More Aether Dancer news!
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crowdfundingThanks to posting here, I seem to have gotten the funds up to 1% of our total, still a long way to go, but it's certainly a great deal more than I had before.
Which is why we're starting up a new contest!
Hello one and all!
As you know, the Aether Dancer staff have been quietly rounding up some of the finest actors and crew for our pilot episode. We are hoping to shoot with them in early October for about two weeks.
We have a few roles left to fill, but most are under negotiation. The one role which remains is the male role of Lord Darvin Phelps. Read the description below, does it sound like a role that was made just for you?
“Lord Phelps is a bold, spoiled foppish young man aboard the Aether Dancer strictly for adventure. Though this landed Lord of The Central Empire lives in an illusion of wealth, his family has little more than the rundown manor house they live in. His father has arranged an undesirable marriage with a wealthy landowner’s daughter and allowed Phelps one year of carousing and adventure before settling down. Cap’n Mac was paid a tidy sum for bringing Phelps aboard but often regrets it. Phelps adds to the problem by baiting and flirting with the Captain at every turn. Phelps is a well dressed dandy with a devil may care attitude and completely selfish nature.”
If you’d like a chance to be in this role, read on!
We are looking for male actors to submit a link to a 1 minute long YouTube video where they talk about themselves, along with an acting CV and links to any work they have done. We will be closing this portion of the screening at noon, EST on Tuesday July 26th.
From there, we will choose 5 equally worthy candidates, and then the fun begins! As you all know, unless we meet our funding goal, we will not be able to film a full pilot episode. While we will be putting in as much of our own money as we can into the project, the big ticket items we’ve listed on IndieGoGo are substantial. So the 5 candidates for the role of Lord Phelps will be helping us out by spreading the word about our project! Each time someone donates money on IndieGoGo for this project and mentions a candidate’s name, those funds are put towards the candidate’s total. If we meet our funding goal at the end of the next 30 days, the candidate whose supporters have raised the most money will be awarded the role! The remaining 4 candidates will be given small roles later on in the first season if the show is picked up by the networks.
Let us be clear… we are not selling a role on the show. We are not about to choose an unqualified actor simply to raise funds. We are looking for serious actors who believe in this project as much as we do. If we get funding, everyone wins, and all actors will get paid.
So send us your submissions! Email your YouTube Link, CV (in PDF format), and links to other work you have done to steven.lambert@jadelensproductions.com
Thank you!
Which is why we're starting up a new contest!
Hello one and all!
As you know, the Aether Dancer staff have been quietly rounding up some of the finest actors and crew for our pilot episode. We are hoping to shoot with them in early October for about two weeks.
We have a few roles left to fill, but most are under negotiation. The one role which remains is the male role of Lord Darvin Phelps. Read the description below, does it sound like a role that was made just for you?
“Lord Phelps is a bold, spoiled foppish young man aboard the Aether Dancer strictly for adventure. Though this landed Lord of The Central Empire lives in an illusion of wealth, his family has little more than the rundown manor house they live in. His father has arranged an undesirable marriage with a wealthy landowner’s daughter and allowed Phelps one year of carousing and adventure before settling down. Cap’n Mac was paid a tidy sum for bringing Phelps aboard but often regrets it. Phelps adds to the problem by baiting and flirting with the Captain at every turn. Phelps is a well dressed dandy with a devil may care attitude and completely selfish nature.”
If you’d like a chance to be in this role, read on!
We are looking for male actors to submit a link to a 1 minute long YouTube video where they talk about themselves, along with an acting CV and links to any work they have done. We will be closing this portion of the screening at noon, EST on Tuesday July 26th.
From there, we will choose 5 equally worthy candidates, and then the fun begins! As you all know, unless we meet our funding goal, we will not be able to film a full pilot episode. While we will be putting in as much of our own money as we can into the project, the big ticket items we’ve listed on IndieGoGo are substantial. So the 5 candidates for the role of Lord Phelps will be helping us out by spreading the word about our project! Each time someone donates money on IndieGoGo for this project and mentions a candidate’s name, those funds are put towards the candidate’s total. If we meet our funding goal at the end of the next 30 days, the candidate whose supporters have raised the most money will be awarded the role! The remaining 4 candidates will be given small roles later on in the first season if the show is picked up by the networks.
Let us be clear… we are not selling a role on the show. We are not about to choose an unqualified actor simply to raise funds. We are looking for serious actors who believe in this project as much as we do. If we get funding, everyone wins, and all actors will get paid.
So send us your submissions! Email your YouTube Link, CV (in PDF format), and links to other work you have done to steven.lambert@jadelensproductions.com
Thank you!
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Yay!
Date: 2011-07-22 04:33 am (UTC)Yay, progress! That's really off to a good start.
>>Lord Phelps is a bold, spoiled foppish young man aboard the Aether Dancer strictly for adventure.<<
*laaaaauuuugh* You put a trouble magnet on an airship. Oh my. You might as well let him on the Hindenberg with a pocketful of fireworks. If this were a roleplaying game and I were a game master, I couldn't ask for more opportunity for mayhem. I'm glad that I get to watch this from the safety of a galaxy far, far away.
>>If we meet our funding goal at the end of the next 30 days, the candidate whose supporters have raised the most money will be awarded the role!<<
This is just clever. It's basically a version of something that works pretty well in crowdfunding: letting the audience serve as a filter, choosing what they want to see more of. I've seen audiences pick good literature and good art. It will be interesting to see how they handle a casting call.
You know, the lead-up to this is turning out to be entertaining in its own right, before we even get to the pilot. I'm thinking that's good advice for other entertainment projects.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-07-22 04:40 am (UTC)Also, you're not in a galaxy far far away... this is earth remember? ;) {about 300 years from now...}
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-07-22 04:45 am (UTC)Yes, and I'm thrilled with the results.
>>Also, you're not in a galaxy far far away... this is earth remember? ;) {about 300 years from now...}<<
I know it's Earth, but it's not the Earth I'm standing on. That character will be funnier when I don't have to clean up after him personally, and I'll be able to enjoy wanting to drown him five minutes after I've met him.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-07-22 04:58 am (UTC)He's not even the antagonist... or even close to the main antagonist for the season/series.
*sly grin*
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-07-22 07:39 am (UTC)If you've done this entertaining a job on the supporting characters, the main antagonist must be really something, when we get to where we can see them. That'll be worth the wait.
Actor Needed to Play Trouble Magnet
Date: 2011-07-22 04:42 am (UTC)Re: Actor Needed to Play Trouble Magnet
Date: 2011-07-22 04:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-22 04:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-22 08:23 am (UTC)A quick search of the groups system (http://groups.deviantart.com/?q=steampunk&offset=10) found a few steampunk-themed ones, the biggest with over 5000 watchers.
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Date: 2011-07-23 12:35 am (UTC)