Settling Up

Comedy

Series

New York

Settling Up is a web series about best friends - and opposites - Alex and Darcy. Almost two decades ago, they were college roommates. A divorce, a dissertation, and loads of debt later, they find themselves roommates again. They'll make it after all - if they can keep from throttling each other.

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Production Insurance

One of the characters has a dream NYC apartment. We need to insure our location stays dreamy.

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Coffee

Long days require caffeine to keep the cast and crew happy and the cameras rolling.

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Blackwrap / Cinefoil 24”

Cinefoil helps direct the light where we need it. A must when lighting pale actors (ahem, Kathleen).

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Dulling spray

Cameras do not like shiny surfaces. This spray helps keep the focus on the actors and off the walls.

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Craft Services Food

Our hard-working group needs nutrition to keep them going. $14/person for 6 days of shooting.

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Cinematographer

We are beyond lucky that our awesome DPs reduced their rates for us. Still need to pay our artists.

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Hard Drive

We need hard drives on which to store our hard work. They are $80 each & we need two of them.

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Cleaning - Toilet Paper

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Expendables KIT (Large): Dry Erase Makers

We use these on the clapper so we know what we're filming and our editor knows what she's seeing.

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Tape - GAFFERS BLACK 2”

This stuff is indispensable. We use it to mark positions, hold stuff together, hold stuff apart, etc

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Tape - GAFFERS WHITE 2”

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Paper products

Stuff to help us eat. Paper plates, napkins, paper cups, coffee filters, etc.

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Lighting Package

We rent lights to make our actors look pretty - and so they can generally, you know, be seen.

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Twinkle lights

We use these to light an outdoor evening scene.

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Taxis

To get equipment, props, food, lots of things too bulky to take on the subway to set.

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Parking

One of our DPs loads up his car with equipment for us. He parks near our location.

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Prop Package

We purchased props & set decoration including items like a ceramic bird and bowl as well as a throw.

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Wine glasses

You will see these glasses in episodes 3 and 6.

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Batteries

Our sound is great because of our lav mics. They need lots of batteries to keep them working.

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Re-recording Editor/Dubbing Mixer

He makes sure we sound as good as we look - and helps us avoid the "badly dubbed movie" thing.

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Boom Operator

The pretty pictures are so much better when there is sound.

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Music Recording Studio Rental

We have to record the fabulous music Bobby Cronin is writing/arranging for us.

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Composer

His time & music are worth so much more, but he's willing to help out at a deeply discounted rate.

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Marketing Expenses

This is for DVDs, labels, and envelopes so we can mail out Settling Up and get it seen.

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Festival Fees

We have to pay to enter festivals where Settling Up can reach a wider audience. Fees avg. $50/entry

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Postcards

Postcards are a quick and easy way for us to get word out about Settling Up.

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Producer

"Producer" is insufficient. We prefer to call her "Production Goddess". We'd be lost without her.

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Editor

She put our fundraising video together and will make our episodes for us - and you!

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$15 USD

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$20 USD

All of the above plus listing on the website under "Special Thanks"

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$25 USD

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$40 USD

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$50 USD

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$75 USD

All of the above plus a digital download of all the episodes AND your voicemail recorded by one of the ladies of Settling Up

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$100 USD

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$125 USD

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$250 USD

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$255 USD

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$300 USD

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$400 USD

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$500 USD

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$750 USD

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$1,000 USD

Shout-outs, special thanks (web and in credits), photo, download, invitation to premiere party (date and location TBD, travel not included), Executive Producer credit, and - if you donate by Friday 9/19 - a role as featured background in an episode (must be in NYC on September 19th, travel not included)

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$1,500 USD

Shout-outs, special thanks (web and in credits), photo, download, invitation to premiere party (date and location TBD, travel not included), Executive Producer credit, and a coffee date with at least one of the ladies of Settling Up in NYC (travel to NYC not included)

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About The Project

"If she can see it, she can be it" is a wonderful phrase that I see more and more in reference to media for young girls. But what about their mothers? Aunts? Teachers? What depictions do we have of women in their late-30s? The media landscape for single women past their early 20s is pretty bleak. For the most part, you have your cougars, your background, your plot devices, your scolds, and your comic relief - with the comedy typically focused on the woman's desperate need to be married.

The women I see in media rarely reflect the women I know. Even more rare in popular entertainment are discussions of topics that are important in my life and in the lives of my friends - money, fertility, body image, etc. Rarer still is hearing two female characters have those discussions.

Settling Up aims to change that.

