RTE STORYLAND CONTENDER - Rental Boys

From rental-boys.com:-

VOTE FOR US ON MARCH 13TH

Some people love their jobs and wake up every morning with eager anticipation for their day ahead. Whether they are scientists, social workers, executives, guards or even a waitress who likes to make people smile, these are the people who feel they make a difference; a contribution.

Most other people however, work for one reason and one reason only: payday. Their mornings are not so much filled with eagerness as grogginess, and they’re much more likely to spend their working hours day-dreaming. They cling to the hope of landing their ideal job, possibly as an actor, an engineer, a scriptwriter or a beautician; their current job is really just a temporary arrangement.

These are people like Brian, Darren, Andrew and Sharon; the Rental Boys.

SHOW HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.rental-boys.com/

"RENTAL BOYS" SHOW TWITTER:-
http://twitter.com/rentalboys

"RENTAL BOYS" FLICKR PHOTOS:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rentalboys

"RENTAL BOYS" ON FACEBOOK:-
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48172358795&ref=nf

"RENTAL BOYS" ON BEBO:-
http://www.bebo.com/rentalboys

"RENTAL BOYS" ON MYSPACE:-
http://www.myspace.com/rentalboys

"RENTAL BOYS" PRODUCTION COMPANY WEBSITE:-
http://www.mixedbagmedia.com

"RENTAL BOYS" YOUTUBE CHANNEL:-
http://www.youtube.com/rentalboys

"RENTAL BOYS" PROMO:-




BRIAN'S PICKS

Brian, self proclaimed movie expert and employee of Movie-visions, sits down to have a chat about his favourite movie.

SHARON'S TOP FILMS

Sharon shares her make up secrets along with confiding her top 3 movies.

DARREN'S TOP MOVIES

Darren has a chat about his favourite movies, his hollywood tan and all the attention he gets from the ladies.

Sharon: Why you should rent in filmbusters.

Sharon's opinion on why people should rent in Filmbusters (the DVD rental store that also does sunbeds and diet pills) over Movie-visions (who also specialises in games and electronics).

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LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Rental Boys (RTE Storyland)

The second of the penultimate RTE STORYLAND lunchtime watchalongs.



RENTAL BOYS

Rental Boys follows the lives of the staff of two competing DVD rental chain stores in the Dublin suburb of Finglas. Main character Brian, a DIT drop out, is an aspiring sci-fi scriptwriter and the lethargic assistant manager of “Movie-visions”, the rental store that also specialises in most electronics. His average working days generally include run-ins with; his long-suffering manager Pawel, an array of crazy customers and his arch nemesis, Darren, a struggling actor with a great tan who’s the senior staff member at “Filmbusters” - the store where you can avail of sunbeds and diet pills with every new movie release.

This is the only Storyland entry where I couldn't find an embeddable version of Episode 1.


So here's a video from the Rental Boys Vimeo channel instead.


Why people should rent form filmbusters. from rental boys


"RENTAL BOYS" RTE STORYLAND PAGE AND VOTING HERE


FULL LIST OF "RENTAL BOYS" LINKS HERE:-
http://storygas.blogspot.com/2009/03/rte-storyland-contender-rental-boys.html


What do you think?
Sum it up in 3 words, or scores out of 10...
See COMMENTS below

LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Rental Boys - RTÉ STORYLAND

Fourth and final of the 4 shows through to the next round of RTÉ STORYLAND...

HappySlapper
Hardy Bucks
Psych Ward
Rental Boys


CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON RTÉ STORYLAND.





Today it's the second ep from RENTAL BOYS.

Couldn't find Episode 2 on the net other than on the RTE Storyland site itself.

Here's the Promo for Episode 2 of Rental Boys



And... a promo for the next episode -- Episode 3





CLICK HERE for more details on RENTAL BOYS.


CLICK HERE FOR THE RTÉ STORYLAND WEBSITE AND VOTING

There's a poll on the sidebar on the top right hand side of this site for an idea of who everyone here thinks should win.


