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Raymond Did It has Wrapped & Here is a Sneak Peek!

Corey Tess — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:03:09 +0000

Check out the Trailer for this Indy Film… very cool.

Twitter is a great source for finding interesting people, as evidenced by Travis Legge, a film-maker from Rockford, IL. I am a struggling Screenwriter from Los Angeles, Ca and I love to tweet with #scriptchat peeps and noticed Travis seeking funding for his Horror flick. I checked out his stuff and thought he seemed really cool and his project was a classic horror flick in the tradition of Halloween, which scared me to death as a pre-teen.. I love to support Independant film-makers who are out there making film happen, so I am very excited to present this update on the film and the teaser trailer! I can’t wait to see the finished project!

Here is my original post on the film project…

Raymond Did It!

Corey Tess — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:00:19 +0000

Whoop Whoop! Support Indie Film Makers! So you are always complaining that there are no real Indie Films anyway.. that Sundance is littered with professionals who bogart all the funds and awards and that no one can get their foot in the door. So help out! I follow this guy on twitter (@TravisLegge) and he has just started work on his first feature length film called Raymond Did It. It is a slasher film in the tradition of Halloween and Prom Night. YAY HORROR!

The storyline?

When twelve-year-old Bryce Rourke is accidentally killed in a playground scuffle, his friends decide to blame Bryce’s developmentally delayed older brother for the accident. Raymond is taken to a state hospital while the true killer walks free. Six years later, Raymond escapes from the hospital to seek bloody revenge for his brother’s death.

OOooOoo reminds me of Halloween for sure! That stuff is scary!

The film is written and directed by Travis Legge (Jimmy’s Basement, Nation Undead: Kept). Travis has written comic books and roleplaying games, including the critically acclaimed Contagion game setting.

Others involved in the production include:

Visual Supervisor and Camera Operator Tim Stotz a professional video producer for over a decade, with hundreds of commercials, several shorts, and a feature under his belt.

Picture Editor Robert J. Williams a freelance assistant editor and aspiring picture editor working mainly out of the Chicago area. He recently cut the trailer for a highly anticipated 2011 feature and assisted on a National PBS Documentary Special.

The film stars Kyle Hoskins (Skeet Shooting, Nation Undead: Kept) as a developmentally delayed man framed for murder and bent on vengeance. Kyle has previously played lovelorn slackers, average joes tormented by zombies, and brings a wide range of ability to the role of Raymond. Standing at 6’5″ tall, with a massive, bulky build, Kyle is among one of the largest, most imposing figures to take on the role of a slasher. Sounds very Michael Myers!

Lindsay Felton (VH1 Scream Queens, Grind) co-stars as Tammy, a young woman tormented by guilt for what she and her friends did to Raymond. With years in front of the camera, having worked with some of the greatest talents in Hollywood, Lindsay brings experience and finely-tuned craft to this demanding role.

Also joining the cast are Valerie Meachum (Cyrus) , Linda Cieslik (New Day) & Jessica Palette (VH1 Scream Queens, Under the Raven’s Wing).

CAST UPDATES!!!

Plastic Age Productions is proud to announce that Elissa Dowling (Nightstalker, Dread) has joined the cast of Raymond Did It!

Elissa will be playing the role of Paige, the icy “leader” of her group of friends. Paige is cruel and manipulative to her friends and loves only herself. Everyone else, she tolerates.

Elissa is an incredibly hardworking actress with over 40 horror movies to her credit. Coming hot off of the heels of After Dark Horrorfest IV, and with several films already in production for 2010, we are overcome with joy to have acquired such a hot and in demand talent.

ALSO NEW TO THE CAST!

Jessica Palette

Jessica Palette (VH1 Scream Queens, Under the Raven’s Wing)

Jessica will be playing the role of Jayme, the popular kid, with a very high opinion of herself and her own importance. She shifts from cute to bitchy with the practiced panache of the most popular girl in school.

Jessica was a member of the season one cast of the horror film stardom reality television show VH1 Scream Queens alongside Raymond Did It co-star Lindsay Felton. This will be the first time the pair have shared the screen since the show. Everyone at Plastic Age Productions couldn’t be happier to have this outstanding actress as an addition to our cast!

