Alicia was interviewed by Craine's NY about On the Leesh's ongoing webseries and the opportunities that the Internet provides production companies. Also featured in the article is Jessica Arinella as Holly Malone in our webseries, "The In-Betweens of Holly Malone." Be sure to check out the article at:
Craines NY
And to watch all of our webseries go to:
www.ontheleesh.com/web-series/current
Showing posts with label Publicity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Publicity. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Film In the City Panel
This is an old entry from our company blog (fetch), but it's an ongoing series, so we thought we'd add it here as well. Check it out!
On July 22nd Wayne Parillo (of Webjammer films and our very own I'm Sorry Melissa), Rebeca Conget (of Film Movement), and I took to three stools in front of a sold out house of about 75 people at the People's Lounge in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The three of us offered up our advice on how to distribute projects in a non-conventional manner.
Rebeca, being from Film Movement, has the most traditional model. What makes them unconventional is that Film Movement started as an "outside the box" type of company by offering a monthly at home DVD subscription service. Once a Month, members receive a DVD that has both a feature and a short length film in the mail. Through this model, Film Movement is able to distribute twelve films a year, including there films that have gained theatrical distribution. Their library of films are all wonderful festival heavy films, so if you become a member, you have your own festival once a month at home. Film Movement also offers tips on how to have your own screenings and discussions based on the films in your own community. They're aware that many markets in this country don't have access to art house films, so they have teamed up with libraries and universities to help bring their lovely films to a wider audience.
Wayne and I spent a lot of time talking about web-series and about using the internet to distribute and self promote. I offered up my advice for the festival circuit and spoke about how a filmmaker could work with On the Leesh. We met a lot of very interesting film makers and I look forward to my continued relationship with them.
Thanks to Elisa Keys for the opportunity to sit on the panel. I'll keep you posted about the next event where I'll serve as moderator. The date is Tuesday September 15th.
**All photographs by: Lee Ann Simmons Photographer, photosbyla.com
On July 22nd Wayne Parillo (of Webjammer films and our very own I'm Sorry Melissa), Rebeca Conget (of Film Movement), and I took to three stools in front of a sold out house of about 75 people at the People's Lounge in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The three of us offered up our advice on how to distribute projects in a non-conventional manner.
Rebeca, being from Film Movement, has the most traditional model. What makes them unconventional is that Film Movement started as an "outside the box" type of company by offering a monthly at home DVD subscription service. Once a Month, members receive a DVD that has both a feature and a short length film in the mail. Through this model, Film Movement is able to distribute twelve films a year, including there films that have gained theatrical distribution. Their library of films are all wonderful festival heavy films, so if you become a member, you have your own festival once a month at home. Film Movement also offers tips on how to have your own screenings and discussions based on the films in your own community. They're aware that many markets in this country don't have access to art house films, so they have teamed up with libraries and universities to help bring their lovely films to a wider audience.
Wayne and I spent a lot of time talking about web-series and about using the internet to distribute and self promote. I offered up my advice for the festival circuit and spoke about how a filmmaker could work with On the Leesh. We met a lot of very interesting film makers and I look forward to my continued relationship with them.
Thanks to Elisa Keys for the opportunity to sit on the panel. I'll keep you posted about the next event where I'll serve as moderator. The date is Tuesday September 15th.
**All photographs by: Lee Ann Simmons Photographer, photosbyla.com
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Check out this interview!
Our good friend Wayne Parillo (and "I'm Sorry Melissa" writer and creator) has done an interview! He's officially a fancy, fancy man...
Check it out at: www.news.tubefilter.tv
Check it out at: www.news.tubefilter.tv
Monday, October 13, 2008
On the Leesh Gets Healed
On the Leesh has the great pleasure of teaming up with Janet Humphrey
a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist practicing in New York City.
Janet has been practicing traditional Chinese Medicine for over twenty
years, so we decided to team up on a series of podcasts and videos.
