Last spring, Tele 4250 pulled-off the caper of a lifetime: A live, multicamera presentation of the Red Clay Chef Competition during the Taste of Athens 2007. Thanks to the efforts of the class, the event possessed the "Iron Chef" feel the event coordinators requested.
Professor Jenn "The Dolly Mama" Smith
Host Chef Lamar Thomas with the RCC 2007 winner Chef Homer Whitmire.
The Red Clay Chef Crew 2007.Starting in January of 2007, the class produced bio-pieces on the competing chefs and the host, a graphic-intense introduction, a glamour piece on the "secret ingredient", a multicamera live event, and a dvd of the full event. The Taste of Athens committee hopes to sell the DVD at this year's event, which will again be produced by the 4250 Class (known as 4250 Productions).
Last year, the production plan used two job arms, two roving cameras, a "refrigerator cam", and a DIY crane and dolly (known as Icky and Sally...short for Ichabod Crane and Salvador Dolly) on one large stage. This year, the event coordinators hope to provide a larger main stage, and a smaller "Judge's Table" stage. Like last year, Courtney "J-Coat" Jeffcoat from Grady College's ADR/PR program will coordinate the production with the Taste Of Athens.
Sarah "Squeek" Rabin, Nicholas "The Claw" Holtzclaw, and Professor Jenn "The Dolly Mama" Smith operating Icky and Sally; Amanda "Mander" Simon and Erin "Egad" Egan on Jib 02; Brian "The Man With The Plan" Perry and Mike "REO Bigwagon" Perkins on Jib 01.
Show directors Patrick "Pit-Pat" Stapleton and Ali "Ali-Baba" Mena.
Thomas "Maverick" Houston.Because of the success of last year's event, The Taste of Athens committee has asked this year's 4250 Productions to do :30/:60 commercials for the event, and Executive Producer Biddle has asked to do some "Podcast" shorts of the participating restaurants for a website to be designed with help from J-Coat.
Audio God Sean "Squelch" Connor.Last year's group set the standard not only for production, they set a standard for the event itself. This level of quality goes beyond "grades" and exemplifies the DV Rebel Spirit of story over ego!!!
