3 superlicious girls with PMS Superpowers fight their arch nemesis Mr Purple to save the day.
Boom! Pow! Mwah!
Featuring Karla Burt, Georgia Bolton, Sarah Hallam, Lee Mason, Daniel Burt, Kirsten Cameron and my very talented stunt finger…
Written and Directed by Marissa Cooke
Produced by Carla McConnell & Marissa Cooke
Copyright 2012
#occupymelbourne trends on Twitter as protestors tweet a blow-by-blow account of the police eviction from City Square with 10′s of Tweets per second.
California’s Governor Jerry Brown has declared October 16, ‘Steve Jobs Day’ in recognition of Jobs’ contribution and influence…Brown announced this of course via a ‘tweet’ to his 1million + followers…
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about politicians using Twitter at all, (it often feels quite cynical and insidious to me), let alone naming days after undoubtedly brilliant and phenomenally successful businessmen, but businessmen nonetheless…call me a killjoy..
In a rare film-to-TV cross-platform endeavour, HBO has struck a deal to develop a drama series series based on the brilliant feature film The Kids Are All Right, that tells the story of the teenaged children of lesbian parents who want to meet their sperm donor father and the complications that ensue. The pilot will be written and executive produced by Lisa Cholondenko, who co-wrote and directed the original film, and will pick up where the movie left off with the same five characters — lesbian couple Jules and Nic (played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening in the movie), their kids Joni and Laser (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson in the film), and the children’s biological dad Paul (originally played by Mark Ruffalo).
The new apps that come with iOS 5 look pretty enticing. The new ‘Cards’ app that lets you design, print and ship greeting cards direct from your iPhone looks particularly cool:
Fantastic, beautifully designed and engaging tool creates awareness about the slave labour that fuels our lifestyle by calculating your ‘slavery footprint’…eye-opening.
What Are You Waiting For?
What Are You Waiting For? is a concept for an interactive video opinion ‘stock exchange ‘ designed to be accessed in places people wait, both online and in the real world: Airports, planes, Doctors’ surgeries, trams, train stations and public meeting places as well as in social media spaces: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
What Are You Waiting For? lets users participate in an entertaining and dynamic exchange of opinions by curating, filtering, watching, rating, agreeing, disagreeing and commenting on entertaining and topical bite-sized video opinions (VOPs) from a diverse range of high profile and everyday ‘characters’ – as well as – contributing their own video opinions.
Video Opinion Content Sample
From bricklayers to foreign students, football players to comedians, bankers and high-school students, from sous chefs and ticket inspectors, stay at home mums, pensioners and indigenous soccer players to administrators, lesbians, socialites and recent immigrants – What Are You Waiting For? will capture and curate a ‘living library’ of video opinions on a diverse range of topics from The Carbon Tax to PDAS (Public Displays of Affection ), from pokie playing to politics, from road rage to God. ..and, reward users for their interaction.
Users earn status and rewards as they ‘build their portfolios’ by watching, rating, agreeing, disagreeing (or fence-sitting), commenting on video opinions, predicting public opinion, voting in opinion polls and by posting their own opinions and insights – with those VOPs that are highest rated, most-popular or most-controversial, earning the user more stock and status..
What Are You Waiting For? is in development.
I recently conceived, directed and produced a series of short viral mockumentary videos for the Straightjacket Productions stageplay, The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell with Samuel Johnson and John Wood.
The viral videos were released in the lead up to and in the aftermath of the 2011 TV Week Logie Awards and were a ‘fly-on-the-wall’ mockumentary view of the play’s rehearsals in which the actors play ‘versions’ of themselves.
The videos were shot and edited by Stuart Liddell (Industrial Cuts and Crossfades) and improvised by Samuel Johnson, John Wood and Marcella Russo around loosely scripted scenarios written by myself.
The Concept: Samuel Johnson Wants a Logie
Samuel Johnson has been nominated for two Logie awards in 2002 and 2003 but has never won. John Woods has won 6 logie awards.
The viral video series centres around the concept that Sam Johnson really wants a Logie award, is obsessed by John Wood’s career Logies haul and that The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell is part of Sam’s strategy to win a Logie..one day.
Sam’s plan? Do theatre, grow facial hair, get taken seriously as an actor, get a lead role on TV as a cop or a doctor …equals Logie.
Video 1 – Samuel Johnson’s Rehearsal Brain Snap
Samuel Johnson has a meltdown about not having a Logie Award during rehearsals with John Wood for the Haunting of Daniel Gartrell.
Video 4 -Samuel Johnson’s Post-Logies Reaction
Sam is feeling flat after his attendance at the Logies on Sunday night and calls a break in rehearsals.
Video 7 – Sam Johnson Has a Meldown in Rehearsals
With Gartrell opening soon, Sam’s feeling the pressure but still has time to reflect on his allure with the ladies.
Visit the Straightjacket Youtube Channel to watch the full series of videos.
The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell is currently playing at fortyfive downstairs in Melbourne.
A social media round up of April Fools Day using Storify:
