EYES is an experimental, dramatic and surrealistic web series concept proposal package that I orchestrated as the practical dissertation for my BA (Hons).

It went on to be awarded the highest mark of the 2012-13 Creative Enterprise Project module.

The package was composed of a series bible document, a produced pilot episode, a producer’s planning portfolio document and a blog/portfolio site detailing the development of the project.

The narrative of EYES was designed to be a reflexive expression of contemporary networking attitudes and their implications on our ways of being.

I endeavoured to create a highly progressive concept for a web series story-world; in addition to providing an example of the storytelling potentials offered by the emerging web series medium and of a larger transmedia entity.

“These materials are comprehensive and strong, showing a close attention to detail throughout… verging on the overwhelming, from an assessor’s point of view.”

– Kate Pullinger, guiding tutor

The Project Components:

A Series Bible document that provides an overview for the EYES web series concept proposal. It details the story-world rules, storylines, characters, target audience, format, thematic focus and artistic/film formulaic style.

A Pilot Episode (Episode One: “Search Me”) that is a seven-minute introductory episode that establishes the form, tone, story and main characters of the EYES web series story-world. Ultimately, the pilot is an expression of the dramatic, surrealistic and cognitive ideas detailed in the Series Bible.

A Planning Portfolio document that is an 11,000 word detailed overview of the research, planning and administration I conducted for the project.

A Blog/Portfolio – EYES of a Storyteller – that I used to chronicle and reflect on the development of the entirety of the EYES project; as well as hosting the plethora of materials generated for the project.

Originally there were two additional components of the project – a Mock-Up Trailer and an original Video-Centric Website – but these were abandoned due to a lack of time.

My full range of roles included: Creator, Showrunner, Researcher, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor and Co-Producer.

In terms of the workload I would rather not have fulfilled all of these roles, but I did so as EYES provided an opportunity for me to demonstrate that I was capable of executing all of these skills.

“I can’t help but feel your careful consideration and reflection has developed formidable power. I wish that all my students had a fraction of your application and drive to dig deeper.”

– Mike Johnston, tutor.

While I never intended to continue the EYES project as an ongoing web series in itself, I presented the entirety of the project on its blog/portfolio as a record of the experimentation and research I conducted while orchestrating the project.