Vh1 Scream Queens is the brainchild of the extremely creative and talented Joke Productions and showcases several talented young actresses who compete for a role in a major horror film release. The second season of Vh1 Scream Queens is currently in post production and set to air later this year!

Jessica recently starred in the short film Invincible Summer which will be making its way around the festival circuit this summer.

Keep an eye on this space as there will be more casting updates coming soon!

For more information and updates please keep an eye on http://blog.aegisstudios.com

Official Raymond Did It website: http://raymonddidit.aegisstudios.com

Plastic Age Productions is currently seeking additional investors and distribution forRaymond Did It. Interested parties should contact writer/director Travis Legge at raymonddidit@gmail.com for more information.

Actors interested in available roles should check out the casting call available online at http://www.aegisstudios.com/casting.html

+++++++++++++++ UPDATES! UPDATES! UPDATES!+++++++++++++++++++

Plastic Age Productions is proud to announce that the following actors have joined the cast of Raymond Did It!

Steven Lee Edwards will be playing the role of Tim, the practical voice of reason of the group. When the terror begins, Tim tries to keep everyone calm and find a way to stay alive.

Steven is currently living in New York and performing in two stage shows – playing Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream as well as portraying a Vietnam veteran in a gospel musical.

Steven has extensive stage experience and is a joyful, charismatic actor.

Photo Courtesy Steven Lee Edwards

Alex Smeltzer will be playing the role of Edgar, the laid back slacker of the group. Out of all of the kids involved in Bryce’s death, only Edgar remains close with Tammy, because Edgar is close with everyone. He is a social butterfly. Alex Smeltzer was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. Raymond Did It is his film debut, and we couldn’t be happier to introduce this talented young actor to the world of film! Alex is currently studying theater at Rock Valley College under Starlight Theatre director Mike Webb.

Photo By Kim Brown

Ty Yeager will be playing the role of Simon. Simon is completely unaware of the events that led to Bryce’s death. Simon began dating Paige in high school, long after Raymond was locked away. With Raymond on the loose and his girlfriend in danger, Simon is dragged into a situation he doesn’t understand.

Ty Yeager was born in Fresno, California where he lived until a house fire caused his family to relocate to the midwest. After living in Belvidere, Illinois for 8 years, Ty has recently relocated to Rockford. Ty has dreamed of pursuing a career in acting since childhood and we are honored to be able to make that dream come true.

Photo by Kim Brown

Along with former VH1 Scream Queens Lindsay Felton (VH1 Scream Queens, Grind) and Jessica Palette (VH1 Scream Queens, Under the Raven’s Wing), as well as the hardest working lady in horror Elissa Dowling (Nightstalker, Dread) and midwestern talents Valerie Meachum (Cyrus) and Linda Cieslik (New Day) the adult cast of Raymond Did It is now complete!

We are still seeking actors and actresses between the ages of 11-14. Details can be found at http://www.aegisstudios.com/casting.html

Raymond Did It begins filming in Rockford, Illinois in June 2010

Follow That Truck!!!!

Corey Tess — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:20:24 +0000

Food Trucks Have Gone Gourmet in L.A. and We Love It!

If you live anywhere in Los Angeles, you have no doubt eaten off a “Taco Truck” in the past for a quick lunch or a late night grab after clubbing or working late, but chances are before 2010, you didn’t follow your Taco Truck on Twitter, Track who was eating there on Foursquare or FAN it on Facebook. With the invention of these new tools and the resurgence of Street Food Integrity, Food Trucks are making a huge comeback and lines are around the block!

As a kid I remember seeing the trucks parked in the neighborhood, silver or white usually with a name hand painted across the sides. They were usually surrounded by Men mostly; ordering food, eating. laughing, standing around. When I entered the work-force, the trucks were a lunchtime inevitability, people joked about grabbing a burrito or taco off the “Roach Coach” which left an indellible image in my mind that I needed to overcome to enjoy the new level of Street Food available now. This is not your Father’s Food Truck.

Follow That Truck!

