Footastic Theatre has been a really fun way to work and network with different talent. Assorted combinations of writers, shooters, and talent for each one. Fun to shoot too! We have 7. I was going to end this at 10 but it appears that plenty of people want to play, so we'll keep going for a bit.
And this Halloween ep did very well as Internet Video Magazine's Video of the Week and it was #1 top User Pick out of 67,000 vids. We also were in a screening and made it to the "Best of" so we'll be shown at Eddie's Attic in January.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bcb7c7a8e8/footastic-theatre-the-horror-th...
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on Dec 29, 2008 at 6:02:26 pm
Above is the link for the first two episodes in my weird little new web series, Footastic Theatre. This is a study in producing for web as opposed to producing for video and encoding down to share.
The premise is really short amusing engaging scenerios. Video crack. Watch one and you need more and you want to see them over and over. That's what I'm working toward. We are showing only the feet of the talent. Why? Web video is best with close-ups and all headshots are not that exciting to me.
It was rediculously easy to get people excited about this project. I have more writers than I can use. No one is paid but I believe my high ranking on Funny or Die with the Southern Jewish Princess teaser clip got some attention and people wanted to hop on board. And there is also some buzz about funnynnotslutty.com and that never hurts.
So here are the first two episodes, I edited the simpler ones first. We have shot two more that I'll have up this month. Am fairly happy with the video encoding, especially with the action in the "A League of thir Own" looking alright after I changed my key frame rate, ala Ahron Rabinowitz's suggestions in his Internet Killed the Video Star DVD. I need to work on the audio setting more though. Not great. I think I used the wrong audio encoder for that part.
One of these is not safe for work...The other PG. We'd love your funny votes.
I think we are going to have some fun with this...
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on Aug 30, 2008 at 1:57:07 pm
Note: I've added an audio interview to this story on the site!
My new site www.funnynotslutty.com was selected as a site of the week recently. I have new July articles up. Note of caution, there is some adult language as many comedic projects have.
And you must see what my featured artist, Kimberly McBride can do with a pinhole camera and an enormous amount of talent! I included one of her videos. She is all the characters below!
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on Jul 23, 2008 at 8:08:23 am
Well, I've been posting about it. My first comedy production, How to Live and Eat like a Southern Jewish Princess...We have a teaser clip. Check it out and we'd love your funny vote!
Press release for my new site. It's going quite well. Be warned, the comedy on this site has some adult content. If you are offended by Southpark, you won't want to go there...
FunnyNotSlutty.com Gives New Home for Funny on the Internet Southern Jewish Princess Media Launches Alternative Comedy Site for the Fairer Sex
Atlanta, GA, May 19, 2008 - Finding increased exposure for her comedy web series, The Retributioners, is a mountainous battle for Stephanie Scott. The producer is always hunting for sites beyond the youth-drenched YouTube and male-dominated comedy sites for an outlet that would provide a direct connection to her core fan base – lovers of female-based comedy. Then she stumbled upon FunnyNotSlutty.com. "At last, a site exists that places funny women out in front. FunnyNotSlutty.com provides comediennes and comedy writers a forum and a way to make sure women's funny videos are given proper due," exclaims Scott.
Publisher, Jacki Schklar, created the FunnyNotSlutty.com after surfing through online video communities looking for nuggets of choice humor created for an audience beyond the age of 19 and with sensibilities more appealing to females. “We feature comedy for women created by female producers, writers, humorists and comedians. Our content may be a little smarter and a little deeper than your average web humor,” explained Schklar.
The publisher, developing her own animated comedy series, envisions a purpose to the site beyond entertaining fans of female-based comedy. The interactive site strives to introduce, publicize and support female media producers and talent. An editorial section features relevant articles and projects with a monthly update. FunnyNotSlutty.com also features a social networking function enabling members to post videos, blogs, or participate in the Funny Not Slutty Network. Meanwhile, Scott attributes a boost in her series’ viewings to recent exposure on FunnyNotSlutty.com. Female producers and writers are encouraged to submit story ideas and projects to be featured in the editorial section.
About Jacki Schklar Jacki Schklar is the founder of Southern Jewish Princess Media, an Atlanta-based media production group with an affinity for comedic projects. She isthe producer of the animated comedy short series, How to Live and Eat like a Southern Jewish Princess and a corporate production manager. For more information about FunnyNotSlutty.com, visit www.funnynotslutty.com.
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on Jun 2, 2008 at 8:58:42 pm
I thought it would be good to have funny content geared toward women in one spot. It looks like a lot of web humor is more guy oriented. Does not hurt to support female comedians, writers, humorists and producers either.
There's a social network too if you want to check it out. Click "Network!" in the nav bar. Please take a look, let me know what you think, join the network and pass it on!
