SSC&C's latest gig. Lots of fun shot in half a day. :) Great job, you guys ;)
Presented by Cosmic Surrounding Technology, LLC as a part of the launch of NEWLIFE HEALTHCARE LLC and celebrating the Re-opening of NEWLIFE Fertility Center in Al Azaiba, on February 25th, 2011 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Muscat, Oman.
Film by Running Lady Productions
Animation Sections filmed in Second Life
Credits
Director and Editor: K. DaVette See (SL: Suzy Yue)
Camera: Robert See, K. DaVette See (SL: Gnueon Aeon, Suzy Yue)
1st Assistant Director: Bella Begonia
Costume Crew:
Lilibet Nightfire, Suzy Yue, Bella Begonia, Cody Juneau
Music: Beyond Music
Script: K. DaVette See and Fathi Al Riyami (CEO and President of Cosmic Surrounding Technology, Oman, USA)
Casting: Suzy's Super Cast & Crew
Narrators:
Avajean Westland
Kayden Oconnell
Cast
1angelcares Writer
Aisling Sinclair
Avajean Westland
Bella Begonia
Calamity Hathaway
Cherry Mahogany
GinGin Denja
Lilibet Nightfire
Mathilde Varghon
Olaf Barbosa
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Getting to know "The Crew"
Running SSC&C is fun. I mean, it is work, of course and some days it is frustrating trying to promote it, organize it, etc. But it is, ultimately, a lot of fun. Mostly because of the people.
Over the next few weeks, I'm going to introduce you to the people who make up "The Crew," the amazing and diverse group of actors and techs that make up SSC&C. Some of them have been with us from the beginning, and some are brand new. But they are all amazing, dedicated and talented. Not to mention fun!
Check out out latest project on Running Lady's YouTube site. That shoot was a blast and I will be posting out takes very soon.
More blogging tomorrow. Be there. Aloha.
Suzy
Over the next few weeks, I'm going to introduce you to the people who make up "The Crew," the amazing and diverse group of actors and techs that make up SSC&C. Some of them have been with us from the beginning, and some are brand new. But they are all amazing, dedicated and talented. Not to mention fun!
Check out out latest project on Running Lady's YouTube site. That shoot was a blast and I will be posting out takes very soon.
More blogging tomorrow. Be there. Aloha.
Suzy
Friday, January 15, 2010
A very nice article in Avenue about...well...Me :)
Shameless plug, I know, but please check out the January issue of SL magazine, Avenue a fashion magazine focusing on SL based fashion designers and trends, published by Rusch Raymaker.
On page 215 is a very complimentary article about me and my work producing films of their in-world fashion shows.
http://issuu.com/avenue/docs/avenue.january2010
A bit about Avenue from their press kit:
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~ The Ultimate Fashion & Lifestyle Magazine by AVENUE Inc ~
AVENUE is the leading publication that is dedicated to bringing you the finest facets and trendsetters in fashion, lifestyle, business, entertainment and the arts. With over 300 advertisers and 40 staff and growing, AVENUE Magazine has established a high quality, stylish and luxe inworld and online publication that continues to steer publishing in Second Life to new levels.
AVENUE is the appointed Official Media Partner for Second Life Community Convention 2009 where the first fashion and lifestyle magazine out of SL was printed in real life. AVENUE will continue in this capacity for the 2010 convention and reproduce another real life edition.
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I have to say the magazine is beautifully done and the photography is gorgeous. So check them (and me) uut this month! You'll be glad you did!
Best,
Suzy
On page 215 is a very complimentary article about me and my work producing films of their in-world fashion shows.
http://issuu.com/avenue/docs/avenue.january2010
A bit about Avenue from their press kit:
*********
~ The Ultimate Fashion & Lifestyle Magazine by AVENUE Inc ~
AVENUE is the leading publication that is dedicated to bringing you the finest facets and trendsetters in fashion, lifestyle, business, entertainment and the arts. With over 300 advertisers and 40 staff and growing, AVENUE Magazine has established a high quality, stylish and luxe inworld and online publication that continues to steer publishing in Second Life to new levels.
AVENUE is the appointed Official Media Partner for Second Life Community Convention 2009 where the first fashion and lifestyle magazine out of SL was printed in real life. AVENUE will continue in this capacity for the 2010 convention and reproduce another real life edition.
******
I have to say the magazine is beautifully done and the photography is gorgeous. So check them (and me) uut this month! You'll be glad you did!
Best,
Suzy
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Not-So-Fun Part
Last year was a challenge for everyone. Nearly everyone I know or have talked to has said that financial and personal hardship was the order of the day.
For business owners, small and large, the struggle has been particularly torturous. Customers dried up. New development, new direction, new ideas were put on the back burner, or even tossed out permanently. Everyone hunkered down and watched for signs that the storm had passed.
SSC&C and RLP had the same issues, of course. Being a very new business, just under a year old last January, we were the ideal candidate for failure. And, indeed, it was grim for several months with only occasional small jobs here and there.
Fortunately, our reputation for professionalism and dependability was beginning to get around, and we started getting requested regularly by a few clients. Unfortunately, those clients had less work and the few new clients making inquiries were still not sure about paying for actors in an environment where recruiting for volunteers seemed to be the norm for rounding up talent for a film - even if it made for longer, less productive work days. What we offered, trained avatar puppeteers and voice talent, and guaranteed coverage for no shows, made sense and was attractive, but was regarded by some as a luxury that they could ill afford in the gloomy economic climate.
I tried not to dwell on the heady days of 2008, the year when a great opportunity became our jumping off point. During that time, when my methods and practices were still taking shape, I typically felt like I was hanging on for dear life, putting a car together as it hurtled down the freeway at 80 miles per hour. Frightening, but oh so thrilling!
