It’s said you can’t keep them on the farm after they’ve seen Hollywood—or maybe it’s Paris. Here’s the story of the local boy who came back home. “Tired of the attitude and the egos, I didn’t want to be in front or behind the camera anymore. I just wanted to tell stories,” says Bill Robertson.
Stories connect us, create understanding, and cement friendship. Kevin Coolidge, of From My Shelf Books, enjoys a good story, and when he found out his friend Bill was moving back to Tioga County, he let him know if he ever wanted to film in the bookstore, he was welcome.
The first rule of writing is write what you know. Bill wanted to write, and Kevin knows bookstores, so a script for a web series was born. A web series is released on the internet, generally in episodic form. Think television, but shorter; it’s a webisode.
Kevin had the experience of running a bookstore, and Bill has the experience of script writing. Together they created From My Shelf Books Vs. The Evil Empire. Running any small business has its challenges and its conflicts. There was no lack of material.
Both Bill and Kevin love movies, and stories, and it shows in the quirky characters and situations in this show. “It’s kind of a combination of Black’s Books, a British comedy, and The Big Bang Theory, but it’s more. It's about a small town bookstore's day-to-day struggles to survive in the shadow of a greedy colossus, while staying true to their creative natures.”
Both Bill and Kevin wanted to highlight Wellsboro. Any creative project tends to involve the talents of many people. “There’s a lot of talent here in Tioga County, and we wanted to show that. People think that just because it’s a rural area, there’s nothing here and that’s not true. Local people are involved from the writing to the photography, to the makeup, even the music.
The web series will be posted to the bookstore's Facebook page and youtube channel, but Wellsboro audiences will be able to see it first. "Episode 1" and "Episode 2" will be premiered on the big screen before it's world wide release on the internet! Monday June 30, at 7pm, in Room 218 of the Deane Center! Public, cast & crew invited!
The lovely young lady on the right is Patricia Ritter, our dp(directory of photography, and Bubbly Ray in the show. The guy in the middle is Bill Robertson director, and the main writer, and Kevin is in blue. Kevin helps write, produce and really stretches as an actor. He plays Kevin in the show.
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