A Window to the Magic - Disneyland Audio Adventure Podcast
A Window to the Magic - Disneyland Audio Adventure Podcast
Paul J Barrie Jr
Shermania!
4 minutes Posted Sep 25, 2010 at 7:53 pm.
running time, including end credits.  No subtitles, edits, or additions to the video is permitted.  The video remains under copyright protection held by Jerry A. Ranger and Cynthia Ferrell.Thank you all again for participating in the wide release of a film that was made as a labor of love for the Sherman Brothers, who left their indelible mark not only on Disney, but the world of entertainment!
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Produced as a tribute to Disney Legends, the Sherman Brothers, "Shermania!" the film began life first as a song.  Robert and Richard Sherman's Father, Tin Pan Alley tune-smith, Al Sherman, told his boys to follow the three S’s when writing songs: make them singable, simple, and sincere.With that ideal as inspiration, composer Jerry Ranger and author/lyricist Cynthia Ferrell co-wrote the song, "Singable, Simple, and Sincere".  The song is performed by Tess Ferrell, now lead singer in "Big Band Beat," a broadway-style show on the American Waterfront at Tokyo DisneySea.The film, now titled, "Shermania!" was shot over the course of two days in August 2010 in Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks, California, under the direction of Cynthia Ferrell & Brian McDonald and stars Tess Ferrell and Jerry Ranger.  Other credits include:Cinematographer: Tim CarrEditors: Brian McDonald, Chuck Lewis & Nick BroscoBoom operator and production support: Gary ChambersScript supervisor: Nancy FriedmanMusical arrangement & performance: David VasquezRecorded, mixed, & mastered: Jeff Lewis at Moonlight Studios, Los AngelesWith special thanks to Gregg ShermanThe film is distributed by the Mouse Lounge PodcastYou are welcome to introduce the film and add your own title sequence per what is customary for your program.  We ask however, that once "Shermania!" begins that it is played it's entire