An email from my friend Tom…
Posted by Leslie on November 14, 2008 | No comments
Hi Leslie,
Hope you can catch me on COLD CASE this Sunday night. I play a cranky cop and it’s a funny scene!
Best regards,
Tom Derek
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PLEASE TAKE 60 SECONDS TO HELP US WIN A $10,000 GRANT
Posted by Leslie on June 27, 2008 | No comments
I recently got an email from my friend Cindy about a project she is creating that I think will have a great positive impact on independent filmmakers.
It’s doing really well, and I believe this is the final round, so they’re really close!
Please take 60 seconds and vote.
Thanks!
Leslie
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Dear Friends of PATRON OF THE ARTS,
As most of you know, I’m co-founding a non-profit company (called Patron of the Arts) that’s mission is to help filmmakers fund their films (wooo!!!), and in the FINAL ROUND of a competition to win a $10,000 business grant! We’re currently in SECOND place, and falling behind quickly. The competition is FIERCE and I need the table to come to the rescue! Please help!! If every member of the table were to take just 60 seconds to vote, it would make a HUGE difference. I swear it is super fast, free and easy. This company will help filmmakers everywhere. Please help me win this grant to be able to start this non-profit for all of us! YOUR VOTE and support will make a HUGE difference. Thank you so much for your support.
This company will help everyone!!
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PLEASE TAKE 60 SECONDS
TO HELP US WIN A $10,000 GRANT
THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
Cindy and Jenn are founding a non-profit company called “Patron of the Arts” that’s mission is to help filmmakers fund films! To win they need your help ASAP! (They need the most votes before June 30th). The competition is TOUGH and they are falling behind. Voting is fast (takes only a minute), fun and free. A win for POTA is a win for filmmakers everywhere!
Here’s how to help:
1. VOTE: Please take 30 seconds to vote for our program: Goto the link and vote ASAP (but no later than June 30th at 10pm): http://ideablob.com/ideas/2412-PatronOfTheArts-Sponsor-a-Film and vote! If you already voted for us, simply hit the green “VOTE” button, and login. It will take 2 seconds, and you’re done!! If you have not voted yet, it will take 30 seconds to register first. Just go to the same link, and hit the vote button. Then it will ask you to register. It will send you a confirmation email, and then just goback to our link and click the green “vote” button one more time. THAT’S IT!! REALLY FAST! (feel free to leave us a comment if you want!)
2. SPREAD THE WORD: Please send this email to at least five people who you think would be willing to spend a minute to vote for this non-profit film funding company. We need support urgently to make this happen! Help us create a company to help you!!
3. CONNECT WITH US: Drop us an email to let us know you voted! And if you are a filmmaker who may be interested in participating in our film financing program, please send an email to filmmakers@PatronOfTheArts.org. We hope to launch in 2-3 months, and will be looking for filmmakers who need funding to participate in this program!or just to tell us you voted so we can be sure to invite you to the celebration if we win.
4. PARTY AND FUN: Check this out! If we win the grant, they throw us a big party, and present POTA with one of those GIGANTIC 6-foot tall checks that you see in the lottery!! Ha! EVERYONE at the Table will be invited to the party, along with all of the other Filmmaking Organizations in town who have been supporting us too! So let’s win this grant! And then let’s celebrate! And THEN, lets use this new company to finance our films!!!
Thanks so much for everyone’s support!
With Gratitude,
Cindy Baer,
Co-Founder
Patron of the Arts
Cindy Baer
Director/Producer
Free Dream Pictures
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046337
www.freedreampictures.com
How many Steps?
Posted by Leslie on June 21, 2008 | No comments
As you can see, I’m still building this site and I’m building it mostly as a static site. This is my first go at Wordpress and I wasn’t sure whether to have dynamic pages for all the content, or to have a solid set of pages with clear step-by-step instructions for you to follow.
Wordpress blog experts: feel free to comment and give advice.
Anyway, I’m putting up everything as fast as possible. I know that it says 10 steps (honestly, I wasn’t sure how many steps so I just said 10), and though there are only 4 up there now, there will be more as I continue working.
Free eps of South Park!