Settling Up's mission is to expand roles for women on both sides of the camera and to foment fiscal literacy and health for its audience. Settling Up offers characters and stories that better reflect the reality of the world in which real, smart, urban women live. A world with women who are educated and funny, strong and imperfect, weak and savvy, struggling and successful. All at the same time.

By telling stories about complex women, Settling Up aims to foster dialog, open doors, and enable self-discovery and self-actualization - in essence, nothing short of starting a movement.

It's time to Settle Up.

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$15 USD

A shout-out on Facebook and Twitter AND a personalized photo from the Settling Up team

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$20 USD

All of the above plus listing on the website under "Special Thanks"

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$25 USD

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$40 USD

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$50 USD

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$75 USD

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$100 USD

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$125 USD

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$250 USD

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$255 USD

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$300 USD

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$400 USD

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$500 USD

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$750 USD

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$1,000 USD

Shout-outs, special thanks (web and in credits), photo, download, invitation to premiere party (date and location TBD, travel not included), Executive Producer credit, and - if you donate by Friday 9/19 - a role as featured background in an episode (must be in NYC on September 19th, travel not included)

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$1,500 USD

Shout-outs, special thanks (web and in credits), photo, download, invitation to premiere party (date and location TBD, travel not included), Executive Producer credit, and a coffee date with at least one of the ladies of Settling Up in NYC (travel to NYC not included)

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The Team

Current Team

About This Team

Settling Up is so proud of our exquisite team:

Claude Bauschinger, DP

Claude is an awesome DP who does stuff like be the only guy to work the steadycam for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. A more detailed bio to come.

Lauren Berst, Actor (Alex)

Lauren Berst: Actor and voiceover artist living in New York. A member of Amios Theatre Company, Berst has performed in their original short and long form plays for 5 seasons. Also a member of Fight or Flight a trapeze theater company. Other NY credits: St. Crispin's Day - Rattlestick, Down the Road - Carbin Lane Productions,Sacred Water - Rag and Bone Theater Company. Regional: Denver Center Theater Company for 3 seasons and Missouri Repertory Theatre. Berst is a seasoned voiceover artist who can be heard on commercials, promos and narrations for Humira, Cheerios, Dell, Verizon, HBO, Showtime, Bravo, A&E and Investigation Discovery. BFA from the University of Evansville. MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory. www.laurenberst.com

Franny Civitano, Actor (Dara)

Franny Civitano is the Program Director and frequent actor, director and producer for Amios' monthly new short play festival, Shotz. New York:Shotz (Amios), ShakesBEER (NY Shakespeare Exchange), Take Me Home (Incubator Arts Project), A Midsummer Night's Dream (In Extremis Theater Company),Featuring Loretta (Occam Rep). Regional: Sign Stage on Tour, Triad Stage, NC Shakespeare Festival, B Street Theater, NC Theater for Young People. TV/Film: One Tree Hill, many independent films. Education: BFA form the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Bobby Cronin, Composer

Bobby Cronin is an award-winning composer/writer whose current projects include: Sunset City with bookwriter Wade Dooley (2013 Running Deer Theatre Lab, 2014 Goodspeed Mercer Project, 2014 the Pitch); The Concrete Jungle with co-bookwriter Crystal Skillman, which was commissioned in 2011 for London’s esteemed ArtsEd School (President: Andrew Lloyd Webber) opened in London June 2012 and goes into workshop in NYC July 2014; Welcome To My Life (W2ML) currently under a Broadway option; ‘Til Death Do Us Part (2012 Alec Baldwin Fellowship Winner, UK’s S&S Award Finalist). Daybreak which won the 2011 New Jersey Playwrights Contest and premiered in Wayne, NJ & London’s Tristan Bates Theatre June 2012; andMary & Max with Crystal Skillman and Stafford Arima. He composed the score and songs for the short musical film “Walk the Walk” for NYFA, where he is also on faculty and will be doing the same for a film currently in pre-production which will have a techno-rock opera sound. His music is featured in the new webseries Settling Up. He won “Best Score of a Mockumentary” for the webseries Thank You, Next and Best Music/Lyrics for Ten Reasons I Won’t Go Home With You in 2010’s MITF. Bobby is grateful to be one of the four NEO Writers for the York's 2014-2015 season. He was commissioned to write a pop song for the 2013 winner of Italy’s televised singing competition Lo Canto. Other: 54 Below, Lincoln Center Songbook Series, Birdland, Symphony Space, London’s The Players Theatre & St. James Theatre, and more. "Reach The Sky: Live at The Beechman" and “The Concrete Jungle International Studio Cast Recording” both available on iTunes. Bobby created the Inspired Benefit Concert Series for animal rescue organizations across the U.S in which theatre writers perform songs that have inspired their work. He’s a Yale graduate, Member of ASCAP, Dramatists Guild, and MMD (UK). @bobbycronin or www.bobbycronin.com

