Orphaned needs your help!

Friday, July 30th, 2010 – 5:41 am

In May we set out to fund the next feature film here at nameinuse productions through Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a new way to complete your DIY art projects with the help of an online community. The community contributes to your project, and in return receives rewards related to the project. Well, The response was overwhelming. Family and friends came out to pledge money to the project in return for fabulous prizes and rewards. Unfortunately, we didn’t reach our goal. To be fair, our goal was lofty and almost unattainable, BUT our new goal is well within reach. As the excitement behind the project grew, I sat back down and really crunched the numbers. Everyone wanted to make this film, so I made it accessible. Our new goal is 10,000 thousand for all of production. We are almost at the 6 thousand mark and need your help to break out to the final goal.

If you go to our new project website at:
www.orphanedfilm.com

You can contribute straight to my paypal account. Check out the description page for all the rewards. The Kickstarter awards still apply, but with the addition of free copies of Every Good Thing to Rust and The Brave and the Kind starting at the 50 and 100 dollar levels. There is a description page next to the paypal button that explains the different levels of awards and contributions.

I am also enacting an investment program starting at the $1,000+ level. Any investment over a thousand dollars will be returned to the investor on a first in, first out basis. PLUS, 1-5,000 gets you 5 percent of the profits. 5,000+ gets you 10 percent, and 10,000+ gets you 15 percent profits, all on top of your investment returned.

Every Good Thing and Brave and the Kind DVD’s will ship in September, and credits will appear on the website and imdb in September as well. All other investment money, and finished Orphaned products will be given out as they become available. This tends to take a full year for production, post-production, and distribution.

Thanks again to all of you that have pledged support so far, and those of you who have helped get the word out. Thank you in advance to all of you who are going to invest.:-)

And as always…if you can’t help monetarily…no problem. Spreading the word is its own currency and more than appreciated!:-)

Cheers and thanks
John

PS Feel free to email me with any and all questions: name5026@yahoo.com

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the universal, more treats

Friday, July 30th, 2010 – 5:28 am

Here is another sneak peak at The Universal. This will be an online web experience/short film/gallery show/thesis
stay tuned for the who, what, when, where, how and why?

The Universal: Treats from John W. Yost on Vimeo.

The Universal: Lonesome from John W. Yost on Vimeo.

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The Universal: almost here

Friday, July 2nd, 2010 – 6:50 pm

Spring 2011

The Universal: Promo 1 from John W. Yost on Vimeo.

The Universal: Promo 2 from John W. Yost on Vimeo.

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We’re off! Orphaned and Tomorrows Masters

Thursday, June 10th, 2010 – 10:41 am

Last Friday I went to the Albany Institute of Art and History for the opening of their Tomorrows Masters Today show. 50 artists were chosen to represent tomorrows masters, and 10 were picked from that group to be in the master class. I’m thrilled to be included as one of those in the master class! Thanks to the Institute and Michael Weidrich for putting on the show, and congrats to every single artist in the show. We’re all masters! Check out the show at the institute and support your local masters…it will be up until June 27th.)

Orphaned entered it’s second week of fund raising and we’re already at 2 percent!! Thanks a million to our first 5 backers. You guys are going to make this film happen! If you haven’t checked it out go here to donate, or copy the link and pass it on to all your friends! Investment opportunities are also available…email me for more details.

cheers!
John

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help Orphaned find a home

Monday, May 24th, 2010 – 12:51 pm

So it looks like this just might happen. My third feature film, Orphaned, just started its grassroots fund raising campaign on Kickstarter.

Here’s the URL:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwyost/orphaned

Kickstarter is a website where filmmakers, artists, and musicians can go to propose projects to potential investors. Except the investors aren’t some rich bankers…they’re YOU. The site is set up to not only involve everyone in the funding process, but to reward you for your financial help. For example, if you go on my page and donate 50 dollars to the film, you would get a thank you credit AND the DVD AND a digital HD copy. You’re giving me the money I need to make the production, in in turn, you get a bunch of cool stuff. The prizes get bigger as the donation gets bigger, but you see what I mean.The only thing is…I don’t get the money..unless I raise ALL OF IT!:-) I’m going to need lots of help.

So…Anything you can give to the project would be wonderful. If you can’t donate financially…I totally understand…maybe donate a moment to email it to a friend who might find it interesting, or donate your status update now and again to remind folks. You never know who might be interested.

THANKS A MILLION IN ADVANCE!

Cheers!
John

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Summer Shows

Monday, May 24th, 2010 – 12:13 pm

Hi All! Just an update on some of the shows I’m showing work in this summer. I was recently in the 32nd Annual Photo Regional at the Atrium; taking home 3rd place! Which I can’t believe because the show was FULL of amazing work. Thanks to Fulton Street Gallery, Carrie Haddad, and all the artists for making it a great show. The show is still up till June 5th.

June 5th, 5-9PM will be the opening reception for the show, Tomorrow’s Masters Today. This show is at the Albany Insitutue of Art and History and part of its Gala on the 11th. It looks like a great show…with a ton of great work…from great artists. One of my limited edition stump prints got in…I’m ecstatic to be included and I hope it sells at the silent auction; raising some money for the Institute. A bunch of recent MFA grads and a few of my classmates are in as well. Congrats to them and the rest of the artists!

The June Troy Night Out (June 25th) will be the opening reception of the Fence Show at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy. I usually enter this every year, not only as a way of showing new work, but to make sure my membership is up to date.:-) This is an opportunity for me to try out new work on a large audience every year…it’s an extremely important show/resource to this area and I encourage any and all folks to enter. It’s always fun, and with Ian Berry from the Tang as curator this year…I can’t wait to see the Fence Select Show in July (and see if I can make the cut.;-) Submit your work at the Arts Center June 13th-15th.

Stay tuned ALL SUMMER for new work being made…and hopefully more shows.:-)

cheers!
John

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