Robot Monkey Head and National Inclusion Project featuring Clay Aiken

Robot Monkey Head from John Hadfield on Vimeo.

John Hadfield, a buddy from Clown College, had Ish and I come up to Newark, Delaware over Halloween weekend and we shot this crazy music video. Great people, great food, great fun. From what John tells me, it already has been seen online in over 35 countries. That's a lot of countries! More info on John and his cool live shows here http://johnhadfield.net/

National Inclusion Project from nic beery on Vimeo.

This is the National Inclusion Project Capital Campaign video that BeeryMedia.com produced this summer. Ish and I traveled to Boston and Raleigh for the shoots. Jay Manley did the terrific instrumental music. It premiered at the October 17th "Champions' Gala" and I am happy to report that NIP and Clay Aiken raised over $250,000 for the foundation.

Thanks to Kristy Barnes, Clay Aiken, Gerry Aiken, and Aaron, it was great working with you and getting to know you. Much continued success to NIP!

A November to be Thankful

Well we did it! I really didn't expect it to happen so soon, but EVERY SHORT we made this year has won an award. Yep, Our Doc MELTING OF THE GLOBE won the Audience Award for Best Doc at The Secret City Film Festival.
http://meltingoftheglobe.com/

Then, FRAME, our coming of age short narrative (female version) won Best Drama at The Seguin Film Festival.
http://beerymedia.com/Site/Frame.html

And to finish off, our newest short, the other coming of age short narrative (male version) BEN PICKLE, won Best Short at The Ava Gardner Film Festival.
http://beerymedia.com/Site/Ben%20Pickle.html

So, I'm thinking, nothing else can happen, right? Well last Friday night I get the call...in Nashville they announced the nominees for this years regional EMMY's. Yes sir ree, we snagged a nom for Sarah Huck's Choking Game PSA. We were honored to help her produce this important spot.



Lucky us. Doing what we love and finding audiences all over the world.

Thank you all who voted for our little, sweet films. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Just your normal October 'round here.

It's been quite a nice ride this summer and fall. We just wrapped the Clay Aiken National Inclusion Project Gala. It was an extraordinary time, producing two videos profiling special needs children and creating a very emotional video on the need for inclusion. Videos will be forthcoming in the coming weeks.

On the indie film scene, our short, FRAME, continues to do well on the international festival circuit. Film festival submissions continue to go out. we even have begun to get requests to submit from festivals. A good feeling for sure. Frame will be seen this weekend in Seguin Texas for example. If you haven't seen it, here it is, in its entirety, for you to enjoy online;

Frame from nic beery on Vimeo.

Now, the other little something we have been working on is ready for your eyes. Ben Pickle, the story of one boy, one summer day and one incredible imagination. Again, here's the whole thing, the Sweet Gherkin cut;

Ben Pickle - The Sweet Gherkin Cut from nic beery on Vimeo.

We are in the process of getting film festival submissions out on this one as well. Discussion for a sequel has already begun. It's exciting because big film industry names such as Spike Jonze, Tim Burton, Chris Jones, and Robert Rodriguez have all shown no interest in this film.

I hope you enjoy these two beautiful pictures. Very different, but similar in many ways.

Cheers,
Nic

Sunday Delima

I have been asked by IMDB to post trailers or complete films online. I like this idea, folks can watch my shorts right there. The delima is, where do I put my films? YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, IMDB? All of these, some of these...

At this moment I am leaning towards posting my shorts everywhere people want them. Vimeo is my site of choice, best quality, easiest access. But YouTube has the longest reach to the world, most people, like it or not, still go to YouTube first.

Then there is the cool factor of faceBook. Friends can comment and it really spreads like wild fire. So I like that too.

Vimeo and IMDB have a hip factor. Then there are specialty sites like Shooting People, Ticklebooth, Squiglebooth...oh my.

Here's my Veronica Always page on IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1519441/
Here's my Mad Tea Party page on IMDB, I posted the "Meet Lora Pendleton" portion of the doc on there - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1519419/

Meet Lora Pendleton

Meet Lora Pendleton from nic beery on Vimeo.

Lora P. is a wonderful and talented person. We produced this short in 2006 and I just had an itch to upload it.

Enjoy. Comment, Rock out.

1st Minute of Pickle

Ben Pickle - 1st Minute of the Film from nic beery on Vimeo.

We feel comfortable enough with the first minute of Ben Pickle to show it to you. The other 11 minutes are still being polished, but should be dill enough for the October 18th sneak peek at Carrboro's Artscenter filmmaker panel, 3pm. All are encouragd to come out and see a few shorts and ask questions in hopes of pithy answers.