2004 WRAP UP - YOUTH AIDS PREVENTIONThe subject of the 2004 Kangaroo Project was YOUTH AIDS PREVENTION. We partnered with DIFFA Minnesota and the Until There's a Cure Foundation, an organization that gets the word out about youth aids prevention in unique and powerful ways.
2004 CONCEPT COMPETITIONThirty-five entries for the concept competition were submitted from Minnesota, California, New York, New Jersey and Texas. 2004 LOCAL JURY - CONCEPT
They chose five semi-finalists to present to the national judging panel. Those five finalists were Eric Husband, Dave Keepper and Mike Caguin with “Living Like an Old Person,” Scott Tilton with “Lockers,” Scott Dahl and Quan Hoang with “Going Home,” Ryan Carroll and Andy Gass with “School Tragedy,” and Matt Garthoff and Brian Howell with “Life Sentence.” 2004 NATIONAL JURY - CONCEPT
The winning creative concept, "Student Security" was submitted by Ryan Carroll and Andy Gass of Signal, a boutique advertising agency in Dallas, Texas. The board was very compelling, but it also required a terrific amount of sensitivity due to the subject matter of YOUTH AIDS PREVENTION for our targeted audience of kids between the ages of 11 and 18. 2004 DIRECTOR COMPETITIONThe Kangaroo Project received seven director competition entries from Minnesota, New York, California and Texas. 2004 JURY - DIRECTOR
The 2004 Kangaroo Project Director Competition winner was Justin Staggs from Minneapolis. He had submitted an incredibly detailed board that used the winning concept as indicated but also brought a good amount of his own vision. His presentation was clear, concise and very creative. Justin had directed some music videos in the past but this would be his first commercial directing experience. The combination of the young, creative talent of Ryan Carroll as Creative Director and Justin Staggs as Director was amazing. They were very enthusiastic about the production but also very receptive to all of the information given to them by the judges and other industry professionals involved. Justin worked extensively with Ryan Carroll and Andy Gass to make sure that they were communicating the creative concept message in the most compelling and yet sensitive way. |
2004 SPONSORS
2004 CREWCatherine Campion, Marie Domingo, Mary Flaa, Ron Gabaldon, Dave Halls, Heidi Habben, Johnny Hagen, Travis Hottinger, Vicki Jenkins, Derek Johnson, Cole Koehler, Kevin Karpinski, Michael Lahey, Catrin Magnusson, Josh Malkin, Monty Nielson, Andy Rempel, Danny Schmidt, Shannon Shaeffer, John Sims, Randy Smith, Paul Thompson, Dave Underhill & Wilson Webb.
2004 JOEYSJustin Bell, Megan Brown, Matt Carlson, Megan Fiala, Andy Ford, Adam Hafermann, Daniel Henry, Tracy Lindgren, Eric Knobel, Kelly Kytola, Ryan Tallant, Mike Phillips, Benjamin Schmidt, Rose Mary Sindt, Deb White Soulen, Carrie Volk, Eric Ziebarth & Troy Zimmerman. 2004 CASTLydia Austin plus 40 students and friends from Minnetonka High School and the University of Minnesota. SPECIAL THANKSIn 2004, Nicole Erdmann took on the role of producer for The Kangaroo Project. Nicole was producer Julie Hartley's apprentice ("Joey") during the Kangaroo Project's first year and has been involved ever since. Nicole drew together an incredible group of industry professionals as well as working with Marie Domingo to make sure that every "Joey" had a professional, informative and productive experience. This year, Nicole added a "pre-production" day on the Saturday before the shoot where the joeys could see the boards, check out the equipment, talk to the AC's, the gaffer, the wardrobe and make-up people and generally ask questions in a very encouraging and non-threatening environment. The shoot involved over 40 high school student extras as well as 27 "joeys" that were mentored during the production process. And, although the project was envisioned as a "security camera" look, it was shot on 35mm Kodak film and degraded in post-production. Once again, many Minnesota film professionals as well as companies supported the Kangaroo Project by donating their time and resources. Cinequipt/Lighthouse donated all of the equipment, Crash & Sue's provided all of the post-production and Absolute Music did the sound design. |
