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Go to Germany & be the first to see part of the White House Hotel…

Not long ago, we submitted an excerpt of our first feature length film to the 3rd International Video Journalism Awards.

The scene, which is a kind of deleted selection from the film, follows an odd relationship that develops between Paulie, the plumber, and James, a young Scotsman. James arrives at the WHH hoping to find himself in New York. He ends up working at the hotel as an assistant maintenance man. At first all is smooth, but James quickly discovers that working with Paulie is difficult. The collision of old and young, combined with Paulie’s erratic temperament, force James to quit his position and eventually leave the White House. In short, this selection illustrates the bizarre juxtaposition that the WHH fosters in its old corridors.

The 3rd International Video Journalism Awards will be held from October 27-29 at the Kino Babylon Cinema, in Berlin. If you’d like to learn more about the festival, listen to an interview from last year’s festival with Videomission’s Sabine Streich and Moose’s Matt Rivera. (The interview is mostly in German.)

Just got the news from Josh Suskin, Current TV producer…

Seems Doublenuptial won a Bronze Remi at the 2006 Worldfest Houston.

I just found out about this today and don’t really know much about Worldfest, but good news is good news.

Welcome to the new Moose Website! New menus, new video, new blog…new new new…

So next time you are at work, looking for a way to kill time, go take a look. Leave us a note. Go play on our MySpace page. Say hello to our interns. Find the hidden Moose, win a prize. (make sure you refresh the site to see the new one http://www.moose3.com )

Ben Watkins, brilliant designer, filmmaker & all round media king is responsible for the new layout. If you like his work, go dig deeper.

In other news, we are working on the final pass for our first feature length documentary, The White House Hotel: Life at the End of the Bowery. With the help of our queen editor, Carrie Goldman (shooter & Editor for Baghdad ER), the film is getting ready for a public appearance.

Big things are in store, so keep a look out. Tell us what you want to see on the blog. Enjoy enjoy.

Moose Productions is growing… Today we welcome Prerna, Anne & Joe to the team. They are all NYU journalism students and are now our first interns. They will be working with us as we go on our final push to get the White House out to the public. In addition, the New Moose 3 will also be helping us gear up for our next project, the Green Movement Film, and might be appearing on this log soon.

We have finally succumbed to the mania. Social Networking. Web 2.0. Big phrases from web theorists, but for us, it just means we have a MySpace page, at last.

We hope ot have some more clips up there soon and will use the site for announcements and updates. Check it out and sign up to be our friend. We need more friends. After all, is cyberspace such a lonely place.