Published this sucker this weekend and I still have a lot of work to do, but hopefully you will get the idea. Suggestions always appreciated.
Jacki
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on May 5, 2008 at 8:59:27 pm
For the animation we have title and character treatments, first script, voice is recorded, and away we go!
"WOW that must be sooo FUN!" is what peeps are saying when I tell them I'm producing an animated short series about a Southern Jewish Princess TV producer. And I hear/read this as I'm coming off of 24 hours of mass hysteria over production and communication issues going on. Also wondering who will be our composer as one is not solidified...
The main production issue resolved (for now) and it has quieted.
Tony Ross, Director of Animation for the series, has suggested that I log our process for future reference. I think what that really means, is that I'll write all of my mistakes along the way. That's ok. Because I could always stop making decisons and have no mistakes or consequences, but I'd have no series to show at the end of it, would I?
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on Jan 28, 2008 at 9:51:03 am
I have been thinking about this for a couple of years.
My background is over ten years of still photography experience and only a couple in video/multimedia.
After seeing all the assorted multimedia applications with so many bells and whistles, this "kid with the camera", who had never put it down, did just that. I moved from Tennessee to Maine and enrolled in a video/multimedia production Associates program because I felt behind and limited in technologies, which I was. Began an internship with a CBS affiliate two weeks into it. Was hired after my first semester. Hardly touched a still camera in Maine. Very odd for me. Was like shedding part of my identity.
I remember being out on a news shoot, one of my mentors out there was introducing me to another news shooter and the topic of stills VS video came up. He was also a still shooter who went to video. He said "it's just like stills, but with sound".
Did not say anything at the time, but I disagree. That would be like saying a dressmaker and a shoe maker are almost the same. They are two different crafts. Telling a thousand words in a stream of moving video clips and telling a thousand words with one still 120th of a second are NOT the same.
One would think that using video and sound and text together, even making some of it *interactive* of all things, that MUST be more powerful and take more talent than a click of a solitary cannon EOS or 20D, right?
I'm not so sure.
In a general media production class, our instructor had one of the best video shooters in Maine come and speak and show some of his award winning work. The "kids"(most were much younger than me) sorta listened, but were chatting and looking around at each other. Not really interested.
Then, the teacher started talking about still photography images. He showed some classics of war and news and life. Not a sound from those kids. They stopped and stared, entranced in what was being shown. REALLY taking in what they saw and patiently waited in anticipation for the teacher to get to the next image. They were far more moved by single fragments of time than a hundreds or thousands of frames with nat, VO, and captions.
The stills were more powerful. At least they were when the images are some of the classics by people with talent who honed their eye and craft and studied their discipline of still photography for years.
Fast forward, I am now the Production Coordinator for a corporate media production department and work in about 15 design applications on three operating systems.
I started this post because I was just on the MSN radio page, where they show images of featured musicians. There are photos of The Meat Puppets and assorted other current artists, and of Ella Fitzgerald. Who has the better images? Guess? It made me think about stills again.
We have so many more images, of such poor design quality now. What passes for imagery in magazines, print ads, and mainstream web is apauling for us who know the difference. What will the classic images be in 50 years? Will they be as beautiful and telling and composed by someone who knows light and how to capture expression as well as aesthetic? Or will it be the image from the writer sent out to a big interview with a pocket digital camera, or from the cell phone camera of the person who happened to be there when the bomb went off or the celebrity passed out?
Aside from denegration of imagery...What about this stills VS video comparison? Do I have it wrong? Are they just tools we choose, and not necessarilly at odds? I bet the new recruits to media production schools don't even give this a second thought. They probably think of stills vs video the same as they think of AE vs 3D Studio. Just tools at our disposal.
I've been thinking about producing some documentaries and commercials with sound (VO, interviews, music, and nat) and STILLS. Not as a compromise because I don't have the skill to use video, but because I'd like to explore in more depth, the power of stills.
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on Jul 4, 2007 at 8:33:53 am
Can't stand it anymore. Somebody's got to start a food thread. All these creatives, some of you must cook. And I'm guessing some of you eat too.
I've taken it upon myself to create a food questionnaire to get the topic going. But please feel free to post a cooking question, tip, or recipe here. I spent an entire 4 minutes carefully putting this poll together, so please take some time to share your answers and input. You will be suprised at how much you learn about someone in a foodie poll.
Copy and paste with your answers:
1. Best easy salad dressing.
2. Favorite junk food.
3. Favorite ethnic food from your heritage.
4. What do you serve to your favorite people?
5. Secret kiddie food you still love.
6. Impress us with your kitchen ability.
7. Your favorite cook book.
8. What type of diet/food restrictions/lifestyle do you follow, or try to follow?
9. Grossest thing you have ever found in your food. (kidding)
Posted by: Jacki Schklar on Jul 3, 2007 at 7:23:51 am
