Smoky Quartz Productions Win Top Honors 25-02-2010
26-02-2010
HENNIKER, NH (Feb. 25, 2010) – Smoky Quartz Productions, the collective name for a group of professional filmmakers from New Hampshire who entered the Premiere 7DayPSA Competition in Providence, Rhode Island, returned to the Granite State with five trophies after Tuesday’s Awards Ceremony held in Providence.
In addition to landing the top overall award, the team was recognized with three individual awards: Best Director to Adam Jones of Henniker, Best Cinematographer to Gary Anderson of Deerfield, and Best Editor to Marc Dole of Portsmouth. Smoky Quartz also received an Official Client Selection trophy, which indicates that Big Sisters of Rhode Island has endorsed the team’s PSA message; that award will be held by Production Coordinator Adam Donovan, a New Hampshire native.
The PSA, “To the Power of You,” features more than 40 actresses from New England in a fun and upbeat handclap routine to the classic children’s sing-song chant “Say Say, Oh Playmate.” It begins running on television stations in the Rhode Island market next week where it will be aired for a year. The team’s top honor will be further recognized when it receives an Emmy nomination by the 7DayPSA organizers: OCD Associates and Flickers Arts Collaborative.
Dana Biscotti Myskowski of Henniker, producer and writer for Smoky Quartz, first learned of the competition in early January. “I knew Adam Jones, a director who lives in Henniker but works out of a production company in New York City, was itching to direct in his home state, and Gary Anderson and I had long talked about one day working together,” she said of her colleagues, both of whom she originally met through Roundtable Discussion Forums hosted by the New Hampshire Film & Television Office. “So I e-mailed them and asked if they’d be interested.”
In addition to landing the top overall award, the team was recognized with three individual awards: Best Director to Adam Jones of Henniker, Best Cinematographer to Gary Anderson of Deerfield, and Best Editor to Marc Dole of Portsmouth. Smoky Quartz also received an Official Client Selection trophy, which indicates that Big Sisters of Rhode Island has endorsed the team’s PSA message; that award will be held by Production Coordinator Adam Donovan, a New Hampshire native.
The PSA, “To the Power of You,” features more than 40 actresses from New England in a fun and upbeat handclap routine to the classic children’s sing-song chant “Say Say, Oh Playmate.” It begins running on television stations in the Rhode Island market next week where it will be aired for a year. The team’s top honor will be further recognized when it receives an Emmy nomination by the 7DayPSA organizers: OCD Associates and Flickers Arts Collaborative.
Dana Biscotti Myskowski of Henniker, producer and writer for Smoky Quartz, first learned of the competition in early January. “I knew Adam Jones, a director who lives in Henniker but works out of a production company in New York City, was itching to direct in his home state, and Gary Anderson and I had long talked about one day working together,” she said of her colleagues, both of whom she originally met through Roundtable Discussion Forums hosted by the New Hampshire Film & Television Office. “So I e-mailed them and asked if they’d be interested.”