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A newsletter that goes out to everyone and anyone in the biz of entertainment has named me (Jesse Cowell) and “Drawn by Pain” as one of November’s Filmmakers to Watch (we have been receiving some great emails from the shoutout)!

*”November Filmmaker’s to Watch”

“Filmmaker: Jesse Cowell “Drawn by Pain”

Editor’s Note: This is a great action series, with a nice following. We’re hearing that a feature version of the show is complete and they are exploring distribution options.”

Also – as it’s hard to describe what we’ve been able to achieve thus far with the project to folks , I put together a new 3 minute video of media/fan highlights of “Drawn by Pain” that gives a great sampling of what is possible with a good concept, hard work and lots of support from fans/friends:

Hope you are all doing amazing!!

1) We just recently finished work on the feature film version based on our web-series “Drawn by Pain”. It involved a lot of re-editing/sound design and concept work to morph it into the strong stand-alone feature film it was always meant to be. Now that it is done – I can promise that it really is a stronger experience in its true form.

2) As the work is ready to be seen, we are beginning to talk to various distributors about the best avenue for getting the most people to see the film. As the web-series already has a pretty large following – we really look forward to getting the right distributor in place to have it seen properly.

3) After negotiating with several film representatives, we recently signed with one and are super excited to have a company who truly believes in the film and its fanbase!

4) I will be speaking tomorrow September 23rd (2:45 pm) at the New York Television Festival giving the “Straight Dope” on Web TV (link below).

*EVENT HAS PASSED – LINK BELOW TO WATCH PANEL* Note – the audio is hard to hear for the first 15 minutes or so – skip forward by clicking the time bar at the bottom – after that great!

The Straight Dope on Web TV
Digital Day Events
(60 mins)
A group of NYTVF artists, alumni and friends who have found success in Web Television share their unfiltered thoughts about how to succeed, artistically and commercially.

Panelists:
• Sean Tice – “WallStrip,” “Moblogic”
• Douglas Sarine – “Ask a Ninja”
• Stuart Culpepper – “The Captive”
• Jesse Cowell – “Drawn by Pain”

5) Lastly, as the “Drawn by Pain” web series continues to attract a wide audience from all over the world and more friends and fans join us everyday, we can’t thank you all enough for taking the time to elevate our heartfelt project to where it is now and what it will be someday soon.

As for me – I recently got to see a short (that I shot for my friend Kirby here in NYC) come out on the web to some pretty big numbers and laughs. If you haven’t seen it yet – it’s a Mac Vs PCs mixture of West Side Story meets Evil dead. Strange? Yes! Fun? Was a blast! Click below!!!

As for Erica, in her infinite geekiness (another word for awesome) she spent a bit of time making Halo armor for the hit show IndyMogul which can be seen here:

A better and stranger team there is not Looking forward to the next Drawn by Pain news and other stuff to share!

Oh and btw for those asking for Jeskid TV – just playing around with a site (JeskidTv.com) to share my daily thoughts on (gonna start small and grow it out to kill ultimate boredom)

*no longer live* Tonight periodically we shall be streaming video in the below boxes starting at 5:30 pm eastern time! Keep the windows open if you would like to get some of the preamble to what is going to be a great event (and see some of the awesome friends and fans of the film chat about the experience). Also at about 8:30 pm – the Q and A and after party will be streaming as well thanks to the folks at Next2Friends.

Some pics from last year’s partial screening:

Video of last years screening.

Date: Saturday October 4th
Location: Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street (at Laight Street), New York, NY 10013 US
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Time: Arrive at 5:30pm (there will be a line). Seating begins at 6:00PM and the screening begins at 6:30pm sharp. The theater seating is limited and if you are interested in getting invited – please Email Us with a request to get on the list. Friends and family are welcome with RSVP.

Looking to hang with Cast and Crew? The weekend of the event – information can be found here. Dress Code is come as you are. Reception has a full cash bar and cards those under 21.

The screening is being kindly sponsored by Next2Friends who through the use of their mobile streaming technology will be providing live streaming from the event via everyone’s cell phones.

Episode 12: What goes around comes around.

Running time: 14.5 minutes

As this has been completly self financed, any donations (DONATE) are beyond helpful and would be much appreciated if you enjoyed the series.

Lots more news to come soon about soundtrack, DVD and screenings. Been a great ride and pleasure to have you on it!!

Secondly, a date for the feature film debut of Drawn by Pain has been set for the evening of October 4th at Tribeca Cinemas in lower Manhattan New York City!. It should be a blow out event with reception and full cast and crew attending (video of last years screening). Details and times will be announced here and on the mailing list soon. If you are from out of town – we would love to see you and if in town – then it’s on like Donkey kong!

Thirdly, we recently did an interview with Dee Snider of “Twisted Sister” fame on Sirius Radio which was uber awesome. It can be heard by clicking the image below:

Nervous and excited about next Monday,