CLICK HERE for all posts labelled RTÉ STORYLAND

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RTE STORYLAND - Episodes 4 - Last day of voting...

It's the last day of voting for RTE's Online Drama competition STORYLAND - deadline is tomorrow, (Friday 31st July) 5pm...

All the episodes and voting here:

http://www.rte.ie/storyland

Or official RTE shows pages and voting here:

HARDY BUCKS

PSYCH WARD

RENTAL BOYS


Here are the episodes 4 I've found on the net...

HARDY BUCKS
(STORYGAS HARDYBUCKS POSTS HERE)

Hardy Bucks Ep7: The Drink is a Curse 1/3
A fine spell of weather sees the lads trying to set aside binge drinking for more wholesome activities.




Hardy Bucks Ep7: The Drink is a Curse 2/3




Hardy Bucks Ep7: The Drink is a Curse 3/3




PSYCH WARD
(ALL STORYGAS PSYCHWARD POSTS HERE)
Psych Ward Episode 4 (HD Version)

The fourth episode of the online web drama Psych Ward. In this episode Dr Danny O'Hagan (Hugh O'Conor) finds himself suspended from duty pending an enquiry into the incidents surrounding the death of Christine Meaney.




RENTAL BOYS
(ALL STORYGAS RENTAL BOYS POSTS HERE)

Episode 4 bits: Brian from Rental Boys on Vimeo.

CLICK HERE for all storygas posts labelled RTE STORYLAND

http://storygas.blogspot.com/search/label/RTE%20Storyland

RTE STORYLAND RESULTS

Spare a thought for the 4 RTE Storyland finalists tonight...




The voting on round 3 ended at 5pm today (5 hours ago), and now's the time of the nail-biting wait for who goes through.

HappySlapper
Hardy Bucks
Psych Ward
Rental Boys


*** UPDATE from www.rte.ie/storyland ***

Episode 3: Results

1st Hardy Bucks
2nd Rental Boys
3rd Psych Ward
4th HappySlapper


If you voted on the poll here, here were our unofficial poll results(!)
Hardy Bucks 19 (48%)
Rental Boys 13 (33%)
Happy Slapper 4 (10%)
Psych Ward 3 (7%)
***


Show some love to HappySlapper -- anyone know if the show will go on independently?

The makers' bebo profile, Screenworks, is here:
www.bebo.com/ScreenworksF

Leave COMMENTS below with any news!


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RTE STORYLAND - HARDY BUCKS for the win

From rte.ie/storyland:-

2009 WINNERS: HARDY BUCKS

RTE Entertainment story here:
http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0908/storyland.html
(thanks lg15today.blogspot.com)

Final episode Tuesday 29th September.

From Rental Boys twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/rentalboys

A big congratulations to the Hardy Bucks for winning the Storyland competition from all the Rental Boys - Well done lads!

Thanks for all the comments & support. We really appreciate it! We worked with a great cast & crew who'll no doubt go on to great things!

Show them some love over at
http://www.rental-boys.com/
- maybe they can find a way to keep it running?


PS - If you want to see the HARDY BUCKS LIVE...?

From Bulmerscomedy.ie:

Youtube phenomenon's The Hardy Bucks have just been announced as special guests to The Rubber Bandits Academy show 19th September.
Tickets for the show 15 euro including booking fee on sale now.

Hardy Bucks follows the escapades of four lazy, but likable lads from Castletown, Co. Mayo, as they struggle with the vicissitudes of life in small town, recessionary Ireland.

Followed by a documentary crew, they set about attempting to make money, and attract some ‘gamey women,’ all the while trying to avoid a confrontation with their 10-spot dealing nemesis, the Viper, in the local ball alley.

The live show combines the authenticity of the lads’ existences with the surrealistic aspects of some of the goings on and characters around the town.

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RTE STORYLAND - The Online Drama competition is launched

Voting opens today on RTÉ's STORYLAND competition.

