Plan C: Web Series

I am in the process of writing the first 25 episodes for this web series using The Movies.

The premise is one normal guy, our main character, having to put up with a few others in ridiculous outfits with crazy voices and personalities. All while trying to figure out how to get off a mysterious ship they found themselves on.

The Cast:

Mark-based off of myself, he will have my normal voice and be a regular guy.
Epic Tom-wearing a green evil villain looking outfit, he will sound like a movie trailer voiceover artist.
Kip-wearing a gold robot outfit, he will sound just like the Gingerbread Man from Shrek.
Michael-wearing the blue scifi soldier outfit, he is based off of Caboose from Red vs Blue.
Plus a few other characters that will be revealed in later episodes.

The neat thing here is that I will be doing the entire thing with only my voice. I will stretch it to give each character a different sound. This also includes the music and sound effects. I won't be trying to sing my heart out, mostly layered atmospheric music and drum tracks for tension, since I already know how to beatbox. I just got myself a nice Blue Yeti microphone for quality recordings.

Right now I'm in the process of writing out the screenplays, then I'll start recording lines, picking out scenes, and editing.

Here I will write about my progress and proved a link to the finished outcomes. This is only part one as I plan on having 100 episodes. And then if I feel ambitious, add more seasons and make this a regular series.

Feel free to ask questions or give suggestions.

That sounds like a really awesome project. I'm looking forward to watching it.

Sounds great.

It took awhile, but I finally have a screenplay for all 25 episodes. Next I will start recording dialogue. I'll post some samples of each character when I am finished. I hope to have these finished and online before summer. Just depends on how much time I can focus on this project.

For those interested in what tools I am using: for writing scripts I use Celtx. Simple to use and it does all the formatting for you. For recording audio I will be using Audacity. Both of these are free programs. I have a Blue Yeti microphone that I got for Christmas. It runs a hundred dollars (American) and is an excellent mic for clear audio, and even uses different directional patterns for recording. If you ever plan on doing voice overs or similar, I would recommend this as a good starter mic. It doesn't run cheap, but it is worth the money for the quality it produces.

I hope to provide some audio samples soon to give you a better idea of the type of humor in Plan C.

I suppose it's time for an update after a few months. I am still working on this project whenver I get the chance. So far I have written the first two story arcs and am working on the third. Originally I planned on writing one, recording audio, and then finishing it.

I changed my process to write everything, record all dialogue, edit rough cuts, and then start working on the arcs one by one to finalize them. So that means a longer delay till they are seen by the internet, probably not till the end of the year.

While this is a long process, it is more efficient for me, and in the end will work out better. This means there will be less time between story arcs being put online, even if not anytime soon. Keep in mind, this is a one hundred episode series, so it's a big project. This could possibly get recognized, if that's how the internet works.

I have no idea how many people actually care about this series, but I plan on making it awesome and better than your average video. I'll update again when I finish writing and maybe even include some audio samples and pictures for the main characters.

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