Deadmau5 - The prototype of DJ/Dance music in Glo

The other dream, for the soundtrack. Have a listen, then envision the Go Go dancer doing her numbers to his music. I imagine the choreographer will have a BALL. Glo Director, Tanyeno Wotorson

CHOREOGRAPHER/DANCER TO WORK ON FILM

Simone Sobers is... the choreographer we hope to work with on "Glo." She will be choreographing all the dance pieces in the film (main character's fiance a Go -Go dancer, meaning she dances in crafty outfits to dance music and the transgender artist's dance installation works). We are very, very, excited about bringing this extraordinary choreographer's works to film and think it will lift the characterizations off the screen, rousing the audience to a state they rarely visit. __ Please help support the director's vision on screen in this film by donating to our online fundraiser (as low as a dollar on up to, well you decide). After the film is completed we have plans to distribute it via film festivals across the United States and maybe produce a larger piece (if it catches on enough) for movie theaters. Thank-you for visiting our blog and please make sure to DONATE: http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias Follow us here if you have a blog, on twitter, even on Facebook and spread the word if you can! If you tell one friend, you've spread the word. Thank-you again! Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/glothefilm Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glo/104700986306571?sk=wall

Dance Parade + Dance Fest

We were out at Dance Parade yesterday, then continued on to the Dance Fest promoting the film.

We watched some of the performances, met some people who wanted to make connections but mostly talked to people then handing them a flyer explaining what we were doing.

About 70% of the people we approached took our flyer and/or talked to us with the other 30% ignoring or flat out saying no before we could pitch or engage them in anyway. But we hope a percentage of those who came actually find the RocketHub. As we need to raise money to do this film, so we need some donations to our RocketHub: http://www.rockhub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias

Still, it was fun to be out & about, to see what was happening, connect with seemingly open hearts.

photo from landsa612 on photobucket

Campaigning and fundraising continues. 

GLO UPDATE

GLO UPDATE


Glo the film is presently planning to use the webpage to host an online forum concerning transgender based bias. We will have guest speakers speak about their experiences which you can respond to or expound upon, then they will further respond to open up a dialogue about this.

Please stay tuned!

And if you're interested in donating to our narrative film about bias do so here:

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias


Glo Team

Diversity Rules - James Koury (press coverage)

James Koury has been in the public arena for many years. He has been the City Clerk in the City of Oneonta, NY, since 1992 and is the Editor of Diversity Rules Magazine. He is very active in his hometown community of Oneonta and is a passionate advocate for queer causes and equality for all. He started Diversity Rules Magazine in 2006 because his area of New York had very little in the way of written publications for the queer community. Diversity Rules Magazine is now New York's premier queer monthly publication serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and questioning community and its friends. It began as a printed publication but is currently in digital format at www.diversityrulesmagazine.com with the intention of returning to print media when resources allow.

Mr. Koury is an avid writer, a novice artist, and an all around eclectic individual with a very liberal outlook on life, politics and social issues. He makes no apologies for his stand on issues and believes everyone should express their own true selves in their own way. He lives by Aristotle’s quote, “It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it.” His mission is to get people to think and think for themselves regardless of one’s belief systems.

He currently lives in Oneonta. He is single and lives with his dog Ozmo and his three feline companions; Emmie, Gooba and Izzy.

For article he wrote on "Glo," scroll below.

The Film - Director's vision

The production has a fundraiser online to raise funds for the film. Please
take a moment to donate or spread the word. 


http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias


Or like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glo/104700986306571


Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/glothefilm


Thank-you for partaking in this journey.

Press on "GLO." May Issue - Diversity Rules!

Sixteen

May 2012

Glo

A Film Directed by Tanyeno Wotorson

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Director Tanyeno Wotorson

is building a body

of work which centers

around the human condition

- our ideas of it and

who we are as part of it.

She was once known for

her elaborate theatrical

productions as a film student

and a mood she injected

into her films (even

having been dubbed the

“Female Edgar Allen Poe” for the same perspective

and aesthetic.) After leaving school, Tanyeno

took numerous production jobs, collecting

experiences to help her as a filmmaker. She

eventually returned to her passion for writing

and directing with the film Mask. Tanyeno is

presently completing her third short. Glo is a

film about stigma, expectations, and perception

– and how in the blink of an eye, all of these

things can change.

