Friday, June 15, 2012

Season 2 Format

At the end of Episode 12 of Season 1, one of the central characters is in dire peril and in need of a magical cure. As Season 2 launches, the remaining characters attend a Monster Ball in an attempt to discover more information about the cure. There they meet Xyra, a new character who plays on a mix of Xena and Shera pop culture. Xyra provides a scroll of riddles that gives the team a list of the ingredients they need for the cure. The team of allies then spend Episodes 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 searching for an ingredient. The ingredient episodes all have the core team plus one specialist -- either a new or reoccurring character. Episodes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 take place in the dreamworld where the character in peril is stuck. These dreamworld episodes parody classic '80s films and other fun American films. The dream episodes are cast with the actors who appeared in the previous ingredient episode. This format varies from our original idea of doing all origin and back story episodes because that idea didn't generate enough interest or allow more actors more screen time. In Season 2, "Ghost Sniffers" will truly shift into an ensemble show so that the focus is shared instead of so much pressure on Faith as Forge. Ingredient episodes will tend t be serious and dreamworld episodes will be more humorous. Additionally, our goal, as we've always said, is to pay our actors and crew in Season 2. This becoming a reality will depend upon the hard work of the cast and crew to create buzz about the show -- talking it up on social networking sites and in their local communities -- and by the hard work of our Season 2 producer, who is yet to be announced. While we all valued having Cris to organize and raise funds as the Season 1 producer, Cris may not be returning as a producer for Season 2 due to demands at her other job. Never fear though -- Agent Skully will absolutely make a Season 2 appearance :)