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Wanna Get Numb? Short Film “Night Window” will screen at The Hollyshorts Film Festival

“Night Window” - a short film written and directed by Manuel Figueroa and produced by Yesenia Higuera of The Hive (www.hivedoes.com) will be screened on August 18th, 2011 at the 7th annual Hollyshorts Film Festival in Los Angeles .

HollyShorts Film Festival is an annual film festival showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe. HollyShorts is devoted to the advancement filmmakers through screenings, Q&A sessions and networking events. The HollyShorts Film Festival showcases the top short films produced 30-minutes or less.

“Night Window” - A burned out barfly tries to convince his former call girl companion to join him for one last memorable night.

Manuel Figueroa-Writer/Director Los Angeles raised writer/director Manuel Figueroa is a former Film Independent Project Involve Alumni (03) as a screenwriter and is the founder and director of the Highland Park Cinema Society, an organization dedicated to the exhibition of rare, obscure and overlooked films. He recently completed “Night Window” a modern noir short set in the seedy motels and back alleys of Hollywood. Manuel is currently developing “The Come Up” a half hour comedy set in the world of hip-hop for FUSE TV. Manuel is represented by United Talent Agency.

YESENIA HIGUERA-Producer/Editor  Yesenia is a Film Independent Project Involve Alumni (05). Yesenia began her career managing projects in such Visual Effects heavy feature films as “Coronado” with Academy Award winning Post Production Supervisor Volker Engel and Producer Marc Weigert. She then continued her experience as an Editor working on a wide variety of commercials and music videos for Latino stars such as Sabado Gigante’s Don Francisco, Los Tigres del Norte, Kumbia Kings, Obie and Piolin. She later went on to edit the feature film, “The Art of Travel”, starring Christopher Masterson and edited the highest viewed Reality Television show on the Speed Channel “Set-Up”.  In 2009 Yesenia was editor on the feature documentary film “The People Speak” produced by Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Chris Moore. The documentary is based on the work, “The People’s History of the United States”, of famed author and historian Howard Zinn. It stars Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Morgan Freeman, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Bruce Springsteen, PINK, Benjamin Bratt among others. “The People Speak aired on the History Channel on December 13th of 2009. Yesenia recently opened up The Hive (www.hivedoes.com), with partners Ben and Darron Price. The Hive is a boutique production and post-production facility that specializes in creative editorial and animated projects.

For more information about “Night Window”: www.hivedoes.com/night-window please contact Yesenia Higuera (310) 926 4932, email: yesenia@hivedoes.com, or Scan:

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Welcome to The Hive Motion Comic Production Studio. Please view our reel to see samples of recent Motion Comic work. The Hive also specializes in Storyboards and Animatics (Animated Storyboards).
Motion Comic content is created for TV Commercials, Branding and Animating Comics. Our numerous comic book artists can create any style of art that will be ideal for any advertising campaign.

The Hive "Department of Education" PSAs

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The Hive completes TEACH PSA campaign. The Hive provided editorial, post supervisor, VFX and color correction services for the Department of Education's series of PSAs. The PSAs will be used to promote the teaching profession. "TEACH" features: President Obama, Oprah, Bill Gates, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Legend, JJ Abrams and many more.

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Please contact Yesenia Higuera for all your editorial and post needs: (310) 926 4932 or yesenia@hivedoes.com

President Barack Obama PSA for the TEACH Campaign

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JJ Abrams PSA for the TEACH Campaign

Teaching is a rewarding and challenging profession where you can make a lasting impact. You can have a positive influence on students, schools, and communities now and into the future. Schools across the nation are in need of a diverse set of talented teachers, especially in our big cities and rural areas, and especially in the areas of Math, Science, Technology,  Special Education, and English Language Learning.

The TEACH campaign is an initiative of the United States Department of Education designed to raise awareness of the teaching profession and get a new generation of teachers to join the ones who are already making a difference in the classroom. At TEACH.gov you can learn what it’s really like to be a teacher and get the tools you need to launch your own career in education.
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The Hive Completes Centennial Navy Video

The Hive recently completed editorial and post supervisory services on the official Centennial Anniversary of the US Navy. The video was recenlty shown to Naval troops during the Centennial Celebration and is featured on the US Navy Website.

Please contact Yesenia @ (310) 926 4932 or yesenia@hivedoes.com for all of your Corporate, Education and industrial videos

Honoring the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation underscores our commitment to sustaining a Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard that wins wars, protects the home front and enables peace. Our air forces are strong because of the support of our service members, their families and the American public. By honoring Naval Aviation, we honor our country and assure America and our allies that their security is guaranteed by a strong Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard team.

The Hive “Hive-lings” Advise Future Filmmakers @ The LA Film Festival

Saturday June 18^th, 2011: The Hive co-founder/partner/editor, Yesenia Higuera, was asked to participate at The 2011 LA Film Festival. Yesenia was honored to be one of 12 advisors at the Future Filmmakers Guidance Sessions Lounge sponsored by third favorite store Best Buy @ The ESPN Zone.

The following is an excerpt I stole from the “2011 Future Filmmakers Guidance Session” flyer (they can explain the event better than me):

“Now in its second year, we are continuing our youth initiatives by offering on-on-one guidance sessions to the filmmakers participating in the Future Filmmakers Showcase. The showcase is a collection of high school shorts whose young voices from across the U.S. candidly explore the world around us through timely documentaries, offbeat comedies, original music videos, and unique animated stories.”

Back to Yesenia; her task was to participate in a “speed dating” format where each advisor would meet individually with each participating high school filmmaker for 15 minutes. During the meeting it would be the assignment of the advisor to put forth their wisdom of filmmaking and assist the student filmmaker with their quest into the industry.

Just encase you were not aware, Yesenia is a world class film editor whose credits include The History Channel’s feature documentary, “The People Speak” and the current Department of Education’s “TEACH” PSAs, which feature President Obama, Oprah, JJ Abrams and Bill Gates. Yesenia is co-partner of the Post Production Company, The Hive located in the Hollywood Hills.

Accompanying Yesenia to the event was her trustworthy, loyal and charming business partner Benjamin (who happens to be writing this superb article). I was very excited to go with Yesenia and never ever had the intention of bumming around The ESPN Zone and watching some of the on-going football (NOT SOCCER) tournament “The Gold Cup”.

Upon early arrival at the event, we were greeted by Project: Involve Manager, the great Francisco Velasquez. Mr. Velasquez informed us that one of the advisors had yet to turn up and asked me if I would fill in for the MIA advisor. Without hesitation, I said “YES, show me to the youngling in need of excellent filmmaking advice!”  After two rounds of giving outstanding guidance, I surrendered my seat to the late advisor. Overall, it was an amazing experience and I would urge anyone to participate in similar events.

Benjamin Price is The Hive’s other partner and is head of the Motion Comic Department and new business development.

 

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