Date(s): Sep 18, 2024
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DUNWOODY FILMMAKER PRODUCES SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
‘Unseen Olympiad’ filmed in US and China
DUNWOODY, GEORGIA, September 4 – Dunwoody native and long-time resident and St. Pius X High School alum (’11), Casey Shaw, recently privately screened the sports documentary ‘Unseen Olympiad’, the first feature-length film created and produced by Shawscope, the New Orleans-based motion picture production company and incubator he founded in 2019.
Most of Casey’s career — which began while he was a student at Loyola University, New Orleans — has been spent working on studio feature films, including One Night in Miami, Project Power, Lovebirds and Unhinged, as well as TV shows, music videos and commercials. The impetus to create a sports film stemmed from the unique opportunity Casey has had to attend 12 Olympic Games (starting with Atlanta ’96), five World University Games and other major sporting events in 14 countries on 5 continents. He has also worked on several of the events helping him gain a rare behind-the-scenes perspective.
‘Unseen Olympiad’ was filmed during the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, NY, USA and the 2023 FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Using the smallest village (Lake Placid) and the largest city (Chengdu) to ever host the Games since their inception in 1959 as the backdrop, the film illuminates the sport and cultural contrasts between the two Games, while showing how similar athletes’ emotions — fear, passion, patience and joy – are, regardless of the context.
Shot on 16mm film — Shawscope’s preferred medium — the work has a more realistic texture and feel than can be achieved using digital technology and is likely the first time many of the World University Games athletes, aged 18-25, have ever been shot on celluloid. The film is in six languages, was shot using a single camera, and has an original score. One of the film’s Producers, Kelly Dawkins, also a Dunwoody native and St. Pius X alum, is a Georgia State film program graduate, as is Spencer Poole, the films’ Sound Engineer.
‘Unseen Olympiad’ was privately screened in Lausanne, Switzerland (August 7) and New Orleans (Sept 1). A private Atlanta screening is scheduled for September 18 followed by one in Los Angeles in mid-October. More information about the Atlanta event can be found at https://partiful.com/e/jSQgdiLWDeut52GeVvPV .