2009, however, while starting out with a bang with a big project, slowly began to trickle away to the occasional small gig. The promise of a potentially exciting partnership never materialized. As for clients, I got nibbles, a few inquiries, but nothing bore fruit. I started to get requests for machinima shoots, but not with an accompanying call for actors. I began to wonder how to keep my actors and actresses busy. Interested. PAID. Many were new to acting, but had fallen in love with the work. They were excited, hungry for more work, paid or no. I began to fear that if I didn't feed that hunger, they'd give up on SSC&C.
I was lucky, however to have found, in the midst of so many SL residents who want to "camp" for Linden dollars, a group of genuinely dedicated folks. I lost a few along the way, in the beginning, but those that hung in there, to my amazement and delight, were not only supportive and patient during the crazy start and the lean second year, they believed, and still believe, in my vision for this company as much as I did. Their tenacity made me work doubly hard to be worthy of that level of loyalty by continuing to try to get work for us.
I'm happy to say the end of the year, normally a time for things to slow down, actually saw the beginning of new projects, a couple of which have carried over into the new year. This sudden, unseasonable resurgence in interest in my talent pool was like an unexpectedly early spring and promise of a fruitful new period in the life-cycle of our little company.
With fingers crossed, we will continue to move forward, together it seems, despite the odds.
Welcome 2010. We are ready for you.
For business owners, small and large, the struggle has been particularly torturous. Customers dried up. New development, new direction, new ideas were put on the back burner, or even tossed out permanently. Everyone hunkered down and watched for signs that the storm had passed.
SSC&C and RLP had the same issues, of course. Being a very new business, just under a year old last January, we were the ideal candidate for failure. And, indeed, it was grim for several months with only occasional small jobs here and there.
Fortunately, our reputation for professionalism and dependability was beginning to get around, and we started getting requested regularly by a few clients. Unfortunately, those clients had less work and the few new clients making inquiries were still not sure about paying for actors in an environment where recruiting for volunteers seemed to be the norm for rounding up talent for a film - even if it made for longer, less productive work days. What we offered, trained avatar puppeteers and voice talent, and guaranteed coverage for no shows, made sense and was attractive, but was regarded by some as a luxury that they could ill afford in the gloomy economic climate.
I tried not to dwell on the heady days of 2008, the year when a great opportunity became our jumping off point. During that time, when my methods and practices were still taking shape, I typically felt like I was hanging on for dear life, putting a car together as it hurtled down the freeway at 80 miles per hour. Frightening, but oh so thrilling!
2009, however, while starting out with a bang with a big project, slowly began to trickle away to the occasional small gig. The promise of a potentially exciting partnership never materialized. As for clients, I got nibbles, a few inquiries, but nothing bore fruit. I started to get requests for machinima shoots, but not with an accompanying call for actors. I began to wonder how to keep my actors and actresses busy. Interested. PAID. Many were new to acting, but had fallen in love with the work. They were excited, hungry for more work, paid or no. I began to fear that if I didn't feed that hunger, they'd give up on SSC&C.
I was lucky, however to have found, in the midst of so many SL residents who want to "camp" for Linden dollars, a group of genuinely dedicated folks. I lost a few along the way, in the beginning, but those that hung in there, to my amazement and delight, were not only supportive and patient during the crazy start and the lean second year, they believed, and still believe, in my vision for this company as much as I did. Their tenacity made me work doubly hard to be worthy of that level of loyalty by continuing to try to get work for us.
I'm happy to say the end of the year, normally a time for things to slow down, actually saw the beginning of new projects, a couple of which have carried over into the new year. This sudden, unseasonable resurgence in interest in my talent pool was like an unexpectedly early spring and promise of a fruitful new period in the life-cycle of our little company.
With fingers crossed, we will continue to move forward, together it seems, despite the odds.
Welcome 2010. We are ready for you.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Introducing SSC&C: A casting agency for virtual worlds...really
Hi there!I'm Suzy Yue (that’s me in the director’s chair on the right wearing the black turtleneck in the group shot – very artistic, right?). I suppose, more accurately, Suzy Yue is my avatar in Second Life (SL), an online virtual world created by Linden Lab (LL) five years ago. I say that LL created SL, but in truth, its residents, a diverse group of people from all over the world, created it. And all of them are trying, in their own way, to make their mark in this brave new world. That is what makes SL truly unique among all other virtual environments - it is the only one that can state that it is not a game. But more about that in later blogs :).
I am the owner/CEO/Artistic Director of Suzy's Super Cast & Crew (SSC&C), the group for whom this blog has been created. Just stopping in to say hi and welcome you to our new blog!
Yes, your read the blog title right. SSC&C is a casting agency, based in SL. Don't get you brain stem in a twist, it is not as bizarre as it might sound! Within Second Life and other virtual environments, just as in "real life", there are people who make movies. This art form is called machinima. SSC&C provides skilled, talented individuals to filmmakers, called machinimatographers or machinimists, and to others, who need cast and crew members for their projects.
I won't dive into the particulars of how that works here. I will tell you all about it in my next post. If you're just dying to know what machinima is, and can’t wait, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima where you will find a great explanation! And, please check out our page at www.runninglady.com/sscc to see clips from some of the projects we have worked on.
This blog is a place for us to tell you about SSC&C's past, present and future projects, and to share fun and funny stories from the set and from Second Life. I’ll be the primary voice for the blog, but our actors, designers, builders and scripters will also take turns as the mic and to fill in as guest bloggers.
Okay, that's it!
Talk soon!
Suzy
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