27 Feb 2022

Making screen comedy for your phone!

From Standing Room Only, 12:47 pm on 27 February 2022

The usual way to try and attract that all-important young audience is by offering something they might like.   But a new series prefers to go to where they are - and that often means looking at their phones!

So here's a new Instagram comedy series called I got you, designed to be watched on your mobile phone.   The story is simple:  a young Pasifika woman starts a side hustle giving relationship advice - despite never having been in love herself!

I got you is what's called a "vertical show", the creation of brother and sister Stallone and Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa, in partnership with star and co-writer Sieni Leo'o Olo .  

Until now their company Cadness Street has been best known for popular, self-funded movies like Three Wise Cousins and Take Home Pay.  Lynn Freeman talks with Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasato find out what drew the siblings to the ultra-small screen - and what exactly is a vertical show?

I got you is best watched on the app on your phone if you have it.  You can also watch the first three episodes on Facebook or on Instagram.