Big Vision Empty Wallet

Join us for an extra special ‘Music of the Electron’ featuring the Egyptronica of Machine Eat Man. Egyptronica is a new genre of experimental electro-music originated by the Egyptian based artist Mohamed Ragab aka Machine Eat Man.  Analog & digital synthesizers, drum machines, sampling, programming & Theremin sounds take nothing away from a traditional making of pure electronic music & add to it the haunting sound of an army of Egyptian percussions software : Doff, Dohola, Tabla and Req.

Also performing is the electro-ambient redgreenblue. redgreenblue is music that evokes the romance of travel and wanderlust of living. Using keyboards and drum controllers, redgreenblue’s performances are sonically rich and visually absorbing, engaging the eyes, the ears and the imagination.

Joining redgreenblue will be Natalie Wilson, lending vocals to rgb’s performance.

The Parkside Lounge

317 East Houston, New York, NY 10002
This is an early show with the music going on at 7:00. The cover is $5.

New York, NY (May 4, 2012) – Canon and Big Vision Empty Wallet (BVEW) announce the winners of their National Film Pitch Competition, recently named one of the Top 25 Festivals Worth the Submission Fee by MovieMaker Magazine.   The purpose of Big Vision Empty Wallet’s National Film Pitch Competition is to find the next great feature film and get it made!

The Etiquette of Sexting, a film proposed by Avery Pearson, Kyle Welton, and Adam Risbridger, took home the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize, valued over $100,000, is designed to provide the winner with the tools necessary to make their proposed feature film.  Sponsors include Canon, Redrock Micro, Media Services, Ataboy Studios, konsonant/, RocketHub, and Daryl Eisenberg Casting.  The competition and online voting were hosted on BigVisionEmptyWallet.com.

The judging panel included Russell Carpenter – Academy Award-Winning Cinematographer, Titanic; Maureen Ryan – Producer, Academy Award-Winning Documentary Man on Wire, Project Nim; Heather Matarazzo – Actress, Welcome to the Dollhouse (Independent Spirit Award); Rik Cordero – Award Winning Commercial, Film and Music Video Director; Alexander Buono – Academy Award Nominated Producer and Cinematographer, 10-year veteran Saturday Night Live; June Diane Raphael – writer and star of upcoming feature Ass Backwards, writer Bride Wars.

“We would like to first and foremost like to thank Dani Faith Leonard, Alex Cirillo and the entire Big Vision Empty Wallet Team for providing us with this amazing opportunity to realize our dream film project,” said writer/actor Avery Pearson.  The team plans to work on the project this summer with support from BVEW’s co-founders Alex Cirillo and Dani Faith Leonard.

Throughout the judging process, the public was invited to watch the Top 10 pitch videos and cast votes for their favorites.  Stranger Comes submitted by Morgan Faust won the online voting portion and received prizes furnished by Media Services and Ataboy Studios.

“The quality of the submissions we received was incredible, it was so inspiring to see all of the great ideas BVEW Members pitched,” says BVEW Co-Founder Alex Cirillo.  “The winners should be proud, they beat out some really stiff competition.”

“We were thrilled to team with Canon and our experienced judging panel, and being named one of the Top 25 Festivals Worth the Submission Fee by MovieMaker our first year doing the competition was really validating for us,” says BVEW Co-Founder Dani Faith Leonard

About Big Vision Empty Wallet:

Big Vision Empty Wallet is a membership organization, founded in 2010 by Dani Faith Leonard and Alex Cirillo.  BVEW creates opportunities for the best independent artists to showcase their work.  BVEW’s members are made up of the best undiscovered artists, as well as seasoned pros working in film, theatre, visual arts, media, music, and the performing arts.  Find out more at BigVisionEmptyWallet.com.

Contact info@bigvisionemptywallet.com for more information.

Originally work shopped in 2010, Happily After Tonight storms back to NYC in its full length premiere! Written by Mateo Moreno and Directed by Mateo Moreno & Alexis Black, Happily is set in a world much like our own but in this world, celebrities aren’t Brad and Angelina. They’re Fairy Tale Characters. When we open our story, it’s been 10 years since The Wolf attacked Red Riding Hood and things have changed quite a bit; Red owns a bar where her sister Alice, a constant tabloid fixture due to her partying, sometimes works. Aurora, the famous Sleeping Beauty, has just woken up and Paparazzi are following her everywhere. And Snow White is among the first to realize that the Wolf has returned and is killing off one fairy tale character at a time. How many of them will survive in the end, and is someone else involved behind the scenes…?

Blending comedy, horror, and science fiction with a sharply choreographed fight show, we aim to thrill and enthrall you with a production unlike anything you’ve ever seen before! Happily After Tonight is about to take NYC by storm, and you can help us! Help us fund this project to get our dream show on stage! This most definitely ain’t your Parents F$%kin’ Fairy Tale…

Featuring a gift cast of actors, which include Michaela Alyse Tomcho as Alice (workshop production of Wonderland), Benjamin Gooch as Charming (USA’s White Collar), Megan Hartig as Snow White (the upcoming The Longest Swim), Asher Bailey as Hatter (workshop production of Spring Awakening), & Mateo Moreno as Loup (most recently seen in The Rocky Horror Show & in American Opera Projects reading of Cities of Salt). More casting will be announced soon!

The Creative team is equally impressive! Written by Mateo Moreno (the feature film Days and the short films Surrender, Avenue A, & Deadbeat). Directed by Mateo Moreno and Alexis Black, with fight choreography also from Black (The Ninja Cherry Orchard, Happily After Tonight workshop version, A Christmas Carol, Vixens En Guarde). Costumes by Julz Kroboth (worked on the Broadway productions of Wicked, The Lion King, Spamalot, Newsies as well as Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball European Tour and the Happily After Tonight workshop production). Art Design by Stephanie Layton (The Battery’s Down, League of Broadway Super Friends, Happily After Tonight workshop).

For more information, visit:

Official Facebook page

Official Kickstarter page

or email Mateo Moreno or Alexis Black at HappilyAfterTonight@gmail.com for further information.

MovieMaker Magazine published their annual list of the Top 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee and BVEW’s National Film Pitch Competition sponsored by Canon was one of their selections!

The purpose of Big Vision Empty Wallet’s National Film Pitch Competition is to find the next great feature film and GET IT MADE!  Our Grand Prize, valued over $100,000 is designed to help our winner collect all of the tools necessary to make their proposed feature.   VIEW ALL PRIZE INFORMATION HERE!

Stay tuned!  Our Grand Prize Winner will be announced on May 1st!

Read MovieMaker’s entire list HERE.

Think (iT) Short Film Screening Series #1 – Sunday May 13th, Downtown Manhattan 7:00-9:30

Think (iT) Film Assembly is currently accepting submissions for the Think (iT) Short Film Screening Series #1.

Send your contact information and link to a film no longer then 15 minutes to info@thinkitfilm.com

Deadline for submissions: Midnight on April 30th.

The screening will take place on May 13th in downtown Manhattan and will include a Q+A with the filmmakers as well as an opportunity to network with other filmmakers in attendance.

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ThinkitFilmAssembly

NO ENTRY FEE.

www.thinkitfilm.com