Mateo Ervin, Sound Superstar, Actor (Cater Waiter)

Mateo is an actor who has a budding interest in all aspects of the film universe. He loves playing all manner of kooky characters, but enjoys immersing himself in any type of role. His hobbies include dancing in very high heels, eating, and trying to find a way to pass time between meals.

Amy Kersten, Producer/Co-Director

Amy is actor, writer, and producer. She created the award winning web series HOT MESS, now in it's third season. Amy is also a Senior Producer, Writer, and Actor for Lady Parts Justice created by Lizz Winstead (Co-Creator of The Daily Show). Amy is also passionate about theater. After working as an assistant producer at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2007, she produced the first collected evening of short works by Liz Meriwether (Fox's New Girl). Amy attended the National Theater Conservatory MFA Acting program. She has produced numerous videos and short films, specializing in femme-centric comedy and social action. Amy is also an improvisor at the Upright Citizen's Brigade, and part of the Shelter Island Sylvester Manor Shakespeare ensemble. She is also currently in development for the new series Tutor Pimps with collaborator Hilary Edson Polk (General Hospital & Another World).

Ken Kotowski, DP

Kenneth Kotowski is an Air Force veteran, who studied filmmaking in college, and received his MFA in Media Production / Cinematography from CUNY’s The City College of New York. He has been shooting and lighting for over 13 years. Ken has DP’d several features, countless short films, music videos and commercials. In addition to shooting Kenneth is currently teaching filmmaking at his alma mater, William Paterson University of NJ, and working part time as a Lighting Director / Video Op at MSNBC.

My website: http://www.exit150productions.com/Home.html

My IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1214971/

My Creative District Profile: http://www.creativedistrict.com/profile/5687

My Cast & Crew Call Profile: http://castandcrewcall.com/kenneth-kotowski/

Becca Mclarty, Actor (Brianna)

Becca L. McLarty is thrilled to work with the amazing cast and crew of Settling Up. She holds her MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College and was recently seen as Julie in Yvette and the Wild Shame with Columbia Stages. She also regularly improvises with the troupes Broadway's Next Hit Musical and Weird Feelings. Other favorite credits include: Viola in Twelfth Night and Mary Jane Hanrahan in Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train. www.beccalmclarty.com

Liz Thaler, Director

Liz is an accomplished writer and director and was recently named an Artistic Associate of the Fresh Fruit Festival. Liz has her masters from LAMDA and has directed and assistant directed both in London and across the US for institutions such as the Atlantic Theater Company in NYC. Liz also has her own theater company, In Extremis, and enjoyed a full production of her play The Peddler’s Tale this past summer in NYC.

Kathleen Wallace, Creator/Writer/Executive Producer/Actor (Darcy)

Kathleen is a busy lady who is eternally grateful for your interest in Settling Up. When she is not creating/writing/producing/acting in Settling Up, she is a writer/actor/producer/cheerleader for Amios Theater Companyand an Artistic Associate of Barefoot Theater Company, and she teaches fitness for Equinox and coaches public speaking. She is also the founder and Chief Cape Advocate of Be A Superhero Day, a day of public service. Kathleen holds degrees from Yale University and the National Theater Conservatory and certificates from a couple schools in Germany. This winter she will appear as Amanda in Noel Coward’s Private Lives at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia.

Melissa Wolff, Actor (Diana)

Melissa is an actress and voiceover artist and also works as a writer, marketer, producer and project manager. She has appeared in numerous productions in New York City and The Berkshires and has performed in regional theaters and in the Edinburgh; Washington, DC; and New York fringe festivals. She has also recorded voiceovers for television, radio and film. Melissa is a graduate of Yale University and co-chairs the NYC Chapter of Yale in Hollywood.

Lana Yang, Sound Goddess

Lana is an awesome human being whose talents and experience will knock your socks off. More detailed bio coming soon.

Justin Yorio, Actor (Alex’s Date)

Justin is co-Artistic Director of Amios Theater Company for whom he also writes, acts, and directs. He is a graduate of both Cornell University and the National Theater Conservatory. He has been known to rock a poker table or two in his time. More info about Justin to come.
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