These videos will feature Janet's "Giving Nature" brand and will be
available for purchase in time for the 2008 Holiday Season.
These videos are geared to teach the average american how to be more
pro-active about their own heath. Whether you are interested in
Western Medicine, Eastern Medicine or a fusion of the two, Janet will
provide you with the tools you need in order to get healthy and stay
healthy. For example, she has a 6 step guide to beating the common
cold. Who doesn't want to learn that? If there's anyone out there, I
dare them to answer the question again in February.
We'll start posting our podcasts by late October, and we welcome your
feedback. Your notes will help shape the DVD. We want to know what
issues are most pressing for our viewers. Stress relief? Aide in
reducing high blood pressure? Relief from chronic pain? These are
just a few of the videos we plan on shooting over the coming months.
I've known Janet for six years, and in that time, she has helped me
ward off many the common cold and insomniac nights as well as dealing
with my chronic headaches. I was always curious about acupuncture but
feared that it would hurt or that it wouldn't be right for me. I
realized that there was really nothing to fear.
If you're interested in trying acupuncture, check out our podcasts for
more information and for more information about Janet, please visit
her website - www.givingnaturecenter.com
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Go See Fault Lines
Our good friends at The Naked Angels are producing Stephen Belber's FAULT LINES directed by David Schwimmer. The cast includes Noah Emmerich, Dominic Fumusa, Josh Lucas and Jennifer Mudge.
One of my first jobs in the city was working on The Naked Angels' production of Stephen Belber's TAPE. Geoffrey Nauffts directed that production, and he is now the Artistic Director of the Naked Angles. Dominic Fumusa was one of the first NYC actors that I got to work with, and his professionalism and respect for me was one of the reasons I stayed involved with theater. I met Jennifer Mudge during our production of Lucie Tiberghien's The Things We Know. Jenny was our leading lady and a class act all the way.
If you are looking for something to occupy your time this week, I highly recommend - going to see FAULT LINES.
Press notes for Fault Lines read: "Whole Foods, Edie Brickell and mini-hot dogs abound in this dark and twisted new comedy, in which a seemingly ordinary boys' night out turns sour for two friends when a stranger forces them to delineate the boundaries between loyalty, conviction and betrayal."
For more information or to purchase tickets go to - www.faultlinestheplay.com www.faultlinestheplay.com
You won't be disappointed!
One of my first jobs in the city was working on The Naked Angels' production of Stephen Belber's TAPE. Geoffrey Nauffts directed that production, and he is now the Artistic Director of the Naked Angles. Dominic Fumusa was one of the first NYC actors that I got to work with, and his professionalism and respect for me was one of the reasons I stayed involved with theater. I met Jennifer Mudge during our production of Lucie Tiberghien's The Things We Know. Jenny was our leading lady and a class act all the way.
If you are looking for something to occupy your time this week, I highly recommend - going to see FAULT LINES.
Press notes for Fault Lines read: "Whole Foods, Edie Brickell and mini-hot dogs abound in this dark and twisted new comedy, in which a seemingly ordinary boys' night out turns sour for two friends when a stranger forces them to delineate the boundaries between loyalty, conviction and betrayal."
For more information or to purchase tickets go to - www.faultlinestheplay.com www.faultlinestheplay.com
You won't be disappointed!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
OTL Attends The IFP Filmmaker Conference
This week, OTL was at the IFP Conferences. We actually “took” meetings! Awesome. We met a lot of great emerging writers looking to get their work produced and then went to some interesting panels. Sometimes the information seemed contradictory, such as one would say ‘just get your work out there – whether online or in theaters’ and another would say ‘don’t just put your work out there...’. Although the differing points of view were sometimes confusing, they were still valuable. I took away from it that the best approach is to look at the specific project and what your end goal is. Is it less about money and more about having a calling card for you work? Is your fan base big online or is your audience older and less internet-savvy? Like everything in life I guess, there’s no one answer, which, well sucks, and yet, it’s nice to have the freedom.
Check out IFP at www.ifp.org
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