Night and Day Sweatshops

New site - www.yomtoob.com - is up!

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:40:25 -0500

A new site featuring my directing reel is up! Go to www.yomtoob.com to check it out. Thanks to Bill Brissette for the web design and Colin Edelman at PS260 for the editing.

Show Reel

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:17:31 -0500

New Show Reel on its way!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:32:20 -0500

Picture is locked on the new show reel thanks to Colin Edelman at P.S. 260. If you want a sneak peak before its posted on this site, please email me at lilabird@gmail.com.

Segments for Nintendo's Wii Fit

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:51:27 -0500

The other day a I directed a few segments of a Nintendo Wii Fit web series called "Get Fit with Alyson Stoner." I dont know when the segments will be online, but I will let it be known.

Wild Horse Viral Counts

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:45:53 -0500

A few videos made under the Wild Horse Society moniker have gone viral.

Here are the counts:

Youtube:

"Memory Game"(featured) 339,447 views, 33 honors
"Beach Impeach" 8,361 views

Daily Motion:

"Hugs"(featured) 4,332 views
"Memory Game" (featured) 2,164

Print Magazine's New Visual Artists 2008

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:40:36 -0500

Print Magazine's new Visual Artists 2008 issue (April 2008) is out on the stands, and my article "Designer's Zodiac" is in the front of book. They have also featured the story on their website as a hook.

Teaching is fun.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:29:01 -0500

I've been teaching at DCTV - thats Downtown Community Television. Its really fun to act like I know what I am talking about and have people believe me! Haha!

Its really exciting to be around people who want to learn something. And then its very awesome that I help satisfy their curiosity while making bad jokes.

No really, it is exciting to help people discover filmmaking. It reminds me how much I like it. And how hard it is.

At DCTV I teach Production 101 and Final Cut Pro 101.

This weekend I am a guest speaker for "Girls Write Now." This is a non profit organization for high school girls who are interested in writing. They are paired up with mentors that they work with on a weekly basis and have special workshops once a month. Saturday is the screenwriting workshop, and I will be blabbing
about my experience in front of 18 girls and their mentors. Amy Lumet (Sydney's daughter) will also be speaking.

Viral Madness

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:05:57 -0500

We were so excited to hear that youtube wanted to feature "Memory Game" for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. To add to it, dailymotion.com wanted to feature it too.

The responses were, lets say...diverse. "Memory Game" wasnt made for a broad audience. It brought out the best and worst in people. Last I checked, it's been viewed 310,000 times, featured in 35 countries and had a 1000+ comments. Not bad for an art film!

Our Youtube account was hacked, an honor shared by Tay Zonday of "Chocolate Rain" fame. The youtube squad team had trouble stopping this guy (yes I am assuming the person is not a woman) who changed the title, description and tags on our video. 3 of our 5 days of front page madness were tarnished by this dude, and then youtube had to take our account down to try to fix the problem, so our momentum was zapped.

The dailymotion experience was pretty smooth. No racists or hackers. They also chose to feature another Wild Horse Society video about Hugs for Valentines Day. Sweet, huh?!

Some of the comments on youtube are pretty unbelievable, and are worth checking out if you feel like hating on something:

http://youtube.com/user/WildHorseSociety

smooth sailin' at dailymotion:

http://www.dailymotion.com/Wildhorsesocietyhttp://www.dailymotion.com/Wildhorsesociety

"Memory Game" featured on Youtube

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:12:05 -0500

The Wild Horse Society (Nahatlie Roland and myself) made a video tribute to Dr. MArtin Luther King in honor of his birthday. This week, in honor of his holiday, Youtube featured the video - called "Memory Game" on the front page.

It's the end of the 4th day as a featured video. "Memory Game" has received over 240,000 views and nearly 1000 comments. Several of the comments display a harsh negativity towards celebrating MLK, which is a hard pill to swallow.

This morning we woke up to find that our youtube channel has been hacked by a hater. Apparently we are important enough to be hacked! I guess that this guy was upset that he didn't get to see yet another cute animal video, and that he actually watched an art film.

Team Google/Youtube is on the case, and will hopefully solve the mission. In the mean time, to see the video with all the crazy comments, got to www.youtube.com/wildhorsesociety

LuLu LeMal: Celebrity Stalker

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:39:32 -0500

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For Vespa.com, starring Sharon Eisman, Ryan McFaul and his lovely red GTS. Thanks to them! Aswell as Naftali Rutter for handling the camera, The Cocoa Bar for the location, and Scrabbel for the music. Look, we all have links! We are so 21st century!

"High Life" DVD reviewed in Film Arts Magazine

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:46:46 -0500

Click here to read the review of the "High Life" dvd.

A New Video!

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:45:10 -0500

There's a new video on the site, check out the video page!

Photos of Reykjavik

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:30:50 -0500

I had such a great time in Iceland that I extended my trip by a few days. I feel very lucky to have to chance to travel there, see an enchanted land and meet new friends.

Click here for photos.

I was in Iceland for the Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Campus.

"High Life" DVD now available!

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:42:38 -0500

"High Life is now available for purchase on dvd or as a download through indiepix. Check it out at www.indiepix.net/highlife

On the indiepix site you will see a cool interview video with me and the actors.

The official website for High Life is www.highlifemovie.com

Reykjavic Talent Campus

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:30:39 -0500

Looks like Lila's going to the Reykjavic Film Festival for the Talent Campus and a soak in the Blue Lagoon. October 3-7. 2007.