Television is changing and you’re calling the shots ....
Five months ago the call went out for new and established programme makers with exciting ideas to take part in a unique web drama competition.

The talented finalists have produced some brilliant content with buckets of tension, comedy and thrills. However it’s up to you to decide who goes through to the next round.

Watch episode one and vote for the drama you’d most like to see make a second episode. Voting opens 5pm Monday 16th March and closes 5pm Monday 30th March.

MORE HERE:-
www.rte.ie/storyland

Here are the shows alphabetically... Click on them for more details.

CHEZ SPUDS
A surreal comedy set around an Irish kitchen inhabited by Mrs Spuds and her son Shay. In each episode a well known figure will turn up through a strange portal into which step the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Gengis Khan and the 1966 English world cup squad!


HAPPY SLAPPER
‘’Your school years are the best years of your life.’’
Whoever said that must have been hit a few too many times on the head. With a hammer…
Set in a North Dublin secondary school, during a final year that is filled with betrayal, manipulation, desperation & violence, HAPPYSLAPPER is a mystery thriller that centres on the disappearance of popular girl MADDY, and the dark secrets that are revealed when two of her friends start investigating what has happened to her and why... In episode 1 shy outsider Emily has no idea what she's getting herself involved in when she's invited to a 'secret party' held by tough girl Rachel in the school, after dark...


HARDY BUCKS
Hardy Bucks follows the lives of four lazy but likable lads from Castletown, Co Mayo as they try and make enough money to make a fresh start in the 'big shmoke' - Galway.
The bucks try their luck at the Mitzi Turbo Cup - an underground boy-racer event - which has come to Castletown. With the chance of netting €250 "in the claw", the boys may finally have the means of moving to Galway.


JENNY WAS A FRIEND OF MINE
From the moment you go online, they're watching you. Recording your every move, collecting data, building your profile. They know your secrets. They've mapped your very soul. Now, they mean to do you harm. But who are they?
Surely all you have to do to be safe is turn the computer off... right? If you’re no longer online then the danger is no longer real... right? But what is reality, your life online, or your so called life in the physical world? Are you alone?


PSYCH WARD
Danny O'Hagan works as an emergency Psychiatrist on the night shift in a busy city centre hospital. One night Danny is forced to make an impossible decision. The consequences prove worse than he could have imagined. Pressure is building, and Danny soon finds himself in the biggest battle of his life.


PUBWORLD
What is reality? What are its limits, its possibilities, its meaning?
A young man called Darryl has been wrenched, against his will, from our reality and deposited in some other existence – an existence that on the surface appears similar – yet which openly defies the long established norms of physics and logic. He has been deposited in a place called Pub World, and closing time is near…


RENTAL BOYS
‘Rental Boys follows the lives of the staff of two competing DVD rental chain stores in the Dublin suburb of Finglas. Main character Brian, a DIT drop out, is an aspiring sci-fi scriptwriter and the lethargic assistant manager of “Movie-visions”, the rental store that also specialises in most electronics.
His average working days generally include run-ins with; his long-suffering manager Pawel, an array of crazy customers and his arch nemesis, Darren, a struggling actor with a great tan who’s the senior staff member at “Filmbusters” - the store where you can avail of sunbeds and diet pills with every new movie release.


RUNNING LOW
Of course the oil ran out in the end, and civilisation duly crumbled in its absence. But Tom and Bala Weldon, two Tipperary slackers manning the last petrol station in Ireland, have no intention of going anywhere. Their plan, to lay low and sit out mankind’s return to the Dark Ages, is utterly foiled by the very last thing they ever expected to see... a motorist.


THIS IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY
[[that's all there's ever been of the listing for this show, Ed]]

Vote for them on the RTÉ STORYLAND home site
www.rte.ie/storyland

RTE press release on the shortlist
http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2009/0123/storylandwinners23012009.html



CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR ALL POSTS LABELLED RTÉ STORYLAND

http://storygas.blogspot.com/search/label/RTE%20Storyland

So.. go on... Who you tipping for the win?
See COMMENTS below

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RTE STORYLAND - THE FINAL - (FEW HOURS... TO VOTE).