Posted by Leslie on April 22, 2008 | No comments
Gotta love the avatar creator at www.southparkstudios.com. Check out my bad-ass 4th grade chica!
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Posted by Leslie on April 15, 2008 | No comments
Pretty funny stuff…
9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous,’ Al Qaeda Says
THIS WEEKEND: "Grey Street" in the Garden State Film Festival… Sort of…
Posted by Leslie on March 31, 2008 | No comments
The great news: My music video to the Dave Matthew’s song “Grey Street” got into the Garden State Film Festival!
The not so great news: It didn’t get music clearance and so it can’t actually be screened. It was not a project I had intended to screen publicly. I submitted it to GSFF because I know the director of the festival. She asked me to send it in and she liked it and though it would be a good addition to the festival, so… I went to work on securing the rights for that screening. The production company said no because it was too much hassle for what they’d make for one screening. They’d actually lose money paper shuffling.
If you’re in the NJ area this weekend, you should still attend the festival. It’s really fun and I met a lot of people last time I went that I still keep in contact with.
There is also going to be (not-too-expensive) celebrity benefit on Thursday, April 3rd, which I would have really enjoyed if I were able to attend:
“On Thursday, April 3rd , Montel Williams and Starline Films will be hosting a Special Red Carpet Premiere of 4CHOSEN: The Documentary (produced and directed by Jon Doscher) at the Paramount Theater. 6:30 pm Red Carpet Arrivals, special singing performance by DANNY AIELLO begins at 7:30pm, 4CHOSEN premiere begins at 8:00, reception to follow with musical performance by BRIAN KIRK and the JIRKS”
I went to the closing gala when Real vs. Reel got into the festival and had an amazing time and met great people. This should be a good party.
"Warm Beer… Lousy Food!"
Posted by Leslie on March 27, 2008 | No comments
Apparently Brits posted on You Tube a while back… So here you go!
In my last post about Brits I forgot to mention that Suzanne Gutierrez hooked me up with her improv troupe and supplied me with a number of my actors for this project. We have about 30 minutes of awesome outtakes that I would love to post on a website in the future because the commercial only shows a smidgen of the great improv these actors did. And Suzanne did great work in one of my earlier projects, Real vs. Reel.
Also, thank you to Peter and Elizabeth Holder for letting us use the space until 3am. Check out their restaurant if you’re into great food (despite their “Warm Beer… Lousy Food!” sign out front.)
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor…
Posted by Leslie on February 24, 2008 | No comments
I have been attempting to post the Brits Restaurant & Pub commercial I directed/produced a few months ago but I’ve been having trouble getting it to upload properly on YouTube.
I’m still going to work on getting it on YouTube (or post it on google videos) but in the meantime I would like to acknowledge the wonderful and generous folks that helped me with that project. I always end up working with awesome people, and this cast and crew was no exception. A big thank you and a big hug to Tobiann ‘Cellest’ Dyke, Jacqui Jordan, Jim Legoy, Mark Wolf, Sam Aaron, Robert Bitsko, David Brickman, David Lipson, Andre Meadows, Rebecca Michaels, Amanda Normington and Lynn Nonnenmacher!
"Grey Street" Music Video
Posted by Leslie on January 20, 2008 | No comments
Yep, that’s me. Yep, I also directed and produced it.
By they way, I actually gained weight for the roll, and (thank god) I’ve been dropping since the shoot back in May! Originally I wasn’t sure I wanted to play the main roll because, while I feel I’m proficient enough to act and direct at the same time, it is actually much more fun for me to be on either one side of the camera or the other.
I’m actually really glad I did the roll. At this point in my life I consider filmmaking to be business more than an art, but this one was one of those pieces that I felt came straight from my gut and my heart, not just from my desire to get a kick-ass piece for my reel.
Here are all the great people that were involved. If anyone does a search for these folks I want their great work to be found by others so I’m listing their names: Rhoda Baldwin, Osa Danam, Angelique Montague, Ryan Stockstad, Shane Carther Thomas, Cole Wells, Maetrix Fitten.
Crew was Maetrix Fitten, Jacqui Jordan, Cami Kidder, Ryan Stockstad.
Hire these people because they rock!
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