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Great news! “Ara” racked in another win at the Indiana University Iris Film Festival on Saturday! We received a nod for “Best Animation” and it has been added to the film’s growing list of honors. With this, “Ara” is now as successful as “Biological Warfare Ain’t Easy” was last year.

Alysha here again to breathe life into this Ara-saturated blog. As you may or may not know, I am currently majoring in apparel design. My final project for the year was to make an accessory. While my classmates made hats and handbags, I decided that I was in need of a chic pair of gladiators. As soon as I equipped myself with some leather and a $5 spool of heavyweight thread I was ready to get cracking. The design and pattern were pretty much made up as I went along. I must admit that they turned out well considering I know nothing about making shoes and did not have appropriate tools or machines available to me. If you like what you see, then keep looking out for Base14 Outfitters.

Welcome, young journalists! Another brilliant High School JDay is upon us! And what better way to celebrate than our very own HS JDay 2008 Advanced InDesign Website! Too cool! Once you’re there, don’t forget to take the survey! And if you get bored, why not browse the rest of Base14.com? I wouldn’t mind.

Uncork the champagne and get out the tiny cheese blocks; “Ara” is a success! Yesterday “Ara” premiered to an audience of over 180 people. Included were friends, family, students, faculty and even our former university president, Dr. Martin Jischke! We were honored to have such a noteworthy crowd. Our associated 411 group, appropriately entitled “Ara, LLC” went on to present our related research and development behind the movie. A full video of the presentation will be uploaded in the next few weeks!

And if that wasn’t enough, almost as soon as our first premiere was over, the crew headed off to the second premiere, down at the Wabash Landing 9 Theater for the Purdue Digital Cinema Contest. After arriving in limos, co-producer Shauvon McGill and I waltzed into the contest and accepted our award for Best Animation. The prize included $300 cash, an iPod Shuffle, 3ds Max 2008, Maya 2008, and best of all… an even better dry-erase clapperboard than we won last year! We all agreed, it was one busy day for all of us, and a very proud night for Base14. Stay turned for additional Ara-related news!

Hey guys! Our Ara T-Shirts are now available for purchase online! here’s me modeling the brilliant piece, designed by Mike Fortress.

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