Ragtag Productions

Ragtag Productions

Ragtag Productions is an American award-winning [cite web |url=http://www.ragtagfilms.net/awards.htm |title=Awards and Festivals |accessdate=2008-04-07 |format= |work=RagtagFilms.net ] independent film and video production company based in Astoria, Queens. They are noted for the web comedy series "We Need Girlfriends" that ran in 2006-2007. The company has recently entered into discussions with CBS about turning "We Need Girlfriends" into a television series pilot with "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star. [cite web | last =Chong | first =Kevin | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =YouTube to boob tube: How the online sitcom is transforming TV, and vice-versa | work = | publisher =CBCNews.ca | date =March 28, 2008| url =http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/onlinesitcoms.html | format = | doi = | accessdate =2008-04-09 ]

Background

Company founders Steven Tsapelas, Brian Amyot and Angel Acevedo were film majors at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, where they met. Upon graduation, the three moved to Astoria to work together producing film shorts and submitting them to festivals. After seeing the increasing popularity of online film submissions and contest, they decided to focus on the Internet as a medium to distribute their work.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =The Beta Male’s Charms | work = | publisher ="The New York Times" | date =February 7, 2008 | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/fashion/07girlfriends.html?_r=1&oref=slogin | format = | doi = | accessdate =2009-04-10 ]

External links

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* [http://www.ragtagfilms.net Official website]
* [http://www.weneedgirlfriends.tv/ "We Need Girlfriends" website]

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