee Grano. Check out some behind-the-scenes shots below!

Laying out the bloody numbers.

From left: graphic designer Chris Engler, director Tony Elwood, Light Factory marketing director Dee Grano, and producer Paul Barrett.

Final image as used by the Light Factory, after a little Photoshop touch-up from Tony.

Welcome to the Fur

Synthetic Fur — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:20:47 +0000

Hello to anyone who has come here from the Synthetic Fur website (or really, from anywhere). This is where we’ll keep you up to date on the people of Synthetic Fur and what’s happening with our projects

The big news right now is that our latest film, Cold Storage, is being released in July, 2010 through Lionsgate. We are hard at work putting together some fun and informative behind the scenes pieces, one of which you can view on the Synthetic Fur website. We are also planning on doing a commentary with director Tony Elwood and producer Paul Barrett, but first we have to wrangle them in to do it.

We should also mention that you can follow us on Twitter. Producer Paul Barrett can also be found tweeting quite often.

Cold Storage has also been selected to compete at the Fantaspoa Film Festival in Porto Alegre, Brazil in July. We’ll have more information on this in the coming months.

Two of the leads in Cold Storage, Nick Searcy and Joelle Carter, have starring roles in the new FX show, Justified. Our understanding that it’s supposed to start in March, and we’ll give you more details about it as we get them.

That’s about all the news for now. Check back often and feel free to let us know what you think about the new site, or anything that’s on your mind.