One Six Right
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One Six Right: The Romance of Flying is an independent film
about the general aviation
industry as seen through a local airport. Within a short period of time, it has achieved a passionate following and presence among pilots and aviation enthusiasts worldwide who see the film as being able to communicate their passion for aviation. Concurrently, the film has garnered both local and national political attention in the United States as an accurate depiction of general aviation and its important contributions to all aviation industries worldwide. Within the entertainment industry, the film has attracted the sponsorship and support of many large media companies, including Apple Inc., Sony Electronics
, Toshiba
, Technicolor
, Bose, and Dolby, as pioneering new standards in high definition (HD) film making and distribution.
. Through aerial sequences and stories told by passionate pilots, air traffic controllers, historians and flight enthusiasts, including well-known faces such as Sydney Pollack
, Lorenzo Lamas
, Paul Moyer
, Hal Fishman
, Desiree Horton
and many others. The film uncovers the history of the airport where Amelia Earhart
broke a world speed record over its runways, and where Marilyn Monroe
was discovered while working in its hangars; scenes from Casablanca
were filmed on the grounds.
A historical perspective of primitive airplanes from the 1920s to the state-of-the-art business jets of today frames appreciation for the significance of all general aviation airports as a critical component of the communities they serve. Located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, VNY is today the world's busiest general aviation airport and contributes over $1 billion each year to the southern California economy.
One Six Right explores common misconceptions about general aviation airports, which are often criticized for noise pollution and viewed as exclusive playgrounds for the rich. The film creates an awareness of the threat to these community airports through staggering statistics of airports that no longer exist, and the rapid rate at which they are continuing to close: one per week in the U.S. These smaller and often forgotten airports are the foundation of the aviation industry, contributing to global commerce and the breeding ground of the pilots of tomorrow.
(Producer/Director) made the cover of The Hollywood Reporter
in an article titled Filmmaker Takes Flight to DVD. Brian's determination to maintain all distribution rights was a noted departure from the common practice of selling rights to a third party distributor. During the first year of distribution, One Six Right's website became a leading example of successful independent film distribution by developing a viral marketing
strategy that included multiple levels of consumer awareness allowing the film to develop significant presence within its niche audiences worldwide.
One Six Right is:
The HD DVD is a popular demonstration disc because of its HD special features and is generating buzz among HD DVD early adopters and tech-savvy consumers. It has been used by consumer electronics companies to show off their HD DVD products.
, the One Six Right national tour covered 12 U.S. cities between July and December 2006 and showcased Sony's SXRD 4K large venue digital projectors. Completely self-funded by ticket and DVD sales at each venue, the tour received notable coverage within the entertainment industry as pioneering HD theatrical exhibition. The Hollywood Reporter covered the tour's success in the November 13, 2006 "Leadership in Hollywood" special edition in an article titled Digital do-it-yourself.
The tour began at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association
's (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh airshow and convention. Sony Electronics and Bose installed a 44 feet (13.4 m) wide screen and a 5.1 channel digital surround system in the AirVenture Museum.
. Shown on the largest screen of all; Sony
created a custom SXRD
4K high definition 5.1 digital surround sound movie theater in the east half of hangar with 1,300 seats for the audience.
The west half of the hangar was transformed into an aviation museum, displaying 16 of the actual aircraft shown in the film. These included two P-51s, a DC-3, a Piper Cub, a Fleet biplane, a Staggerwing Beech, two Pitts
biplanes, F-5 Freedom Fighter
and T-38 Talon
jets, an T-6 Texan
, an A-26 Invader
, a B-25, a Cirrus VK-30 and a Cessna 172
.
Also on display were the actual high-definition cameras used to make the film and the helicopter and its gyroscopically stabilized Gyron
camera system that shot the aerial sequences. Two hundred sixty movie lights provided dramatic museum-style lighting from above.
After the film played at the tour finale, producer/director Brian J. Terwilliger presented EAA president Tom Poberezny with a $15,395 donation to EAA's Young Eagles
charity. The money was the result of a $5 per DVD donation from sales on the EAA website (during July 2006) and also during the previous EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow where the distributors of One Six Right collective sold 3,079 DVDs.
