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Projects: Eternal

As I’m sure you can tell from the lack of posting on any social network and here on the blog, we have been really busy. The nice thing we’ve been really busy doing some pretty cool things!

Production has been ramping up and the summer is, literally, chock full – but we actually have something completed and up right now! We got hired out to help create a book trailer for the new young adult novel series “Eternal” by H.G. Nadel (go “Like” the Facebook page). I’ll post more details at the Wiggy Site in the Hired Gun section, but since you’re here why not enjoy the trailer?

See you tomorrow!

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Piracy Infographic

I thought this was interesting – what do you think? Comments welcomed and appreciated on this one from all sides. Thanks to Peter Kim for the info graphic.
Hypocrisy in Hollywood
Created by: Accredited Online Colleges.org
See you tomorrow!

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Where have we been?!!?!? What have we been doing?!?!?!?

To say that I have been a poor blogger of late would be an understatement and more than deserved.

Excuses aside, here are some of the things that have been taking up my time:

  • The new Wiggy VonSchtick website
  • My Entertainment 101 class – more on that later…
  • Producing a sizzle reel for a new young adult book series.
  • The Embedded Project.
  • The Cheerleader Project.
  • A new TV pilot called “AcceptSHUNS.”
  • Oh, and some acting stuff too.
So, what’s this all mean?
First off go check out the new Wiggy Web Site! We have a whole new interface and, even though there are still some features and pages being built, this is our new home and the interactive functionality is very exciting! The Wiggy Twitter Feed will be announce new updates and features.
For those of you new to the entertainment business, especially parents of child actors out there, I am doing a seminar aimed right at you! The Entertainment 101 class covers all the material you need to know to help navigate the business of show. We cover vocabulary, what to expect from auditions, how auditions work and how to get both auditions and agents! It’s held the last Sunday of every month and our next class is going to be Sunday February 26th at 6pm being held at the IC Academy building in Lake Forest. The 2 hour class costs $100.00 and you can reserve your spot here: 949-273-8800. Also YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A PARENT OF AN IC STUDENT TO ATTEND! This class is open to everyone! Here’s a video that explains a little bit more:
On the producing front we’ve been REALLY busy! We’ve been making all the stuff listed up top, and I’ll have links to all of it in later blogs.
Also, my Diet Mt. Dew commercial comes out at the end of the month. Probably next week! When I have a link I’ll pass it on.
Now I need to go scan some more documents and mail some other documents.
See you tomorrow!

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SOPA & PIPA – Just Say No

The proposed bills in Congress known as SOPA and PIPA are a big deal and so are the issues they claim to deal with.

Piracy is a big deal, Wiggy VonSchtick has been a victim, but the internet isn’t going anywhere and people’s abilities to acquire whatever they want whenever they want is only going to get easier even if these bills pass.

Nanny laws only hurt people who follow the law, criminals just find a way around them.

These are complex problems that require big ideas, not censorship.

New, young entertainment business minds are already thinking of ways to curtail piracy and it’s working. Look at Louis C.K. He managed to shoot and release a downloadable comedy show and made profits that he couldn’t imagine.

Make no mistake, this is about money and how large studios make it – not about the viewer or the art of entertainment and all of that is fine! It’s required to make the big kinds of movies that people love to go see, but these pieces of legislation are not the ways to make entertainment profitable in the future.  I know that the big studios are using scare tactics to try and force creatives to their side, but these bills shoot a creative’s future in the foot.

Please follow these links:

SOPA Explained

End Piracy, Not Liberty

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More Ray?!? No WAY!

The new Story time with Ray is up! And to keep with the family friendly theme that he’s been on this week’s discussion is all about toilet paper and pooping.

See you tomorrow!

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‘Cuz It’s The Beginning Of The Year….

The nice thing about it being the beginning of the year is that I’m really motivated to be on top of things and make sure that all the schedules happen on time.

I think you’ll notice that from the pattern visible in this blog: I always start off the year strong with posts and then, pffffff, it putters out.

In keeping with this pattern we are also keeping up with the wiggyWebs schedule – although that’s mostly due to some changes that we’re making to the number of videos we’ll be posting a week…

…but I’ll tell you about that when I have a video to post (probably Friday).

In the meantime here’s a new Story time with Ray:


See you tomorrow!

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WordPress: Yes or No?

OK, this is going to seem like a weird thing to post on my Blogger blog, but I’m considering moving over to WordPress for this, my primary website/blog, and for the Wiggy website/blog. I have a few friends who are getting a great deal of value out of it and, even though the set-up process seems daunting (I was distracted when I was signing up and was caught off guard by how many pay options there are – I just want the free stuff, right?) I do think that it will allow me to expand and post content while still allowing me the flexibility of a regular website…

…but that’s why I’m reaching out to you!

I want to hear from WordPress users out there who can toss me some tips and tricks! I really haven’t had time to check out all the themes, options or even really set-up my profile and that’s a big part of my problem – lack of time! I will find the time to to do the set-up, but I want to know what mistakes to avoid so that it takes as little time as possible.

Do I need to know HTML?

Please tell me your stories in the comments!

See you tomorrow!

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Happy New Year!

Hey everybody!

I’m back!

I didn’t actually go anywhere, but I haven’t been posting here and so now I’m saying I’m back, but really if you have been checking out my Twitter feed or my Facebook Page you’ve still seen me – or at least heard from me electronically. In a social media kinda’ way.

This, the first blog of 2012, is coming out dangerously close to January 3rd. In fact you’re probably just now seeing it on January 3rd.

Anyhow, to help celebrate the new year I have the first 2012 State of Stuff for Wiggy VonSchtick Productions right here:

Now I have to go off and drink the little bit of The Stocks red wine that we have left and write some more for the new web series we’ll be shooting this year.

See you tomorrow!

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What’s kept me busy.

I said in the last post that I would mention in a separate post what I’ve been doing that has taken up all my time.

This is that post.

First off, “Earthlings Beware!” is a play that Rene and I are doing together at The Costa Mesa Playhouse. It plays Fridays through Sundays until November 20th. It is family friendly, funny and fun! It’s a send-up of 50’s Sci-Fi movies and does a great job of recreating that kitchy magic on a single stage. Rene and I made a video:

In video news Wiggy Webs has been posting regularly! Here are the videos you may have missed:

Also, movie stuff has been going forward at a hurried pace. Cheerleaders is casting and we are setting up meetings with talent. There’s also a pretty significant change coming to the film that I can’t technically announce yet, but I’ll give you a hint – there’s a reason we’ve only been referring to it by nicknames and as “Cheerleaders” for a while. There’s a new website on it’s way and some other new stuff. In the meantime go “Like” us on Facebook.

The documentary is wrapping up and with the workload growing on that it is very possible that there may be another drought of posts for a while – but I’m trying to manage that.

This may all seem like shameless self-promotion, and it kind of is, but this is truly all that I have been doing for the last few weeks.

Oh, and the cat needed surgery. Hurt his foot. Got worked on. He wears a cone now. The nightmare and hilarity that has been our cat in his cone of shame is documented better on Rene’s Twitter Feed

OK, I think that it.

See you tomorrow!

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3 Minutes with Curtis & Dean – The Avengers vs. The JLA

OK comics fans, it’s the battle royal! The subject of decades of debate! The reason for multiple super team ciphers at both DC and Marvel! The basis for at least one good mini-series!

THE AVENGERS VS. THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA!

We spent 3 minutes on it…
Comments on this are especially welcome because I KNOW we didn’t cover it all.
See you tomorrow!

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