This week on The Web.Files, Kristyn Burtt interviews John Beck Hoffman creator of the web series Tyranny as well as the series Dp and one man crew, Garrett Baquet. The series itself features a world-spanning collection of locations from London to Prague all the way to the Artic and boasts production values rarely seen in a web series. However as seen in the interview, much of the series was filmed in one location that Hoffman repurposed as necessary in a clever display of indie filmmaking. Hoffman, who works as a documentary filmmaker for Nasa, financed the series independently. Originally created as a feature length film, Tyranny made the festival rounds in 2007, before finding new life as a web series in 2010. The series centers on Daniel McCarthy, portrayed by Hoffman, as a struggling artist who, in 1999, volunteers for an experiment that results in him having a ‘flash forward’ vision of the future.
- 8/19/2010
- by Mathieas McNaughton
- Tubefilter.com
Growing up as a lanky, bookish, clumsy girl, I remember experiencing watching my best friend (who was busty, blond, and outgoing) as she dove head-first into the dating scene, leaving me to spend weeks and sometimes months wondering if she was doing okay...or if she was even still alive. But in a best friend relationship, sometimes the old cliché is in effect: if you care about something set it free, if it comes back... This is the premise of the new independent web series The Best Friend: a romantic comedy shown through the Pov of the best friend character rather than the ingenue. In the first episode we see Millie, gobbling away at a tub of ice cream and talking to her mother who is trying to convince her she's wasting her time with therapy. Her best friend, the seemingly perfect Sooze, is in love and nowhere to be found.
- 4/5/2010
- by Jenni Powell
- Tubefilter.com
From the trailer you get the idea that Tyranny is a distant relative of 70’s American thrillers, where corporations rule the world and your mind. From the three episodes I’ve screened, I was convinced it was another dystopic, post-apocalyptic thriller. Dystopia, I know, but I think timing wise, this is more pre-apocalypse. At any rate this series from creator John Beck Hofman is gripping while still competently executed for its scope. Hofman plays Daniel McCarthy who in 1999 volunteers for a Berkley Grad student’s experiment that records his every thought and action throughout the day. Shortly thereafter he realizes he has lost memory of the last eight days and can now see the future from 2011 to 2013. And it ain’t pretty. Food shortages, bio-engineered pandemic, and picketers galore…future? Hmm, that sounds awfully similar to a certain planet I know right now. The rest of the cast is impressive,...
- 3/11/2010
- by Jonathan Hludzinski
- Tubefilter.com
Watching the Tyranny trailer is like watching a mini action movie pumped into three minutes of high-quality excitement. Tyranny is indeed no ordinary web series. Self-financed by creator and star John Beck Hoffman, the world wide landscapes provide a big budget-looking back drop for what is truly an independent web series. Hoffman called us from London to speak about the re-launch of his pet project while attending the premiere of Quantum Solace to support his Tyranny co-star Olga Kurylenko. Hoffman said he was psyched to give the show a re-birth after pouring so much energy into it. The project started as a feature script several years ago, but Hoffman says, "As the times have changed, and I struggled with making it a feature, I started thinking about cutting it into a web series since it takes place over 14 years of time. Then I had a crazy idea to just do...
- 10/28/2008
- by Lindsay Stidham
- Tubefilter.com
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