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Game Over

The worst video game store in the world.

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  • Location:Aston, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Category:Film

3/12/11 - FINAL UPDATE!!!!!

WE'RE NOW GIVING FOR ALL CONTRIBUTIONS $25 OR HIGHER 

- FREE GAME OVER SERIES T-SHIRT

- DVD OF PRODUCERS CHRIS PIERDOMENICO'S PREVIOUS WORKS

- A FREE MOVIE INSERT!

 

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD!

2/26/11- UPDATE!

Creator/Director Dave Bullis has won the Pennsylvania Film Industry Association contest for best member letter to keep the PA Film Tax Incentive.
He'll be going to Pittsburgh tomorrow for an OSCAR gala where he will be promoting GAME OVER to various people in the industry.

WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING YOU CAN.

2/24/11- UPDATE!

Leah Cevoli (Robot Chicken,Deadwood,My Name is Earl) has joined our producing team!!!

 

- DO YOU LIKE VIDEO GAMES?

- DO YOU FREQUENT GAME STORES ALOT?

- EVER WORK AT  A VIDEO GAME STORE?

 

 THIS IS THE SERIES FOR YOU! GAME OVER IS A TV PILOT ABOUT 5 EMPLOYEES AT A VIDEO GAME STORE.

Our Story

I'm Dave Bullis, creator and Director of Game Over. Game Over is  a TV pilot that focuses on 5 employees and their manager as they work at a video game store. 

The pilot episode, 'The Launch Party' was written by myself and comedian Michael O'Donnell. 
The episode focuses on the launch event of a brand new gaming system, the M3. When Wade brings in a system to give away in a raffle later that night, the employees begin to play it the minute he leaves. When they accidentally break it they have to cover by trying to rig the raffle. 

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! If you've ever worked at a GameStop, Funcoland, EB Games, please contribute if you can and/or spread the word about the show.

We have pulled together all of very talented people for this project including Brian Anthony Wilson (from the hit HBO shows, 'The Wire and the Sopranos' to stand-up comedians to a Playboy model Tammy Jean (2011 issue) to our crew like cinematographer Brian Simon (Comcast, MTV, Viva La Bam). 
 
Producers
Chris Pierdomenico: Chris has been a filmmaker for the past few years, making the films, 'Christian', 'Opaque', 'Jane's World', and 'Tobias'. Chris currently works for the NumaNetwork creating various content for the site.
 
Leah Cevoli: Leah has voiced over 40 characters for the hit Cartoon Network show, Robot Chicken. Also she has appeared on DeadWood and My Name is Earl.
Leah produces her own show, 'On The Road with Leah', her own talk-show "Livin' On A Dream", and the horror short film, 'Body Of Work.' which has screened in 5 states, garnering 3 awards for Best Cinematography.

Joey DiCamillo: Joey is a filmmaker and a graduate from The Pennsylvania State University with a degree in film/video. Among working with numerous projects, he has worked as a composer for the short animated film "PING" and directed his own short film "Kaleidoscope", as well as currently collaborating with the Numa Network. 
 
 
Crew
Director of Cinematography: Brian Simon 
1st AD: Zach Zimmerman
Production Designer: Johnny Walker
Boom Operator: Matt Bergey 
Script Supervisor: Cheryl Wallace
Photography: Marvin Burwell
1st Camera: Brian Simon
2nd camera: Mike Biaselli 
PA's: Eric Torbio, PJ DiMuzio 
(some other crew roles are being filled now) 

CAST

Dr. Watson (Brian Anthony Wilson) - Professor at Jason's college. He's a mentor to Jason

Wade Gates (Michael Tamin Yurcaba) - Manager of the store. 

Brock Corman (Jamie Richard) - Slacker at work. Hardcore gamer. 

Jason Spungbauer (Steve Underwood) - early 20's, wants to be a writer. 

Lei Pingdamutan (Candy Washington) - Daughter of the owner of the strip mall. 

Gabriel Van Berg (Will Ball) - Creepy comic book loving cart attendant. 

Walter Kronsky (Sean Egan) - Strip mall security guard. 

Jerry Gerbil (Vikram Joshi) - Mascot for kid themed restaurant


Trey Hightower (Robb Stetch) - A gamer whose wants to quit his job at the store and turn pro only problem is Trey isn't quite good enough. 


Valerie Hightower (Tammy Jean) - Sister of Trey. She DJ's as a job. 


TurboMax (Michael O'Donnell) - Pitchman/Rep for TurboMax Energy drink.


Yuppie Parent (Lisa DeRosa) - Frequents the store. Asks many of the same questions again and again. 


To give you a quick recap of the history of this project, the show is based upon my experiences working at large video game retail store for a year and a half. 

We had a deal to shoot this at one of the leading game retailers (no names) but the deal fell through. So we then were contacted by a local video game store to shoot there. But again the owner backed out leaving the project without a location to film. 

Luckily, we were able to find a new location quickly but we need to build a set now which has increased production costs. 

We will be filming in April at Sun Center Studios in Aston, PA. 


Here is some press coverage we've received:

Actors audition for TV pilot at Sun Center Studios

 

Comedy Show Auditions Draw a Crowd at Sun Center Studios


The Impact

Seemingly almost everyone plays games now, whether on their computer, cell phone or even TV. This project will hit home with alot of people. 

The gaming community will really enjoy this show as it's full of inside references and lingo. 


This is also the cumulation of alot of hard work and dedication, if we can succeed we could bring alot of attention to the Philadelphia film community and continue the series in the area, if a network picks it up. 

This project has already gotten the attention of news media and can bring more attention to the growing Philadelphia area film community.




What We Need & What You Get

Our goal is $10,000. We need these funds to build our set, rental & utility fees, pay actors,etc.
 
We've put together TONS OF GREAT PERKS for all levels of contributions! Everything from video games to DVD's, to appearances of the Numa Numa network to signed scripts/posters, etc.  
 

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