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Ken Wallace Films Partners with Visual Effects Artists to Develop Crowdfunding Campaign for The Amazing Adventures Of Victoria Clarke
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 01, 2013
As movie studios tighten their grip on development, Hollywood producers must search for creative ways to bring their ideas to life, and many see internet crowdfunding as the future of independent story development. Film and Video projects are the most successfully funded category on Kickstarter, with over 25,000 having raised more than $ 107 million dollars to date. Producer Kendrick Wallace is developing one such project, The Amazing Adventures of Victoria Clarke (http://www.victoriaclarkeadventures.com), as both a feature film and as an original series to be pitched to high-end content providers looking for tent-pole material for their networks.
“The successful crowdfunding of some very high-profile projects has empowered creative people with movie ideas to go directly to the audiences to get their stories told. I feel that ultimately it is more rewarding to interact directly with the people who are interested in your project. By having a dialog with fans of the genre, and by really listening to what they want, my hope is that they will feel invested personally in the success of the project and will be willing to support it by spreading the word in social media, and of course by contributing on funding sites such as Kickstarter,” said Kendrick Wallace, Producer and Creator.
Kendrick Wallace has been working in Hollywood feature films for the past 20 years, and has produced visual effects on numerous high-profile movie projects, most recently Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter®. This is his first attempt at developing a project using social media and crowd-sourced funding.
“It is important to me to set up a Kickstarter Campaign that has the greatest chance of success possible. For me, that means creating awareness and excitement with the fan base for this genre of movie. I’ve been spending countless hours on social media spreading the word, but I’m just one person and I can’t do it all.”
In order to create exciting images that will fire up the fans, Ken turned to his peers in the visual effects community, and reached out to artists with an interest in steampunk stories and imagery. One of the first to help was award winning visual effects company Rodeo FX in Montreal, Quebec. (http://www.rodeofx.com)
“It is always hard to ask for favors, but I believe strongly in the potential of the project, and luckily people who see what I’ve done so far immediately ‘get it’ and they are excited to help. That’s how it was with Rodeo FX. I had worked with them on Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter®, and I knew they had some amazing and talented artists there. The timing happened to be good for one of their top artists to do some work on Victoria between bigger projects.”
The result of these collaborations is a series of photos and conceptual art pieces that visually support the scripted material so that investors have a clear picture of Ken’s creative vision for the project. Victoria Clarke tells the story of a female British agent, undercover in 1920s Hollywood as a B-Movie actress. The daughter of wealthy British industrialists, the independent and resourceful Victoria sets out on secret missions to destroy weapons being developed by powerful forces in post WWI Europe. The project has a fun, sexy and retro feel, with strong Steampunk and Dieselpunk influences.
“Victoria is a female cross between Batman® and Sherlock Holmes®, but set in Hollywood during the 1920s. She is playing at being a bad actress because she really has no intention of having a successful career in Hollywood–she’s just hiding out. She has a family fortune and access to this amazing steampunk-style technology, but because of political enemies in Britain she can’t return home. She is waging her own private battle against a brewing evil in Europe,” Ken explains.
As a filmmaker and science fiction fan, the concept of Victoria Clarke grew from Ken’s love of movies from the golden age of Hollywood, as well as his fascination with the steampunk concept of alternative futurism. His goal was to combine the two genres into a classic adventure story that would showcase the best of both worlds. Victoria has a strong female lead, epic scale and Raiders of the Lost Ark® style action.
The next stage in the Victoria Clarke is to prepare an informative and entertaining Kickstarter campaign site.
“While I have been working on growing the social media audience through our website, Facebook and Twitter pages, I’ve also been taking a great amount of care to build a Kickstarter site with the right amount of information, entertainment, and rewards for contributors. It is important that people are excited about being a part of this project.”
The Amazing Adventures of Victoria Clarke Kickstarter campaign is scheduled to go live in May 2013.
If you would like to be notified about the latest Victoria Clarke developments email info(at)victoriaclarkeadventures(dot)com with the subject line KICKSTARTER.
For more information about the Victoria Clarke project visit http://www.victoriaclarkeadventures.com.
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Stonyfield Inspires Fans to Make Their Mornings Social
Londonderry, NH (PRWEB) May 03, 2013
Stonyfield, the world’s leading organic yogurt maker, is celebrating 30 years of waking up with some very loyal breakfast eaters by launching a social media campaign that is all about fans. From May 1st through June 30th Stonyfield will be asking its fans to use the #WakeUpWithStonyfield hashtag in social media posts, and in return, the company will share fan content throughout its online communities, highlighting its biggest followers. The #WakeUpWithStonyfield campaign will prominently feature user-submitted photos and stories about organic lifestyles on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.
