Evans Media principals Tim Evans, Steve Marshall and Matt Salisbury are working with a team of accomplished production people and actors on an edgy, relationship-driven web series called SKIN DEEP to premiere on YouTube April 20th. Tim's directing, Steve is the producer and Matt is one of the creators and writers. Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes info and a peek at the net's hottest new show!
Whenever a new morsel about our soon-to-be president's online campaign pops up, my pointer finger gets busy (I learned months ago that the middle finger of rage just isn't as effective as some of my friends think). Obama's online campaign was, in a word, brilliant. His video team deserves perhaps the most recognition - they produced polished, moving content for immediate web release from virtually anywhere and everywhere in the country.
Now, we all know that Obama embraces evil policies. No shit, Sherlock. That didn't keep his team from whipping out compelling shorts like this one:
Turns out Obama had an impressive FIFTY-person team taping, editing, scoring and uploading vids around-the-clock. Multiple cameras were used during his speeches for optimal "coverage", ensuring the best possible shots could be picked in editing. And yeah, they were fast. Once, his team had professionally produced video of a speech online nineteen minutes after his speech ended. For more deets:
I'm glad we're learning the same programs and skill set the Obama team had at their disposal. Waltzing into the culture war unarmed, unprepared and unready is kinda like invading another country without actionable intelligence. The fallout will crush us, and we'll end up alienating our own most fervent supporters.
Grassroots Films has put out a new short aimed at encouraging Catholics to vote. The video doesn't endorse either candidate but it makes the responsibility to exercise one's right clear. This is a well-made, powerful short.
Over the past several weeks, I've been working off-and-on in my garage to put together a stop motion video for Sarah's Law (will require family notification for a minor seeking an abortion). I found many political ads to be dull or otherwise un-edgy, and I thought playing with a Barbie doll might help remedy that. Although we're focusing on putting a feature together at Evans Media, there's tons of opportunities when it comes to web.
After another week of company meetings, discussions, and planning, we have re focused, and are finally pointed in the right direction. We do not primarily focus on short films, but rather feature films. Our goal is to tell great faith-based stories to a modern audience. To have box office success somewhere in the future. We will make short films and look for contests and festivals to enter, we might explore the field of webisodes, but for the next year and a half, our primary focus is a feature film; writing, developing, and preparing to shoot it. A faith-based story that will change the hearts and minds of modern audiences.
The film industry is basically divided into two parts: Studio Pictures and Independent Pictures. We focus on independent pictures. Independent pictures are basically divided into three categories: Feature films, short films, and other films. (Internet webisodes, commercials, ads, marketing, documentations, etc.) In the future we will work on feature films and webisodes. But currently, we focus on the short films. Independent short films are basically divided into four categories: products for TV, personal productions, productions made for theater or to sell, and films to be entered into contests. We focus on the latter two; films for contests and theaters. What makes us unique is that we have a special ability to find the great stories in low-budget, bible-shelf Jesus junk movies, and produce high-quality films that the public will enjoy.
I'm surrounded by Storm Troopers, Anime babes, Batmen, and locked & loaded gunmen from Umbrella Corp. Them, and plenty of talent scouts, studio execs, fifty thousand news crews and little shaggy-haired fanboy spawn reading comic books. A guy just walked past wearing cardboard/sharpie signs announcing that he IS, in fact, hiring "2D and 3D Animators". Oh, yes. The fun continues.
I've talked to a Disney Studios talent scout, a guy who started his own graphic novel series, and another dude who's trying to create a multi-platform story world through webisodes, comic books and lotsa merch. His series is called "The Red R". More on that later.
This event is truly mind-blowing. I've never even conceived the ability to market this much STUFF at once to this many people. Times Square, Universal City Walk - they don't come close. I've got so much swag I'm thinking about wallpapering my room with it.
Anyway, I'm going to re-emersh myself in the sweet, sweet womb of the exhibit hall now. I'll take some pics & hopefully meet some more of the 100,000+ people that swang by.
