Instead of following political stories and doing random videos this year, "This is Space Force" will follow a full season story arc. The episodes will lead into each other and continue from Season One's last episode.
Don't worry, the main elements of the show will still be there. It will still look at social and political goings on from today as seen through the eyes of a future "Space Force". Each episode will still feature me as Commander Ramrod and the special F/X will still look like they were made for a 1970s episode of "Doctor Who".
There will be aliens, explosions and painfully slow space travel. The episodes shouldn't run more than a few minutes, so even with seven separate episodes the entire series will be like a short film. With me playing nearly every role, with the exception of a Martian, portrayed by a puppet most of you will find familiar (If you have watched "Biggy Wiggy")
The scripts are all written. The biggest problem I'm having getting them done is memorizing the lines and figuring out the best times to shoot the episodes around doing laundry. You see, the only location I need is the studio downstairs and I'm the cast and crew. But, with all of the dialogue in the episodes being performed by me, I have to remember at least long enough sections to do entire takes. Some planning for how to layer myself into shots with the backgrounds and, well, myself, is also needed, but I have had most of those images planned in my head since I wrote it. It's really how to shoot over the shoulder shots and close ups when the camera stays stationary. I have to plan where I'm standing and what backgrounds I'll be using. It's a lot like how I had to shoot and edit "Jack vs Lanterns". I know how to do it, but I worry about it until I get into editing.
Meanwhile, I'm writing my undersea adventure. I have come up with a bit of a side story to add some depth and mystery to it. It's still a bit cliché, but I find that tried and true concepts work well in shorts. They're instantly recognizable and only the details need to be filled in. I'm planning on trying to play most of the roles in that story as well. Costuming and miniatures already worked out, except for one: The monster. And I need to paint my tentacles.
Overall, I'm going into February quite a bit behind where I wanted to be production-wise, but that's no reason to slow down. If anything, I think to crank things up.
Meanwhile, take a peak at the tentacles in action their very first time.
Don't worry, the main elements of the show will still be there. It will still look at social and political goings on from today as seen through the eyes of a future "Space Force". Each episode will still feature me as Commander Ramrod and the special F/X will still look like they were made for a 1970s episode of "Doctor Who".
There will be aliens, explosions and painfully slow space travel. The episodes shouldn't run more than a few minutes, so even with seven separate episodes the entire series will be like a short film. With me playing nearly every role, with the exception of a Martian, portrayed by a puppet most of you will find familiar (If you have watched "Biggy Wiggy")
The scripts are all written. The biggest problem I'm having getting them done is memorizing the lines and figuring out the best times to shoot the episodes around doing laundry. You see, the only location I need is the studio downstairs and I'm the cast and crew. But, with all of the dialogue in the episodes being performed by me, I have to remember at least long enough sections to do entire takes. Some planning for how to layer myself into shots with the backgrounds and, well, myself, is also needed, but I have had most of those images planned in my head since I wrote it. It's really how to shoot over the shoulder shots and close ups when the camera stays stationary. I have to plan where I'm standing and what backgrounds I'll be using. It's a lot like how I had to shoot and edit "Jack vs Lanterns". I know how to do it, but I worry about it until I get into editing.
Meanwhile, I'm writing my undersea adventure. I have come up with a bit of a side story to add some depth and mystery to it. It's still a bit cliché, but I find that tried and true concepts work well in shorts. They're instantly recognizable and only the details need to be filled in. I'm planning on trying to play most of the roles in that story as well. Costuming and miniatures already worked out, except for one: The monster. And I need to paint my tentacles.
Overall, I'm going into February quite a bit behind where I wanted to be production-wise, but that's no reason to slow down. If anything, I think to crank things up.
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