Category: Web Series

from Mind’s Eye:

Illia says goodnight to his grandfather and goes to sleep, but dreams become a little too real as Illia is reunited with an old friend and discovers the courage to push his boundaries.

from A Conversation While…:

A pantheistic Jew, an Atheist, and a recovering Christian Fundamentalist walk into a coffee shop. It may sound like the first act of an old vaudeville joke, but it’s actually a meeting between Jason McMahan, Kevin Joiner and Stephen Boatright. They are the guys behind St. Jake, a multimedia production company gearing up for the January 25 launch of A Conversation While…, an existential crime comedy web series, which they describe as “Tarantino meets the gravediggers from Hamlet.” The 10 episode season was shot entirely on location in Greenville, South Carolina.

“On paper, we shouldn’t even be friends, much less creative partners,” says series director Stephen Boatright. “But we love great ideas, no matter where they come from. The diversity of our perspectives leads to a wonderfully eclectic mix of ideas.”

A Conversation While… follows two criminals, brothers Horace and Jasper St. Jake, on their nefarious outings and listens in as they discuss topics as diverse as capital punishment, corporate greed, religion, Hitler, free will and finding one’s soulmate. “Humor uses the familiar as a launching point into the unfamiliar and unexpected,” says series co-writer and co-star, Kevin Joiner. “It can make you think more critically about what you take for granted. We don’t provide answers so much as a place to start your own conversations.”

Regarding the origin of the project, co-writer and co-star Jason McMahan says, “For me, this is an example of art from adversity. I’ve suffered with clinical depression for the past decade, and I did a lot of reading to figure out what was supposedly ‘wrong with me.’ The initial idea for the project came out of discovering the contradictions in our received wisdom during that process.”

“There’s an old adage in film production: ‘Cheap, fast, or good. Pick two,’” says Boatright. “But by starting with a great script, working hard and using a little creative problem solving, we were able to bust that production triangle.” He points out that the total production budget for the entire season was just under $500. “But the footage looks gorgeous. And in one episode, the characters even burn a car.”

from Mind’s Eye:

Illia heads to bed after a long day of adventuring, while his friends meet in the backyard treehouse to plan their next move. Heads butt as the friends try to agree on how to approach their new found threat.

from Mind’s Eye:

Patrick and Koji bring the fight to a different playing field, but they soon find themselves in bigger trouble than they can handle alone.

from Mind’s Eye:

Illia struggles to play it cool in front of his schoolyard crush, while Patrick and Koji fight desperately to fend off their pursuers. But the result of both missions is in doubt.

from Mind’s Eye:

The race is on for Patrick and Koji as they play a game of hide and seek in search of their missing friend. But the boys realize they’re the ones who should be hiding and they decide to show a bully that they’re tougher than they appear.

You can purchase this Episode in HD from the ‘Official Website’ or you can SUBSCRIBE to the Season One account and have each episode digitally delivered to you every Friday as they are released. If you want to learn more, please visit mindseyeseries.com.

from Mind’s Eye:

A light-hearted game after school turns sour when Illia and his friends are stood up by one of the gang. Insult turns to injury during play and Illia is left with more than a headache to think about.

You can purchase this Episode in HD from the ‘Official Website’ or you can SUBSCRIBE to the Season One account and have each episode digitally delivered to you every Friday as they are released. If you want to learn more, please visit mindseyeseries.com.

from Mind’s Eye:

Illia Fairchild is a twelve-year-old boy. He likes to draw and build forts. He likes to fantasize about far off lands filled with Knights and Wizards and Pirates. He fights with his Grandfather sometimes, dozes off during math class, and is pretty good at baseball. He has a crush on a girl but is terrified of telling her. He wishes he had a dog. He doesn’t know it but he’s being hunted.

For centuries a war has been fought between the terrifying Daemon and the Righteous Seraphim. They are searching for a human with the power to tip the balance of power in their favour and finally put the war to rest.

Closing in on Illia the war is spilling into the streets and one small suburban town is becoming a land filled with mystery and danger.

Illia is not alone in his fight. His neighbourhood friends are Humanity’s greatest heroes and they’ve sworn to protect Illia from the harsh reality of the war until he is old enough to understand his place in the world. Known as Dreamweavers these heroes possess the ability to alter reality with their imaginations. Powerful warriors from different cultures and time periods the Dreamweavers disguise themselves as children and work behind the scenes to give Illia a chance to find his own way in a world filled with expectations.

You can purchase this Episode in HD from the ‘Official Website’ or you can SUBSCRIBE to the Season One account and have each episode digitally delivered to you every Friday as they are released. If you want to learn more, please visit mindseyeseries.com.