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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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Polaris 25 and Mind's Eye

It's TIME!

Coming up this weekend from July 15th - 17th various cast and crew from the fantasy series Mind's Eye will be attending the popular sci-fi and fantasy convention, Polaris 25. In it's silver anniversary year, Polaris has chosen Mind's Eye to host a series of panels as well as present workshops and even attend as official presenters to the official Constellation Awards held on Saturday evening.

Expected guests from the show in attendance; Clair Moran (Young Nadia), Aidan Harris (Young Patrick), Thomas Gofton (Creator/Director and Patrick), Tom Brown (Writer and Mark), Andrew Ellis (Young Mark), Johnny Quinn (The Dolgrath Demon), Susan Leigh Nham (Series Illustration), Aaron Soch (Sound Designer), Nick Montgomery (Director of Photography and Visual Effects Supervisor), David Pickthorn (Series Video Game Graphics Designer and Animator), Wes Wallcott (Series Video Game Audio Engineer and Writer) and Jason Reginer (Series Video Game Programmer).

The Panels at Polaris 25;

Transmedia

Whether Indie or Blockbuster, filmmakers are conforming to a trend that’s not so new to the industry of filmmaking. Transmedia is the art of taking your project from one platform to the next, platforms such as graphic novels, literature and games. Marketing as an artist labelled ‘Indie’, transmedia could be the difference between going to the next level and shelving an old idea. The creator, Thomas Gofton and the crew of Mind’s Eye the Fantasy Series are here to answer any and all questions about this awesome tool, transmedia.

Scheduled day/time: Friday 7:00 PM

Filming on a dime

Ever wanted to make a film? Don’t have the resources? Don’t know how to go from development to distribution? Synn Studios Inc. is an indie production studio from Guelph, Ontario. They can help understand what it takes to make your first project, your second project or your most ambitious project yet. Learn about camera operation, mechanical effects, visual effects and much more.

Scheduled day/time: Sunday 10:00 Am

Mind’s Eye the Fantasy Series

Mind’s Eye is a fantasy series is about the world’s greatest heroes disguising themselves as children in order to protect humanities last hope. The concept of a web series is now the growing future for film and television. In this panel you will learn about the show from how it started to where it’s going next. The first season is complete and we’ll show you everything on how we made it from special effects all the way to wardrobe. If you’ve watched the show, you’ll have the chance to ask some key creators any questions about anything that is Mind’s Eye.

Scheduled day/time: Saturday 6:00 PM

The Indie Video Game Mind’s Eye

Mind’s Eye is a cross-platform fantasy series which is not just a show. We’ve got a video game! This video game has all sorts of interesting facts behind it and we want your opinion. Join the game designer, game programmer and game audio engineer as well as the show’s creator as they present the beta testing of Mind’s Eye the Video Game. You’ll have the chance to give some feedback while playing the game for yourself. Test the controls; see the game’s development and most of all learn some tricks of the indie game trade.

Scheduled day/time: Sunday 4:00 PM

The Saturday evening Constellation Awards Ceremony

Young actors Aidan Harris (Young Patrick) and Claire Moran (Young Nadia) have been specially selected to present this years "Best in technical achievement award." at the 2011 Constellation Awards held on the Saturday evening of Polaris 25.

In addition to the presentation, Harris and Moran are both up for their own awards in the best actor categories for their gender. Mind's Eye has been nominated four times this year including "Best contribution to the Canadian Sci-fi genre."

Stay tuned for more results and follow us on TWITTER or FACEBOOK for more updates as the event goes on!

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Writing a New Season

Writing Has Begun on MIND’S EYE The NEW SEASON

The announcement has been made, and now the real work has begun on developing another great season of MIND’S EYE. One of the biggest differences going from the prelude season to season one is that the scripting responsibilities are being shared by a team of writers, including names already familiar with the MIND’S EYE universe:

Adam A. Donaldson (writer/director “Spooky Kids”), Chris Feres, Alaina Harper (writer/director “The Promise”), Nick Montgomery (writer/director “Shades of Grey”), Richard V. Oulette (playwright “Fall of the House of Usher”), Cameron Parkinson, Ron Parkinson, A. Paul C. Pengelly, and Stephen W. Young

Some of those names you probably recognized right off the bat. Nick Montgomery was the Director of Photography and Visual Effects Supervisor on MIND’S EYE the prelude season; Cameron Parkinson was one of the stunt men playing the Shadow’s Hand minions; Adam A. Donaldson was the publicist and played the “Angry Theatre Patron” in chapter 3; and A. Paul C. Pengelly filled the small, but pivotal role of “The Traveler.”

Working from an outline by series creator Thomas M. Gofton and under the supervision of Gofton himself, the writing team is currently in the process of breaking down the storyline of season one and plotting the 12, 10-15 minute episodes.

The writing process will unfold over the course of the summer with an eye on pre-production to begin in earnest by late August/early September. There’s some big ideas planned, and stay tuned to the MIND’S EYE website for some sneak peaks into the Writers’ Room throughout the summer.

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A New Season Announced

Fall Filming in Development

Lynnvander Productions, ME Entertainment and Synn Studios, Inc. are proud to announce that the second season of the fantasy series MIND’S EYE has officially been greenlit and the production team are looking to start principal photography as early as this coming Fall.

Additionally, the production would also like to announce that MIND’S EYE has signed its first new actor for the official season. Chandler Riggs, the young star of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, will be playing an as yet undisclosed role in the new season. Riggs plays Carl Grimes, the lost son of Sheriff’s Deputy Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln) on the smash hit horror drama, and has also appeared in the TV movie “The Wronged Man” and Aaron Schneider’s GET LOW.

Series creator Thomas M. Gofton and a new writing team are currently writing the scripts for the new season. The format of the series’ episodes will be changed for the new season, and will now be 10-15 minutes in length each with 12 episodes in total. The goal is get the new scripts in front of the camera for a three month shoot starting this September.

MIND’S EYE completed its prelude season on May 6th, 2011. The entire series is currently available online and on DVD, and the finale premiered to a sold-out audience at the Galaxy Cinemas Guelph on May 5th. The cast and crew will continue on their convention tour this summer, with stops coming up at the Calgary Entertainment Expo, Star Con in Vancouver, B.C., the London Film and Comic Exposition in England, U.K., Polaris 25 in Richmond Hill and the National Fan Expo in the heart of Toronto.

Stay tuned to the MIND’S EYE website at http://www.mindseyeseries.com/ for all the latest info and developments on the first season of MIND’S EYE and more!

Season Two Announcement HD Sorensen.mp4