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New web series "Dirty Laundry" set to bring bite size cinematic drama to a booming online audience. 

A new web series, entitled "Dirty Laundry," is in pre-production by an award winning team of independent London-based filmmakers. Set entirely within an East London Laundrette, the neo-noir web series is led by one girl and her Dictaphone as she begins to uncover a dark web of secrets and lies.See Promotional Video

The team are using crowdfunding website Phundee to raise the budget needed to shoot the pilot episode which will be shot later in the year."At Phundee we are super excited to have Dirty Laundry on our site. We really hope that people back Dirty Laundry. You rarely meet a team with such passion and drive, and Jason and Charli have a great vision for their project"Jack Gaskin CMO Phundee.

The campaign is already at 31%, raising £2,695 in their first week, but still have over £5,000 to raise in order to reach their target of £8,640. Money raised on Phundee

Dirty Laundry reflects and celebrates the diverse mix of people who call London home. Writer Charli Whatley added,"The characters each represent a different voice of London, but we feel confident that it will break out of the UK and appeal to the vast global audience currently seeking out entertainment content online. I wrote the series with a digital audience in mind; creating short thrilling episodes that will keep people engaged, despite their busy lifestyles."

The series is in part a response to the team's passion for web series, but also the lack of quality drama within the format. The team intend to bring their cinema background to the smallest of screens; with production values, quality of writing and acting, all being key values."It's an exciting young medium that is still figuring itself out, which is very exciting to me."Director Jason Bradbury explained"It means you can play with the format before the rules have been set. I'm continually frustrated by the lack of good drama narratives executed with the same level of care as cinema"

The way in which we view episodic content is changing. By next year, video will account for 68% of all consumer Internet traffic and that's set to rise to 80% by 2019. This unprecedented rise in how audiences access video content provides the perfect opportunity for short video drama to emerge as a brand new way to tell stories. Jason and Charli have already had extremely positive feedback on the script and have started to assemble a team of emerging UK talent to help bring their vision to life. Keep your eyes on their Phundee crowdfunding page and get involved!

Notes to editors

1. Link to Press Images:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tuhjlruwn9k1g78/AACttrUXgs5gwGI36XPNdYtga?dl=0

2. Behind the scenes talent attached to the project so far includes:

Director:Jason Bradbury, resident of Hackney. His short films have attracted over 3.7 million views on YouTube, including 2.8million on his short "We Once Were Tide"

Writer:Charli Whatley, resident of Hackney, has spent the last few years working within the field of scripted drama for companies such as A&E Networks.

Editor: Lizzy Graham. Credits include the Academy Award winning Short Film ‘The Phone Call', Directed by Mat Kirkby at RSA Films.

Cinematographer:Adam Scarth. Recently completed principal photography on BFI backed feature film ‘Daphne' by award winning production company The Bureau.

Composer:Patrick Jonsson. Credits include the score for the Academy Award and BAFTA nominated feature documentary ‘Virunga'.

2. Dirty Laundry Official links:

https://www.phundee.com/reward/campaign/dirty-laundry

http://www.dirtylaundryseries.com

https://www.facebook.com/DiiirtyLaundry

https://twitter.com/DiiirtyLaundry

3. More on Web Series:

Established filmmakers lending their name to the format have fuelled the popularity of the web series format; these include Bryan Singer of X-Men fame with the sci-fi web series "H+" and Ridley Scott backed series "Zero".

Despite being a standalone format, they have also become an effective way for filmmakers to prove their concepts in an ever competitive marketplace. A recent success story is "High Maintenance", a series that follows a marijuana dealer as he travels around New York. After a self funded first season, Vimeo stepped in and as of 2016, they will launch a television version on HBO.

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