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The Lillie B. Ross Society is a handful of writers, producers, technicians and performing talent with a shared passion for expanding (and exploding) the possibilities of new technologies. That is, we try and make cool things with stuff.
The Driftwood television series, the initial production of the Lillie B. Ross Society, uses a distinctive style to explore the diverse characters and locations of the show. A unique look was necessary to realize this world and production limitations demanded a new technical approach. The result was Lilliescope. A hybrid approach to dramatic content, Lilliescope allows us to marry the motion, warmth, and production efficiencies of live action with the limitless possibilities of animation. We begin at our custom-built green screen sound stage where the elements are recorded, and then digitized into the computer. From there we process the live action images and integrate them with the computer generated elements. Using this method we can manipulate color, texture, and composition to create an environment with several layers of nuanced action. Locations, characters and objects can be carefully modulated to evoke particular meaning or moods, enhancing our stylistic and storytelling possibilities. Lilliescope delivers a unique combination of benefits: Limitless Locations We have the entire planet and several others right in our studio. Production Time We can script and produce faster than live action because we need not travel to location or construct sets. We can outpace traditional animation because all execution is computerized. Cost Efficiency We employ a small multi-tasking staff to write, shoot and post a production for little more than a craft services budget. Format Versatility The simplicity of Lilliescope images allows striking visual content on any screen, large or small (or very small). It's great for the television, Internet, cell phones, weddings, Bar mitzvah's. |
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Half hour Television comedy PREMISE Three friends, each at a different stage of art student evolution, struggle to define themselves as artists while avoiding the label of “driftwood” in the pretentious atmosphere of the Edgewood Art College. |
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PRINCIPLE CHARACTERS Sydney Debeaumarche, an eager freshman at Edgewood Art College, to whom driftwood are a sign of failure. A failure that she hopes to avoid. Kyle Waxman, a self-centered writer and recent Edgewood Art drop out, scoffs at the Driftwood label but is secretly ashamed of it. Gig Young, an easy going thirty-two year old Edgewood native and Edgewood Art dropout. To Gig, Driftwood is a meaningless word, one of many. WHAT ARE DRIFTWOOD What happens when a someone drops out of art school? An angel gets it’s wings? The world gets another conceptual artist? A barista is born? Maybe. But in the city of Edgewood they say another piece of “driftwood” stacks up. Because this “driftwood” doesn’t wash up on a beach - it drops out of the Edgewood Art College. Would be artists pack up their egos and head to The Edgewood Art College to compete in a sort of outcast’s Olympics. In the regional competitions (high school) each one of them was a gold medalist at freestyle weird. But this is the big leagues. How does a person so practiced at being different set themself apart from the weirdest of the weird? Most can’t handle it. Many drop out. Some leave town. The “driftwood” don’t. Now these people, who have never desired to be part of the crowd, are lumped in to a group that grows larger every day. Dedicated to disaffection and united by a desire to be different, the “driftwood” struggle to find their own way in the city. |
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