RTE STORYLAND CONTENDER - Sullybags

From bifsniff.com:-

Director: Patrick O’Driscoll. Vico Films are currently casting for “Sullybags” a pilot episode for RTE which will be shot in Cork. Commissioned under the RTE ‘Storyland’ scheme, “Sullybags” is a Cork-based crime comedy caper — but deep down, beneath the violence, the treachery and the sarcasm… it’s a bit of a love story.
We are currently accepting submissions from actors who have a base in Cork.
Web: http://www.sullybags.com

5 breakdowns:
1 - SULLY: Male, late twenties, a tough-as-nails Cork scumbag who’s almost unstoppable. Male / 25-30 yrs. / Caucasian.
2 - MCKAYLA: Female, late twenties, a ballsey D4 girl who’s very nearly lost her reason. Female / 25-30 yrs. / Caucasian.
3 - SEANOG: Male, late fifties, a battle-hardened Dublin criminal who’s just about back in the game. Male / 51-60 yrs. / Caucasian.
4 JUSTIN: Male, late twenties, a Cork dealer who smokes his profits. Male / 25-30 yrs. / Caucasian.
5 REALTOR: Female, mid thirties – mid forties, a stern, presentable realtor who would rather have been a banker. Female / 31-40 yrs. / Caucasian.

MORE HERE:-
http://bifsniff.com/theatre/bulletin-for-actors-actresses-030208


SULLYBAGS SHOW HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.sullybags.com/

VICO FILMS COMPANY WEB SITE HERE:-
http://www.vicofilms.com

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LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Hardy Bucks Ep6

Catching up on some web series at lunchtime (GMT) - watch along with me too.

This week, Hardy Bucks, an RTÉ Storyland contender..

Episode 6 (or Ep3 Part2) - who knows.

The Party: The lads manage to escape the disturbing Aloisius Lavin but how will they throw a party if the Viper has their mushrooms?

HOME SITE HERE:-http://www.bebo.com/hardybucks

That's the final ep. So far.
Any other Storyland videos out there?
Let me know!

Tomorrow, might start catching up on Season 1 of THE GUILD.

LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Hardy Bucks Ep5

Catching up on some web series at lunchtime (GMT) - watch along with me too.

This week, Hardy Bucks, an RTÉ Storyland contender..

Episode 5 (or Ep3 Part1) - who knows.

It's time for a plan. Galway beckons but the lads have no money. With a bit of help from an unwitting buddy, they hatch a scheme that's guaranteed to at least cover the petrol money.

HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.bebo.com/hardybucks

Next ep same time tomorrow.

MySoju.com - Feeding your drama addiction...

Found this great site for Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese Online Drama...

http://www.mysoju.com/

From mysoju.com:-

Hello everyone! This is Helen. Thank you for the warm welcome and thanks to Wudu for the introduction. I am glad to be a part of the MySoju family and I hope I can be of service to all the faithful followers of this site.

http://www.mysoju.com/news/2008-12-13/new-episodes-for-kingdom-of-the-winds/

This is the kind of show featured!

Kingdom Of The Winds


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LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Hardy Bucks Ep4

Catching up on some web series at lunchtime (GMT) - watch along with me too.

This week, Hardy Bucks, an RTÉ Storyland contender..

Episode 4 (or Ep2 Part2) - who knows.

Eddie sits the Safe Pass Course which he needs to get on the sites in Galway. Buzz has other ideas and runs away to meet new friends at Ladybirds workshop.

HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.bebo.com/hardybucks

Next ep same time tomorrow.

Online Drama... No Warning

From nowarning.co.uk:-

No Warning is an exciting new Internet-based video series based in Northern Ireland. It is a Science Fiction adventure with a twist – for the viewers to follow the story they have to solve cryptic puzzles in order to progress and to find out more information.

To help people delve deeper into the story a forum has been set up to encourage a community-based culture where people can discuss all aspects of what they have seen, possible story arcs, as well as the puzzles themselves. If people cannot solve a particular puzzle to watch a key video the community is encouraged to help them along in the spirit of sportsmanship.

MORE HERE:-
http://www.nowarning.co.uk/about.htm

"NO WARNING" SHOW HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.nowarning.co.uk

"NO WARNING" YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE:-
http://www.youtube.com/user/NoWarningNI

neXCorp website - The corporation within the story
www.nexcorp.co.uk

Gabriel's 2nd Broadcast (No Warning episode 3)

"Gabriel has had to make his second broadcast on the fly, as his headquarters has been discovered..."

