Our Story
This past August, Julia Blauvelt, Ted Hornick, and Serjio Rios finally sat down and began to put the wheels in motion to create and realize an idea that has been in the works for two years. The story of a quirky, up-and-coming MC named Pada is one they have long wanted to tell. What resulted from their round-tabling was a fictional,
scripted web-series about a struggling, up-and-coming hip-hop label.
It's a comedy with a slight "man-in-the-trenches" feel...to give you an
image, we like to refer to it as Wu Tang meets "The Thick of It" or Run
DMC meets "The Office."
The show centers around the relationship between an up-and-coming hip
hop star (Pada) and his foul-mouthed but good-intentioned Artist
and Repertoire, George. The log-line for season one (which we envision
being 6 episodes total) is below:
"An up-and-coming rap label, trying to protect its newest star from a
career-crushing beef with a rival MC, ends up making everything worse."
Each episode will be about 20 minutes long, which we realize is
longer than usual for web-series, but we intend to fill every moment
with dry wit and obscure hip-hop allusions. The dialogue is quick
banter and the characters are neurotic and lovable.
The content is designed for the web and for festival circulation.
While we've outlined three seasons, right now, we're just trying to
raise funds for our first season so that we can bring to it the quality
and precision it deserves.
The Impact
This is a concept that needs to be realized now. We know we're sitting on a goldmine of a story, and we'll cringe if someone beats us to its actualization just because they have more money than us. Not only would it give us hope going forward to have the funds we need, but it will give other grass-roots web series efforts the courage to create. We believe we'd set an example, however small it might be, that often the best ideas are the ones born outside The System.
What We Need & What You Get
Sure, the money is important (specifically, we need about 10,000 for our first season), but it's not everything. If you're not able to contribute, we'd love for you to learn more about our web series and check out the pilot when it airs. We just want to get our product out there for you guys to see. So, thank you for stopping by this page. We'd all be so grateful if you are able to contribute but, if not, your viewership and interest means just as much to us.
Other Ways You Can Help
Our website will be up-and-running soon and, until then, we'd LOVE it if you wanted to check out Pada's Tweets and Facebook profile! That's right...our character is his own promoter. Links are here, feel free to follow and friend our boy:
http://twitter.com/padagivesnofcks
http://www.facebook.com/thepada
