Posts tagged Walt Disney
Former film exec speaks to Flagler College audience
Oct 12th
Kirkpatrick began his lecture, entitled “Our Magic Kingdom and the Five Artists Who Shaped It,” with an impressive montage of some of the films he has been involved with over his career including Forrest Gump, Pretty Woman as well as the franchises of Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Beverly Hills Cop among others.
“Magic is interesting because it can change your universe,” said Kirkpatrick, who has won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe award as a producer, the latter of which he brought to pass around to the audience.
Kirkpatrick went on to discuss artists such as J. M. Barrie, J.K. Rowling, Lew Wallace, Jerry Siegel and George Lucas and how the group used magic to tell their stories and shape popular culture.
When his lecture ended, Kirkpatrick answered questions for the audience of Flagler students, faculty and staff and offered advice in the realms of acting, writing, directing and animation.
But his most interesting piece of advice breached an entirely different art form.
“Write a letter,” Kirkpatrick told the audience. “If you’re interested in working with someone, write them a letter. It’s a dying art and a wonderful way to get noticed.”
Kirkpatrick’s lecture in the Gamache-Koger auditorium in the Ringhaver Student Center was presented by the entertainment industry learning community of Flagler College.
Source: Flagler College
Great American Road Trip – Florida
Nov 2nd
Great American Road Trip Begins with its first episode in St. Augustine Florida The oldest city in America on Highway A1A. Historic St. Augustine has the Casa Monica Hotel a unique hotel that is the most romantic hotel in Florida. From the hotel you can take a tour of the town where you catch a glimpse of how life was in early America. Then if you want an all modern blast you can head out to Daytona International Speedway where racing cars is their way of life, even on the beaches. Continuing down Route A1A is Kennedy Space Center where literly tons of rockets are lunched. Then why not stop in at the most wonderful place on earth, Disney World and the town of Celebration all created by Mr. Walt Disney.