From Culture NorthernIreland.org:-

Something sinister happened in Northern Ireland during the summer of 2007. Strange lights were seen in the skies. People started to disappear. Everything was not as it seemed.

In the present day, footage of the missing individuals has been uncovered and released on the internet, arriving just as mysteriously as the disappearances themselves. A new telecommunications and software corporation, Nexcorp, promises great services and products. Yet their origin and motives remain shrouded in mystery.

Through the fog of uncertainty a beacon of hope begins to shine: an emissary named Gabriel claims to know the answers, but cannot deliver his message directly. Dark forces are watching his every move, and Gabriel knows he must stay one step ahead if the truth is to be told.

For now, only questions remain. Where have the missing people gone? Will they ever return? Who will help Gabriel overcome his series of cryptic clues? And what, or who, is Nexcorp really after?

MORE HERE:-
http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=163

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LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Hardy Bucks Ep3

Catching up on some web series at lunchtime (GMT) - watch along with me too.

This week, Hardy Bucks, an RTÉ Storyland contender..

Episode 3 (or Ep2 Part1) - who knows.

Eddie sits the Safe Pass Course which he needs to get on the sites in Galway. Buzz has other ideas and runs away to meet new friends at Ladybirds workshop.

HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.bebo.com/hardybucks

Next ep same time tomorrow.

Online Drama - Animus Cross

From Animus Cross YouTube Channel:-

Two years after the end of the Civil War, darkness has become a way of life in the Inland Northwest woods. Evil lurks in every shadow. The small settlement of Animus Cross is in the middle of it all, and only three men have the courage to stand against the malice that threatens to devour every warm body it can sink its teeth into.

MORE HERE:-
http://www.youtube.com/user/Steen81

"ANIMUS CROSS" SHOW HOME SITE HERE:-
http://animuscross.com/

ANIMUS CROSS TRAILER HERE:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hX1BpyMdKY

Two years after the end of the Civil War, darkness has become a way of life in the Inland Northwest woods.

From Animus Cross Show Blog:-

Animus Cross, our new web series set in a dark 1867 Inland Northwest, is the result of three years in development. Those years seemed very long with the 'should we's' and 'shouldn't we's' bouncing back and forth between myself (A.L. Steen) and myself. Oh yeah, and the whole not having a lot of money thing...

MORE HERE:-
http://animuscross.blogspot.com/2008/09/every-time-you-stop.html

"ANIMUS CROSS" SHOW BLOG HERE:-
http://animuscross.blogspot.com/

ANIMUS CROSS EPISODE ONE HERE:-

"Hell Runs This Way" Part One
A group traveling through the dark woods of Idaho Territory are viciously attacked and running for their lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR2nV0foXbM


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LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Hardy Bucks Ep2

Catching up on some web series at lunchtime (GMT) - watch along with me too.

This week, Hardy Bucks, an RTÉ Storyland contender..

Episode 2 (or Ep1 Part2) - who knows.

A new hardy buck enters the realm of Eddie and Buzz bringing a unique take on weponry and combat techniques.

HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.bebo.com/hardybucks

Next ep same time tomorrow.

Online Comedy web series - EASY TO ASSEMBLE - IKEA brand integration

From easytoassemble.tv:-

Easy to Assemble follows Illeana Douglas as she quits her Hollywood career and goes to work at IKEA Burbank in an attempt at a ‘normal life.’ However your past is often more difficult to leave behind than you think. Especially when Hollywood craziness with its gossip columnists, stalkers and celebrity friends follows you. Can Illeana assimilate in "civilian" life and prove that "art is where you make it?"

There seems to be two home sites for "EASY TO ASSEMBLE".

Season One seems to be here:-
http://www.easytoassemble.tv


EASY TO ASSEMBLE YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE:-
http://www.youtube.com/user/EasyToAssembleTV

EASY TO ASSEMBLE - Episode 1 - Training Day

Episode 1 of Easy To Assemble. Illeana Douglas's first day on the job. Can she survive?

Easy To Assemble costars Jeff Goldblum, Tom Arnold, Justine Bateman, Jane Lynch, Craig Bierko, Kevin Pollack, Robert Patrick, Ed Begley jr. and others.

EASY TO ASSEMBLE - Episode 10 - Art Is Where You Make It
(billed as Ep9 on home site because the pilot is counted as ep 1?)

In the Season One finale of Easy to Assemble, Ed Begley helps Illeana realize that "art is where you make it."

Article here:
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2008/ikea-easy-to-assemble-online

IKEA is promoting the line, “Easy to Assemble” with an online video series starring director Illeana Douglas and co-starring Jeff Goldblum, Tom Arnold, Justine Bateman, Jane Lynch, Craig Bierko, Kevin Pollack, Ed Begley Jr. and Robert Patrick. Twenty co-worker training videos, initially rolled out online on the SVX channels at YouTube and Metacafe, feature playful if slightly embarrassing moments for staff and guests at an IKEA store in Burbank, California. The campaign is supplemented by a specially designed site, www.easytoassemble.tv.

DMW Vlog: Illeana Douglas On Writing, Acting and Producing for the Internet

Los Angeles Actress Illeana Douglas has moved from starring in big productions such as Cape Fear, Seinfeld and Ugly Betty to try her hand at writing and directing. Most recently, she is the creator of an original web series called Easy To Assemble, sponsored by Swedish furniture giant IKEA...

...It has now been picked up by CBS's online component TV.com. In this interview, she talks about why she thinks that branded content is the way of the future, her vision for Easy To Assemble and the quirky band Sparhusen as well as what it means to be an artist in a digital age. Interview by Jay Baage.

Easy to Assemble Premiere Party- via Current.com





EASY TO ASSEMBLE Season Two Home Site - seems to be here:-
http://www.easytoassembleseries.com




Easy To Assemble Cast Interviews




Illeana Douglas's Web Series




Easy to Assemble: Flying Solo (Part 1)

The winner of IKEA's coveted 'Co-Worker of the Year' is revealed, but that's only the beginning. Illeana, Justine and their fellow IKEAns are on a plane bound for Sweden, where new co-workers, new relationships and 'bitter' rivalries combine to re-define 'in-flight entertainment.'

Easy to Assemble: Flying Solo (Part 2)

Illeana realizes who her real friends are, while Store Manager Erik (Eric Lange) makes a possible love connection with Sam (Mia Riverton)

Easy to Assemble: Flying Solo (Part 3)

The special Flying Solo miniseries concludes with what else? A groovy disco dance number. Shake your groove plane and boogie down to Sparhusen's new single: 'Mile High Club' (available for download at http://www.cdfreedom.com/sparhusen)

EASY TO ASSEMBLE series blog here:
http://www.easytoassembleseries.com/blog


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LUNCHTIME WATCHALONG - Hardy Bucks Ep1

Starting something to catch up on some web series. Going to be watching them at lunchtime (GMT), you can watch along with me too.

This week, Hardy Bucks, then Season 1 of The Guild, then probably Clark and Michael.

First up, Hardy Bucks, Episode 1.
Feel a bit weird doing this, because it's part of the RTE Storyland competition running in March, and there are other excellent contenders in the shortlist.
But I really like this show, and really want to watch the whole series so far.

So, pull up a sandwich, dinner, or 'deskfast', and watch along with me.

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?

HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.bebo.com/hardybucks

Next ep same time tomorrow.

StoryGas In January

So... this month -- with added exclamation marks...


DAILY EMAIL UPDATES!
Added a feature on the right hand side, so that you can sign up for a daily digest of the posts here. It looks really good... picture from my webmail below...



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TWITTER!
Feeding posts, and things I'm watching, while I'm watching them, here
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BUMMERS!
Dropped the Amazon banners -- they seemed to slow the site down to a crawl, and reduced the number of posts when you land here to 10 -- both seem to really speed things up.

Also, thanks to Stuart Morrison for forwarding the display problems with embedded videos.
Some browsers show large videos like this:



Now choosing embed codes with smaller numbers...


WORK!
Speaking at the annual writers day at De Montfort University, Leicester, on Saturday 7th March with Sofia's Diary writer Melanie Martinez... something in the works for an online show for an international broadcaster... and another will go into production as soon as the rest of the sponsorship is sold...
Apparently, it's all financially very very quiet out there. For some reason.


Thanks for your comments, suggestions and links -- on COMMENTS below!