QUANTUM STORM WIKI WITH "SPECTRE ZERO"

Spectre Zero is a paranormal, dramatic web series created and produced by David Quintana-Lujan in 2018. This was the fourth web series created by the director-producer under the studio name, Quantum Storm Pictures. Paranormal Research team "Spectre Zero" led by Markus [Daniel Erik] and Wynn Mi [Sara Mao] investigate some of the scariest Urban Legends in the local towns. Markus is a skeptic who questions everything in a logical manner, while Wynn is a "seer" with the ability to jump into the paranormal realm to see the real problems that occur whenever benevolent spirits are haunting the local people. They are not "ghost whisperers" they only seek to find the answer to the problems with evil spirits. Spectre Zero also features Saira Ramos, Joseph Marshall, Gwendoline Chang, David Kufner, Celina Monks, Larry Monks, Alex Yi, and Lora Mao.

 

Directed by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Screenplay by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Story by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Based on Characters by
                      D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Produced by D. R. Quintana-Lujan
                  Barbara Johnston
                  Patti Wieser Hall

Starring Daniel Erik & Sara Mao

Cinematography by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Edited by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Music by Lora Mao

Production Company Quantum Storm
                               Productions

Running Time 25 minutes

Countries  United States

Language English

Budget  $1,700 per episode

 

 

SPECTRE ZERO is an ultra-low independent web series directed and produced by David Quintana-Lujan during the summer of 2018. During a years hiatus from film production, the director-producer had a paranormal experience that he couldn't explain clearly, so he put it into a script. The experience concerned a constant loud knocking on the front door to his home, each time in a row of three knocks, the knocking became louder and louder. Outside a white shadowy figure stood there relentlessly knocking as hard as it could. When the director-producer awoke he was in a cold sweat and quickly began to type out the script. The first episode was written in three days and shortly after that, episode 2 and 3 were laid out in a week.

PRE-PRODUCTION

Before casting and pre-production ever started, the director-producer contacted Lora Mao and requested specific music to fill the mood of the show and to create something memorable for the opening credits. Mao responded with precision expertise, sending the director-producer a perfect set of tracks with moods of mystery and paranormal eeriness that he felt was perfect to introduce the show to fans of various ages. With the track selection narrowed down to only five tracks, the director-producer began a casting call to fill roles and to also begin searching for locations to this paranormal monster project. The director-producer wanted to work with newer and malleable actors who could commit to a long term project and be able to deliver their performances in an unusual atmosphere - like acting in the complete dark.

NEW ACTORS TO LEAD

The studio had been dying for a chance to use Sara Mao [Lora's daughter] as a leading actor in a new project. Sara made quite an impression on the director-producer with her performance on a cancelled film project entitled "Sapphire Soul" a few years earlier and he wanted to explore her untapped talents in front of the camera. She was known to have performed in smaller roles in Houston’s Indie film scene, with a few surprise roles that had yet to surface in her list of career performances. 

Before accepting the role in the new series, Sara studied many shows on television and Netflix, studying actors emotional responses to situations that occurred from scene to scene. She used method acting to fill in the mission spots and her gamble paid off as the director-producer chose her for the leading role as "Wynn Mi," a young lawyers assistant by day and a clairvoyant paranormal investigator by night. Wynn Mi's mother would be played by Gwendoline Chang, who came highly recommended by Lora Mao. Chang proved to be perfect for the role of a sexy lawyer and mother who uses her daughters gift of clairvoyance to screen out potential clients for her law firm.

SCRIPTING THE SERIES

As the original script for the potential series set character development of a three member group for the paranormal investigative team, the director-producer decided to cast his son, Daniel Erik in the role of "Markus" - the guy who put the investigative team together, and his quirky electronic surveillance assistant played by new comer, Bishop Asher. A week later the studio began working on practical effects that were needed for the first episode. The director-producer filmed most of the test footage in his own home and every second of the footage was used in the opening sequences of the first episode. A few weeks later the series went into full production and where a cold front moved into the area and seemed to hinder the first cuts of the film, but gave the series a distinct eerie look and format for the rest of the episodes that were planned to go into production.

