Streamy Winners

A slightly sanitized version of the 2010 Streamy Awards, showcasing the evenings acceptance speeches, while carefully skirting the night's missteps.

The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros: Episode 1, "I'm Fine"

The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros: Episode 1, "I'm Fine" from Avi Glijansky on Vimeo.

Alas, Cupid is depressed these days and has been ever since his love, Psyche, ran away with that dermatologist. He goes about his duties with a forlorn mope, all the while hoping that some Egyptian goddess will dance with him at the inter-pantheon mixer, or that a mortal woman will fall for him instead of her dictated match.

Tired of Cupid's moping, Eros decides to snap him out of his funk by bolstering his dismal confidence. The plan is simple: take the morose god to a bar, find a mortal woman for him to seduce and remind him that as different as they are these days, time was when there was good reason that they were assumed to be the same deity. Simple enough... right?

NYU/TISCH ALUMNI WRITERS' SHOWCASE BRINGS TOGETHER THE TALENTS OF SIX ALUMNI

LOS ANGELES, CA, April 23, 2010 - New York University's Tisch School of the Arts unveiled the Tisch West Web Series Showcase. This new initiative presents winning projects developed from conception to completion in a series of industry-run workshops and launched to a global audience. The Showcase features original ideas brought to life by writers, filmmakers, and actors who were selected from the thousands of NYU alumni living in the Los Angeles area.

The Web Series Showcase puts alumni writers in front of producers, agents, and investors searching for new talent. The idea grew out of a previously successful annual series of one-evening showcases for alumni filmmakers, writers, and actors. "Unlike the traditional showcase, our Web series is creating a direct pipeline to both the entertainment industry and an audience of millions," said Tisch alumnus and showcase creator, Theo Travers. The program features six, three-part Web shows, each with an average running time of five minutes. Chosen through a competitive blind process by a panel of Tisch alumni, each series was developed from pitch to Web series in just under four months. What distinguishes this Internet Web Series Showcase from others is its development and implementation by alumni with the full support of their alma mater. Tisch Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell said, "We are delighted that our School now has a means to celebrate our talented alumni writers and pleased and honored to support this bold new effort by our alumni."

To see the six winning series, visit http://www.writerslabwest.org/webshowcase/

NEW WEB SERIES SHOWS THAT EVEN THE GOD OF LOVE COULD USE SOME HELP

LOS ANGELES, CA, April 23, 2010 - Highway 9 Pictures announces the launch of it's first Web Series "The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros." The show, created specifically for the Web by company founder Avi Glijansky, spotlights love, life and godly intervention.

While it's commonly believed that Cupid and Eros are two names for the same god, they are in fact colleagues, each the god of love in their respective pantheon. And while Cupid makes mortals fall for each other on a daily basis, he's finding it tough to get a date--even with the help of his sexy co-worker Eros. The show follows the duo as they go about their job, all the while trying to figure out for themselves what this thing they create in the world really means, and how to find it when a heart tipped arrow just doesn't seem to do the trick.

Based off the show's pilot script, "The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros" was invited to be part of the inaugural Tisch Web Series Workshop sponsored by NYU, The Tich West Alumni Council, and the NYU alumni group Writers Lab West. Of the 10 projects selected to be part of the workshop, "The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros" was one of six that NYU chose to support after completion. Production began in February and the the first three episodes of the Series went live on April 23rd 2010 at www.cupidanderos.com as well as on NYU's own Web Series Showcase site http://writerslabwest.org/webshowcase/. New content and bonus features continue to be added to www.cupidanderos.com and an additional 24 episodes are currently in development.

Sporting "...keen humor" (John Ott, Writer's Lab West) "...good writing and impressive performances" (William D Colella, EGuiders.com), all of Cupid and Eros' adventures are unapologetically romantic and full of comedy. Have some laughs, feel the love and get tagged at http://www.cupidanderos.com

Written and Directed by Avi Glijansky
Starring Josh Heine (Without a Trace, Law and Order: Criminal Intenet) Jo Bozarth (Ofelia and Joe), Kiera Anderson and Phillip Ward
Produced by Andy Wells and Avi Glijansky
Cinematography by Jefferson K. Loftfield
Edited by Matthew Smith

‘Sex and the Austen Girl’ Finds Original Twist, and Babelgum

Sex and the Austen Girl launched today on Babelgum, a twenty-episode web series based on the best-selling Penguin novels, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler.

http://news.tubefilter.tv/2010/05/17/sex-and-the-austen-girl-finds-original-twist-and-babelgum

Faces of Us - Let your voice be heard campaign for the Environmental Protection Agency - jedivavra

This is a video entry for the current EPA video contest to get people to participate in the rule making process in the USA. Check out Regulations.gov for more information on how you can let your voice be heard.

