Fleshlife: The Making of a Webseries
The Flesh Life is a Web Series that comes to you from production company Mishnoon and directing brothers Nick and Josh Holden. The Flesh Life follows entrepreneurs Jeffrey and Otto as they attempt to come up with the next big thing in the sex toy industry.
Join Nick, Josh, creative consultant Mark Smoot and Actor/Producer Billy Wise as they take you through the challenges of creating a web series for the worlds number one male sex toy company. They'll discuss securing funding for the show, how they convinced actors to be involved, working with the company to see the project through, and marketing a web show on the internet. They'll also talk about some of the things that worked and some of the things that didn't.
Presenters
Nick Ashy Holden moved to Austin, Texas, from Lafayette, Louisiana, where he grew up. He graduated from St. Edwards with a liberal arts degree in philosophy and literature. Four years ago he co-founded Mishnoon, an Austin-based film production company which produces music documentaries, web videos, and films. With Mishnoon he and his brother Josh Ashy Holden have filmed several incredible musicians including, Willie Nelson, T-Bone Burnett, Kris Kristofferon, Bonnie Rait, the Late Stephen Bruton, and many others. Currently they are working with Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Black Joe Lewis and Hayes Carll. Out of 30,000 video's, Kickstarter selected Mishnoon's video for Bruce and Kelly as one of the top 12 Kickstarter videos of 2011.
Mark Smoot is a former Fellow at the Michener Center for Writers, where he received an MFA in creative writing.
Josh Ashy Holden moved to Austin, Texas, from Lafayette, Louisiana, where he grew up. He graduated from University of Texas with a Communications degree in Radio, Television, and Film. Four years ago he co-founded Mishnoon, an Austin-based film production company which produces music documentaries, web videos, and films. With Mishnoon he and his brother Nick Ashy Holden have filmed several incredible musicians including, Willie Nelson, T-Bone Burnett, Kris Kristofferon, Bonnie Rait, the Late Stephen Bruton, and many others. Currently they are working with Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Black Joe Lewis and Hayes Carll. Out of 30,000 video's, Kickstarter selected Mishnoon's video for Bruce and Kelly as one of the top 12 Kickstarter videos of 2011.
Bill Wise is a veteran of over thirty features in twenty years and has worked with many legendary directors including Rick Linklater, Mike Judge, Spike Lee, and Robert Rodriguez. He has a busy year up ahead of him with many projects up on the horizon. He has also become quite the indie darling, and most recently worked with local Austin indie directors Bob Byington and Andrew Bujalksi. He'll be featured in Bujalski's latest film, currently titled, "Computer Chess." He teaches film and improv acting at Pre-Pros film camp(s) which are currently taking applicants and opening their doors this Summer in Austin.
Saturday, March 10