 

TROUBLE ON THE SET

 

However, the first two episodes were a complete waste of effort as Asher fell into some legal issues and had to be dropped from production. So the studio made changes to the first two scripts and then continued to work on the existing two episodes with little loss of time. Lora Mao found three to four interesting office locations for two of the scenes which bolstered the production value of two episodes and also took part in acting as both a secretary and an evil spirit, the latter in which she had a lot of fun performing in front [and behind] of the camera. Two episodes were completed in three weeks and the ease of production was admired by both the cast and crew; even with two of the locations actually being known for paranormal activity which completely freaked out a few actors on the set.

 

REAL SCARY MOMENTS 

There were no reported injuries on the set of the show, but there were come scary moments in which actors were exposed to acting in the dark and in one case, an actress was squeezed under a bed to play an evil spirit that drug its victims off the bed by their feet and suffocated them as they slept. The scene required the production team to lift one side of the bed and prop it higher for the actress to squeeze underneath it. Wynn [Sara Mao] would be the victim laying on top of the bed - and even though her body frame was less than a hundred pounds wet - the crew kept an eye on the bed due to the shift in weight, as the scene was quickly prepared and shot.

In the end, a lot of work went into producing four episodes to the series. Only two episodes have been released by the studio as the studio began efforts to work on another feature film and the director-producer had to focus his efforts to complete the feature film first before returning to work on Spectre Zero.

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QUANTUM STORM WIKI ON “STAR TREK BEYOND”

Star Trek Beyond [STB] is a SciFi, dramatic/action web series written and directed by David Quintana-Lujan. It was the first web series idea ever produced by Quintana-Lujan, this series was produced under the studio name, StoneWater Productions from 2006 to 2008. This series takes place 87 years after Start Trek Voyager, after fallout from a massive war has brought the Federation and Romulan Empires to forge an Alliance that has now expanded into the Kilos Quadrant of deep space; this part of the cosmos is vast and relatively uncharted. One species [The Jade Kussar] is helping the new Alliance map the farthest reaches of the quadrant in a vain [but cryptic] attempt to expand trade and commerce. When an advanced offshoot of the Borg are found in the sector, the crew of the ASV [Alliance Space Vessel] Precipice must investigate the reasoning for the Borg presence and help the Alliance defend what’s left of their homeworlds.  Star Trek Beyond features Bernice Tremblay, Marah Anderton, A. J. Lightsey, William Foster, Jeremy Chubb, Rachael Duerrler, Tom McAvin, Seanna Six, Heather Hyland, Jessica McAvin, Randall Behan, Melissa Damon, Aaron Hayes, Mike Valletta, Kristi Lynn, Matt Vaughn, and Kat Hansen.

Directed by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Screenplay by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Story by D. R. Quintana-Lujan
            Bernice Tremblay
            Heather Hyland

Based on Characters by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Produced by D. R. Quintana-Lujan
                 Bernice Tremblay
                 Jeremy Chubb

Starring Bernice Tremblay, Racheal Duerrler

Cinematography by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Edited by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Music by Within Temptation

Production Company StoneWater Productions

Running Time 20 minutes per episode

Countries  United States

Language English

26 Episodes

 

Star Trek Beyond [STB] is an ultra-low independent web series directed and produced by David Quintana-Lujan during the Spring 2006. Living in New England during his military years, the director-producer spent two years working as an editor on low budget independent schlock vampire films in Boston, MA. One day after getting fed up with the local drama there, he went back to his home and thought about starting his own independent films in Connecticut. After talking with a friend [Professor William Foster] at a comic book convention, they narrowed the field of potential projects down to two formats; either produce a western or produce a SciFi project. Since the logistics at his current disposal couldn’t support horses or building a town for a western, he decided on producing a SciFi feature film. Foster jokingly told the aspiring filmmaker that if he made a Star Trek show, he wanted to be in it.

