Squatters The Series http://www.squattersseries.com 3 rules. 2 wiseguys. 1 stupid solution to a housing problem. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Streamy Inspiration http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/streamy-inspiration/ http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/streamy-inspiration/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:06:13 +0000 Brendan http://www.squattersseries.com/?p=512 We were psyched to see the announcements today included some folks very near and dear to our hearts!

Our own Sandeep Parikh was nominated as an Actor for his work on The Guild AND his Directing and Writing for The Legend of Neil!

Circle of 8 which stars Austin Highsmith was nominated for Best Interactive Series!

We are talking to the popular website Daily Motion about Squatters and their 2009 Featured Series, Compulsions got a Best Drama nom!

We’re inspired and thrilled to see people we admire get some recognition for their work! We hope to collect a few noms of our own next year after our release!!! Congrats to all the nominees and all our fans be sure to vote for our peeps…the winner is determined by YOU!

]]> http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/streamy-inspiration/feed/ 0 A trainwreck…or should I say car wreck! http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/a-trainwreck-or-should-i-say-car-wreck/ http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/a-trainwreck-or-should-i-say-car-wreck/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:32:47 +0000 Brendan http://www.squattersseries.com/?p=477 Please forgive me for being MIA for the beginning of the year. At the end of last year I was literally hit by a car (me, my person). Needless to say, production was postponed while I dealt with the mess of both my physical recovery and the insurance craziness.

Squatters is still making wonderful progress. We are talking to several fantastic websites and companies about a partnership and launch in the next few months. Everyone is super excited about the show! Because I’m a perfectionist, I’m requesting a few pick ups left to shoot and then we are DONE DONE DONE!

After my accident, I was simply happy to be alive and walking – and a lot of my productivity was restricted to phone calls and email. But I have a detailed strategy for wrapping up production, streamlining through the final stages of post and releasing the show to our already amazingly huge and sexy fan base! Thank you everyone for your support and patience. Trust me, it will be well worth the wait!

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Luckily, I didn’t even tempt myself with bringing the big harddrive and working on the show for the holiday. I left it all with Tim to spit and polish while we filmed these scenes. Instead, all my focus will be on these quick additions and allow us to start the new year with even less on our plate. It’s been an amazing 7 months – a lot to be excited and thankful for this holiday season. But I’m also soooo ready to just relax, drink and feel like a regular human being instead of a production zombie. Thank you for all your support and patience this year…the real fun will begin in 2010!

]]> http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/filming-secret-day-20/feed/ 0 Filming: Day 19 http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/filming-day-19/ http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/filming-day-19/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:12:29 +0000 Brendan http://www.squattersseries.com/?p=473 After a lot of head scratching and experimentation, it has become clear that the show needs a cold open to set up the whole bet. Originally, we met the boys their first week sleeping on the subway, but everyone we talk to wants to see the decision to “go homeless.” So I wrote a quick cold open that introduces us to the boys and Tim generously provided his apartment door for a location.

Today showed me what it would feel like if we were a real TV show. Friendly crew knows each other and has their rhythm down, fresh script delivered that week to everyone, great communication, brilliant work by all…painless. Today was a lot of pickups that have been bugging me in the editing room. But it helped that I was very specific about what was not working before that I needed in the new takes.

The winter season is inconvenient. I wish a bag of money had dropped out of the sky and let us shoot all this in the fall, but I have to let everyone break for the Holiday and come back in the new year for the remaining shots. WE ARE SO SO SO CLOSE. I know everyone is probably tired of hearing me say that, but seriously…20 scenes until Season 1 is wrapped! I swear if we get a second season, we will block out 2-3 weeks, get all the funding upfront and just shoot it all at once. But you live and learn…and keep in mind that a lot of webseries are only 6 or 7 episodes long…ours is 14! Who had two thumbs and is ridiculously overambitious? This guy!!!

]]> http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/filming-day-19/feed/ 0 Give Thanks http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/give-thanks/ http://www.squattersseries.com/blog/give-thanks/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:50:22 +0000 Brendan http://www.squattersseries.com/?p=465 While everyone is traveling home to see family for our country’s strangest holiday of re-imagined history, I am stuck in Los Angeles for a gig. Jim, Erik and I had a Thanksgiving for “orphan bachelors” at my place [cooked the best damn bird I've eaten in my life using YouTube instructions].

While waiting for everyone to come back into town, I was approached by Cheeky Monkey Productions to direct a pilot presentation entitled Smart People. It was a great team and a fun script…and lord knows I enjoyed only wearing ONE hat…but I missed my “family” so much. You really develop a vocabulary with your cast and crew when you work together for so long. It was a nice refresher in having to really articulate what I specifically wanted instead of relying on people who understood my style and buzz words. Taught me to get more specific when I get back on set for Squatters.

I am so lucky that I am getting approached to create more and more stories. Squatters is still like an infant that I have trouble leaving unattended, but I’m learning it’s okay to step away and come back. And it helps me grow exponentially as a storyteller to step out of my comfort zone for a few days. I’m earning my stripes as a director and look forward to finishing up my baby!

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The Guild’s Sean Oakley talks about working on Squatters during his recent interview with the Knights of the Guild podcast! Sean was our one man sound team for over half of the first season! (Listen @ the 40minute mark!)
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Recently breaking into the online scene with The Legend of Neil, Apocalyptic Playground and producing several award winning online commercials, Brendan created the show based on his own experience being “between places” in New York City.
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]]> http://www.squattersseries.com/cast/brendan-bradley/feed/ 0 Erik Scott Smith http://www.squattersseries.com/cast/erik-scott-smith/ http://www.squattersseries.com/cast/erik-scott-smith/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:20:05 +0000 Ryan http://squatters.rydurham.com/?p=91 ESSERIK SCOTT SMITH Alex Selkirk
Known for his work in features like Cold Mountain, Garden Party, and A Walk To Remember; Erik makes his online comedy debut with Squatters as Alex, our loveable office lackey without a home.
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Splashing onto the scene this summer in the cult sensation Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus and BET’s Doughboys, Cooper generously offered her talents as both an Award Winning Online Commercial Producer and an up-and-coming Ingenue.
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