- You wanted to see me?
- Hi, yes Vanessa
please come in, sit down.
You have been such a rockstar Vanessa,
really embodying our core values,
taking a high level approach
also drilling down,
really moving the needles of our best practices.
- Well, that is what I'm always.
- Without complaining.
I wanna empower you
to take on more responsibility.
- What portion of the initial?
- The whole thing.
(dramatic music)
- Oh, but I gotta plan a whole initiative?
But I'm unqualified though,
I'm unqualified, bet.
- Hey girlfriend.
- You know who we should get on this?
- Josephine.
- Grand rising.
- You know what?
I want the office to take personality tests.
It'll help promote office synergy.
- I just see myself as more of a.
- Leader, someone who works better.
- Alone, comfort and solitude are so.
- Not my style.
I've been here a long time,
and if you don't speak up,
folks will walk all over you.
- I can't control what others do,
but I can control how I respond.
I'd much rather let the tides take me away
than stand on ground that
dims my light.
- I like to be involved and in the mix.
You gotta have.
- Reflection and introspection
to reach true enlightenment.
- So am I still terminated or?
- Oh yeah, you need to leave.
I'm here to escort you.
Is he gone?
(dramatic music)
- Hey everyone, I'm Hallease,
endeavoring to persevere as always.
I am a digital storyteller, video producer
and the creator of the five-part comedy web series called
This Coulda Been An Email.
Thank you so much for checking out the trailer
and watching it.
I hope you enjoyed it.
Let me know in the comments below if you did.
This Coulda Been an Email
is a five-part comedy web series
about two HR secretaries
doing everything but their jobs.
For season one,
they are tasked with putting on
a diversity equity and inclusion initiative in the office
and let's just say hilarity ensues.
This show has been an idea of mine
ever since I joined the workforce
and started going to work
in different office settings.
Navigating that space as a Black woman
has always been
interesting.
And so at the beginning of 2020,
I'd actually just finished producing a web series
for PBS Digital Studios.
And I just felt like I was finally at a place as a producer
where I could start tackling
narrative scripted storytelling.
And I reached out to a friend
and fellow creative Evelyn from the internet
and we began developing and writing this show together.
A big shout out to my Patreon producers
for being like the early investors in on this show
and on this project.
It's because of them that I was able to cover
all of Evelyn's writing fees
for co-writing this five-part comedy web series with me.
Thank y'all so much.
And also a huge,
huge shout out to Adobe.
It's because I became an Adobe Creative Resident
in June of 2021,
that I was able to allocate funds
to the show to produce it.
So in November of 2021,
we actually filmed the pilot
and this trailer that you just watched
at the top of the video for $20,000.
And it is directly because of Adobe
I was able to do that.
So what now Hallease?
Great question.
Thank you for asking.
Like I said, this is a five part comedy web series.
We have officially filmed and are in post
for one of the five parts.
So that means there's still four parts left.
That's where y'all come in.
Producing a web series is expensive apparently.
So we have launched a crowdfunding campaign
to try to get the money
to produce episodes two and three
of this five-part
comedy web series.
Again, episode one is done
and that'll be dropping on the YouTube channel Hallease
in late January.
So if you're interested,
head over to the link in the description box,
so that way you can check out the crowdfunding campaign
and join the production team
at whatever level you feel comfortable with.
Your contributions to the production
will cover things like hiring the cast and crew back,
covering location rentals.
Folks gotta eat.
We're still in a panorama,
we're still in a panini press.
You will be directly helping us
by joining at whatever level you feel comfortable with
to continue the storytelling process.
So thank you so much in advance.
Conversely though, if for whatever reason
you can't really do it right now, that's fine.
If you can share this video
with at least five people you think who could,
that would really help us out a lot.
And also make sure to follow me on social media
and subscribe to this YouTube channel
if you haven't already
so that way you don't miss when the episodes come out.
If you've made it this far in the video
in the comments below,
let me know how you like the trailer.
What is your favorite part of it?
What are you most excited to see from the show?
I'm so excited to bring this show to you.
We've worked so hard on it.
The crew, the cast,
post-production, my editor.
It's just been so amazing.
So in the comments below,
let me know how you're feeling about it.
Again, I'm Hallease endeavoring to persevere as always.
Thank you so much for watching this video
and checking out the trailer to the series.
This Coulda Been An Email
and yeah, I hope to see you on the crowdfunding page.
Bye.