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Here’s a Crowdfunder!

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Hello again everybody!
Eventually an anonymous donor donated $10 to our crowdfunding on HelpersUnite.com! Thank you anonymous generous one. Our project will be produced thanks to your help.

And what about you, readers? Giving is easy! You just need a credit or a debit card. No need to register to the platform, only a valid e-mail address, you will be part of our project and you will also contribute to Shine on Sierra Leone‘s cause.

Remember there are special prizes for the ones who donate… check it out!

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Ciao a tutti!
Grandi novità: un donatore anonimo ha lasciato $10 sulla nostra piattaforma di HelpersUnite.com! Grazie mille, anonimo genoroso donatore. Il nostro progetto andrà avanti grazie al tuo aiuto.

E voi, cosa aspettate? Donare è facile. Basta una carta di credito o prepagata. Niente registrazione al sito, solo un’email valida ed il gioco è fatto. Contribuirete non solo al nostro progetto, ma anche alla causa di Shine on Sierra Leone.

E ricordate che ci sono anche dei premi speciali per chi donerà…

Stunning breaking news following!

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Jonathan RobbinsA new important member joined our staff, Canadian actor, writer and director with numerous credits, founder of the mojoPro Films, Jonathan Robbins!

We are extremely happy to welcome him among us, his experience in digital production will be a great benefit and a privilege for the Wakefield Variation, whose value will certainly increase thanks to his help. Especially after his series, Clutch, was selected to participate in the prestigious LA WebFest 2012, created by award-winning writer, director and producer Michael Ajakwe Jr. a few years ago. Clutch is an eight-part webseries, broadcasted by koldcast.tv and arose from Robbins’ short film Your Ex-Lover is Dead.

Jonathan will be essential part of our writing team, not only for our short film, but hopefully also for a Wakefield Variation webseries to come.

Stay tuned for upcoming further news!

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Un nuovo importante membro si è unito al nostro staff, l’attore, sceneggiatore, regista canadese accreditato, fondatore della mojoPro Films, Jonathan Robbins!

Siamo estremamente felici di potergli dare il benvenuto, la sua esperienza nella produzione digitale sarà un elemento di crescita e prestigio per The Wakefield Variation, che sicuramente trarrà vantaggio dal suo aiuto. Specialmente dopo che la sua serie,  Clutch, è stata selezionata per partecipare al prestigioso LA WebFest 2012, creato dal pluripremiato sceneggiatore, produttore e regista Michael Ajakwe Jr.
Clutch è una webseries in 8 episodi, trasmessa da koldcast.tv e nata dal cortometraggio di Jonathan Robbins Your Ex-Lover is Dead.

Jonathan sarà parte essenziale del nostro writing team, non solo per il cortometraggio, ma anche per una futura e auspicabile webseries di Wakefield Variation.

Seguiteci per altre grandi novità!

Breaking news to follow

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Hello everybody!
Breaking news are coming up soon both for The Wakefield Variation’s project and for the staff.
First of all, as you can see below, some posts will also be translated into Italian in order to involve our local audience a little bit more, and moreover you will be able to read a full description on our Donate! page about the crowdfunding support.
Do not forget to visit our Facebook and Twitter profiles… and write, ask and comment!
Catch up soon with more news.

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Ciao a tutti!
Tantissime novità in arrivo per The Wakefield Varation project e per lo staff.
Innanzitutto, da oggi aggiungeremo alcuni post in italiano, per la gioia dei nostri follower locali, e inoltre potrete consultare la nuova pagina Donate! e sul crowdfunding che vi illustrerà i dettagli per sostenere il nostro progetto.
Non dimenticate di visitare anche i profili Facebook e Twitter… e scrivete, domandate, commentate!
A presto con tantissime news.

Our family is growing up!

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LorenzoHi readers, this is Lorenzo, new member of The Wakefield Variation’s family!

So here I am. I am a Business Communication student and also a Web Marketing, Technologies and New Media enthusiast. My job will be to take care of the business promoting strategy on the Web, with some help from the other staff members and my lifelong passion.

Follow us, and become part of this great project!

Let me introduce myself…

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LisaHi everybody, this is Lisa. I am a new member of The Wakefield Variation’s staff.
I work as a freelance communication officer and cinema and theatre are my real true loves. I’ll be in charge of taking care of this blog and I’ll proudly carry out this exciting task.

Stay tuned to find out further news on The Wakefield Variation and its new crew members!

casting call now open!

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Ok, let’s put the crowdfunding hassle aside for a moment, and focus on the actual filmmaking process. It’s time to look for talent! For The Wakefield Variation, we’re looking for:

  • 1 Actress, age 20-30
  • 1 Actor, age 25-35

As you should already know, the short is internationally oriented for marketing and festivals, and previous experience is appreciated. The filming will take place in Florence/Pisa/Lucca (we’re scouting locations right now) and will be in english: we won’t accept applications from non-native english-speakers. We ask for a resume with pictures (full shot + face) for first selection. Please spread the word! (And while you’re at it, what about a donation?)

Thank you!

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Did anybody notice our update on the HelpersUnite page? We’re actually giving away a priceless prize to the first five people (that’s right, just the first 5) who donate at least $25: You’ll get a personalized video in which we will thank you saying your name! That is something that is going to be remembered by the generations ahead 🙂

Oh, when we mentioned the mispronounciation, in the update, we we’re joking. That is, we would not do it on purpose, it just… might happen 🙂 I mean, you watched the video, didn’t you? Anyway, that is the icing-on-a-cake of distinctiveness which makes the prize even more valuable!

Being serious… please remember that 5% of all donations made to our project will go immediately to Shine On Sierra Leone Inc, a International, Foreign Affairs & National Security charity. By supporting our project you’ll also be making a tax-deductible donation that supports this great organization. Visit our project today to learn more about both our project goals and the charity that you’ll be supporting.

website online!

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And I’m talking about the new internet home of Effetto Espanso! It may not be the latest cutting-edge webdesign, but I’m sure it will benefit from migrating to WordPress. The blog page now allows for comments, so we’ll be glad to hear what you think. We still consider this very blog the official page for discussing The Wakefield Variation (and it will always have the most fresh updates) but for everyhting else related to our work… that’s the place! Plus, the non-hosted wordpress version allows for the cool HelpersUnite widget as you can see here!

Speaking of HelpersUnite, we are about to post a major update about prizes…. don’t miss the chance to be one of the first donators: 56 days left may seem to be a lot, but they’re not! 🙂

busy days

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We may have thought that shooting the promotional video for the crowdfunding campaign was the hard part…. we were wrong! The hard part is now, or getting people know about our project, make them interested, even befere convincing them that donating to us (and to SOSL) is worthy. Actually, I’m starting to think it won’t get any easier from now on. Anyway, despite our company website being still down – we moved to another hosting, hopefully faster – and other minor work issues, we are optimistic about the destiny of The Wakefield Variation. We played with twitter a little bit, but we’re happy to announce that we’ll have an intern join our team really soon, and he/she will take care of all the networking and public relations. Stay tuned. And spread the word!

the raise begins!

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Here we go, The Wakefield Variation has been officially approved for a crowdfunding campaign on HelpersUnite and is now active! You can view the public profile of the campaign here. Even before you decide whether to help us or not, remember that 5% of the amount of funding collected will be given to Shine on Sierra Leone Inc. Now go read the full details of the project – and watch our hard-earned finished promotional video – and tell us what you think!

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Our website http://www.effettoespanso.it is currently under restyling… it will be back real soon, better than ever 🙂