With the invention and more importantly BOOM of Twitter, Street Food is now stalked down! A truck can park in Venice Beach, tweet/facebook it’s location and wait for the lines to begin. People from Downtown, Pasadena, Culver City even Long Beach will actually drive to find it after work, as a dinner treat! They will wait in a huge line with the threat of the food running out before they get to the window just to eat a magnificent GRILLED CHEESE! This is what happens every day for the Grilled Cheese Truck that boasts gourmet Melty Goodness. Their website outlines their menu and features a lot of “cheesey” graphics! and of course gives a schedule of where you can find them. The Grilled Cheese Truck was the first of these new animals to catch my attention, mainly because I am a Grilled Cheese fanatic, but also because I saw it mentioned more than a few times on Twitter by people who are definitely NOT your classic “food truck” eaters. I decided, I must find this truck and taste the Cheese!

A short Google session later I was amazed to find more than 40 such Gourmet Trucks including, The Buttermilk Truck, The Kobi Truck, The Flying Pig, Taco Zone Truck, and more… and as I was bookmarking and adding to my Twitter Follows, I found findlafoodtrucks.com and realized... THIS IS A WHOLE NEW BREED OF STREET FOOD VENDORS, something is happening here! Making the most of the new Social Media tools and the Foodie Fusion Crowd as well as Los Angeles’ love for being in on something exclusive that you have to wait in a huge line for… these Rolling Gourmets have opened up a line of business that their parents never dreamed possible for their service.

A Social Phenomenon?

People who follow the Food Trucks use the opportunity to socialize with others in line and meet people they normally wouldn’t have a chance or reason to talk to. They use the trucks as a central meeting point with friends from different cities, so they can Eat and then move to other plans for the evening and some people bring folding chairs and sort of tail gate around trucks that have stationary locations like the Tacos trucks in Downtown who are always located in the Alameda/Traction parking lot. Where is the party at? Just follow a food truck!

In an economy where companies are contracting and people are watching every penny, these small businesses have found a way to “sell out” their product on a regular basis and leave their audience begging for more! Much of the Social Media Advertising is bogus and annoying, intrusive and flat, but for these Small Business Owners, it has been a perfect fit and wisely used. BRAVO!

If you are thinking of starting a Gourmet Food Truck, now is the time, but make sure you are Social Media Saavy and offer something either in the Comfort Food arena, Ethnic Goodness or a Fusion that make mouths water. So far I haven’t run across a CUPCAKE truck! So maybe that is an idea! A lot of my readers are out of state, so perhaps starting your own Food Truck Movement in town would be a fun idea!

A Quick List of Food Trucks:

Look here for Food Truck Reviews on YELP, to see what people are saying about them!

kogibbq

Korean BBQ Taco Truck

57,344 followers | Follow

Grilled Cheese Truck

Chef driven grilled cheese… ’cause that’s how we roll…

12,060 followers | Follow

sprinklesmobile

9,749 followers | Follow

COOLHAUS

Making Architecture Digestible! Roaming the streets of LA with gourmet, hand-made ice cream sammies.

7,768 followers | Follow

Nom Nom Truck

Banh Mi Food Truck serving Los Angeles!

5,965 followers | Follow

The Buttermilk Truck

Mobile diner bringing housemade breakfast favorites day and night!

5,837 followers | Follow

Border Grill Truck

Gourmet tacos, quesadillas, ceviches, and more from “Too Hot Tamales” Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger.

4,635 followers | Follow

Frysmith

Truck with fries that eat as a meal

4,439 followers | Follow

Green_Truck

Organic , vegan-friendly mobile food, and production catering.

4,429 followers | Follow

Marked5

Japanese Style Burgers

3,902 followers | Follow

The Sweets Truck

Taking Sweets (and coffee) to the Streets of Los Angeles!

3,689 followers | Follow

Calbi BBQ

Beef, Pork, Chicken or Shrimp?

3,602 followers | Follow

Get Shaved Shave Ice

SoCal’s Finest Shave Ice…You Bet Your Ice It Is!

3,506 followers | Follow

Fish Lips Sushi

REAL SUSHI MAN INSIDE!

3,421 followers | Follow

dosatruck

Brooklyn Born Street Urchin Grew Up Eating STREET FOOD off TRUCKS NOW Bringing You DOSAS my FAV South Indian Street Food But Now I’m Driving The Truck

3,118 followers | Follow

Don Chow Tacos

Where Mexican and Chinese food get together. Home of the Chimale, Ultimate LA Taco, and Carne asada Chow Fun!

