MAGIC ISLAND™
Take one American magician on overdrive, two narcissistic models, three Jamaican pranksters, four lovely bikini-clad sirens, one kite-surfing girl escape artist, one wise-guy talking deer, one monster gorilla, one foul-mouth puppet-poodle, a filmmaker trying to shoot an ultra-low budget movie all living in a paradise, on a banana republic island! And, I'm not making this up, so welcome to my world, welcome to MAGIC ISLAND. And it's very very real.
ELEVATOR PITCH:
This is a fun comedy, character driven world upside down, live adventure series, mixed with real-time animation, sort of TV-reality, mysterious series based on my real life, from my long running Magic Live!® theater casino shows that presented over 2,400 performances, on the island of Aruba.
WORLD:
A land of, Shangri-La meets Faulty Towers and a bit of Gilligan's Island craziness.
Series works in LIVE ACTION or ANIMATION or combo of both, crazy over-the-top characters are well defined based on my real-life true adventures from my long running island casino show.
CAST
• MAGIC BOSS – a magician on overdrive, funny irreverent, the center of this universe.
• TWO NARCISSISTIC MODELS – magic assistants
• PSYCHIC MADAME WONDER – she tells the future, but doesn't know why?
• PIPI-THE-PUPPET-POODLE – famous comedian with foul-mouth observational humor voices the puppet, it's bleeped out for network TV, and full version on-line beeps removed not censored.
• MAGIC SIRENS - magic assistants / narcissistic models
• THREE JAMAICAN PRANKSTERS - running joke in segments.
• FOUR LOVELY BIKINI-CLAD SIRENS – tourists watching the magic
• HOUDINI GIRL – female escape artist, Dayle Krall re-creates Houdini's most heart-pounding death-defying escapes locked in glass and chains on the beach and underwater.
• MR. BUCK; WISE-GUY TALKING DEER – mechanical remote-control deer head, mounted on a palm tree, all-knowing answers cast questions to dilemmas with humor but serious.
• ONE MONSTER GORILLA – man-in-costume or animated.
• KITE-SURFING COOL GIRL – mishaps & fails.
• ZOMBIE FILM-MAKER SHOOTING HORROR MOVIE – shooting behind-the-scenes with iPhone.
• KIKI – visual mind-bending walk-around characters in background.
Additional: Pranks, Stunts, Street Magic, Street Comedy, Comedy on the Beach to visitors of Magic Island
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Adam SteinfeldSeries Creator
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Adam SteinfeldProducer, Director, Writer, Editor
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MAGIC BOSSCAST
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TWO NARCISSISTIC MODELSCAST
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PSYCHIC MADAME WONDERCAST
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PIPI-THE-PUPPET-POODLECAST
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MAGIC SIRENSCAST
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THREE JAMAICAN PRANKSTERSCAST
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FOUR LOVELY BIKINI-CLAD SIRENSCAST
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HOUDINI GIRLCAST
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MR. BUCK; WISE-GUY TALKING DEERCAST
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ONE MONSTER GORILLACAST
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KITE-SURFING COOL GIRLCAST
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ZOMBIE FILM-MAKERCAST
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KIKI – visual mind-bending real charactersCAST
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Adam SteinfeldProducer
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Adam SteinfeldDirector
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Adam SteinfeldWriter
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Stewart Reynolds / Great Voice OverVoice Over
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Project Type:Short, Television, Web / New Media
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Genres:live action, reality, mysterious, magic, visual arts, comedy
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Runtime:40 seconds
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Completion Date:May 6, 2018
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Production Budget:200 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:Aruba, United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Short Bio
South FLORIDA FILMMAKER:
Adam Steinfeld, a director and magician, under his banner Magic Live!®, studied to be a filmmaker at the Univ. of Miami, earning a BA in Film, other media projects; Houdini Lives!, Ask Madame Wonder? a twisted-tales series, Yo Houdini supernatural series and Houdini Girl documentary and many more.
Main Bio
Adam Steinfeld, based in South Florida studied to be a filmmaker, at the University of Miami, directing, writing, and creating, mini-versions of the Tonight Show and his final senior thesis short film, "the Box", on Houdini, he went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, in Communications (Cinema & Television), all while performing as a skilled street-style magician, that put himself through college.
Soon after graduation, Steinfeld's travels focused on his magic skills, presenting at; comedy clubs, and mega cruise-ships around the world, to performing & producing in one of the longest running permanent magic shows, to a record over 2,400 shows, Magic Live!®...comedy on the beach, at two mega island casino resorts, in Aruba, that ran over ten years at one location from 2001 to 2013, Magic Live!® starring Adam Steinfeld show was named Best International Magic show by Premious Magica in Buenos Aires.
No doubt, magicians, played an early key role, in the development of feature films, from Georges Méliès , to Harry Houdini , to Orson Welles, and that's one of the reasons, Mr. Steinfeld believes, in the expansion of the Art form of magic, mixed with, television, and film, now many years later, Adam, is very much involved in shooting, writing & editing his own self-produced projects.
On Aruba Island, "I shot many many shorts, said Steinfeld, working with my long time magic assistants, in my magic show, that doubled as star actors, and crew and each time, I increased my directing and editing skills."
My short experimental film, 'Houdini, talks Houdini' recently screened at the 16th annual Coney Island film festival, and upcoming short deli-documentary; 'Hold the Schmaltz: the final hours of RASCAL HOUSE', premiered in 2017, at the 31st Annual Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival and many more. And Yo Houdini web series nominated for; Best Web Series and Editing by the 2018 Independent Horror Awards.
"You have to remember, I studied to be a filmmaker years ago, but this new digital film technology, has allowed me to experiment with various stories, on an ultra low, no budget projects, such as; Ask Madame Wonder?, Creezy, where are you?, comedy spoof, Magic Schmuck: the 2nd Best Magician, in the whole-wide World, Houdini Lives!, Magic Island, Yo Houdini, to a writing collaboration, of my novel, Houdini Lives! with award-winning Boston crime author, Al Blanchard, and other comedians, magicians and filmmakers."