Well what can we say about Twine Light Media? The fact we're becoming more and more noticed on YouTube is a plus, but is it time for us to branch off Doctor Who and onto something else? Something bigger? The answer; yes.
I've had a story in mind for a number of years, called ESCAPE. About a shuttle crashing onto a mysterious planet in the star wars universe. I ran this story, even though was quite poor, inside SWG the MMORPG game for 2 seasons and ended it with a special episode. I was going to continue it in SWG but due to SWG becoming boring and not having the people, the show got cancelled and that's that.
I wanted to recreate it inside Second Life, carrying on my established storyline, but due to various reasons, one being the story couldn't really go much further, I've decided to abandon the idea and start from scratch, right from episode 1. So here it is.
Episode 1: Arrival is still being written and will be shot as a "special" pilot episode to establish the new characters, scene and everything else. If the pilot goes well, then we shall break and write the entire season 1, and get it ready for production near xmas 2010.
ESCAPE will be a show that is soaked in mystery. Not everything will be clear, but we're going to PROMISE to answer everything come story end. We plan to run ESCAPE for 3 seasons ONLY and no more. We want each season to feel like a beginning, middle and end to the show. We feel ESCAPE is alot like the TV Show LOST, but unlike LOST we will end it with everything answered and a full circle complete, but we won't be doing a purgitory sideways timeline for the finale.
The story will centre around the character pilot called Liam Taylor. He will be the ultimate character that the show will be based around, but alot more is going on then just him. He is the protagonist of the story. If you love Star Wars and that universe then ESCAPE will tick all the boxes for you. While the show will not feel like Star Wars movies do, each episode is a story in its own right, leading to an ultimate outcome that we're planning for now.
Each episode will consist of flashbacks or flashforwards of certain characters much like LOST did which will be important to the narative of the episode and gives the audience a more 3D feel to the story.
In my original, the planet was occupied by Imperial's who answered to an unknown power higher then them, the show never revealed who it was, but in Code 14-90 we saw him, but he remained nameless. In the new one, the planet is not occupied by the Imperials. They've had their time, its time to bring someone new and fresh into the equation, someone who is just a bad if not worse then them, someone we know nothing about. Therefore adding to the mystery.
The planet is many things, its scary, weird, mysterious but its also home to some of the characters. The properties of this world, may or may not be fully answered come story end, but we will try our best.
Episode 1: Arrival will complete writing this week hopefully, ready for a small pilot shot in SL over the next few weeks, while A Tear in Time is released on YouTube Sept. 1st to boost our views. if we can pull it off, Doctor Who will become specials rather then a series and ESCAPE will take priority. Doctor Who is excellent to shoot, but ESCAPE i've had in my head for years, its' time it got out.
1.1 Escape: Arrival hopefully will air Sept 31st 2010.