3,075 followers | Follow

Babys Badass Burgers

2,983 followers | Follow

SouthPhillyExp

Food truck roaming the streets of L.A. slinging Cheese steaks, Tastykakes, and Herr’s chips.

2,950 followers | Follow

India Jones Truck

Gourmet Indian street food truck !

2,684 followers | Follow

BarbiesQ

A Rollin’ BBQ Joint

2,679 followers | Follow

Flying Pig

Mobile Food – Asian Fusion with French Technique

2,603 followers | Follow

LetsbeFrankLA

Dogs Gone Good, Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs from our trailer

2,535 followers | Follow

Lomo Arigato

2,494 followers | Follow

Dainty Cakes LA

We’re a cupcake truck but we serve more than just cupcakes! We carry items that cafes have and only use fresh local ingredients & recyclable paper supplies.

2,002 followers | Follow

Bool

Just Awesome Fusion Food!
Email us: BoolBBQ@gmail.com

1,982 followers | Follow

Asian Soul Kitchen

Peace, Love and Asian Soul

1,892 followers | Follow

The Gastrobus

Roadside bistro

1,818 followers | Follow

Grill Em All

GRILLING IS OUR BUSINESS AND BUSINESS IS FINE!!!

In a battle of cheese and sauce, finally burgers and heavy metal unite in harmony.

1,765 followers | Follow

Adam Fleischman

1,550 followers | Follow

Komodo Food

Dangerously Good Food. Not your average taco truck.

1,546 followers | Follow

Mandoline Grill

Traditional and Vegan-Friendly Vietnamese Food Truck

1,537 followers | Follow

Franken’s

Spooky -Theme Mobile Cuisine. Taking Plant-Based Food to the Streets!

1,475 followers | Follow

La FuXion

Latin Asian FuXion

1,371 followers | Follow

Little Spoon Dessert

Little Spoon Desserts is a boutique dessert company that showcases the talents of Los Angeles’ finest pastry chefs, bakers, and chocolatiers.

1,239 followers | Follow

Louks

Greek Gourmet Truck hitting the streets of LA & OC.

1,201 followers | Follow

King Kone

King Kone is a mobile ice parlor providing treats out of a sweet butter yellow truck!! mmmmm

1,190 followers | Follow

Fresser’s Pastrami

Food truck offering fresh hot pastrami and other deli favorites throughout the Los Angeles area.

1,018 followers | Follow

Chris at Mattie’s

Southern Food For All Y’alls

1,014 followers | Follow

SliceTruck

Pizza Truck in L.A.
Deliver 310-944-2474

974 followers | Follow

Gabino

Meat on a STICK/ @Marked5 partners

954 followers | Follow

The Burger Bus

894 followers | Follow

la bbq guy

The BBQ truck is on the move. If you can’t find us or want great bbq any time stop by our restaurant sssmokehouse.com

850 followers | Follow

Uncle Lau’s BBQ

Genuine Smoked BBQ with an Island Flair! Great pulled pork, beef brisket, smoked ribs, shrimp scampi and more. Come find us in Santa Monica, CA.

795 followers | Follow

Crepes Bonaparte

French Crepe Catering + GASTON the Crepe Truck

785 followers | Follow

Vesuvio

LA’s first and only Italian specialty food truck.

774 followers | Follow

bullkogi

633 followers | Follow

The PupusaMobile

mobile pupuseria! still in the works…

609 followers | Follow

Panini On Wheels

Delicious Gourmet Italian Panini

550 followers | Follow

Grill Masters

Best Rotisserie Chicken by Jonathan Gold, L.A. Weekly

484 followers | Follow

Qzillabbq

Qzillabbq truck delivering southern style wood fired bbq.

403 followers | Follow

tacos sinaloa

178 followers | Follow

LA Fuxion

89 followers | Follow

Chefkoch

Hello friends of German food. We will update here our Food Truck schedule and have news about German food and where you can enjoy it!

48 followers | Follow

Credit: List from Listorious / FOR FULL FOLLOW FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS LIST, YOU CAN GO HERE!