Quintana-Lujan began talking with long time Navy buddy, Del Mar Rosa, about working on a potential SciFi movie. One idea was called Andromeda7, which would later be produced as Angelika5, and the other was a deep space feature partially based on a Mad Max type world where a star ship crash lands and the survivors have to mingle in to survive. But Quintana-Lujan and Rosa had never used camera equipment before, so they both decided on working on a project they both new best, a Star Trek show. Quintana-Lujan began working on a script and his friend, Marah Anderton, helped out creating one of the new aliens to present in the show called, The Jade Kussar. This new race was a bunch of half-assed but very mysterious pirates; who may have been the culprits who visited the earth long ago and brought the pirate mentality to Earth.

CREATING THE ASV PRECIPICE

Quintana-Lujan wanted to design and present an all new class of ship. It was to be a hybrid of technologies between the old Federation and Romulan fleets. But since the technology was not readily available to the studio to project the new ships design, the director settled on using the Akira Class Cruiser from STNG canon, but with various alterations in propulsion, a cloaking device, and advanced weaponry on board. Rosa worked feverishly to design sets for the show, most on paper and with cardboard cutouts. When a design was found doable, Quintana-Lujan funded $250 to help build the set, which was nothing like what Rosa had designed. The team loved the color setting, most were earth colors with maroon shades and thin black stripes, which matched the uniform colors of the ships personnel.

The two filmmakers, with the help of Jeremy Chubb, spent a weekend hammering, spray painting and gluing the set together in Quintana-Lujan’s carport and eventually moved it into his car garage where the entire first season would be filmed. The set was very flat, no curvature like they wanted, but it could be manipulated into different designs and various compartments for use in front of the camera; it would eventually be used as a bridge, a turbo lift, medical bay, crews cafeteria, and more. Terminals were later designed and put together with wood and cardboard. Some of the LCAR panels were painstakingly put together by Rosa by using sliced up sticky pads and colored labels. Within a month, the bridge set was complete and the team was so excited to get things started.

CASTING SEASON ONE

Quintana-Lujan and Marah Anderton held a casting call for the lead role in the series. Since they were both in the Navy, they were both looking for someone that “had the look” of a ship’s Captain but with a younger outlook on life. They went through five actors until one night they met up with a veteran theater actor, Bernice Tremblay of Sterling, CT, who Quintana-Lujan stumbled on while going through an online actor’s database; Tremblay later recalled that she “drove a considerable distance just to meet the two at a Chili’s restaurant.” The chance meeting went very well and Quintana-Lujan knew they had found what they were looking for to fill the role of Captain Jadrian Quest. A few weeks later, after the team gave Bernice time to look over the scripts – keep in mind that Tremblay had never seen one episode of Star Trek before in her life and had to proficiently learn Trek’s techno jargon – they began to film tons of scenes, traveling to several locations in Connecticut and filming some more. The first four episodes of the first season were filmed in only three weeks.

In the beginning, Anderton demanded she play the Jade Kussar Princess and First Officer, Ravine; since she helped develop the new alien species she felt she was the only person qualified to play the role, but with one little addition, she wanted her character to wear an eye patch; something that would differentiate her with a handicap from the other characters. A. J. Lightsey would be the quirky Trill Science Officer and, due to his busy schedule teaching at the University of Connecticut, William “Bill” Foster wanted to play the ship’s doctor, Stitch Brown; who was known to have a sense of humor and use old remedies to cure his patients. Since the first season would only be introducing the character development of a triad of actors for the first season, the team didn’t feel the need to cast an Engineer or Security Officer for the first bunch of episodes. The first episode of the show started with the ship’s Captain and First Officer standing on a holodeck program and talking about World War II Submarine Memorial in Groton, CT.

