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
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
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