One of the things that attracted our partners to “Jenn2.0″ was the fact that we only did a pilot. They perceive that as an advantage when courting networks, sponsors and other partners. Basically, it gives all parties who sign on a blank slate from which to work. In effect, they said that doing multiple episodes can be detrimental because you’ve already put a framework around where the stories and characters can go. Now, “Bannen’s Way” has been picked up by Sony/Crackle off … a trailer. What’s the best way: trailer, pilot or multiple episodes? Chime in with your thoughts based on personal experiences and/or observations.

It’s finally here! Through an agreement with the great people over at KoldCast TV, you can now view our pilot, “Time”. It’s been a process of just about 6 months from idea until today; one of a lot of hard work by a number of people including Rob, the NAS crew, the actors (Ali, Chad, Ian, Lourna & Reed) and Jenn Van Grove. From writing, to auditions,  storyboarding, production and edits, it’s been an exciting ride. However, we’re not done … we hope. Over the past month, we’ve been working hard to find ways to produce more episodes and make the pilot but one chapter in a series of Jenn’s ups, downs, trials, tribulations, celebrations and heartaches in the social media world of San Diego. So, if you like the pilot, please post a comment on KoldCast TV and, by all means, tell your friends! Enjoy & thank you for your patience!

Darren & Rob

Yesterday Darren (the writer) drove down from L.A. so that we could have an in-person meeting with the team at New American Standard (NAS). We actually met Josh (the producer) through Jenn and things went from there. Jenn was present as well and arrived separately.

So, here’s what went down. Darren and I made a horrible attempt at video documenting our initial thoughts on the drive over. You guys may see some of this in the documentary footage, but I’m sort of hoping you don’t. Anyway, it took a few minutes after the meeting got underway for us to remembered to fire up the camera again (a room full of equipment and nothing was rolling, heh). So we got the majority of our conversation and, whatever you see of that will hopefully give you an idea of just how “starting from nothing” we are.

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