The story begins with two diametrically opposed

brothers – the ‘golden boy,’ Simon, and

his prodigal brother Leandro. The financially

successful, hot New York club owner Simon

seems to have it all, while his brother Leandro

runs a struggling dive bar in the Midwest, open

only out of love for his clientele and staff.

Simon is living every man’s dream, a successful

business, a hot, go-go dancer fiancée, when

he gets a phone call that changes everything.

Rushing to Leandro’s terrain, he becomes captured

by the profoundly beautiful and mysterious

Ertia.

As Simon’s surroundings change, so does his

mien. He goes from a high-end nightclub to

his brother’s dive club; a luxurious apartment

to a quaint and cozy Midwestern home; and

from an anesthetized setting and relationship

to so much more in life that he has yet to fully

realize.

As the story unfolds, we find out why Leandro

is the prodigal son, who Ertia is, and how Simon’s

preconceived notions of his brother, and

more importantly, his life and those in it, begin

to unravel the very substance of Simon’s being.

Simon is flawed, and yet he is the ideal catalyst

for real emotional change – the audience is led

on a tempestuous journey that causes them to

see what he sees, feel how he feels, and start to

recognize their own feelings about stigma and

prejudice in their own lives.

The gay, heterosexual and lesbian characters in

the film are people navigating the emotionally

and sexually imperfect landscape of their lives.

Who will be the real impetus for the change in

Simon’s very being?

The director wants the audience to confront

the stigmas that they have in their own lives, as

well as the subtle or not so-subtle prejudices

that they have experienced or projected onto

others. It is the hope of the film’s creators will

open audience’s minds and their hearts, to see

that all may not be what it seems, and yet there

is beauty in every story.

Glo

A Film Directed by Tanyeno Wotorson

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Fine Tuned

We have a new fundraising campaign awaiting launch and about to cancel the Kickstarter. It would have ended before we had the chance to truly take this to the LGBTQUI community!

And what a loss of an opportunity, it would have ended before AIDS WALK and PRIDE.

Before we approached any sponsor (yes, just getting that together).

But fundraising is a #@$%^!

This is no easy task. However, those of us responsible for figuring out that part are committed to this.

So, the new campaign, when it's launched will be:

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias

Please support if you haven't or forward our info to anyone who can and will be interested.

Thanks for caring.

Tanyeno, Glo Director

The Indie Battle continues

We've decided that we must get the word out about "Glo," before anything. That in order to get an eye of interest, before the actual film - we have to go to folks who are connected to the issues the film touches upon. People will see merit and might even be inspired to follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Glothefilm, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glo/104700986306571?sk=wall or donate (new crowd-funding site coming keep checking). It's been a fight through the elements, sort of speak - to find our strongest base, then the crowd-funding platform that works with our aims or Timeline. Indie GO GO didn't work because it looks slightly obscure, the design unsophisticated plus for us the production - we were being charged monthly to have it up. Plus there is a fee that is taken out when you collect funds for the service of hosting you (all crowd-funds). So, if you don't make in the hundreds off your supporters it really isn't worth it. Kickstarter was the next. Kickstarter has a "brighter," platform which is more well known and reputable, but we started it and didn't have enough of a base of people might glance at the site. The strength of Kickstarter is based on an already existent circle of she simply didn't have enough people being engaged ongoing. (The others on her Facebook - Kickstarter encourages you tap this network - are fans who may have joined in a one-time reaction to a film they saw online.) The team organized to reach out, met obstacles, figuring out how to move past them. They finally came out with a new strategy: to expand the scope of what was being done with the film. They decided to explore the issues with the public, with a donation being the result of people liking the experience. This a bigger result than simply seeking a donation, a way to give back? So it was decided the company would hold anti-bias forums, hosting real conversation around it, make bias toward transgender individuals a strong part of the focus, as it was reason for constructing the film. However, Kickstarter didn't work either. Once the team figured out what needed to be done by doing what didn't - the month Kickstarter allows for your fundraising purposes had been eaten up. Raising $15,000 in two weeks just wasn't going to happen so fast. Much Kudos for the filmmmakers who continue to work on this issue and film and to the supporters, hanging in til we figure out the fundraising challenge! Continue on team!!!! -Ann GIF by Draconavitch

Kickstarter multimedia lookbook video

Concerning the Kickstarter multimedia lookbook video - all copyrights are property of their respective owners; I’m not selling these clips or even using the sound, so I hope this video doesn’t run afoul of anyone.

