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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