FILM FORMAT

Quintana-Lujan did a lot of work studying the film format of both the original Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation [STNG]. Going with the old “learn as you go” method of filming was proving to hurt the production of the first three episodes, than help. The young director knew that he was over lighting the bridge scenes, but just couldn’t figure out what he needed to do to set the right mood for the show. It wasn’t until the director watched STNG Episode 15 of Season 3 that he found the film format he was searching for. The episode was about one “possible” future and the lighting was very dark. Seeing that STB was a fan series about a possible future, it seemed logical to change the format in the show towards a darker setting. By the end of the first season and going into the second, the camera angles, lighting, and story boarding seemed perfect for going into a more aggressive direction in the show.

THE SEASON TWO DILEMMA

After a short break from STB Season 1, the fan following boomed to an all time high which kind of caught the cast and crew off guard. So, Quintana-Lujan began working scripts for a more edgy season to deliver to their fans, The Borg War. There was a slight uniform change to make the series a little darker and warmer for the winter months, then the scripts went out to the cast. Moreover, the studio moved the entire set into an apartment where an entire living room area would be used for the bridge, medical bay and crews quarters. The rear dining area of the apartment would be used for the Engineering spaces. Quintana-Lujan and Chubb lived in the apartment and they slept in the upper floor area, only using the downstairs kitchen to cook.

Just as filming was getting ready to start for Season 2, Anderton was forced to move out of state and A. J. Lightsey was also gone, which left the team trying to figure out how to save the role of the resident Kilos Quadrant alien and bring aboard a science officer. Quintana-Lujan stumbled on Seanna Six working in an office adjacent to his and asked her if she was interested working on the series with him, when after realizing it wasn’t a porn thing, she said yes. When Six found out she was going to play a space-pirate, she was so excited and brought  most of the costume accessories she had bought for herself. She was cast as the Jade Kussar sister to Ravine, Sin’Jin. Tom McAvin also worked in the same area as the director on the base and was asked about stepping on as the ship’s Engineer. Mike Valletta was brought on to the show via Tremblay, who she met on a set of another project, to play Commander Wallace, the new First Officer. The theater guru, Matt Vaughn was brought on board to play General Teris Rodar, the leader of the new Alliance.

Tremblay also brought in Kat Hansen to play the Borg Queen and Kristi Lynn to play a “Q” to round up the required actors for Season 2. The series went into production without any further hiccups and the entire 8 episode season was shot in under eight days over the course of a month, shooting episodes every Wednesday and Saturday. Tremblay worked a lot on this season of the series, with her hard work playing the character of Captain Quest, then helping with script writing on character development and also stepping in to do all the makeup for the Borg Queen. Hansen worked two nights on the series episodes as the Borg Queen and then stepped away before the third season began. The season ended with the entire cast and the ship being destroyed by the Borg. The episodes concerning “The Marble” drew the largest viewership from the shows fans and a spike in episode views reached over 1,600 on the first night of being released; at that time, it was a huge thing as no other fan production was receiving that high of traffic on their shows.

SEASON THREE

After an extremely hard winter, the studio and the series team returned to start pre-production efforts on Season 3. Seanna Six had to step down from her role due to being pregnant and was replaced by Heather Hyland, after Quintana-Lujan had met with Hyland over lunch. Hyland would eventually re-write the history of the Jade Kussar before the end of Season 3 and was introduced as the empire’s second eldest daughter and family accountant, Fra’Oc. Melissa Damon was brought on board as the Borg Queen, covering Hansen’s duties. Mike Valletta’s character was planned to move off the series, so Racheal Duerrler was cast as Commander Maku, who was filling the role of a stern First Officer. Jessica McAvin also entered the series production and was placed as the ships Science Officer. The cast and crew slipped into the third season with elegant ease. Everyone knew their characters, knew the Trek lingo and followed their scripts brilliantly. One surprise was the return of LT Palmer, now performed by Aaron Hayes, who had worked with Tremblay on a previous independent project.