A photo slide show of this finale event can be viewed on the film's website.
on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This special screening was organized and sponsored by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
(AOPA), the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the National Business Aviation Association
(NBAA).
In the Spring of 2005, AOPA sent a complimentary copy of One Six Right to every member of Congress who was a private pilot. Additionally, AOPA sent over 1,400 DVDs of One Six Right to all their airport support network volunteers in hopes of inspiring local community discussions on the importance of general aviation.
On November 15, 2005, AOPA President Phil Boyer awarded Brian J. Terwilliger with AOPA's Special Citation for Excellence for promoting General Aviation through the art of filmmaking.
One Six Right has also been incorporated into the curriculum of many educational programs and is frequently used to educate students on the workings and importance of the General Aviation industry as the foundation to all aviation commerce worldwide.
.
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
about the general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
industry as seen through a local airport. Within a short period of time, it has achieved a passionate following and presence among pilots and aviation enthusiasts worldwide who see the film as being able to communicate their passion for aviation. Concurrently, the film has garnered both local and national political attention in the United States as an accurate depiction of general aviation and its important contributions to all aviation industries worldwide. Within the entertainment industry, the film has attracted the sponsorship and support of many large media companies, including Apple Inc., Sony Electronics
Sony Electronics
Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses.-External links:***...
, Toshiba
Toshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
, Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
, Bose, and Dolby, as pioneering new standards in high definition (HD) film making and distribution.
Official synopsis
One Six Right looks at the unsung hero of aviation—the local airport—through the life, history and struggle of an airport icon: Southern California's Van Nuys AirportVan Nuys Airport
Van Nuys Airport is a public airport located in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley section of the city limits of Los Angeles, California, United States. No major commercial airlines fly into this airport; it is used by private, chartered, and small commercial aircraft...
. Through aerial sequences and stories told by passionate pilots, air traffic controllers, historians and flight enthusiasts, including well-known faces such as Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he later taught acting...
, Lorenzo Lamas
Lorenzo Lamas
Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos is an American actor. Lamas is known for playing Lance Cumson on the popular 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful...
, Paul Moyer
Paul Moyer
Paul Moyer is a veteran television news broadcaster in Southern California. He co-anchored the 5 PM and 11 PM weekday editions of KNBC-TV's Channel 4 News with Colleen Williams. Moyer has worked primarily in the two major television markets—New York and Los Angeles—in addition to briefly working...
, Hal Fishman
Hal Fishman
Hal Fishman was the longest-running news anchor in the history of American television, having served on-air for Los Angeles television stations continuously between 1960 and his death in 2007...
, Desiree Horton
Desiree Horton
Desiree Tyler Horton , nicknamed "Chopper Chick," is a helicopter pilot and television personality based in Los Angeles, California...
and many others. The film uncovers the history of the airport where Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean...
broke a world speed record over its runways, and where Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
was discovered while working in its hangars; scenes from Casablanca
Casablanca (film)
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in...
were filmed on the grounds.
A historical perspective of primitive airplanes from the 1920s to the state-of-the-art business jets of today frames appreciation for the significance of all general aviation airports as a critical component of the communities they serve. Located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, VNY is today the world's busiest general aviation airport and contributes over $1 billion each year to the southern California economy.
One Six Right explores common misconceptions about general aviation airports, which are often criticized for noise pollution and viewed as exclusive playgrounds for the rich. The film creates an awareness of the threat to these community airports through staggering statistics of airports that no longer exist, and the rapid rate at which they are continuing to close: one per week in the U.S. These smaller and often forgotten airports are the foundation of the aviation industry, contributing to global commerce and the breeding ground of the pilots of tomorrow.
Independent distribution pioneering
The One Six Right DVD made news by selling over 10,000 units independently in its first two weeks of release. By March 2006, Brian J. TerwilligerBrian J. Terwilliger
Brian J. Terwilliger is a motion picture producer/director who is most noted for the 2005 high-definition documentary, One Six Right, which has received acclaim and press for pioneering independent film distribution and high-definition filmmaking....