Each day will feature a different theme such as “wake up inspired” or “wake up spooning” – providing ample opportunities for fans to find their photos, stories and smiles on Stonyfield’s social media sites. Themes will also incorporate national holidays such as “wake up remembering” for Memorial Day, and “wake up organized” for ‘National Clean Room’ day.
“We have amazing, passionate fans and over the last few months we’ve seen a big increase in the number of photos they are sharing with us online,” said Amy VanHaren, Stonyfield Senior Social Media Manager. “So we created an exciting campaign that gives fans even more of what they want; a fun place to submit their own interpretations of life, family, friends and food. Since we began using Facebook, our fans have loved showing us their organic ‘ah ha’ moments, and we’re looking forward to seeing them visually across our social space.”
Morning Emails Motivate Fans to Rise and Shine
To stay on top of each day’s theme and join in the fun, fans can sign up for morning emails from Stonyfield at http://www.stonyfield.com/wakeup. Throughout the campaign, everyone that signs up for Wake Up with Stonyfield emails will be sent coupons from Stonyfield as well as other offers from like-minded organic and natural companies including: Burts Beees, The Honest Company, Gaiam TV , Applegate, Happy Family, and Earthbound Farm.
Waking Up Where the Fans Are
As part of the #WakeUpWithStonyfield campaign, Stonyfield will also ‘wake up’ in Chicago – the city that has the largest concentration of Stonyfield social media fans. From May 14th-16th, through geo-targeted tweets, Stonyfield will ask fans to tweet out their “L” stops, their grocery shops, and other local hot spots, so the Stonyfield crew can personally deliver Wake Up yogurt deliveries. Stonyfield is the first company to crowd source yogurt deliveries and it’s eager to let fans dictate where the Stonyfield yogurt truck stops.
For more information about the #WakeUpWithStonyfield campaign and to participate, fans can sign on to http://www.stonyfield.com/wakeup.
About Stonyfield
Stonyfield, celebrating its 30th year, is the world’s leading organic yogurt company. Its certified organic yogurt, smoothies, milk, cultured soy, frozen yogurt and ice cream are distributed nationally. The company advocates that healthy food can only come from a healthy planet. Its use of organic ingredients helps keep over 200,000 farm acres free of toxic, persistent pesticides and chemical fertilizers known to contaminate soil, drinking water and food. To help reduce climate change, Stonyfield offsets all of the CO2 emissions generated from its facility energy use. Stonyfield also donates $ 2 million of its yearly profits to efforts that help protect and restore the Earth. For more information about Stonyfield, its products and initiatives, visit http://www.stonyfield.com or follow Stonyfield on Twitter @Stonyfield and on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/StonyfieldFarm.
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Housecall, a New App for iOS that Connects Users with Trusted Home Service Professionals, Launches in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) November 20, 2013
HouseCall, the app for your house, announced the launch of its services in San Diego today, with more markets coming soon. HouseCall takes the hassle out of home maintenance by connecting users to trusted neighborhood service professionals (Pros) at the push of a button. Homeowners can order everything from an electrician, emergency plumber to tech geek support. This video shows just how easy HouseCall makes it.
HouseCall identifies and then curates independent service Pros in a homeowner’s neighborhood and makes them easy to find, so they don’t have to. No more spending hours reading online reviews, asking for recommendations and then negotiating prices. With HouseCall users select the service they need, view picture profiles and ratings of available Pros in their area, and the fixed-price they charge. HouseCall gives homeowners a seamless way to book and pay for both scheduled, and on-demand, home improvement help from trusted Pros.
“We built HouseCall because we had the same problem that every homeowner has – it’s tough to find good, reliable, local help,” said Ian Heidt, CEO and co-founder of HouseCall. “HouseCall puts reviews and prices in one spot and users are kept up-to-date on the status of a job from start to finish. We are bringing ease and transparency to the world of local home services.”
In just a few easy steps, homeowners can order the following services: Audio & TV, Carpet Cleaning, Electrical, Handyman, Landscaping, Maid Service, Painting, Plumbing, Security System Consultation and Install, Smart Home Setup, Tech Help, Windows & Exterior and Holiday/Seasonal Tasks (hanging Christmas lights). HouseCall is constantly adding new services and taking user suggestions for services they’d like to see.
1) Download HouseCall in the App Store on their iPhone.
2) View the profile, job details, and prices of nearby local Pros.
3) Schedule service or get on-demand help.
4) When a Pro is en-route, users will see them on a map. Once the job is completed to the user’s satisfaction, payment is processed automatically with the credit card they have on file. There is no need to tip.
5) Wrap it up with a rating of the service. Ratings can only be done by people who have actually used a service Pro to ensure they are fair.
