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LYAC's "SMASHED" Filming Starts
Thursday Due to $5,000 State Grant
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PRESS RELEASE: August 20, 2007 More photos of the filming can be seen on the LYAC Recent Activities Page Members of the Lewiston Youth Advisory Council met Sunday evening (8/19) to work on scenes for "SMASHED," a drinking and driving "mock crash" original script that will be professionally videographed due to a $5,000 grant from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety. SMASHED, written by LYAC member Ashley Morgan and MADDOG Entertainment Director Seth Roberts, is part of the youth council's ongoing U BOOZE U LOOZE underage drinking awareness campaign that they launched in February 2007 www.uboozeulooze.org .
Along with Roberts who is volunteering his production expertise and three MADDOG-affiliated actors, other community partners volunteering for the undertaking are Roy's Driving Academy, Lewiston Fire Department, Lewiston Police Department, Lewiston Sun Journal, United Ambulance, 9-1-1, Community Little Theatre, Russell Street Variety, and Albert & Burpee Funeral Home. Filming will be done by ViaVision Film & Video of Lewiston. Filming will commence at various sites within the City of Lewiston all day and evening Thursday, August 23rd, with wrap-up filming on Friday, August 24th. The script contains various scenes, to include the decision to drink & drive and an intense group therapy session with youth reacting to the death of a friend. Following filming and editing, the youth council will seek State of Maine approval for the video to be part of Statewide driver's ed curriculum. Roy's Driving Academy will work with the youth council towards that end. Participants in SMASHED are
LYAC members Ashley Morgan, who is directing the video; Jenni Golletti;
Athena Andonaides; Holly Lavorgna; Veronica Irish; Sara Fabrizio; Luke
Jensen; Hossain Naji; and Tim Stretton, along with MADDOG Entertainment
actors Bill McLean, Jeff Randall, and Sarah Radovich. Several Lewiston
students will also serve as extras in the video. |
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