You Don’t Own Me!

Corey Tess — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:43:33 +0000

I don’t have a blog to go with this post, but I just love this video and wanted to share it with you… something of an anthem.. perhaps not quite Ayn Rand, but certainly a statement I’ve made now and again.. Enjoy!

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Enchanted April

Corey Tess — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:45:09 +0000

Imagine a month in paradise with nothing to do but everything you dreamed of…

Lottie and Rose, two married women living in a 1920′s London share the misery of empty relationships with their spouses and decide to rent an Italian Castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher, an elderly widow who knew many famous authors in her youth is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence and jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester is a gorgeous flapper who has been grabbed one too many times and is sick of men, she only wants to be left alone… or so she thinks…

They arrive in San Salvatore’ a seaside italian castle drenched in wisteria and sunshine and find themselves in a transformative beauty so enchanting that they experience changes in themselves they never thought possible.

The film is gorgeous, the scenery is breathtaking… no doubt you will want to visit the italian coast after seeing this film.

Very intuitive themes on the emotional landscape of the female mind… something men just cannot understand…

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Font Conference! LOL

Corey Tess — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:22:39 +0000

I see some familiar TYPE FACES. Love this script… great! If you deal with fonts, you will find it even funnier!

Graphic Design Nazi!

Corey Tess — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:34:13 +0000

Honestly when you work as an in-house design team – no matter how fun or rockin your job is, every now and then.. you know.. you feel that little pang of the GD Nazi regime! This is hysterical, but if you are a GD or in Marketing, you will HOWL!

So you are having a BAD DAY at work!

Corey Tess — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:38:22 +0000

One of those days when you want to throw your lap top, pc, Mac, iphone, blackberry, co-worker out the window? Yes, we have all had those days, but don’t lose it man! Live vicariously through this video and then grab some coffee and GO BACK TO YOUR CUBE!

La Vie En Rose (DVD of the Month!)

Corey Tess — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:26:49 +0000

La Vie En Rose’ – The Life of Edith Piaf
Current mood: artistic
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

This film is a heart breaker. I am a big fan of Edith Piaf, and having spent some time in France – I believe that her sound really is the soul of her Nation. Her life, like the tone of her voice and her music, was tragic. There are moments of sheer triumph and moments of the most desperate kind of despair. It took a life like this one to produce the voice of the sparrow with such depth of feeling.

The saddest thing about this film is not its content though, it’s that so many people don’t even know who Edith is and certainly (if) they see the film would not understand her greatness. With modern singers having such an array of styles and tones, I think her nasal edgey style might be mistaken for something less than say someone like Jennifer Hudson (who certainly can sing!) but is simply in a different catergory all together. In any case, if you don’t mind subtitles and can stand to witness the making of a tragic but meaningful icon in French history, you should take the time to see this.

Currently listening:

The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf
By Edith Piaf
Release date: 30 July, 1991

Julie & Julia

Corey Tess — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:27:19 +0000

Julie & Julia Trailer We all know that Meryl Streep is a Goddess of immeasuable talent, rare beauty, class and of course a master of comedic timing, so when you see her as Julia Childs, you don’t really bat an eyelash at the sheer perfection. It isn’t until about half way through the film when you begin to understand how wonderfully she is conveying this human being with respect rather than mocking her, in the way that so many others have done. Although she creates the classic JULIA for us, she also gives her a depth that was never possible watching her tv show, or reading her cook books. Here was a woman… and a Chef.. but first a woman…

I really enjoyed the Julia scenes, and felt that the Julie scenes were filler and came across as an excuse to tell what would have on it’s own been an inthralling tale of a human life. I could have watched another hour of Meryl as Julia rather than the sort of “bridget jonesish” tirads of the Julie Powell character played by Amy Adams. (who was cute and fair).

I think it is sufficient to say that Julia’s cookbook has enjoyed a resurrgence of followers and buyers and there will be more french cooking going on in kitchens this fall than there has in the past five years while the Julie & Julia book rather languishes in sales…

I do adore Julia and Meryl… and Julie Powell did bring them together in a way.. and that is a great thing! So Thanks, Ladies…