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I’m the writer/director of an award-winning fantasy web series called Tracy Buckles that was just released on Vimeo yesterday. The show features plenty of spells and curses and witches and wizards, so if you’re into those kinds of things, you should check it out! I'd love to get your feedback...

I wanted to let you know about a new podcast that I produced. It's tailored to independent filmmakers and anyone who is interested in the best web series available online. We call it The Web Series Podcast. You can listen to the show on iTunes...

Fake Corpses Fake Corpses For Episode 6, we had to get a little creative with the prop design in order to make two corpses that could be lugged around in lieu of having to abuse our actors. This will give you an idea of how we pieced together a pair of fake dead bodies by using PVC pipes...

Visual Style Visual Style I've included screenshots from all of our Episodes, so you can see how our visual style developed over the course of the series. Episodes 1-3 were shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episodes 4-6 were shot on a Canon EOS C100...

Learning on the fly Learning on the fly Throughout the making of this web series, we always pushed ourselves to try new camera techniques and to explore cinematic ways to tell our story. For instance, in production of Episode 2 and 3 we built our own crane, which enabled us to do sweeping...

On our YouTube channel, we've also shared a few deleted scenes of the show. These were cut out of the final episodes because they weighted down or distracted from the main narrative in some way. However, they still provide interesting tidbits about our main characters, so I thought I'd put them...

In addition to the full-length episodes, we also wanted to create some supplemental material for fans of the show. As a way of promoting our main character Nicolai Travis, we created 8 original “Video Diaries.” These are short rants, in which Nicolai goes off on some random topic, such as...

Here are some behind the scenes shots from Season 1. Since this was a zero-budget production, we just used a lot of outside locations as well as apartments/houses that belong to friends and family.

We also have some behind the scenes footage that will give you a glimpse of our production. Episode 1 — Behind the Scenes Episode 2 — Behind the Scenes Episode 3 — Behind the Scenes Episode 4 — Behind the Scenes Episode 5 — Behind the Scenes

We just finished our first season of the independent web series Nicolife. It has taken us three years to complete six episodes on a zero-budget. The cast and crew consisted of a group of hard-working friends who wanted to collaborate on a creative endeavor. We've been featured on Tubefilter and...

Nicolife is a comedy web series that explores the misadventures of the inseparable duo Nicolai and Phil. The first season was produced on location in San Luis Obispo, California on a zero-budget. The project was conceived by Robin Nyström, Jason Kaiser and Hartley Comfort—three friends with...

Check out Nicolife - a new comedy web series about the egocentric twentysomething Nicolai Travis and his poker-faced videographer Phil. Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: Episode 4: Episode 5: To watch extra material, deleted scenes and behind the scenes, visit the YouTube channel...

Check out our independently produced web series called Nicolife. Episodes 1-4 and a Christmas Special are available right now: https://youtu.be/BuxnWpDqiIQ?list=PLD85zZ175BzzJdc_7hi310R2XYfa1bOwS. Nicolife explores the misadventures of the egocentric twentysomething Nicolai Travis and his...