The series was firing on all thrusters and was a smooth operation going from one plotline to another with professional execution. By the end of Season 3, Tremblay had made mention that “the series had run its course” and it was time for her to work on other projects. To the sadness of the series director-producer, the character of Captain Jadrian Quest was promoted to Rear Admiral by a stern Federation Fleet Admiral (played by Randall Behan) and was written off the series. Commander Maku [Duerrler] was promoted to Captain and took over the ASV Precipice and her crew.

SEASON FOUR

Going into the early spring of 2008, the cast returned to perform a theatrical performance that was well out of center from the series production format of the previous seasons. Hyland worked closely with the director-producer in creating a whole new back story and look at the Jade Kussar. A story that was written in the Jade Kussar’s ancient lore, a history that claimed the pirate race were the fore-bearers of “The Duat”- a mystical technology of three items, that when put together, would give its wielder the ability to control, bend and open doorways into time and space. This new season would allow fans to see that Fra-Oc was once a passionate part of her empire until tragic events forced her to become the looney-type accountant that she was playing. Theater performances were recorded on the set and in four different locations in Connecticut. At first, the storyline received low reviews, but over time fan followers claimed that the plot and storyline were perfect and produced well ahead of its time.

A separate production and storyline to Season four brought in actors and a crew from the upper Hartford area, the team was identified as Meezemeyer studios, who have worked on independent films for many years in Connecticut. This team covered a plotline that crossed STB with the STNG timeline. This crossover brought in a high number of views that were missing since season two.

THE FINALE

Kristi Lynn reprised her role as the “Q” for the final episode of the series. A new line of cast members lined the bridge and the series ended with the possible hint of an extension to the series. The final episode received the highest amount of views from fan production fans. Many SciFi fans have shared their thoughts through comments and emails that the series ended on good terms. Many online fans missed Tremblay’s performance of Captain Quest and wished to see the entire cast from the previous seasons on the final episode; something that was impractical at the time. The series ended on a holodeck program with the ship’s Captain and First Officer exactly where the series began. The series has since been immortalized by having a page on Facebook. DVD sales to raise money for a new extension of the series proved to be more than fruitful for the new studio. The Facebook page also gives updates to new releases and some interesting series history and actor interviews.

QUANTUM STORM WIKI ON "PRAYING MANTIS”

PRAYING MANTIS was a film directed and produced by David Quintana-Lujan in 2016. The film was shot entirely in Somerset & Von Ormy, Texas under the studio title, Quantum Storm Pictures. An FBI Agent [Brandy Wilson] and profiler is sent to assist the police department in San Antonio, TX over two unsolved murders. The murders involved great planning and much of the evidence left behind shows a possibility that the victims may have been killed by a large insect. The FBI Agent and a police detective [Bobby Osborn], who is coincidentally in a bad marriage, begin to realize that supernatural forces may be involved and the time to find the killer is running out. Preying Mantis features Bobby Osborn, Emelcie Ferreria, Michael Ettnie, Brett Wilson Sr, Layla Osborn, Stephanie Greenfield, Diana Wilson and Laura Carretero.

 

Directed by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Screenplay by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Story by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Based on Characters by
                      D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Produced by D. R. Quintana-Lujan
                  Barbara Johnston
                  Patti Wieser Hall

Starring Brandy Wilson

Cinematography by D. R. Quintana-
                             Lujan

Edited by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Music by Lora Mao

Production Company Quantum Storm
                               Pictures

Running Time 52 minutes

Countries  United States

Language English

Budget  $5,000

 

 

Praying Mantis is an ultra-low independent short film directed and produced by David Quintana-Lujan during the summer of 2016. The script was written in one week and the production started in late spring, over the course of four weekends. The director-producer sought out two respective producers for funding assistance and once the cast was set, the film jumped into full production under an "all volunteer" agreement.

HOW FAST CAN ONE MAKE AN INDIE FILM?