So... been following the RTE STORYLAND project all year, and it's down to the final day of voting... The final two shows...



HARDY BUCKS
and
RENTAL BOYS

Click on the titles above for all the posts on them...

HARDY BUCKS HERE
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/finalists/hardybucks.html








RENTAL BOYS HERE
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/finalists/rentalboys.html




Can it be so?
VOTING CLOSES TODAY (MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER) at 5pm.

(Irish Summer Time... think that's 1600 GMT/UTC)


Click on this Link to the voting here....


CLICK HERE for all posts labelled RTE STORYLAND
http://storygas.blogspot.com/search/label/RTE%20Storyland

LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Hardy Bucks - RTE STORYLAND

Second of 4 shows through to the next round of RTÉ STORYLAND...
HappySlapper
Hardy Bucks
Psych Ward
Rental Boys


CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON RTÉ STORYLAND.





Today it's the second ep from HARDY BUCKS.

(In two vids -- longer version than the RTE release? -- and the Hardy Bucks saga began with 3 eps before Storyland, so it's now up to Episode 5.)

Hardy Bucks Ep5: Foamy Nites: Part1




Hardy Bucks Ep 5: Foamy Nites: Part2




Gym'n it up for votes




CLICK HERE for more details on HARDY BUCKS.


CLICK HERE FOR THE RTÉ STORYLAND WEBSITE AND VOTING

There's a poll on the sidebar on the top right hand side of this site for an idea of who everyone here thinks should win.


CLICK HERE for all posts labelled RTÉ STORYLAND

LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - HappySlapper - RTE STORYLAND

Okay, it's been so long since I've posted any RTÉ STORYLAND updates.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON RTÉ STORYLAND.

Four shows are in the running for the Fourth Round of the Irish online drama series,
HappySlapper
Hardy Bucks
Psych Ward
Rental Boys

Sadly, it means that...

Pub World
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
Running Low

...won't be going through to the next round.

Show some love by visiting their sites (linked above), and let me know in COMMENTS BELOW if more episodes of these emerge after Storyland.


So this week I'll be catching up with the finalist episodes from the second round.

Today, HAPPYSLAPPER.





CLICK HERE for more details on HAPPYSLAPPER.


CLICK HERE FOR THE RTÉ STORYLAND WEBSITE AND VOTING

and vote on the sidebar on the top right hand side of this site for an idea of who everyone here thinks should win.


CLICK HERE for all posts labelled RTÉ STORYLAND

LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - PsychWard - RTE STORYLAND

Third of the 4 shows through to the next round of RTÉ STORYLAND...

HappySlapper
Hardy Bucks
Psych Ward
Rental Boys


CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON RTÉ STORYLAND.





Today it's the second ep from PSYCH WARD.


Psych Ward Episode 2

The second episode of Psych Ward, an online drama series commissioned as part of RTE's Storyland project. Psych Ward is the story of a young psychiatrist who works in a hospital in Dublin.

Psych Ward - Episode 2 Promo




CLICK HERE for more details on PSYCH WARD.


CLICK HERE FOR THE RTÉ STORYLAND WEBSITE AND VOTING

There's a poll on the sidebar on the top right hand side of this site for an idea of who everyone here thinks should win.


CLICK HERE for all posts labelled RTÉ STORYLAND

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RTE STORYLAND Round One Results

From rte.ie/storyland:-

Voting for episode one has now closed. We are pleased to announce the top seven dramas will be commissioned to make episode two.

Voting reopens Thursday 5pm 30th April 5pm until 5pm Monday 4th May where you decide who goes on to make a third episode.

Good luck to everyone and don’t forget you can only vote once so make it count!

