Week #2 The Team

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Blank Verse: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Will Shakespeare & the greatest writers in history are failing out of Bankside University.

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Week #2 The Team Blank Verse: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Meet the creative team behind Blank Verse: A Midsummer Night's Dream. And give them a substantial medium of exchange. Wine will work too.

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Laura F. 2 posted 9 years ago

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Behind the Scenes

Mission #2 Director Andrew Lynch & DOP Charlie Allison set up Ryan Caron's introductory scene.

In Blank Verse the webseries, Charlie Allison fulfilled a multitude of roles. She wrote Act 3, co-wrote Act 4 and stepped in last minute to direct the finale, in addition to her continued role as cinematographer for the entire series. Andrew Lynch was also involved in multiple capacities as casting director and co-producer in addition to playing the role of Richard Burbage.

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Storyboarding

Mission #2 Director Andrew Lynch and Ryan Caron recreate Storyboarding on Amanda Konkin.

This scene in the team video is based on the true inspiration for Blank Verse the webseries. Amanda had the idea for Blank Verse before leaving on a week long vacation and talked about it with Andrew Lynch (who would go on to play Richard Burbage in the show) and he immediately told all of their friends about it. When Amanda returned, she was thrown into preproduction on the project, and Blank Verse was born.

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Shakespeare LARPing

Ryan Caron adjusts the home-made collar for Xander Williams' Shakespeare costume.

On Blank Verse the webseries, Ryan would often step up to fulfill multiple roles. However, we did have two amazing costume designers on the show. Laura Fukumoto acted as head costume designer, while Jennifer Waterhouse stepped into the role for our Halloween inspired episodes for all of Act 3.

Xander Williams was the first person cast in the webseries & from that moment took on an important role in bringing the show together. He was involved in casting sessions, & wrote Act 5, part of Act 4 & the special

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Screen Shot of Dating Site

Ryan has unique passions.

This screenshot highlights one of the unique elements that was brought into the creation of Blank Verse the webseries. Our Transmedia Producer Laura McLean helped to develop an entire fictional online world for the characters of the series, including multiple character based twitter and tumblr accounts, the online student newspaper, The Messenger Speech, and Wills Blog, Will Shakespeare Writes. There are multiple ways we hope to include real audiences in the fictional world of these characters, and would continue to build this content should the series be chosen.

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Dramatis Personae

Amanda, Xander and Ryan worked with an amazing team to create Blank Verse the webseries. A full list of credits can be found on our website: www.blankverse.tv - We are also working with many of these talented individuals to build our comedy coup pitch. We want to thank everyone who has been so supportive of our work and help us to make awesome things! We hope to make more Blank Verse with you all again soon! Also, Geneviève Bolduc- she does a lot to make things happen, so thanks!

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Comments (14)

Christina O. 0 posted 9 years ago
Poor Amanda, I'm glad she seems to be doing something now and has this project to work on.

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John S. 0 posted 9 years ago
This team definitely looks like they have fun together, and as everyone knows, the team that has fun together is the team that has the most fun in general! It's also fun to watch a team having fun, because it gives you a sense of having fun as well!

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Debra C. 0 posted 9 years ago
The story boarding looked fun and your concept looks interesting. I didn't realize it was Shakespere who we can blame for inventing starving artists. Way to go on making the top 55.

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Sheldon O. 0 posted 9 years ago
Great job on your week 2 entry, lots of info on the team and the voice over was great too

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Ed C. 1 posted 9 years ago
Well done, comedic introduction to interesting main characters. Shows promise for future development.

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Forman H. 1 posted 9 years ago
Can Shakespeare nerds win the day? I hope they do. Good luck, love the energy.

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carly t. 1 posted 9 years ago
very well done on your videos. the editing and quality is great and you get your ideas across nicely.

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Laura F. 2 posted 9 years ago
Get itttt

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Marie-Christine B. 1 posted 9 years ago
Looks pretty interesting guys.. nice shots and funny moments.. i feel the shakespeare thing is a little done though. But I believe in you all! And we all know CBC needs some more interesting comedy on the air. Am i riiight?

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Sarah Thomas M. 1 posted 9 years ago
HAhah!! love it!

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Deb C. 1 posted 9 years ago
I like this one. Smart idea!

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Kara G. 1 posted 9 years ago
quite a different idea, i like

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Dave R. 1 posted 9 years ago
Great Video! Love the characters! Excited to see what you do next!
Check out our project: 4Play (about a 90's boyband)!
http://comedycoup.cbc.ca/4play

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Chloe P. 1 posted 9 years ago
Super funny, really excited for this project and for your team!

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