Part of this films "behind the scenes" secrets is that the director-producer used this film to show the cast how a film could be shot in only a few days and then edited together in relative ease. The cast and crew only spent a few hours on each new scene and the video was downloaded and edited before they stopped at the next location. The cast and crew were in relatively good spirits throughout the films production and Bobby Osborn not only played the role of the San Antonio Police Detective, but stood in as Assistant Director and lead of the Technical Support for his extensive military history in handling weapons and tactical operations. Osborn trained the leading actress, Brandy Wilson, in her handling of a weapon and clearing a room while entering.

 

PRODUCTION NOTES

The majority of the films footage was shot during the first weekend of production. The remaining footage, some stock footage and minor scenes, were shot on the following weekend. Osborn volunteered his personal truck for the police detectives role and his daughter, Layla Osborn, played his daughter in the film. Stephanie Greenfield played Osborn's wife and all of her scenes were shot in her own home. The local Legion bar in Somerset was the location of the bar in the film, just minutes from the base of the production team. During the third weekend, the director-producer wanted the lead actress to perform ADR [record clearer audio sequencing] for some scenes where the leading actress mumbled her lines. The director-producer drove over three hours on a Saturday with all of the required equipment to perform he task, even setting up the equipment by himself, but Brandy Wilson decided that spending time with her friends was more important. So, the director-producer wrapped up all of the leading actresses scenes "as is" until it was re-recorded with another actress [Dru Rovino] in a later "Directors Cut" of the film set for release in 2023. The ending to the film left things open for a possible sequel.

 

PREMIERES CAN MAKE OR BREAK A FILM

When the film was "in the can" and all of the editing and Foley were completed, a world premiere for the film was planned, advertising and promotions was started by the production team. A splendid trailer was released and interest for the film began to take shape. Laura Carretero was placed in the position to search for a theater to present the film as a premiere in San Antonio, TX, but her attempts failed due to a previous project that a majority of the remaining cast members were assigned with that had a bad reputation in the city.  Without a place to premiere the film, the studio went straight to selling DVD/BlueRays of the film to moderately low success.

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QUANTUM STORM WIKI ON “BIANCA: 2029”

 

BIANCA: 2029 – The Wild Card is a 2015 SciFi, dramatic/action web series written and directed by David Quintana-Lujan. It is the third web series idea and pitch produced by Quintana-Lujan, this series was the second web series [in development] produced under the studio name, Quantum Storm Productions. In the near future, aliens [from deep space] are running loose in America. Some of these aliens have good intentions and others want to take over the world. Bianca Wolfe is hired by an organization that regulates the free living aliens who roam the countryside and sends her out to arrest, detain, or eliminate any alien that poses a threat. Not everyone is aware that these aliens exist within their society, and now one police detective, Mr. Williams [Kelly Raymer], is curious to Bianca’s motifs, often wondering why she is above the law at every turn. BIANCA: 2029 features Kacey Kelley, Kelly Raymer, Katie Garza, and Jacob Hubbard.

Directed by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Screenplay by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Story by D. R. Quintana
               Kacey Kelley

Based on Characters by D. R.  
                                 Quintana-Lujan
                                 Kacey Kelley

Produced by D. R. Quintana
                 Michelle Kelley

Executive Producers  Barbara Johnston
                        D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Starring Kacey Kelley

Cinematography by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Edited by D. R. Quintana-Lujan

Music by Snowflake

Production Company Quantum Storm Productions

Running Time 12 minutes

Countries  United States

Language English

Budget  $2,700

 

BIANCA: 2029 is an ultra-low independent web series directed and produced for development by David Quintana-Lujan during the summer of 2015 after a teaser trailer was released in 2014 during the Ghosties premiere. The entire web series was developed and filmed in Montgomery County, Texas. This series concept was fallout from the successful “Secret of Angelika5” web series that was quickly coming to a close. The director-producer wanted to start a more action packed series with more of an adult theme to every one of the new episodes planned for production. Transitioning to this new series meant that the studio would need to bring in a new cast and also require cross ever episodes with Angelika5.

