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Something to Be Desired: Bi-Weekly Web Series Update

Hey all;

Something to Be Desired is an ongoing web series filmed in Pittsburgh and updated with a brand new episode every other Monday. The series is a comedy / drama that follows a group of DJs at an independent radio station, and falls somewhere between Kevin Smith and Richard Linklater in tone.

I've been recycling this post in the interest of not flooding the forum with a new notice every time we have a new episode up (which is obviously frequently) but that may be changing soon. In the meantime, feel free to check us out at http://www.somethingtobedesired.com -- each new episode is available for two weeks (for free!) until it's retired to the archives, which are available (also for free)! to our members (i.e., anyone who signs in with a valid email address).

To get started, our most recent episode can be found at:
http://www.somethingtobedesired.com/vp/video/ep2-10.wmv (for Windows folks)
or http://www.somethingtobedesired.com/vp/video/ep2-10.mov (for MAC folks).

Or you can start at the beginning of the season:
http://www.somethingtobedesired.com/members/vp/video/ep2-1a.wmv (for Windows folks)
or http://www.somethingtobedesired.com/members/vp/video/ep2-1a.mov (for MAC folks).

(Please allow for a bit of preload time, since some episodes are over 15 minutes long.)

Thanks for the interest and keep watching! And if you haven't started watching yet, now's the time to start -- only two episodes to go before we end our second season and prep the DVD!

Let us know what you think and best of luck in your own endeavors!
 
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stbd1 said:
Thanks! I'm sure my actors will enjoy knowing that someone appreciates their work.

I'm pretty sure each of the characters takes turns being either the hated or the sympathetic type. No one's ever really an antagonist for long.

Except maybe Leo...
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I relate to Leo. So far he is my window into this.
 
Leo is a great character, indeed.

There has been a lot of development of other characters in the past two months, though, as well. On top of that, the cast seem to be working a lot more naturally with each other.

Karen, in particular, is developing her own very unique style that plays very well. She's almost at "the Leo-level"* in some way.

I bet this thread would make "Homepage Picks" if STBD1 plopped one or two recent direct links in the initial post of this thread. :cool:

* I coined a new term, Mr STBD1... All actors (and their development) are to be measured against the Leo-level!

But don't let that get to Leo's head... whichever one he's thing with, this week :lol:
 
Zensteve said:
Leo is a great character, indeed.

There has been a lot of development of other characters in the past two months, though, as well. On top of that, the cast seem to be working a lot more naturally with each other.
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Thanks, Deadman and Steve.

I never know if I should be proud that so many people identify with Leo or if I should feel sorry for a lot of people... Probably both...

I'm always interested in hearing how each viewer "reads" the characters a little differently. There are some who love Leo and some who hate him, and the same can be said for Dean. Beyond that, some viewers like a certain type of acting more than another, so what one person loves in Leo's delivery, another might despise. It's a very interesting experiment in learning about audiences...

I think the characters have started to gell together and grow in the past few months because we can finally move beyond the "introduction" stage and start building on what we've started. Karen's a good example of that. Now that her style and idiosyncracies have been established, we can put her in situations and see how she reacts rather than spending much more time explaining who she "is"...

Plus the cast is more comfortable with one another, and with me, which helps.
 
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