(Producer/Director) made the cover of The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Formerly a daily trade magazine, The Hollywood Reporter re-launched in late 2010 as a unique hybrid publication serving the entertainment industry and a consumer audience...
in an article titled Filmmaker Takes Flight to DVD. Brian's determination to maintain all distribution rights was a noted departure from the common practice of selling rights to a third party distributor. During the first year of distribution, One Six Right's website became a leading example of successful independent film distribution by developing a viral marketing
Viral marketing
Viral marketing, viral advertising, or marketing buzz are buzzwords referring to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of viruses...
strategy that included multiple levels of consumer awareness allowing the film to develop significant presence within its niche audiences worldwide.
First to HD DVD
Filmed entirely in high definition, One Six Right took an industry leading position as an independently financed and produced film shot in high definition and distributed on DVD in both SD and HD formats.One Six Right is:
- first independent film on HD DVDHD DVDHD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format...
- first documentary film on HD DVD
- first aviation film on HD DVD
The HD DVD is a popular demonstration disc because of its HD special features and is generating buzz among HD DVD early adopters and tech-savvy consumers. It has been used by consumer electronics companies to show off their HD DVD products.
1st exclusive 4K tour
In partnership with Sony ElectronicsSony Electronics
Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses.-External links:***...
, the One Six Right national tour covered 12 U.S. cities between July and December 2006 and showcased Sony's SXRD 4K large venue digital projectors. Completely self-funded by ticket and DVD sales at each venue, the tour received notable coverage within the entertainment industry as pioneering HD theatrical exhibition. The Hollywood Reporter covered the tour's success in the November 13, 2006 "Leadership in Hollywood" special edition in an article titled Digital do-it-yourself.
The tour began at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association
Experimental Aircraft Association
The Experimental Aircraft Association is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception it has grown internationally with over 160,000 members and about 1,000 chapters worldwide....
's (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh airshow and convention. Sony Electronics and Bose installed a 44 feet (13.4 m) wide screen and a 5.1 channel digital surround system in the AirVenture Museum.
Notable tour finale
The tour ended on December 2, 2006 with a finale screening at the 64000 square feet (5,945.8 m²) Syncro Aviation hangar at Van Nuys AirportVan Nuys Airport
Van Nuys Airport is a public airport located in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley section of the city limits of Los Angeles, California, United States. No major commercial airlines fly into this airport; it is used by private, chartered, and small commercial aircraft...
. Shown on the largest screen of all; Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
created a custom SXRD
SXRD
SXRD is Sony's proprietary variant of liquid crystal on silicon, a technology used mainly in projection televisions and video projectors. In the front and rear-projection television market, it competes directly with JVC's D-ILA and Texas Instruments' DLP...
4K high definition 5.1 digital surround sound movie theater in the east half of hangar with 1,300 seats for the audience.
The west half of the hangar was transformed into an aviation museum, displaying 16 of the actual aircraft shown in the film. These included two P-51s, a DC-3, a Piper Cub, a Fleet biplane, a Staggerwing Beech, two Pitts
Curtis Pitts
Curtis Pitts of Stillmore, Georgia, was a designer of a series of popular aerobatic biplanes, known as the Pitts Special. He also designed the Pitts Samson, built in 1948 for aerobatic pilot Jess Bristow...
biplanes, F-5 Freedom Fighter
F-5 Freedom Fighter
The Northrop F-5A/B Freedom Fighter and the F-5E/F Tiger II are part of a family of widely-used light supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop...
and T-38 Talon
T-38 Talon
The Northrop T-38 Talon is a twin-engine supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2011 in air forces throughout the world....
jets, an T-6 Texan
T-6 Texan
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...
, an A-26 Invader
A-26 Invader
The Douglas A-26 Invader was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts...
, a B-25, a Cirrus VK-30 and a Cessna 172
Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:...
.
