One Glass works on new Pilot

One Glass Productions has recently been working on the pilot for the yet-to-be-named series about Dhiraj Arora, the founder of Arora Creations, Inc the first-ever USDA-certified Organic Indian Grocery product line in the US market.

The story is one of personal endeavor and hard work. The series is intended to not only highlight the success of Dhiraj Arora, but also to show the urban flavor of his personality amongst all the packets of indian spices.

Holiday Edition

The holidays are upon us in full force. That means weekly gatherings full of friends, spiced apple cider, and wind-up robot Santas. At least in the One Glass office, it does.

This past weekend Stephanie and I set up our One Glass Christmas tree, which is making the space between our two offices much more cozy. Here's how it all went down: Steph had a cold so we went to the closest tree vendor just two blocks away. The guy didn't sell any tree stands so we realized we were going to have to find one of those before we bought a tree. We went to he CVS down the street, but all they had were giant heavy-duty PVC plastic ones "suitable for any tree up to 8 feet!" The tree we wanted was 4 feet tall... so needless to say that stand was a little much for us. We then went to our trusted local hardware store, which had a smaller, cuter option. Here are some favorite memories...





I take a good hard
look at the tree.

Stephanie Testa puts
ornaments on said "tree."

EneMan, donning a Santa hat
and reindeer antlers, spreads
holiday cheer as well as
colon health awareness.

O, Tannenbaum...
du bist so schoen.
Und scraggly.

News!

Dawn Landes' new music video for her song, "Bodyguard" is soon to be released along with the single in the U.S. and Europe. The video was shot, produced, and animated by One Glass Productions' very own mastermind, Valery Estabrook. She crafted the animations using elements from New York City artist, Danica Novgorodoff's Circus Song Book. I'm still in awe of her patience with the cell-by-cell animation process. I'm just saying-- It's a good thing one of us doesn't have A.D.D. Anyway, you can catch a sneak preview of the video on the One Glass website.

In other news, Mary's Little Lamb (directed by One Glass' Stephanie Testa) had its second screening last week. On November 3rd, Brooklyn-based Life As A Lemon Productions sponsored the benefit screening, supporting their Women in Cinema series, and the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade. One Glass joined in their halloween themed celebration, and a grand time was had by all.

And lastly, we'll leave you with our newly refurbished reel:



And that's all the news for now. Be safe and have a lovely day.

And we're back!

We've returned to NYC from San Francisco, and while we did not bring home the "gold" we did manage to bring home a lot of great memories and some new friends. If you haven't yet seen our contest entry, check out Top Secret on YouTube, and rate it well. Help us regain our mangled self-esteem by telling us all the reasons we should have won. Just kidding! Humble congratulations to the winning teams.

In other news, One Glass Productions is proudly celebrating its FIRST BIRTHDAY! Yes, that's right-- we're now officially one year old. We are busily searching for a new office-space, but as soon as we've found one, we will be announcing a celebratory event!! In the typical One Glass style, there will be friends, there will be films, and there will be box wine. Keep an eye out for our announcement and see you there.

Huzzahs all around!

Good news everyone!

 It looks like One Glass has made it to the next level of the Visa Invitational 48 Hour Film Competition and will be screened this Saturday in San Francisco at Theatre 39. Wish us luck as we compete for the grand prize!

The Top 10 Films for the 48HFP Visa “Life Takes” Invitational 2007

Figers - Britty First Dates
It Donned On Me - Exit
JeffroGee Productions - Cheese Run
One Glass - Top Secret
Rabid Manatees - Rock, Paper, Scissors
subject to change - Life Takes Timing
SubSanity - Rated Arrrrrrrrrrr
Team BP - Terms of Use
Team Midas - Two Coins
Tri-County Lawn Bowling Assoc. - Ghost in the Machine

Top Secret!

Valery Estabrook and Stephanie Testa, shooting a scene in the Carroll Gardens Park.

This past weekend, One Glass Productions participated in Visa's 48-Hour Life Takes Invitational. Only 30 Finalists nationwide were selected to compete based on entries for the regular 48-Hour Film Competition in June, 2007. This time around, we were given a required prop (a Visa card), and a required line of dialog ("life takes...") and asked to write, shoot, score and edit a G-Rated 1-3 minute film in one very exhausting weekend.

