Cosmic Associates' Synoptic Page

"Synoptic"

A Text Overview of Cosmic Associates'

Motion Picture & Television, Theme Attraction, Theatrical, & Virtual Entertainment Creative Agenda;

Creative Development Services;

and Entertainment Industry Credits

Welcome to our 'cut-to-the-chase' text page. Of course, we think you'll find our site's other features more vividly indicative of what we're up to, but, if you want to know what we're about in black and white, literally speaking, here's the place to be.

Cosmic Associates was founded in the late 20th Century, in the dignified atmosphere of an establishment solemnly referred to as "The Cosmic Tiki Hut", with the express agenda of thrilling, amusing, terrifying, enchanting, rocking, rolling, dazzling, and entertainingly engaging as many sentient (or quantifiably conscious) lifeforms as possible.

That's pretty much the Mission Statement.

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Cosmic Associates is an entertainment development company.

We call ourselves a "Multi-Dimensional" entertainment development company in order to categorize the kinds of entertainment that we create, or have created for our Clients, some of whom include Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Landmark Entertainment, Sony, NHK Television, Entertainment Design Workshop, SimEx, ShowScan, Iwerks Entertainment, The Sci-Fi Channel, and others, as well as individual entertainment industry professionals (e.g., independent producers, directors, and actors). Through our website's diverse Dimensional Links you'll find many of our prior show credits, plus a number of showcase pages featuring some of our original entertainment properties. Or perhaps you'd like to engage our conceptual services on behalf of your own special project or projects. Hey, we're ready when you are.

Yes, entertainment is what we create, whether we're conceptualizing it, developing it, designing it, or performing it. And our creative team shares a respectable history in the field, some working professionally in entertainment since the 1970's. So? So our work, whether it's in Motion Pictures, Themed Entertainment, Theatre, or CyberSpace, benefits from the sort of sink-or-swim acumen that lifelong experience with live Audiences keenly sharpens -- basic performance and production acumen that includes Stage, Street Theatre, and One-on-One Improvisation, adds up to hone performance timing, and cultivates a genuine empathy for Audiences that makes a real difference in developing and realizing successful entertainment.

That being said, who does it make sense to trust your creative development needs to? An armchair quarterback whose basic experience in relating to an Audience consists chiefly in being a member of one?

Or a creative team who knows what it is to face a hushed house eager to be entertained; a team whose ranks have looked unflinchingly into those expectant eyes, and successfully bridged that span between the curtain's rise and fall. A team whose combined theatrical experience ranges from Shakespeare to Simon, and whose members have often created on-the-spot characterizations in intimate one-on-one street theatre encounters, where there's no proscenium to hide behind? Yes, we know what "the butterflies" are, and how they become the key to making a crowd laugh, cry, gasp, roar...

We know the sound of applause, because we've earned it.

Ah, you say you're not involved in the legit-stage scene?

You say Feature Film or Television projects are what you're looking for? Owner J.V. Curtis has scripted for major studios and networks, is a member of the Writer's Guild of America, and his screenwriting has earned praise from professional cast and crew, as well as Daily Variety.

Ah, your business is Themed Entertainment? Allow us to refer you to some very popular multi-million-dollar rides now playing on three continents, which were first conceptually rendered through detailed scripting and storyboard development in our Hollywood, California facilities.

And certainly the practical feasibility of our creative ideas benefits from the talents of team members with an applied background in feature film effects and special fabrications at the highest IATSE classification; hands-on experience that includes on-camera puppeteering, real-time physical effects gags, and sophisticated photographic fx work on dozens of commercials, prime-time television shows, and major motion pictures.

Could it be you're also looking for Voice-Over scripting and talent? You'll find several examples throughout our website, as we increasingly add sound and music to our new media presentations, or if you prefer, just tell us where we may send you a demo CD.

We'll also be happy to build You or Your Business Your Own Website, if you wish.

In other words, we've got the creative development bases covered.

These days, entertainment is manifest in many forms, and live interaction with an Audience in a traditional sense is only one of them, but whatever medium is engaged to reach out to them, an Audience remains an Audience, be it hundreds gathered in a theatre, or thousands watching the cinema or television, or the individual interacting with the World Wide Web. And we know how to reach them; how to make the entertainment experience they're looking for satisfying and successful. From barn stages to soundstages, from legitimate theatre to virtual environments; with awards won for excellence in live performances, and creative technical experience on dozens of feature films and commercials, as well as core developmental realizations of many successful motion based attractions and themed environments, when we say we have genuine, comprehensive experience in the entertainment field, we're not kidding.

We have faced Audiences, and pleased them, many times, and no matter how often we hear it, we're always working on earning that next round of applause. We're Cosmic Associates, and from zero to the speed-of-thought, we've got that red-hot Project you're looking for, or the proven Conceptual Capability to render for you the Project you've got in mind.

So whether you're looking us over because you're seeking something to produce, or are producing something you want to see benefit from a top quality conceptual realization, we'll be happy to get together for a pow-wow. We know the secret that conjures applause, and while we're duty-bound not to reveal it, Our Creative Team is ready to employ their expertise on your behalf. It's your show; we look forward to hearing from you if we can help you cultivate its possibilities, maximize its appeal, and earn the approbation it deserves.

We're Cosmic Associates, and we're ready when you are.

Well, that's us, in black and white.

Thanks for letting us tell you what we're about - now we invite you to have a look around our website and allow us to show you just how entertaining we can be.

ClickOn the Cosmic Banner, or the CA badge, below to return to our Home Page;

From there you may wish to visit our First Contact Page for a somewhat more visually-supercharged overview of our entertainment agenda, or select the Dimensional Links of your choice to explore where we've been, what we're up to right now, and where we may go together...

We span High Concept and Low Comedy. We create Melodrama and Mayhem.

We'll give you steamy Romance, chilling Suspense, sizzling Adventure,

and boundless Cinematic, Virtual, and Kinetic Thrills!

A cosmic assortment of Fantastic Characters and Astonishing Visions await you...,

So let your imagination take flight with us, and come explore

the Entertainment Dimensions of ~

John Vincent Curtis

Owner & Creative Principal

jvc ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

Raymond Avery

Chief Operations Officer

cosmicray ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

Elizabeth Tegley

Chief Financial Officer

et ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

Arlo Hughes

Dir. of Film & Anim Development

arlo ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

Vinn Collins

Dir. of Theme & Theatrical Dev.

collins ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

Mike Biener

Dir. of IT Creative Dev.

mbiener ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

Grady Sellards

Dir. of IT Systems Integration

gman ("at" cosmic associates' url )

Amanda Wong

Dir. of Legal Affairs

awong ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

Gloria Boyce

Dir. of Marketing & Publicity

publicity ("at" cosmic associates' url * )

General Inquiry ~

receptionist @ *cosmicassociates.com

Cosmic Associates' website visual content and text

designed & written by J.V. Curtis

(excepting Client/Studio logos and portfolio project credits, as noted)

JavaScripting & additional creative technical services by Michael Biener and Mike Hanttula.

Contributing IT development by Daniel Adams

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