Also on display were the actual high-definition cameras used to make the film and the helicopter and its gyroscopically stabilized Gyron
Gyron
Gyron may refer to*de Havilland Gyron and de Havilland Gyron Junior, aircraft jet engines of the 1950s*Ford Gyron, experimental car produced in 1961...
camera system that shot the aerial sequences. Two hundred sixty movie lights provided dramatic museum-style lighting from above.
After the film played at the tour finale, producer/director Brian J. Terwilliger presented EAA president Tom Poberezny with a $15,395 donation to EAA's Young Eagles
Young Eagles
Young Eagles is a program created by the US Experimental Aircraft Association designed to give children between the ages of 8 to 17 an opportunity to experience flight in a general aviation airplane while educating children about aviation. This program is offered free of charge with donations and...
charity. The money was the result of a $5 per DVD donation from sales on the EAA website (during July 2006) and also during the previous EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow where the distributors of One Six Right collective sold 3,079 DVDs.
A photo slide show of this finale event can be viewed on the film's website.
Political activism
On September 22, 2006, One Six Right was exhibited to the United States CongressUnited States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This special screening was organized and sponsored by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is a Frederick, Maryland-based non-profit political organization. Incorporated on 15 May 1939, AOPA's membership consists mainly of general aviation pilots in the United States...
(AOPA), the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the National Business Aviation Association
National Business Aviation Association
National Business Aviation Association or NBAA, is a non-profit and nonpartisan 5016 corporation based in Washington, DC, United States. The Association represents more than 8,000 companies....
(NBAA).
In the Spring of 2005, AOPA sent a complimentary copy of One Six Right to every member of Congress who was a private pilot. Additionally, AOPA sent over 1,400 DVDs of One Six Right to all their airport support network volunteers in hopes of inspiring local community discussions on the importance of general aviation.
On November 15, 2005, AOPA President Phil Boyer awarded Brian J. Terwilliger with AOPA's Special Citation for Excellence for promoting General Aviation through the art of filmmaking.
One Six Right has also been incorporated into the curriculum of many educational programs and is frequently used to educate students on the workings and importance of the General Aviation industry as the foundation to all aviation commerce worldwide.
Licensing
In response to hundreds of grass-roots organized screenings, the distributors of One Six Right have created a public performance licensing process.Making of
The Making Of One Six Right was released in 2006 on a companion DVD titled One Six Left - The Companion DVD. This 20-minute special feature showcased the six year journey that brought One Six Right from conception to theatrical premiere.Made on a Mac
In December 2006, Apple Inc. showcased on their website a profile featuring the story of the making of One Six Right.- Apple Inc. products used on this film: G5, G4, Xserve RAID, HD Cinema Display, FCP 4.5, FCP 5, Compressor, DSP 2, DSP 4, Cinema Tools, QuickTime, iTunes, iPhoto
- Processed on Macs for this film: DV offline edit, HD online edit, design and render for all graphics, visual effect shots, photo restoration, DVD sleeve, insert, and label design, movie poster design, HD color correction, 30P to 24P frame rate conversions, and final output to D5
Milestones
- December 25, 2006, One Six Right had its world television premiere on Discovery HD TheaterDiscovery HD TheaterVelocity is an American high-definition, commercial-based, cable- and satellite-television channel owned by Discovery Communications...
(now HD Theater), a sister network to The Discovery Channel. - By its 12th month of distribution, over 45,000 One Six Right products had been sold to consumers worldwide.
- By December 2006, a full line of branded merchandise had been produced and made available. Products included a flex fit hat, a 2007 14-month calendar, a CD soundtrack, a 1/20th scale Piper Cub replica, an HD DVD and One Six Left - The Companion DVD.
- By March 2007, One Six Right products were available internationally through pilot shops and entertainment stores in Australia, North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
MPAA rating
One Six Right is rated "G" for "General Audiences or All Ages Admitted" by the MPAA Film Rating SystemMPAA film rating system
The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U.S. and its territories to rate a film's thematic and content suitability for certain audiences. The MPAA system applies only to motion pictures that are submitted for rating. Other media may be rated by other entities...
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