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Spring 2019

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HARTLE TAPS INTO A QUIET POWER BOTH ON THE RANCH AND IN THE STUDIO Several years ago, while working on a TV project for Film Roman, producer Gary Hartle recalls entering a production meeting where many in the room were acting like gladiators. But the yelling, chaos and generalized angst began to diffuse after Hartle quietly took his seat at the end of the table and started listening. "Anger is just fear," says Hartle. "So I listened to each one of their fears…and we began to formulate what the show was going to be by taking each of their fears and pouring them into the pot of stew. They were all happy because their fears were being [addressed]." Hartle had used unconventional skills to resolve issues that day; he had applied what he does when he works with horses: "The best way to have people follow you is to show them where you're leading them is better than where they are." The veteran producer-director- storyboard artist of such shows as Mighty Max, Johnny Bravo and New Looney Tunes speaks these THE HORSE WHISPERER A F T E R H O U R S 12 KEYFRAME

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