What is TeamJaded?

Make It Happen:
TeamJaded is a vlog-blog dedicated to DIY culture, information and innovation. We’re talking about creative people making things happen independently and outside of the mainstream. Currently, we, Abby Berendt and Jeremey Lavoi, are traveling across the nation to find these people and share their stories.

We update our blog from the road as often as possible, and give behind the scenes looks into our shoots with videos posted every week or so.

Story Shoots in Progress:
Sisterz of the Underground
Lowcard
Austin Craft Mafia
Chuck Perkins
Okay Mountain
Poor Pony
Lost Film Fest
Bling Kong
ABC NoRio

The Big Idea:
TeamJaded’s final goal for “Make It Happen” is to create a full-length documentary about D.I.Y. across the nation. At the end of the year we will wrap up this trip and edit together the stories (as individual 5-10 min spots, and one 30 min teaser). With that done, we hope to get people psyched on our project by showing the teasers and hosting fund raising events; hopefully raising additional funding to support a second round of shoots to complete the documentary.

Want to know more? Click here.

Have a story idea?
Email us: info [at] jadedmultimedia [dot] com.

For bios, info, and reels from the creators of TeamJaded, go to JadedMultimedia.com
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Writing the Ship

If your still here and you want to know the status of Make It Happen, read on.

We had our production meeting a couple of weekends ago. We talked about the trip, the project as it began, and the future of Make It Happen. Next we wrote a Post Production priority list and created a calendar full of intimidating deadlines. Then we captured all the tapes that weren't yet in our system... which was a lot. Now everything is digitized. We're cutting footage, and we're almost done with the New Orleans vlog featuring Chuck Perkins. Expect it soon. Yeah, yeah, we've been saying that forever, but it's true, it is coming.

As for Abby and I, we're finally settling in to San Francisco. Abby got a job, so we're both working. Now we can pay rent with no worries and we are devoting all our spare time to editing the hours of footage we compiled on the road.

Make It Happen started as a basic idea and a desire to travel. So what is it now? For the moment it will be a web video series, with accompanying behind-the-scenes vlogs profiling people participating in independent projects that TeamJaded finds interesting.

The ultimate goal is now, and has always been a feature length documentary. Once all the material we shot on the road is out for mass consumption, we will move forward with turning Make It Happen in to the doc that it was always meant to be.

The catch is... That doc may not be about what we shot on the road.

Did I just blow your mind?

Stay tuned.

2 comments:

lo said...

The feature doc is going to be about something different? I knew there was going to be a twist ending!

Neil Cocker said...

Hey guys,

Glad to hear things are still moving forward. I hate it when "real life" gets in the way of the cool projects!

Good luck - can't wait to see the vlogs/docu.

Neil (the one from Wales!)