We received the following email, so figured I’d pass it along here. You can say you heard about it from Sam Bhagwat at Blueseed.
Could be free publicity (alert startupers!), but I make no claims as to quality or anything else.
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Subject: Improving the Portrayal of Nerds on TV
I came across your website while searching for math/science/tech-related groups and wanted to reach out to you. I’m currently casting a TV series about “the real life of nerds” for a major network. The network’s initial casting idea was to find awkward+intelligent people with no social lives and to do the typical “reality TV thing” by engineering drama and conflict between them. My company ended up with the casting contract, so I’m trying to find a solid cast of real people to change the network’s idea of making a project that feels like Jersey Shore (<-my words, not the network’s).
I thought you might be willing to point me in the direction of one or two people in your network who would be interested in taking part in the pilot and, potentially, the full series (if the project gets a full greenlight). I think that there is potential here to create positive portrayals of “nerds” that are far different than their typical depictions in media.
If you have someone who meets most or all of the criteria below, please feel free to contact me, or to pass along my contact details to them.
Basics: -18-26 years old, male or female -Involved in the hard sciences (research or applications) or IT field -Passionate about science, math, technology, research, or a related pursuit
The next few bullets are not requirements, but would be awesome to find: -Anybody involved in hackerspaces/hardware hackers -Aerospace/aeronautics background -PhD or Masters research at a university -Programmer involved at a small startup -Security/IT fields (penetration testers, etc.)
Thanks very much for taking the time to read this email. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to discuss this further. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Stuart Inman Executive Producer No Title Entertainment 209.747.0688 c Stuart@NoTitleEntertainment.com
Want to be on TV?
We received the following email, so figured I’d pass it along here. You can say you heard about it from Sam Bhagwat at Blueseed.
Could be free publicity (alert startupers!), but I make no claims as to quality or anything else.
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Subject: Improving the Portrayal of Nerds on TV
I came across your website while searching for math/science/tech-related groups and wanted to reach out to you. I’m currently casting a TV series about “the real life of nerds” for a major network. The network’s initial casting idea was to find awkward+intelligent people with no social lives and to do the typical “reality TV thing” by engineering drama and conflict between them. My company ended up with the casting contract, so I’m trying to find a solid cast of real people to change the network’s idea of making a project that feels like Jersey Shore (<-my words, not the network’s).
I thought you might be willing to point me in the direction of one or two people in your network who would be interested in taking part in the pilot and, potentially, the full series (if the project gets a full greenlight). I think that there is potential here to create positive portrayals of “nerds” that are far different than their typical depictions in media.
If you have someone who meets most or all of the criteria below, please feel free to contact me, or to pass along my contact details to them.
Basics:
-18-26 years old, male or female
-Involved in the hard sciences (research or applications) or IT field
-Passionate about science, math, technology, research, or a related pursuit
The next few bullets are not requirements, but would be awesome to find:
-Anybody involved in hackerspaces/hardware hackers
-Aerospace/aeronautics background
-PhD or Masters research at a university
-Programmer involved at a small startup
-Security/IT fields (penetration testers, etc.)
Thanks very much for taking the time to read this email. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to discuss this further. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Stuart Inman
Executive Producer
No Title Entertainment
209.747.0688 c
Stuart@NoTitleEntertainment.com