Our team consisted of just four people. Valery Estabrook, Stephanie Testa, Laura Hudson and Ethan Gould endured two ridiculously hot days of shooting in our Brooklyn neighborhood amidst a cloud of mosquitoes. Valery got 43 bites on one leg alone. Stephanie got two. Many thanks to Laura and Ethan for their superb performances. We couldn't have done it with out them... Well, we could have, but it would have sucked. A lot.

So now we're off to San Francisco for the screening on September 29th. The top 3 films will win prizes, so keep your fingers crossed for One Glass!


Valery Estabrook and Stephanie Testa amidst magical rainbows.


Valery Estabrook and Ethan Gould carry equipment to the next shoot location.


Stephanie Testa and Laura Hudson stop to admire what is quite possibly the most adorable puppy in The Universe. One Glass says, "There's always time for puppies."

And here is our entry, "Top Secret:"

Hey Youtube!

I would like to take this opportunity to announce that One Glass Productions has a Youtube channel, on which you can watch our movies mucho-compresso style: MARY'S LITTLE LAMB, QUESTICUS HORRIFICUS, BRAINS, and more to come.

http://youtube.com/user/oneglassproductions

That is all.

Oh and here is Mary's Little Lamb:

Celebration of Short Films - Hey!

One Glass Productions' "Celebration of Short Films" on August 16th was a wild success! The Bowery Poetry Club was completely packed, thanks to our friends and filmmakers.

The only problems occurred before the screening even started. Apparently, Amiri Baraka had an event right before us. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I have anything against good ol' Amiri, but his crowd was clearly unfamiliar with the concept of "leaving." Our event had to start 20 minutes late, causing much confusion at the door. What-ever, Mister Amiri Baraka. One Glass packed the house despite it all.

We screened two of our own films: A music video for Dawn Landes' song Bodyguard directed by Valery Estabrook, and Stephanie Testa's Mary's Little Lamb- a dark comedy based on a classic Roald Dahl story in which a woman finds herself in a sticky situation with a giant frozen leg of lamb.

In addition, we selected and screened the following films:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING MOMMY by Ry Russo-Young
LADYLIKE by Safiya Songhai
VALIJA by Louis Sparre
CHERISH by Mourrice Papi
BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG - by Allen Cordell
SEE YA! BROOKLYN! by Hsuan-Yu Pan
LA ESPERANZA by Andy Torraco
CHECK by Dale Bryant

Below I've posted more pictures of the event. 10 points if you can find yourself. And no points if you didn't come. Shame on you.









If you took pictures at the screening, send them along! Thanks to Mourrice Papi, Stacey Testa and Glenn Navia for their photo contributions.

Questicus Horrificus is a winner!

One Glass Productions now proudly announces that our NYC 48-Hour film project entry, "Questicus Horrificus" was selected to advance into a national level of competition: Visa's "Life Takes" Invitational! We will have to make another video, and then we're being flown out to San Francisco (free!) for the screening in late September. We're both very excited. Thanks to everyone who helped out! Ethan Gould, Sonia Maksimovich, Andrew Breton, Matt Schoch, Chris Kelly, Don Badaczewksi and Mariclare Lawson: We couldn't have done it without you!

If you are unfamiliar with the 48-Hour competition, we were given a genre, character, prop, a line of dialog and asked to create a film within 48 hours. We received: Horror, a writer named Tetley Fairfax, Conference Badge and "If you must know, my father told me."

Here is our film:

Lamb to the Slaughter

This past weekend One Glass shot the first scenes for the new short film Lamb to the Slaughter. The set was created by Stephanie Testa and myself, with lighting design by Danny Weiss. Chris Kelly plays Mary Houseman, the disgruntled housewife, with Andrew Breton as her soon to be murdered husband.

The shoot went pretty smoothly, with no problems at all from our camera. Not only that, but the digitized material looks great - thanks HD! Steph has already edited a rough cut and the sound and lighting all turned out perfectly. I'd also like to extend a big thanks to Chris, who, even on just a couple hours of sleep, was able to churn out a great performance.

Next week we'll be shooting the actual killing scene, with the real star of the film - the 10lb leg of lamb sitting in our freezer.