Who is Standard Bear, and how Pirates vs Hobos came to be

Standard Bear LLC is a production company created by myself, and my husband, Sal.  Our first project, Pirates vs. Hobos, Season One, is currently on You Tube.  Click here, and rock out. http://www.youtube.com/user/PiratesVsHobos  It's 7 and a half episodes, roughly 75 minutes total, so get some popcorn and cuddle up with a friend.

It all started on an outing to City Island which I did not attend, during the summer of 2007.  Sal and about four of our actor friends were wandering around eating ice cream and griping about their struggling artist condition.  Having written about 4 plays by then, and having directed an improv troupe for 5 years beforehand, Sal volunteered to write them a web series.  Ideas were flown around, and it was eventually settled that Pirates vs Hobos, the Romeo and Juliet love story was to be written, filmed and directed by Sal, at some point.  Fortunately for everyone, I had organized a massive 30th Birthday present that year, in which a million people (slight exaggeration) pitched in to buy him a video camera. 

In the Fall of 2007, Sal developed a massive cough that would not go away.  In January of 2008 we found out he had Hodgkins Lymphoma.  Not one to allow a silly bit of cancer to stand in his way, he finished writing the web series about half way through his chemotherapy.  He dropped the Romeo and Juliet conceit, and created a complex storyline that involved a large and very fun cast.   Although we began the actual filming at the end of his treatment, when he was hardest hit, we had a blast filming that summer.  I played the Great Pirate Lackbeard (officially only titled Lackbeard, but I enjoy my creative license on occasion), and was in charge of everything Sal wasn't.

Editing took awhile, as he had a relapse in January of 2009 (this story does have a happy ending, I swear), and went in for a Stem Cell transplant that spring.  By the end of that year, he had already begun posting episodes, and we were preparing to film Season Two.  Editing also took an extra long while because he did the whole thing on iMovie 5, after having to ADR (dubbing, essentially) about 60% of the footage.  Forgive us our foibles as you watch it.

Season Two has just wrapped most of principal filming, and he's begun the editing process on far better equipment (Adobe Premier and Soundbooth).  It's all very exciting, and I thought it was time to share.

Let me know what you think?