MORE HERE:-
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/

Spookily close to the results of the home made poll amongst us...
(link here) - final line up is...

1st Hardy Bucks
2nd Rental Boys
3rd Psych Ward
4th Happy Slapper
5th Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
6th Pub World
7th Running Low

8th Chez Spuds
9th This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory

Hope the Shay and the TINACT keep going -- send us links
or show some web love here...

http://chezspuds.com/

and here

http://tinact.com/


So seven go through this time...

Anyone any idea how many shows will go through to Round 3?

RTE STORYLAND - THE FINAL TEN ANNOUNCED

From RTÉ STORYLAND:-

So, after much debate we are thrilled to announce the winning ten who will be commissioned to make episode one of their series. A huge congratulations to everyone involved.

The competition kicks off on Fri 13th March when all 10 episodes will be on line and chasing your votes. Voting closes on Fri 27th March so put the date in your diary and get watching.

JENNY WAS A FRIEND OF MINE
By Thomas Martin & Steven Byrne
Screenworks

MORBID & SONS
By Patrick Kavanagh, idea Nicholas Kavanagh
Moocow productions

HARDY BUCKS
By Martin Maloney & Chris Tordoff
Hardy Productions

HAPPY SLAPPER
By Gary Duggan
Screenworks

SULLYBAGS
By Patrick O’Driscoll
Vico Pictures & Sound Ltd

CHEZ SPUDS
By Pat McCabe & Johnny Ferguson
Igloo Films

PSYCH WARD
By Luke & Sam McManus
Blinder Films

WHAT DOES JOE KNOW?
By Eoin Rogers
FastNet Films

RENTAL BOYS
By Gemma Creagh
Mixed Bag Media

RUNNING LOW
By Diarmuid O’Brien
Happy Endings Productions

MORE HERE:-
http://rte.ie/storyland


CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR ALL POSTS LABELLED
RTÉ STORYLAND
http://storygas.blogspot.com/search/label/RTE%20Storyland

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Have I missed any links? Any of these shows already out there?

RTE STORYLAND - last 3 hours of voting... or 2, or 4...

It's the final countdown for RTE STORYLAND first episode voting.

Just under 3 hours to go. Just realised the home page doesn't state which time zone.
Which is probably as it should be.

My poll on the other hand is way off thanks to blogger assuming we're all in the US on Pacific Time.
Which is probably as it should be.

So, that's an extra 8 hours to vote on the poll in the sidebar (and I didn't take European Summer Time into account, so there's an extra hour there, and even then I was out by an hour).

Man, this democracy thing is... like... hard.

The real voting place is here:
http://www.rte.ie/storyland


My links to the shows are here:
Chez Spuds
Happy Slapper
Hardy Bucks
Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
Psych Ward
Pubworld
Rental Boys
Running Low
This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory

LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Psych Ward - Round 3 RTE STORYLAND

Here's the third show in the third round of voting in RTÉ STORYLAND which ends on Monday.

Had hoped to also link to third episode of Rental Boys, but can't find episode three on the net too (outside of the unembeddable RTÉ Storyland episode).


So here's PSYCHWARD, - episode 3.

Psych Ward Episode 3

Danny O'Hagan works as an emergency Psychiatrist on the night shift in a busy city centre hospital. One night Danny is forced to make an impossible decision. The consequences prove worse than he could have imagined. Pressure is building, and Danny soon finds himself in the biggest battle of his life.

PSYCHWARD RTÉ STORYLAND PAGE is here
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/finalists/psychward.html


PSYCHWARD LINKS HERE:-

http://storygas.blogspot.com/2009/03/rte-storyland-contender-psych-ward.html


Voting on all shows is at the RTÉ STORYLAND site here:-

http://www.rte.ie/storyland


CLICK HERE for all posts labelled RTÉ STORYLAND

http://storygas.blogspot.com/search/label/RTE%20Storyland

RTE STORYLAND SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED...