If it does and you would like me to abstract your video from the edit, I can be contacted via glofilmprod@gmail.com

In that case the video clip in question will be taken down.

Thanks so much!

Tanyeno Wotorson
Glo Director

The Director's Musical Wish List

I'd like the first half of the film to be Drum & Bass and DubStep!








"I'm not your TOY! (Ha)!"




*All the videos here are compliments of UKFDubstep Youtube channel on Youtube. These artists are not part of the film, though I hope to hear back from Nero's management. I would love them to contribute anything to the film. Anyway, each artist whose mixes these videos boast retain rights to their own mixes. This is only a wish list so people know what kind of music I'd like to have in the first half my film.

Tanyeno Wotorson
Glo Director

Glo Outreach Team has started an outreach campaign.

We have a new edited video for our fundraising page, a new outreach team to tell people about our film and new fundraising campaigns in the works!

The next blog will lay out the new campaign to raise funds + gain support. So stay tuned and DONATE,
tell your friends to DONATE (any amount), and check out the
rewards you can get, depending on how you donate.

From the entire Glo Team, we appreciate your continued support!!

Glo is exploring the crew presently.

We are embarking on a whole new adventure - the actual shoot, as we wind down final casting.

-Glo Team

The Choreographer on Glo

Simone Sobers who will choreograph dancers on the film is an extraordinary dancer and choreographer. She is involved in several projects, including Operation Rogue: Women of Color Going Global. See more here: http://www.rockethub.com/projects/6121-operation-rogue-women-of-color-going-global

Simone Sobers Bio

Simone Sobers born in London, England received her dance training in Miami, Florida at Edwin Holland School of Dance and Vladimir Issaev’s School of Classical Ballet. Additional training includes summer intensives with Alvin Ailey, Greenwich Studios in London, Complexions and Netherlands Dance Theater. Simone received her B.A. in Psychology and Communications from Boston College in 2006. She has danced with Arts Ballet Theater of Florida, Impulse Dance Company, Brazarte Modern Dance Company and Keen Dance Theater. Simone has performed works by Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen, Camille A. Brown, Nathan Trice, Adam Barruch, Troy Powell, Sidra Bell, Sydney Skybetter and Jessy Smith, Roberto Dias, Adrienne Hawkins, John Keen, Nellie Rainwater, Deborah Jowitt, and Stacy Spence. She has presented her own work at DanSpace (St.Mark's Church), Fourth Arts Block Festival, DanceNow Raw Festival, WHITE WAVE Dumbo Dance Festival, Outlet Dance Festival: Grounds for Sculpture, Jody Sperling Tea Dances, East Flatbush Dance Festival, Green Space Take Root Series, BAX Upstart Festival, Let's Dance to Health Celebrity Dance Showcase in Arkansas, Legros Cultural Arts Women in Dance Series, Queens Museum of Art, Queens Fringe Festival, the Chorlton Arts Festival in Manchester, England, BAAD! Ass Women Festival, The Houston Fringe Festival in Texas, and the Stockholm Fringe festival In Sweden. She received an M.F.A in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in May of 2010. Simone co-founded Sobers & Godley, a duet company, in the fall of 2009 and premiered its first season at NYU Atlas Theater in May 2010. She is currently a company member of Malcolm Low/ Formal Structures. Upcoming showcases of her work include Harlem Stages E-Moves 13, Atlanta Fringe Festival, and Nashville Fringe Festival. Simone is participating in two upcoming projects curated and designed by Ralph Lemon. Simone has taught workshops internationally at Zion Arts Centre and Roehampton University in England as well as in L.A at Debbie Allen's Dance Academy.

Recent Glo auditions.

The behind-the-scenes photographer's name is Bill Downey. Great, great photographer. He was snapping away in such a way, you'd forget he was there. He's also great with people, he relaxes everyone!

An Interview With Sandy

In the last of our series of interviews with Glo Supporters, director Tanyeno Wotorson sits down with Sandy. Sandy is a model and actress, and she shares with us the difficulties of coming out in a Christian family.

http://youtu.be/jeSe2BJXK5g

THANK YOU, SANDY!