deadside is a new episodic show from up and coming production house SL8IT. deadside is set in Australia, yet it’s core inspiration is rooted in Voodoo mythology and folklore. The show is centered around Sara, a hapless Sydney school girl, who has a powerful calling to worlds she has only ever dreamed of. Packed with lashings of action, drama, horror, Aussie wit and intrigue, deadside takes you on a journey to both the familiar and the unknown.

SL8IT are developing deadside in partnership with VODO.net and invested.in. They have shot a kick-arse teaser on a minus-zero budget using their own equipment and connections in the local industry.

The show will be released under a Creative Commons license with original show investors to be forever held in the highest esteem and granted access to special footage withheld from the public. Have you ever wanted to be a philanthropist?

SL8IT are also producing interviews and behind the scenes supporting material so investors can see who they are, and fall in love with the focused, yet crazy bunch of film-junkies hell bent on delivering something the public that they have never see before!

INTERVIEW: http://www.youtube.com/sl8it#p/a/u/1/yn5Vgsy_jso

They need $10,000 to fund the thirty minute pilot episode. At the time of writing this article they are around the 16% mark and need approximately another $8,500 to reach their goal.

To see more and support their project please visit their invested.in page to watch the teaser and join their Facebook group to receive project updates on promotional videos and exclusive interviews as soon as they are released. Also, don’t forget to LIKE! their invested.in page and help spread the word to your peers!

Support a production house seeking to deliver something straight to the audience without all the bulls#!t and industry fat-cats who make this industry so prohibitive and stifle creativity. deadside is real and by becoming a part of it you can help turn the film/TV industry on its big, fat head.

Do it: www.deadside.tv

We’ve just launched Google Analytics support for your Invested.in projects!  It’s awesome, easy to use and FREE.

What does this mean?

Basically, Google Analytics will tell you how people found your project, in incredible detail.  It’ll also tell you (as best they can) who these people are and where they come from (geographically and from which websites).  It’s an amazing and useful tool, and now it is available to all our users.

If you’ve already got an active project, just go to your project dashboard and add your Google Analytics Tracking Code.  More details here.

As always, contact us if you have any suggestions, feedback, or need ANYTHING.  :-)

Listening to podcasts is wonderful.  Usually, you get uninterrupted quality listening time with the actual people you tune in to listen to.  Not like traditional radio.  With podcasts there are limited (if any) commercials, you get to listen whenever you want, you can re-listen, rewind, easily pass it around…it’s great.  Over the last few years, I’ve become obsessed with a few podcasts.  It all started because I needed something to listen to on my hour+ commute.  It’s almost scary what kind of bond you get with the folks on these podcasts.  It’s like being a part of an hour long conversation with them on an almost daily basis.  You get to know them very well, and the longer you listen to them, the better the shows get and the more you HAVE to listen when a new episode is up.

Low Budget FM is one of those podcasts for me.  Marc and Mike (the co-hosts) are kinda nerdy, LA based guys who post a couple of shows a week where they talk about their personal lives, do a bunch of different comedy bits, and they make it feel like you’re one of them.  The show kinda feels like you’re hanging out with your (possibly drunk) friends, telling obviously tongue-in-cheek jokes and stories.  You have to start listening.  It gets better every week.

Holy carp!  That intro was longer than 90% of my posts.

So what I’m trying to say is…when Low Budget FM decided to create an Invested.in project to raise money for their new studio, I was so extremely excited.  I have been following them through all the drama surrounding their recording space.  They have bounced around all over the place the last few months, and now, they’re finally setting something great up, independently…the way I feel podcasting should be.  Please support Mike and Marc.  They’re (kinda) my friends, and if they’re not already, soon they will be yours.

-A

PS…Support them NOW.  Only 1 week left!