From RTE Storyland:-

After much deliberation we are thrilled to announce the shortlist for StoryLand. Many thanks to everyone who entered, the quality and standard was truly impressive.
‘For those of you who made it into the final twenty, you are invited to a pitching round to be held on Friday 16th January at RTÉ, where the winning ten will have their episodes commissioned. We will be in touch with further details but for now, congratulations and the very best of luck!

MORE HERE:-
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/

THE SHORTLIST

Erase & Rewind - Alchemy Electronic Arts productions
Writer Tina Pisco

All "Erase and Rewind" links HERE

Trailer


iCabalot - The Digital Hub
Writers Sarah Francis & John McEvoy

Jenny Was A Friend of Mine - Screenworks
Writers Thomas Martin & Steven Byrne

Screenworks Storyland site

What Does Joe Know? - FastNet Films
Writer Eoin Rogers

Rental Boys
Writer Gemma Creagh

Caped Crusader - Mercury Boy Ltd
Writer Brendan O‘Connell

All "Caped Crusader" links HERE
Mercury Boy MySpace page

Trailer


Chez Spuds - Igloo Films
Writer Pat McCabe & Johnny Ferguson

The Agency - FastNet Films
Writer Emmett Scanlan

Director's Blog Here

Trailer


In Estate - Campbell Ryan Entertainment
Writer Sarah Daly

Running Low - Happy Endings Productions
Writer Diarmuid O’Brien

Happy Endings YouTube Channel here
Civilisation dried up shortly after the oil did. But now, a D4 refugee is about to find help in the last place imaginable...

TRAILER HERE


Hardy Bucks - Hardy Productions
Writers Martin Maloney & Chris Tordoff

Welcome to Castletown, Co. Mayo. Home of Eddie Durkin and Buzz McDonnell. Eddie's thinking about a new start in Galway but will Buzz follow?
STORYGAS POST HERE
HARDY BUCKS BEBO PROFILE

Episode 1 Part 1


Sullybags - Vico Picture & Sound Ltd.
Writer Patrick O’Driscoll

Take - Still Films Ltd
Writer Maya Derrington

Happy Slapper - Screenworks
Writer Gary Duggan

eHeist - Rolan productions
Writer Robert Lanigan

Psych Ward - Blinder Films
Writers Luke McManus & Sam McManus

Jerusalem Street - Ulysses Films
Writer Deirdre Alexander

Pubworld - Eekreb Films
Writer Steven Stubbs

Trailer



Morbid & Sons - Moocow Productions
Writer Patrick Kavanagh, idea Nicholas Kananagh

Moocow Theatre Youtube Channel here
Moocoow MySpace page here
Morbid & Sons is a teaser for a web based drama by MooCow Theatre. Currently in pre-production. A comedy about a family of Anglo-Irish Undertakers living in present day Ireland, they're business is under threat of closure as no one is dying in their village and they will stop at nothing to save the business.

Recovery - Capsule Films
Writers Emma Bodger, Thomas Garbutt, Daniel Seery

Capsule Films Blog entry
Capsule Films’ online drama ‘Recovery’ , a high octane tale about a security guard who falls in love with a shoplifter, has been shortlisted as part of RTE’s Storyland project.

Trailer


All posts labelled RTE Storyland here:-
http://storygas.blogspot.com/search/label/RTÉ%20storyland

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RTE STORYLAND POLL and results?

Okay... here are the results of the completely unscientific and multiple vote poll on this site, with the huge sample of 42 votes

1 Hardy Bucks 17 (40%)
2 Rental Boys 14 (33%)
3 Running Low 13 (30%)
3 Psych Ward 12 (28%)
4 Happy Slapper 12 (28%)
6 Pubworld 12 (28%)
7 Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine 8 (19%)
8 Chez Spuds 7 (16%)
9 This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory 6 (14%)


Seems the REAL results are out -- shared with the world in COMMENTS below??!?!
(And hearing rumours of twists we weren't expecting??? - tell us more in COMMENTS below!)