Continuum is an entirely indie effort. We have no publicist. No agency repping this project. And so getting press is not very easy in this crowded media landscape we find ourselves in today.
But... recently we've had some good fortune, primarily on just the strength of the show (I'm told) garnering good word-of-mouth "press" (which is great of course) that has lead to some more traditional (digital) press from blogs and such.
The first new piece is from PlacevineStudios and writer Lance Trachtenberg. From the article...
Contiuum’s effectiveness stems from its thoughtful usage of the
emotional pitfalls of distrust, suspicion, and paranoia all blending
together to create a palpable atmosphere of psychological intrigue in
every episode.
Read the entire write-up here.
And the second recent coverage is from a blog interview from a company called Jump Ship Productions. They were kind enough to contact us through our Facebook page and interview me about the production and release of the series. From the interview...
Continuum
is a fast paced, suspenseful science fiction series about a young woman
who awakens on a space shuttle with no idea why she is there or even
who she is. She relies on the ship’s computer to help her piece together
her mission, but quickly becomes suspicious of the motives behind the
mechanical voice.
Read the entire interview here.
I really appreciate the coverage! And if you missed my previous post, I also did a fun blog radio interview for Genre-tainment a few weeks back.
Who needs a publicist? :)
-Blake
I did an interview for Marx Pyle and his blog radio show Genre-tainment last week and the show aired this week. The show is live, but they prerecord the interviews and do some editing for time.
The interview was primarily about Continuum, but we touched a lot on Pink, Exposed and my other feature film work. It's a fairly in-depth look at my work over the past 5 years... I actually (almost) sound like I know what I'm doing. :)
There are some technical glitches at the beginning of the show (aren't there always?), but once you get past that it goes pretty smoothly. I've been pitching this on Facebook as me talking about "web series, assassins and sci-fi".... and that pretty much sums it up!
Check it out for yourself here.
And more news coming soon about Continuum Season 2, and some other interesting stuff too. As usual, please stay tuned...
-Blake
Who Am I?
I also created the Streamy and Webby award-winning web series PINK, which to date has been viewed online around 10 MILLION times at places like YouTube, Hulu, Koldcast and TheWB.com. And speaking of TheWB.com, I also produced and directed an online thriller for them called EXPOSED. It was released summer 2010. And most recently I created a new online sci-fi series called CONTINUUM, which is part of the online indie TV network JTS.tv - Just The Story and NOW available via VOD through indie platform Distrify.
Oh, and I don't shoot weddings. Thanks for asking though.