CREDITS
Places Please - Winter 2010 Jake Leg Films
“Places Please” is a web-series that follow three best friends, Jack, Fitz and Emmy through their hilarious trials and tribulations as out of work actors in the New York City independent arts scene. Each episode is dividing into three acts or chapters that runs around 5 minutes long, with each episode being about 15 minutes when complete. www.placesplease.com
Time Out - June 2009 Jake Leg Films with Cuchipinoy Productions
Team Cuchipinoy's Official Entry to the 2009 72 Hour Film Shootout hosted by Asian American Film Lab. The premise for the contest (Time’s Up) was given at 8pm Friday and the five minute short was written, shot, edited and completed by the following Monday. Jake Leg Films did all the shooting and editing while working closely with the team on writing, casting and producing the short. Cuchipinoy is a multi-ethnic theater production company based in New York City that has produced several shows around the New York City metropolitan area.
Dream Village - March 2009 Jake Leg Films with Dream Village.
A series of promotional videos for the socially responsible company, Dream Village. Dream Village educates children about important social, economic, and environmental issues by combining illustrated children’s picture books with a fun and interactive web portal. The videos, based on Dream Village’s first published book, “Saved by the Bell,” combined animation, live action and donated footage from National Geographic. These videos are posted on Dream Village’s main website www.dream-village.org, and were screened to classrooms and schools across the country.
Road Trip ! “The Boardwalks of the Jersey Shore” (Pilot) June 2008 Jake Leg Films
A submission for film a contest on www.xlntads.com. The contest was to pitch a pilot episode based on summer road trips with the winner getting the chance to make four more episodes. The resident staff writer of JLF, Alex Moody and I went to Wildwood, NJ, the Doo-Wop capital of the world to film the pilot episode. The goal of the road trip was to explore the famous boardwalks of the New Jersey shore, starting with the Southern most towns, then driving North up the Coastline. Beginning in Wildwood, the episodes would have focused on Ocean City, Atlantic City, Point Pleasant, and finally, Asbury Park. The journey was meant to highlight each city’s distinct personality and ambiance.
You Or Me - March 2008 Jake Leg Films
Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, You Or Me follows a young man struggling through a relationship, illustrating how little observations and realizations can considerably impact truly crucial decisions.
Dark Side of the Sole - March 2007 Jake Leg Films
Dark Side of the Sole is a retelling of Joseph Conrad's short classic Heart of Darkness, set during the summer in New York City. The intention of the filmmaker is to create a spectacular film of epic action adventure within the New York restaurant world, while at the same time working from a nonexistent budget. The lack of a budget is used as a story device. Since the story is being told from the point of view of a fringe worker the desperation and quality only adds to the character development and surreal approach. The film will use the unique imagery of New York City, its avenues, side streets, congestion and overlapping cultures, to illustrate the urban jungle atmosphere. The tension is derived not only from lampooning Coppola's style in Apocalypse Now , and the over the top situations our hero finds himself in, but also from making one of literatures grimmest novels into a farce. By journey's end, the audience has been taken through an Alice in Wonderland experience within Manhattan's eating world.
Help Sameer Public Service Announcement - July 2007 Jake Leg Films
A sixty second public service announcement that aired on WYBE TV in New Jersey, featuring the actor Kal Penn. Sameer Bhatia was just diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML), which is a cancer of the blood. He is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant. The ‘helpsameer.org' joined forces with www.helpvinay.org , a foundation started to help another person who has been afflicted with Leukemia. Kal Penn, along with a few other actors, was kind enough to donate their time to shoot a few PSAs for Vinay. I was allowed to use part of this PSA and stretch it into a longer piece ready for television. The piece has been posted on google video, youtube, ifilm, and video yahoo all under the title www.helpsameer.org . Please help in any way you can.
Union League History Series - Union League of Philadelphia - 2006 Jake Leg Films
- (October 2006) The October 2006 presentation of Your Union League History Series. Filmed on Tuesday October 17th, the topic was "Faces and Places," presented by League Historian James A. Mundy. The program discussed the founders of the Union League and the chaotic times of Philadelphia during the Civil War.
- (September 2006) "The President's Reception" filmed on Thursday September 28th. League President Frank Giordano hosted a dinner in the Lincoln room commemorating the various accomplishments of League members including the twentieth anniversary of the first women members.
- (August 2006) The August 2006 presentation of Your Union League History Series. Filmed on Tuesday August 15th, the topic was "Saints and Sinners," presented by League Historian James A. Mundy. The program reflected on the highs and lows of famous League members from before 1940.
- (July 2006) The July 2006 presentation of Your Union League History Series, for the Union League of Philadelphia. Filmed on Wednesday July 19th, the topic was "Your Father's Union League," a presentation by former League President Nelson Harris.
- (June 2006) A document for the June 2006 presentation of Your Union League History Series, for the Union League of Philadelphia. The program included a play 'In Sun and Snow' by Mary L. Hagy, performed by the Walnut Street Theater, and a discussion entitled 'Union Victory and a Second War.' On the discussion panel were Robert Engs, Ph. D., from the University of Pennsylvania, and James A. Mundy, the historian of The Union League.
The Life and Times of Harry Otter - 2001 Ember Productions
What if the extraordinary series of books by J. K. Rowling were based on her true adventures with a real life wizard? This fan tribute explores the question in the form of a biographical mockumentary which follows wizard Harry Otter on his rollercoaster ride of fame and fortune.
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