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"Welcome to Coors Brewery"
Coors Brewing Company. Golden, CO
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Coors Brewery in Golden, CO is the largest single-site brewery in the world. Q Media was entrusted to interpret and produce the brewery tour (in English, Spanish, and Japanese) for their visitors. This fun, informative and fast moving tour was developed by working closely with the Coors team. Q Media is bringing Coors’s message to their visitors and is proud to have had the chance to interpret such an amazing manufacturing operation. |
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"City Life, 1934" Coit Tower. San Francisco, CA
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Sitting atop of Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower is a San Francisco landmark and icon. Q Media’s production team produced a tour that covered all the elements of Coit Tower—from the 1930’s paintings and frescos that are in the lower levels of the tower to the sweeping vistas above. The tour takes the visitor into the time, place and politics of the era, then reveals less obvious stories of the city from a truly unique vantage point. |
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"Bench Near Peace Lantern"
Japanese Tea Garden. San Francisco, CA
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The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is one of the premier Japanese Gardens in the United States. A San Francisco landmark hailing back to the 19 th century, it has an amazing story and is a testament to the stewardship of its caretakers throughout the years. Often referred to as a “uniquely American landscape of Japanese design” it is impossible to understand the significance of this garden without understanding the history of the garden, the city, and our nation. |
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“Rubens Gallery” John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Sarasota, Florida |
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The Ringling Museum is the legacy of the Circus King John Ringling and his wife, Mable. The 2-hour curatorial tour of the permanent collection highlights 60 of their most important works, and includes interviews with Executive Director Dr. John Wetenhall, Curator of Collections Dr. Stephen Borys, Art Historian Francoise Hack-Lof and Curatorial Fellow Rebecca Shields. |
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"When I first heard
a small portion of
the unfinished tour,
even though I knew
the words by heart
I was moved when I
heard the sounds of
church bells and
trains and
children playing."
Marianne Popkins Executive Driector
Winter Park Historical Association
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“Rhythm and Roots, Southern Music Traditions ” Southern Arts Federation. Atlanta, Georgia |
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The Southern Arts Federation's new exhibit, Rhythm and Roots, Southern Music Traditions is the latest addition to Southern Visions: The Southern Arts & Culture Traveling Exhibits Program. Rhythm & Roots is the first Southern Visions exhibit to feature music and musicians from the South. In addition to commonly known forms suchs as Bluegrass and Gospel, the tour also includes Gullah, Haitian, and other less known, but equally Southern, traditions.
Bill Monroe, photo courtesy of the International Bluegrass Museum |
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“The Result of O’Hare’s Decision” Fantasy of Flight. Polk City, Florida |
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The challenge for Fantasy of Flight’s owner Kermit Weeks was for Q Media to produce an audio tour that uses airplanes from his collection to touch upon greater human lessons and “light the spark within.” In the case of the Grumman Wildcat the listener is taken along with WW2 flying ace Butch O’Hare on the mission that earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Narrated by Fantasy of Flight owner Kermit Weeks. |
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“Florida Holocaust Museum” Florida Holocaust Museum. St. Petersburg, Florida |
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Q Media was trusted with telling the story of the Holocaust for The Florida Holocaust Museum for their audio tour. This selected piece features the story of Elli Wiesel and his arrival at Birkenau as a boy with his family. |
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“Stories from the Journey” Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland’s African History and Culture. Baltimore, Maryland |
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The Lewis Museum has a vast collection of oral histories in its collection. Q Media created a script that brought the stories of these individuals into the exhibits and helped “make real” their experiences for future generations.
The tour involves narration that helps set the context for the speaker, and then the individual’s story is allowed to unfold in its entirety. The result is an audio tour that emphasizes that the journey of African American’s “didn’t begin on a slave ship nor did it end on a distant shore.” The history is richer and older; and the journey and the stories that carry it, are far from over.
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“Monkey Man” Key West Art and Historical Society. Key West, Florida
Mario Sanchez Exhibit, Listening to Our Ancestors |
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Deliver a personal story of one of Key West's early citizens and how his story intertwined with Mario's youth.
Like many of Mr. Sanchez's "characters" the Monkey Man can be seen over and over in his artworks. Q Media uses the "watermelon" story to remind the listener of a carefree youth.
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“Pines Walkway” Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden. Delray Beach, Florida
Roji-en: the Garden of the Drops of Dew
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Support, do not interfere, with the garden's purpose as a place of contemplation and healing. Q Media chose to use only "organic" and appropriate sound f/x and music. Japanese musicians, on period appropriate instruments, play all musical tracks. Sound f/x (birds, wind, bamboo, etc.) were all recorded on site and later edited into the production with a light touch in order to enhance the listener's sensory experience, not to "replace it with bells and whistles."
Scriptwriter(s): Stasha Boyd, Alan Bruun
Sr. Engineer: Mike Lutz
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“Private James Barker” Colonial Michilimackinac State Park. Michilimackinac Island, Michigan |
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To portray the point of view of a young, lower class British soldier and his life experiences at a colonial wilderness outpost.
The text establishes, without extraneous sentiment, a young man in a world very different from the listener's own. The point of view is realistic, humorous, and touching.
Producer: Stasha Boyd
Scriptwriter: Museum Staff
Voice over artist: Blake Braswell
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“Hemingway in Cuba” Key West Art and Historical Society. Key West, Florida |
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The KWAHS developed the Hemingway-Evans exhibition as an opportunity to explore and celebrate a brief chapter in the lives of two great American Artists: a literary giant and a pioneer of documentary photography.
Our challenge is to lead the visitor to understand the time and context of their encounter and the mysterious effect they apparently had on each other's work.Period music and light f/x transport the listener. Combined with the artifacts on display, the effect is an emotional journey into the lives of the artists. The chronological events are placed in context and the listener is provided an opportunity to draw their own conclusions.
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“Intention and Inspiration” Montgomery Place, Historic Hudson Valley. Red Hook, New York
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Through interviews with the staff, and actor portrayals, Q Media created a tour that focuses on Intention and Inspiration. The visitor is moved view the Andrew Jackson Downing landscape and A.J. Davis architecture as it evolved over time.
The result is an audio tour that leads visitors on a physical and imaginative journey through the landscape. The power of intention and inspiration are the themes that carry the story into the listener’s modern world.
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“Wanted Poster Series #17” Flint Institute of Art. Flint, Michigan |
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Address complex, adult subject matter, such as slavery in the United States, without condescending to the intelligence of children or minimalizing the importance of the artist's statementQ Media's director and scriptwriter allow the young actors to experience the work as the tour listener would. The "Grandmother" does not dictate "appropriate" responses, but rather follows the children through their discovery, offering quiet strength as they discover a haunting and emotional work of art.
Director: Stasha Boyd
Scriptwriter: Chris Jorie |
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