Zerks Log 01

In 2008, I worked with StoryForge Labs on their premier project, 'Zerks Log.' I was brought on as a co-writer with Patty Pino to help develop a online series detailing a spaceship's captain video log. After a few months of working in tandem with Ms. Pino to develop the scripts, SFL had its first shoot in November/December. After some post-production in early 2009, 'Zerks Log' was released to the Internet.

Since this was my first time working on a legitimate film shoot and ultimately, the first time I would see and hear something that I wrote come to be, I would like to go over Zerks here at the site. Each entry will have a few notes detailing the writing process, what happened and what I learned from it (click 'Read More' for them.)

You can see 'Zerks Log' in its entirely, is available at www.Zerkslog.com, where you can watch in high quality, subscribe to it on iTunes and see some behind the scenes material. Feel free if you want to skip ahead and watch all episodes.




Notes: Despite working together over the few months, there were opportunities for 'miscommunication.' Initially, we divided up the planned twenty (eventually whittled down to eighteen) episodes between us. I had written an script for Episode 01, but never sent a copy to Patty. When she presented her version of 01, I reviewed my email and realized my mistake. Thankfully, we had talked enough about the first episode that my hypothetical version wasn't that far off from hers. We incorporated some elements of my phantom script into hers (specifically, the method that Zerk's predecessor passed away, the 'his skin already appeared purple' idea) and the final product was the first episode shot.