Originally, Bianca Wolfe was created as a comic book character that Quintana-Lujan developed in the 1990’s under a graphic serried entitled, DEADLY FORCE; so bringing this character to life was a long time dream. The director-producer approached Kacey Kelley with the idea to produce an off-shoot series after the end of the fourth season of Angelika5, where Kelley was more than excited to extend the characters development, especially after she was introduced in the fourth season of the hit series. Kelley was given copies of the original Deadly Force graphic novel and also encouraged to openly share ideas for the character and began full time training to toughen her up for the role during the final weeks of shooting Angelika5. The director-producer sought out to find an investor-producer to help out with the running costs of the show and found Barbara Johnston more than ready to be part of the shows production effort.

In February 2015, Quintana-Lujan met Kelly Raymer at an independent films event in downtown Houston and admired the actors look and tall lanky build. He thought to himself, “this guy would make a really badass bad guy or a micromanaging dickhead,” which is where the idea of creating Mr. Williams was first established. Through a mutual contact, Darla Redwine [of Ghosties], Raymer had actually attended the Ghosties premiere [the year before] and wanted to work with the film’s director-producer on a new project, if the chance ever came up. Raymer was a respected comedic actor in the local Houston film scene and wanted to play a larger role in films, so when the director-producer first approached him about a new project, Raymer was ready to say, yes!

March 2015 brought the idea of Quintana-Lujan making changes to the first rough script for episode one. Where his previous works were more dramatic in the story telling, the director-producer began working on the dark comedic parts of a storyline where the “aliens on the run” might be more quirky in explaining that many of the authorized aliens don’t like the less intelligent aliens running around the planet making their race look bad. With the help from Kelley, the lead character would be portrayed as “tired of doing her job, but if no one else wants to step up to do it and get paid she might as well stick around.” This new philosophy in the character helped the script develop to an all new format in writing which the director-producer had never worked with, so several episodes were completed in only two weeks.

In May, Angelika5 wrapped up what would be the final season and the studio jumped to working on Bianca: 2029. Locations were set and Kelley was excited to get the project started. With only two weeks to prepare, the director-producer began to fill the rest of the cast. He found Jacob Hubbard working at a sandwich shop in the Woodlands, TX. He was fascinated with Hubbard’s facial features while he was telling tall tales or jokes with the local customers. Hubbard had no acting experience but was willing to try his best on camera; that was all Quintana-Lujan asked from him. Next he stumbled onto Katie Garza through the recommendation of Raymer who had met Garza on another indie production, and after a minor audition, she was brought on board to play Raymer’s partner. One actor who didn’t make the first episode due to having a stroke a few weeks prior to filming was Kevin Kretz, who was set to play Bianca’s alien Bail Bondsman who hires her to hunt down aliens.

Shooting of the first episode began in June on a hot day. The location for the first episode was filmed on Kelley’s fiancés home barn in Montgomery County, Texas. Most of the first scenes covered Raymer and Garza on camera, but the rest of the episode skipped to introducing Bianca Wolfe in all of her action packed and comedic splendor. The entire production took less than six hours to produce, and with the help of Kelley’s mother, Michelle Kelley, the production quickly moved from one scene to another. Unfortunately, at the completion of the production to the first episode, Kelley’s mother disclosed that she had terminal intestinal cancer but didn’t want to share the news until the first episode was complete. The episode was edited together in less than a day and two weeks later was released on the studio website as a teaser episode.

The first [and only] episode produced for the potential series was released to raving reviews by both the local indie film scene and at least five indie film critics. The episode received over 16,000 views in the first week after it was posted, most of the views were from overseas and many were centered by “instant fans” in Japan. After the studio website crashed and was lost, the series episode was posted on YouTube where it lost most of its momentum. The director-producer was so impressed by Kelley’s portrayal of Bianca and performance on film that to this day, no other actress has had the technical skill, ability, or commitment to play Bianca Wolfe on film.

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