Wednesday, June 14, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER C5 Arts & Entertainment By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Line E E J E S E Z 905 - 815-2022 w w w .oakvilkjazzfest.com Oakville Beaver Entertainment Editor Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Extension 254); Fax: 337-5567; E-mail: baldwin@haltonsearch.com I t may not be an Oscar or an Emmy, but winning a Besse will do just fine, thank you very much, according to Sheridan College grad Kevin Davies. In one way a Besse is even better than an Oscar or Emmy - it includes Photo by Barrie Erskine Sheridan M edia Arts graduate Kevin Davies won a Besse award for his commercial Cut the Cord. The award also included financial com pensation for products, services and crew so that Davies can create another commercial. The 23-yearold would like to produce a short film after th a t SALE PRICES END SUN., JUNE 18, OR WHERE SEARS IS CLOSED, SAT., JUNE 17, $50,000 in products, services and crew from the Partners Film Compa ny for Davies to create another com mercial, which hasn't even reached the drawing-board stage yet. "It's totally creative freedom on our part. They will just help us with professional people in the industry to produce a professional calibre pro duction," he says o f the monetary award towards the next commercial. "We want to take enough time to think it out; com e up with a good concept...as well as work to save some money, to actually contribute some money ourselves. The earliest we plan to shoot is September." However, Davies won the presti gious Besse with a commercial that he created during his third year in the Media Arts program at the Oakville campus of Sheridan. The winning commercial, entitled Cut the Cord, was developed for a cell phone com pany, he explains. "It takes place in a hospital deliv ery room, with a mother giving birth. Her husband is there, nurses, a doc tor. .. The surprise at the end is that instead o f delivering a baby, it's a phone. They cut the cord on the phone. It's a cell phone, symbolizing freedom." This 30-second commercial, he adds, was conceived in a brainstorm ing session with two fellow Sheridan students. It took about a month to develop, followed by 14 hours of filming, which took place at the Haldimand War Memorial Hospital in Dunnville. The 23-year-old is hoping a cell phone company will pick up his award-winning commercial, which was professionally filmed with actors who had to audition for the parts. Davies says his interest in films and television has been with him for as long as he can remember. He vol unteered for community program ming with Rogers Cable when he was in high school and did an internship at CHFI radio. For the past six years the student filmmaker has worked in a video store, where movies create the background noise for many, but not for Davies. "I'm constantly watching films," he says. "I would like to make a short film, after this commercial." His plans may even include more schooling at the Canadian Film Cen tre, he adds. "You never have too much education," he explains. "And it's the type o f industry where you're always learning. You never know everything." Davies may not know everything about films, but he certainly has a head start on his new career, stepping into the industry with an award in hand and some money to spend on his next project. S p r in g In to S u m m AWNINGS e r ! KENM0RE® 20.5-CU. FT. REFRIGERATOR Features two humidity-controlled crispers and g la ss shelves. #69142. Save $200 Se a rs reg. 1399.99. Save$200 AMANA® 18.7-CU. FT. TOP-MOUNT REFRIGERATOR Our lowest price of the year! Features `spillproof' glass shelves. #85952. 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