Ever wondered how independent films are made or maybe you’re an aspiring filmmaker or student who is looking for strategies to take their filmmaking to the next level?  Local film professor, John Otterbacher, presents a selection of web-series including award winning projects BARNEY & HERB and EASY ABBY as well as a special sneak peak of other local projects.  Web Series and episodic content in general presents a unique set of opportunities and problems when getting your projects to audiences. With Barney & Herb wrapping up it’s festival run and with EASY ABBY standing as one of the most successful LGBTQ+ web series ever, we will discuss this process from conception to distribution.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

BARNEY & HERB (2023): A devilishly charming retiree and his thirty something friend find comfort, happiness and mutual enlightenment in spending time together navigating the human condition.

Starring Peter Jason and Jonah Ray Rodrigues, Written and Directed by Tommy O'Rourke, Produced by Josh Sathre.

EASY ABBY (2017): A web series about the anxieties, and passive-aggressions of romance as seen through the eyes of Abby, a chronic seducer with an anxiety disorder who's just trying to get by.

Starring Lisa Cordileone, Kate Leighn, and Tucky White.  Written and Directed by Wendy Jo Carlton.

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