Director Hector Episode 1: A New Hope - DirectorHector1

DIRECTOR HECTOR - a mockumentary following the chaotic attempts of Hector Grimes to make an amateur action film called "Action Traction" in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland. Using his own mates (such as Ug Murphy and Chopper Brady) as a motley cast and crew, what could possibly go wrong...?

New IRISH comedy webseries - DIRECTOR HECTOR

Hector Grimes is gonna shoot the greatest action film Drogheda has ever seen, one way or another.

http://www.storygas.com/2010/05/new-irish-comedy-webseries-director.html

MICROWAVE PORN: EPISODE 1 "JENNIFER" - cancelproof

::::: WARNING: Contains "censored" explicit images.

Microwave Porn is the simple story of a humble assistant architect and his talking, porn addicted microwave.

Watch as they traverse the minefield of urban dating together...with sexy results!

For more episodes: http://www.youtube.com/user/cancelproof

Source: Neil Mossey on Twitter.

Web Series You’ll Want to Watch

Make me laugh, make me cry, or make me feel I’ve learned something.

http://cathleenmacdonald.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/web-series-youll-want-to-watch/

How Venture Capitalists are Using Social Media for Real Results

They use social media to source deals and to create a latent relationship with entrepreneurs so they can close the deals they want to.”

http://mashable.com/2010/05/17/vcs-social-media/

‘Asylum’: Scott Brown’s Sophomore Web Series Takes a Dark Turn

by Jenni Powell

It’s about a hospital for the criminally insane but there is a sci-fi, paranormal twist to it.

Read the full post:
http://news.tubefilter.tv/2010/05/17/asylum-scott-browns-sophomore-web-series-takes-a-dark-turn/

IAWTV Bylaws: "Article 436"

"Article 436" of the IAWTV Bylaws reads:

Conflict of Interest

1. Any member of the board who has a financial, personal, or official interest in, or conflict (or appearance of a conflict) with any matter pending before the Board, of such nature that it prevents or may prevent that member from acting on the matter in an impartial manner, will offer to the Board to voluntarily excuse him/herself and will vacate his seat and refrain from discussion and voting on said item.

Really? Nope. It is called "Article 436" for a reason! It does not exist!!!!

Article 436 is really Article "VII. Conflict of Interest" from an article on "How to Write Non-profit Bylaws."

The real question is: "Should it?" More to the point why was such an article not included in the IAWTV Bylaws, who made that decision and why?

We know that Brady from Tubefilter is a bit of an expert in forming non-profits and he was involved in the formation of the IAWTV so perhaps he would like to explain why no such article was included?

The issue becomes pertinent because while it was certainly discussed before the Streamys, the conflict of interest between Tubefilter and the IAWTV has been a hot topic of conversations since. With the "Tubefilter guys" holding 5 out of the 11 seats on the Board of Directors of the IAWTV it is clearly an important topic. Even the Tubefilter guys have admitted that this number is not appropriate, yet despite their involvement in the debacle that was the Streamy Awards not one of them has seen fit to step down from their position on the Board of Directors of the IAWTV.

If we really want to "Rebuild The Trust" a good first step would be for at least 4 out of the 5 Tubefilter guys to take such action effective immediately. Since Brady Brim-Deforest is the Executive Director of the IAWTV it would probably be harder for him to step down until he is replaced.

From the IAWTV Bylaws:

Section 7. Executive Director. Subject to such powers, if any, as may be given by the Board to the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman, the Executive Director shall have the powers and duties of management usually vested in the general manager and chief executive officer of a corporation and has, subject to the control of the Board, general supervision, direction, and control of he day-to-day business and officers of the Corporation.

Yesterday we suggested that it would be a good idea for the membership of the IAWTV to elect an entirely new Board of Directors that reflected the current opinions of its membership. Having 4 new Board Members would be a good first step in that process because if an initiative like a proxy ballot comes from within the Board it is much easier to implement.

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Full text of the IAWTV Bylaws.

For more information on the 436 see LGPedia

The icon is a screen shot from KateModern where the 436 was given a cameo.

Joe, the creator of the 436 could not be reached for comment.

My YouTube Story: Jessica Rose

Jessica Rose played Bree in the Web series lonelygirl15. This is her story.

Created by Stephen Higgins, a filmmaker based in New York City, for YouTube's fifth birthday, May 2010.

5 Questions With…EQAL’s Miles Beckett

BY LIZ SHANNON MILLER

"But, on the content creator side of the industry, it seems like people are still trying to use the Internet as a way to get noticed and break into TV and film, or they’re copying “things that have already worked” in the hopes that someone will buy it or sign them to a deal."

Read the full post:
http://newteevee.com/2010/05/16/5-questions-with-eqals-miles-beckett