INTRODUCTION

— Below, find an overview of ideas and plans for the different departments that together make up a series. The page can also act as a general breakdown of the budget and scale as each section includes items and team members desired to make Bound. … Over the rest of the year, we’ll work to find select department heads and to shortlist the main cast. As a team carefully comes together, we’ll add profiles and further information here.

the Story Depts.

Departments

  • Writing

  • Direction

  • Design

  • Styling

Notes

— The first thing we’d do, should Bound get funded, is select a final, filming location. Currently, there are four, target locations in mind, which were used in estimating the budget. The largest, determining factor of the location will be options for the main set: The Wild Horse Hotel. The primary option would be to partner with a small hotel to act as the main set. Depending on resources, another option could be to find a space to construct a hotel lobby set and a bar/cafe interior for The Lime Tree.

— Once the filming location is finalized, we’d round out the cast (if roles are still open) and a writing team. The first four episodes are written and the rest of Season 1 outlined. Location and casting will heavily effect the story, and so, we’ll wait until those pieces are in place before finalizing.

* The listed roles only include potential “full-time” team members over a full season. There would also be partners and day/week players.

Writing Team

Story Editor

Writers (4)

Scripty/Script Supervisor

Direction Team

Senior Director/Producer

Directors (4)

Casting Director

Design Team

Production Designer

Project Manager/Artisan

Set Decorator

Props Master/Maker

Set Carpenter

Key Scenic

Styling Team

Costume Designer

Makeup Artists (2)

Hair Stylists (2)

Stylist/Tailor

The Ensembles

Notes

— Within the writing and direction departments are, of course, the actors. For Bound, we’ll look all over for the main cast and supporting characters, working to find new faces to tell the story.

— One of my (Evan) regrets is not majoring in Geography or Anthropology in college and not at least testing them in some way as a career. That’s a note worth mentioning here because that path not taken influenced the makeup of the cast and thus the story. In fact, the first version of Bound was built around a lead role (yeah, it was for me) who traveled around and drove the story. Then, at some point, I saw the obvious — that building up more characters from different cultures who would together try to construct a kind of life in a dynamic setting, I could fold in those social science elements I’ve always loved. Now, the exciting challenge is crafting rounded characters and engaging stories that can (sneakily) feature those elements. *

Support Cast

Boo

Fernanda

Godwil

Jimmu

Katayoun

Paz

Red

Vicky

Main Cast

Al-Haj

Devika

Dwi

Gustavo

Jonathan

Mei Ling

Samirah

Valya

The style Depts.

Departments

  • Photography

  • Editing

  • Sound

  • Music

Notes

— One strategy in the budget and funding goal was to plan ahead. Here, that meant budgeting a little more for gear in an effort to try to purchase some equipment upfront. There are options to buy high-standard gear, like a camera and its kit/accessories plus sound gear that’s pre-owned but still in great shape. To be able to purchase gear upfront would greatly aid the production. First, it cuts off the rental doom-loop early, but more so, it allows far greater flexibility in how, where and when we can film.

— The aforementioned interest in social sciences plays a part in the filmmaking style, too. For the visual style, the current concept is a “photo-journalism” affect, and for audio the goal is to use authentic music and immersive sound to really feature the “new world” for the characters. … We’d work to make and achieve everything practically.

Photography Team

Cinematographers (2)

Gaffers (2)

Camera Operator

Key Grip

1st AC

ELT

DIT

General Op

Sound Team

Sound Director/Designer

Recorders (2)

Boom Operators (2)

Sound Editor

Foley Artist

Sound Utility

Editing Team

Editors (2)

Colorists (2)

Assistants (2)

Music Team

Music Director/Composer

2nd Composer

Asst./Producer

The Scope Depts.

Departments

  • Staging

  • Logistics

  • Management

  • Service

Notes

— To film at a certain standard, these are the departments and people needed to set up and to support a larger and longer undertaking. It’s key to have sufficient coverage in these areas to elevate what’s on the screen (the story, design, visuals, sounds) and to provide a better experience behind the scenes. … Staging includes things like location scouting and coordinating stunts/effects. Logistics includes scheduling and organizing transport. Management would be monitoring budget and safety or HR protocols. Service includes travel and housing, plus food and care for team members.

— The series goal would be to create a mutually beneficial partnership with a city/state in building out a production. … And while the main cast and select department heads will be from differing locations, much of the support cast and crew and other partners would be local to the setting, offering their expertise on how to best set up.

Staging Team

Chief Coordinator/Producer

Effects Coordinator

Background Coordinator

Logistics Team

Field Director/AD

2nd AD

Drivers/Wranglers (4)

Management Team

Production Chief/Producer

Series Accountant

Set Marshal

Office Asst. (HR)

Service Team

Service Director (Travel/Care)

Production Chef/Caterer

Asst. Chef/Crafty

Set Attendant

the Scale depts.

Departments

  • Platform

  • Market

  • Branding

  • Publicity

Notes

— Well, in a sense, there’s no point in funding all the departments above if we don’t consider the marketing and distribution elements of the series. Closed mouths don’t get fed and all that. … More traditionally, delivery and promotion of a series would be handled by a parent network or maybe a third party company. Since we’re independent and working on a lower scale, we’ve included funds for team members and promotional materials in-house. Costs here may include: a customized website for streaming, artwork for series advertising or episodes, short videos and profiles for social, and development of some merchandise or other features for the series website.

— The series would stream on YouTube as well as its own home base/website. It would distribute weekly, with two episodes per week (if it were to be a full season). We’d also work to have four, subtitled languages at start.

Platform Team

Platform Director (Website)

Lead Developer

Language Coordinator

Market Team

Market Head/Producer

Product Manager

Features Coordinator

Branding Team

Art/Brand Director

Artists (2)

Animator/Graphic Artist

Publicity Team

Social Director

Videographers (2)

The truth is, there are too many people and pieces that go into making a series or a movie that get too little attention. We’ll hope to better highlight the totality of a project as this one comes together. … We can’t wait to discover and work with great people in trying to build up the series. *