The initial trailer is ready for Cianna P. Stewart’s new documentary It’s Not Porn: Behind the doors of a modern pin-up company. As a reminder, the basic treatment is as follows:
In the world of erotic photography, sexy women are objects whose pictures garner huge profits for other people. A handful of young entrepreneurs have decided to upset this system, putting control into the hands of the models & photographers, challenging who defines “sexy,” and creating a new revenue model for the next wave of the internet. Will they succeed? And what happens when regular women become known as online pin-up stars?
Cianna is still looking for investors to help complete the film, which she hopes to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2010; so if you happen to know anyone willing to buy shares, head over to Thumbnail Productions and get in touch.
The company being profiled, Zivity has been garnering a fair amount of attention in the press lately, and the quality of the photoshoots are outstanding. If you think you’ve got something to offer, then head on over and apply to be in the beta … it’s currently free, but when the site comes out of public beta early next year, it will be subscription-based; probably around $10.00/month.
I’ve got ten invites to give out, and I’ve been hoarding them … but if you want one, let me know (and why).
For nine months in 2007, film maker Des Horsfield made a documentary about bicycle frame builder Richard Sachs.
Horsfield’s film takes an intimate look into the life and mind of the bicycle frame builder as Richard Sachs talks about why he does what he does, exactly as he does it.
The story reveals his reasons for entering the frame building trade, how and why he works only with steel, and why the entities of Sport and Bicycle have remained inseparable to him.
An old friend of mine in San Francisco, Cianna Stewart (one of the Sexiest Geeks Alive), is becoming quite a prolific independent filmmaker … her latest project, just going into production, will be a documentary about Zivity.com, a new online social network for connoisseurs of pin-up photography.
Cianna’s basic treatment of the film is as follows:
It’s Not Porn: Behind the doors of a modern pin-up company
In the world of erotic photography, sexy women are objects whose pictures garner huge profits for other people. A handful of young entrepreneurs have decided to upset this system, putting control into the hands of the models & photographers, challenging who defines “sexy,” and creating a new revenue model for the next wave of the internet. Will they succeed? And what happens when regular women become known as online pin-up stars?
Now if I can just figure out a way to get an invite to the beta.
Cianna is looking for investors to help finance the film; so if you happen to know anyone willing to buy shares, head over to Thumbnail Productions and get in touch. For those that want to support, but can’t afford to the extent of investing, donations will also be accepted, with a thank you to be determined (I’ve suggested a private premiere screening, or a copy on DVD) …
From the mountain tops down to the sunny street,
A different drum is playing a different kind of beat.
It’s like a mystery that never ends.
I see you crying and I want to kill your friends.
I hear your footsteps in the street,
It won’t be long before we meet,
It’s obvious.
Just count me in and count me out and
I’ll be waiting for the shout,
Oblivious…
Met Mo and she’s okay, said no-one really changed,
Got different badges but they wear them just the same.
But down by the ballroom I recognized that flaming fountain
in those kindred caring eyes.
I hear your footsteps in the street,
It won’t be long before we meet,
It’s obvious.
Just count me in and count me out and
I’ll be waiting for the shout,
Oblivious…
I hope it haunts me ’til I’m hopeless,
I hope it hits you when you go,
And sometimes on the edge of sleeping
It rises up to let me know it’s not so deep,
I’m not so low.
I hear your footsteps in the street,
It won’t be long before we meet,
It’s obvious.
Just count me in and count me out and
I’ll be waiting for the shout,
Oblivious…
They’re calling all the shots, they’ll call and say they phoned,
They’ll call us lonely when we’re really just alone.
And like a funny film, it’s kinda cute
They’ve bought the bullets and there’s no-one left to shoot.
I hear your footsteps in the street,
It won’t be long before we meet,
It’s obvious.
Just count me in and count me out and
I’ll be waiting for the shout,
Oblivious…
» by flahute in: Movies on March 5th, 2008 at 00:38:22 UTC |
I’ve said it before; if not on this blog, then elsewhere …
I love chick flicks, especially of the romantic comedy sort. Perhaps it comes from being raised by women; or perhaps I just have a keenly defined sense of the aesthetic and am not afraid to let my self experience emotion (except in terms of my own relationships, in which I’m deathly afraid to do so).
I just finished watching The Jane Austen Book Club. The Netflix blurb has this to say about the film:
Six book club members find their lives resemble a modern-day version of Jane Austen’s novels in this drama. Sylvia’s (Amy Brenneman) husband of 20-plus years has walked out; Jocelyn (Maria Bello) breeds dogs to escape loneliness; Prudie (Emily Blunt) dreams of other men; Bernadette (Kathy Baker) hopes to find Mr. Right; Allegra (Maggie Grace) has issues with her girlfriend; and Grigg (Hugh Dancy), the only man, wonders why he’s even in the club.
It’s so much more, actually … for one, it’s not truly a drama, although it has a few dramatic moments, the film is presented with much more of a light note, showing the humor that can be found in even the most difficult of situations.
It’s a complex exploration of relationships, not only romantically, but betwixt the characters of the film itself. The sole male member of the club cannot make the first move on the woman with whom he is in love, even though she (in complete denial of her own feelings towards him) pushes him towards another member. A teacher, whose own marriage is falling apart, finds herself falling for a student … will she be able to resist the temptation?
Perhaps I should pick up one or two (or all six) of Miss Austen’s novels to find out what so captivated the characters in the film, as well as the novel on which it was based.
Fabulous lunch with the the short one today at Cafe Niche on 3rd South and 8th East, just northeast of Trolley Square. Don’t know if it was the atmosphere, the food or the company, but this was definitely one of the best lunches I have had in awhile.
After dropping Jennie off, had a good chat with Scotty about the state of life, the weather, wine, and skiing.
Am now watching the Film Independent Spirit Awards on IFC, trying to get ideas for more movies to put in the Netflix queue. Thus far, the most promising film appears to be I’m Not There, directed by Todd Haynes.
Most of you know that this coming week is NAHBS 4.0 — the 4th Annual North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Once again I’ll have a couple of booths there, and I’m looking forward to seeing all of my peers in the trade. For anyone interested in handmade, one-of-a-kind, high-end bicycles, this is a must attend weekend.
I am excited to let you know that, in addition to displaying my bicycles, framebuilding parts, and softgoods, NAHBS will also be showing the premiere of Imperfection is Perfection, a film on me and my business. For a brief description, please see the NABHS site. I shouldn’t give away the farm, but I gots to tell ya’, Des captured it all on celluloid, or Hi-Def whatever it’s called. This film covers about everything I wanted to show and say, and it’s professional from one end to the other atmo. I hope all who read this can attend NAHBS and take advantage of the time there to catch the film.
I can’t wait to get my copy … wonder if Des would let the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective show it as part of the Pedal Pusher Film Festival during Cycle Salt Lake Week.
Cianna’s basic treatment of the film is as follows:
