Thirty years ago, I attended Ringling Bros. Clown College.  Here is our latest short film, a tribute to that school and the arena we learned in.  Happy Holidays! -Nic

Character Face – A Clown College Fantasy

Character Face takes us to the Venice, Florida Arena, where for thirty years Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus held their winter quarters and also ran their Clown College. Abandoned today, former Ringling Clown Nancy Osborn Berman visits and once again the arena becomes a place of wonder and magic, if only for a brief moment.

This film is dedicated to all Clowns, Circus Performers and Circus Fans who still hold onto the dream that is the circus.

Written, Directed and Edited by Nic Beery, (Clown College 1982)
Starring Nancy Osborn Berman, (Clown College 1982), Chuck “Chuck-O” Sidlow, (Clown College 1977) and Jonathan “Mitch” Freddes, (Clown College 1974)
Original Score by John Heitzenrater and as a bonus treat, listen to the score HERE!

Here is a short interview with Nic Beery in the Venice Arena immediately after the filming of Character Face. It is poignant, powerful and touching.

A nice article was written by Nancy Largent about Nic Beery and features his experiences at Clown College and in the Circus. Read it HERE.

The photo from the Sarasota Film Festival was taken the day after the Character Face shoot. One of our films, Finish Line, screened that day.

See photos and more about the making of the film and Clown College HERE.

The Secret City Film Festival was the first film fest in the nation to screen entirely from state of the art DCP projection, the format all digital films are screened in. The film looked terrific and so did all of the other films at the fest.

Wonderful festival and a great feeling to have such a strong and positive reaction from the festival.

Nancy Largent from the Chapel Hill Recorder did a wonderful write up on our feature film.

“Nic Beery, Carrboro resident and highly acclaimed documentary filmmaker, has just released his first full-length feature film, Sayonara to Hello. This is a thoughtful, honest portrayal of a modern-day magician trying to make ends meet.”

You can read the entire article HERE.

As always, order your copy on DVD today HERE

The Doug Largent Trio, who did the wonderful score to Sayonara to Hello, were also on the radio and performed live.  It is excellent, listen HERE

Sayonara to Hello Feature Documentary on living your dreams no matter what now available on DVD.

Sayonara to Hello focuses on the travels and adventures of Steve Marshall as he returns to the United States for a magic lecture tour after 14 years of performing as a magician and comedic actor in Japan. When the earthquake / tsunami of 2011 devastated much of Japan and made working as an entertainer almost impossible, Steve teamed up with mentor and Charlie Chaplin impersonator Billy Scadlock and film maker and former clown partner Nic Beery with a plan to tour the East coast towns he and Nic had visited as clowns with the Ringling Bros Circus back in 1983.

Beery’s feature documentary film goes beyond the tour and performances, searching for what it takes to live a dream that began 40 years ago for Steve – a dream shaken by disasters, roadblocks and unexpected circumstances. During the 30 day, 5,500 mile tour, Steve, Billy and Nic meet up with old friends and fellow working entertainers who are all trying to keep the dream going. Sayonara to Hello finds the joy, but also the difficulties and the sacrifices that Steve and his friends make, as they struggle to keep performing in today’s complex, high tech world.

Pick up your copy today! http://www.beerymedia.com/merchandise/

Starring Steve Marshall, Billy Scadlock, Nic Beery, John Ekin, Bob Fitch, George Schindler, Vinny Grosso

Crew and Post Nic Beery, Dave Parent, John Hadfield, Matthew Krieg, Jim Fink, Nathan Rosenquist,,Rory Bradley, Liz Levitt, Koichi Takao

Music Doug Largent Trio, Grahame Davies, Steve Marshall

Artwork Susan Siplon

Design Nic Beery

Film Site www.SayonaraHello.com

Contact info

Nic Beery
Producer, Editor
Beery Media, LLC
118 East Main Street
Suite 204
Carrboro, NC 27510
919.883.7472
nic@beerymedia.com
www.BEERYmedia.com

Well, I’ve got some very exciting news today. “Sayonara to Hello” the documentary that you all so generously backed is finished, packaged up, and being sent out to everyone who backed us at a “receive a DVD of the film” level!

Depending on where you live, you should be receiving the DVD in the next week.

Backers outside the USA will get them a little later as Nic sent them to me and I will send them out as soon as I receive them.

THANK YOU ALL again for making this dream become a reality for Nic and I!!!

For everyone else, if you would like to order the “Sayonara to Hello” DVD it will go on sale here on July 1st!

We will also have the official S2H soundtrack, with all of the great, original, music from the film, S2H movie posters, and a collection of Nic Beery’s short films on sale as well!

Thanks for all your support and keep living your dreams!!!

Sayonara for now,

Steve

Listen HERE.

Doug, Brad and TJ in the “studio” recording the score for Sayonara to Hello. Awesome soundtrack!
More – SayonaraHello.com DougLargent.com
Shot by Nic Beery and Matthew Krieg
Edited by Matthew Krieg
BeeryMedia.com

Duke University • Center for Documentary Studies • Fresh Doc Screening
Friday March 9th – 7pm • 1317 W. Pettigrew Street  Durham, NC 27705

FREE and open to the public. More info www.SayonaraHello.com Nic@BeeryMedia.com

Synopsis
Sayonara to Hello focuses on the travels and adventures of Steve Marshall as he returns to the
United States for a magic lecture tour after 14 years of performing as a magician and comedic actor in Japan.

When the earthquake / tsunami of 2011 devastated much of Japan and made working as an
entertainer almost impossible, Steve teamed up with mentor and Charlie Chaplin impersonator Billy Scadlock and filmmaker and former clown partner Nic Beery with a plan to tour the East coast towns he and Nic had visited as clowns with the Ringling Bros Circus back in 1984.

Beery’s film goes beyond the tour and performances,searching for what it takes to live a dream that began 40 years ago.

About Nic Beery
A former Ringling Bros. circus clown, Nic now prefers to be behind the camera. His films have been in over 50 festivals from Cannes to New York City, and have won numerous awards, including a recent Emmy nomination and the 2009 Indie Arts award winner in The Independent. Nic is the owner of BeeryMedia.com, a boutique video production company in Carrboro, NC, and co-founder of the Carrboro Film Festival.

My town has always had creative graffiti here and there. Lately though, I’ve noticed a parallel between it and our film Sayonara to Hello. Upon closer inspection, I am seeing the word DREAM everywhere. Our film about living your dream no matter how hard. The rewards are limitless.