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Chandler Riggs & Fan Expo

Mind's Eye has an awesome line up at the National Fan Expo 2011. The booth, originally by Synn Studios Inc., the associated company that brought you Mind's Eye - is celebrating its sixth year with Rue Morgue and the Fan Expo. We've got a lineup of activities that will not disappoint!

First off, the booth's location is # 1727; in the horror section and a stone’s throw away from the guests signing section. Please see the map below to find us!

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During the whole weekend the Mind's Eye visual effects team will be bringing you the newly acclaimed Instant FX! Come by the booth with your best idea for an effect and/or in your best cosplay character and let's make magic on the screen!



If you're a Walking Dead fan you'll have a great time on Saturday and Sunday as our booth will have a special guest with us! Chandler Riggs, the actor that plays the character Carl Grimes in the AMC's television hit: The Walking Dead will be at our booth signing autographs and answering questions to all about his up and coming role in Mind's Eye. Make sure you drop in for a chat!

Attending the booth this year is the creative minds of Team 7 productions! They will have the Mind's Eye video game on display for the fans to test out and chat. Furthermore, the indie game engineers will be on an official THE INDIE VIDEO GAME MIND’S EYE 5:00PM 715B. Come learn about the programming, the design ideas and where the game is going in the coming months.



One of our series illustrators Michael Gauss a.k.a. HELMUTT will be at the booth all weekend with his artwork on display and for sale. Come see the beautiful works of Michael as he discusses his works within the Mind's Eye universe as well. Check his works out here.

Don't forget to check out our official Mind's Eye panel, hosted by the National Fan Expo itself! MEET THE CAST OF MIND'S EYE WEB SERIES 2:00PM, ROOM 707. Here you'll have the chance to meet varied cast members including Series villains Johnny Quinn and Melanie Marie as well as cast leads Nik MacMillan, McKinlee Phillips, Chandler Riggs and more!

To find out more about Mind's Eye's pilot season as a webseries - check out Pretty in Geek's booth # 1000 to get an old school FOURSQUARE style map to take around the convention with you so you can check in to all the associated web series that will be there. Some of them are; Heroes of the North, Pure Pwnage and Clutch! But there are many more so grab the map and meet everyone!

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Victory at Gen Con 2011

This past weekend, gamers of all stripes gathered in Indianapolis, Indiana for GenCon, the largest convention of its kind in North America. So what was the crew of MIND’S EYE doing there? Why picking up some hardware, of course.



The final four episodes of MIND’S EYE’s initial season were screened as part of the con’s film festival, along with several other submitted webseries, short films and features. At an awards ceremony on Sunday, the winners for each category were announced and MIND’S EYE came out the winner for Best Series. The prizes, as awarded by Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, included a trophy, a free exhibit booth at next year’s GenCon and a copy of Kaufman’s DVD Box Set Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade Director.



But it wasn’t all awards at the show. The MIND’S EYE crew was working hard at the booth creating Instant FX, a unique service where fans could get a picture or video of themselves with a visual effect of their request. As well, MIND’S EYE producer/creator Thomas M. Gofton participated in a number of panels and the DREAMWEAVER role playing was play-tested once again for the attending gamers.

All-in-all, it was a solid weekend of fun and accomplishment for the MIND’S EYE team. Coming up next: a stop this weekend in “The Windy City” – Chicago – for the local Wizard World con. Then, we’ll be returning home for the National Fan Expo in Toronto at the end of the month. Keep your eyes peeled; MIND’S EYE may be coming soon to somewhere near you.

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Mind's Eye at Gen Con

MIND’S EYE and INSTANT FX are Game on at Gen Con

Every August in Indianapolis, IN, the largest gaming convention of its kind in North America takes place at the Indiana Convention Centre. Gamers of all strips, colours and creeds, descend on Downtown Indy to roll the dice, make their move and play their hand, and MIND’S EYE is in the thick of it.

Synn Studios and Lynnvander Production’s acclaimed fantasy-adventure series is a guest of Gen Con, and along with exhibiting the series, hosting a number of panels, and shopping the Dreamweaver role-playing game, the visual effects team of MIND’S EYE is offering a unique new service of their own: Instant FX.

Instant FX offers fans a rare chance to gain the super-powers and other abilities that they’ve only been able to dream(weave) about. A 10-second film clip is made of the fan performing their selected superpower. The clip is then taken by Synn’s visual effects artists who can create said superpower in as little as 30 minutes. Of course, the more complicated the effect, the more time it takes, but most fans get to walk away with their completed, effects-filled film clip on a stylized MIND’S EYE zip drive.

The options that the effects team are able to is continuing to grow, so look for the Instant FX booth, coming soon to the Chicago Comic Con Wizard World starting August 11th through 14th.

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Fan Expo 2011

MIND’S EYE TO RULE AT FAN EXPO

Summer’s end brings the heroes of sci-fi, horror, comics, and anime to Toronto for the National Fan Expo, an event that’s now thought of as the San Diego Comic Con of the north.

Synn Studios has been a regular presence at Fan Expo the last several years, and at last year’s event, the production team of MIND’S EYE used the occasion to exclusively show the trailer for the premiere season of the series. So what’s coming up for the 2011 Fan Expo? Let’s just say there’s more to see and do than our usual booth in the Rue Morgue section.

To begin with, and for the first time, MIND’S EYE will be hosting a panel at the Expo where fans and newcomers can learn all about the series, its origins, and maybe where it’s going next. Several members of the cast and crew have already been confirmed including creator/producer Thomas Gofton, and actors Nik MacMillan (Illia), Johnny Quinn (The Dolgrath) and Melanie Marie (Khaleigha) as well as AMC The Walking Dead's Chandler Riggs who will be talking about his up and coming role of "Tristan" in the next official season. More guests will be announced as we count down the days to the Expo.

And because Fan Expo is also about gaming, the gang from Team 7 will be on hand to talk about and demonstrate the beta version of the MIND’S EYE game. The game has already been shown off for the public at last month’s Polaris 25 convention, but the Team 7 boys are making improvements and additions to the game all the time. An exclusive at Fan Expo, fans will get another chance to try the game and offer feedback.

As well, you’ll be able to meet and greet with the cast and crew on the convention floor, and buy merch like t-shirts, hoodies, DVDs and CD soundtracks. It’s going to be another exciting year at Fan Expo for the MIND’S EYE gang, so if you’re coming down to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on August 25th through 28th, be sure to look us up.

Of course, Dreamweaver cosplayers are always welcome!

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