There are also many benefits to Pros who use the app. Most importantly, HouseCall makes it easier for Pros to find additional work by connecting them to a marketplace of homeowners and jobs. Pros see nearby service requests and can also get local work during their downtime. It also helps them manage their workflow with easy-to-use scheduling tools, helps them form the connection with new and returning clients, and provides automatic payment and streamlined digital invoices for every job.
“The Pros version of HouseCall allows home service professionals to book more jobs by giving them the mobile tools to do so,” said Roland Ligtenberg, co-founder of HouseCall. “We bring real-time opportunities to our Pros, organize schedules, generate invoices, and process payments so that they can focus on completing jobs and making HouseCall users happy.”
HouseCall was founded by a team of mobile technology innovators who simply wanted a better way to maintain their homes. Prior to founding HouseCall Ian Heidt, Adam Perry-Pelletier, Chris Zwickilton, Roland Ligtenberg, and Reza Olfat pioneered smartphone technologies together as a team at Qualcomm. They also helped found the company’s experimental division, Qualcomm Labs, an incubator focused on leading innovation in new wireless product development and developed the groundbreaking Gimbal platform.
HouseCall is funded by a global venture capital group, e.ventures, who were initial investors in companies such as Angie’s List and Groupon. Their advisors include the San Diego general manager of Uber and former general manager of new products at Service Magic (now HomeAdvisor). HouseCall is also a member of EvoNexus, San Diego’s only community-supported, fully pro-bono technology incubator.
ABOUT HOUSECALL
HouseCall is the app for your house. Launching first in San Diego, with more markets coming soon, HouseCall takes the hassle out of home maintenance by connecting you to trusted neighborhood service professionals at the push of a button. Homeowners can order everything from an electrician, emergency plumber to tech geek support.
Prior to founding HouseCall, Ian Heidt, Adam Perry-Pelletier, Chris Zwickilton, Roland Ligtenberg, and Reza Olfat developed smartphone technologies at Qualcomm. Together they helped found the company’s innovation division, Qualcomm Labs, an incubator focused on leading innovation in new wireless product development and developed the groundbreaking Gimbal platform. HouseCall is funded by a global venture capital group, e.ventures, who were initial investors in companies like Angie’s List and Groupon. Their advisors include the San Diego general manager of Uber and former general manager of new products at Service Magic (now HomeAdvisor).
HouseCall can be downloaded in the App Store on your iOS device, appstore.com/HouseCall.
For more information please visit, http://www.tryhousecall.com.
Connect with HouseCall: facebook.com/HouseCallApp, twitter.com/HouseCall, youtube.com/HouseCallApp, instagram.com/housecall, #housecall.
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President George W Bush, for all his other failings, had some things about him that made us all chuckle. While our current president is known for his intellect. Bush was known for his political tap dancing as well as his outrageous butchering of the English language. He gave us something new to laugh about each and every day of his time in office.
Some of the more noted, and notable public hangings of language and intelligence are these:
We knew Bush was special even before his inauguration. We determined that he has some unique thought processes long before we even set him into office based on this quote during an interview process that he was going through
“Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to – I can’t remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that.” Bush in his interview– pre-inaugural–which he gave to U.S. News & World Report
Upon considering what the United States needed, Bush determined that part of it was education and of course, to be more hopefuller…
“I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing our attention and energy on teaching children to read and having an education system that’s responsive to the child and to the parents, as opposed to mired in a system that refuses to change, will make America what we want it to be – a more literate country and a hopefuller country.” Jan. 2001 As a Nebraska resident, I particularly enjoyed this one:”It’s important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking shots.” -George W.
Bush made this brilliant commentary to the University of Nebraska volleyball team for women who were the 2001 national champions, on May 31, 2001
He was always known as a man who would promote literacy too… at all costs.”You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” This one too, was spoken in a meeting in the early parts of 2001, notably not his best year.
Bush understood what it took to be a small business owner and to work hard for his money too, and proved it time and again. He really gave some insights into that during a speaking engagement with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
“A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses – Hispanically owned or otherwise – pay taxes at the highest marginal rate.”
He was also aware that some of what he said wasn’t quite grammatically correct and in fact, called attention to it
“I’ve coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically.” Radio & Television Correspondents dinner 2001.
Bush was, arguably, one of the most interesting presidents of our time. Not always correct in grammar or in his actions, however he was highly entertaining in so many ways. Hope you enjoyed the quotes.
Wadzanai Nenzou Is A Writer And Owner Of Inspirational Quotes Change Lives Website. She Is interested In Politics. For More On Presidents Go To Her Website http://www.inspirational-quotes-change-lives.com/presidentialquotes.html
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