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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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Playtest Dreamweaver RPG

The Dreamweaver RPG playtest package is now available to download from the Mind's Eye web site. The package includes everything you need to start playing Dreamweaver, including the playtest version of the core rules, a character sheet, and a pre-made adventure.

We're asking all playtesters to play through the provided adventure at least once before you start making up your own adventures.

We'd appreciate any and all feedback you may have, but there are a couple things in particular that we'd like to get your opinions on:

We wanted the combat system to be quick and easy to use, but we didn't want fights to be over after a single dice roll. Do you think the combat system achieves this, or is it too lethal, or do combats take too long to resolve?

The dreamweaving ability has proven to be a challenge to balance. Do you find dreamweavers to be adequately balanced with other character types, or are they too powerful, or are they too weak?

Are there any rules that are difficult to understand, either because they were poorly written, because there aren't enough examples, etc?

Are there any important rules that seem to be missing or need to be expanded?

What part of the rules do you see as needs improvement?

What part of the rules did you enjoy the most?

Download the playtesters package HERE.

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Mind’s Eye Coming to Anime North

In an already busy season of conventions and festivals, the cast and crew of MIND’S EYE have added another stop to the tour, this one closer to our own backyard. Synn Studios and Lynnvander Productions are proud to announce that they are teaming up with Polaris to bring MIND’S EYE to ANIME NORTH, Canada’s premiere fan-run anime convention.

Unfolding the weekend after Victoria Day (or on the Memorial Day long weekend for our American friends), May 27th to 29th, Anime North takes place at two locations: the Toronto Congress Centre and at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, near Pearson Airport. The con attracted nearly 17,000 visitors last year thanks to its combination of special guests and programs like the Skit Contest and Anime North Idol.

So what’s MIND’S EYE bringing? How about the first public test of the MIND’S EYE video game? Team 7 Productions is putting the finishing touches on the beta version of the game, where players will be able to try on their favourite Dreamweaver from the series and fight the evil Shadow’s Hand minions, The Dolgrath’s Girl Friday Maya, and the Big Red Bad himself. Fans of the original FINAL FANTASY for NES will definitely want to check this out.



As well, the team will continue play testing the MIND’S EYE-related role-playing game, “Dreamweaver.” Our last public test was at Wizard World Toronto, so put on your gaming hat, grab your 12-sided dice and get into the worlds of MIND’S EYE and put your imagination to the test.



Coming up next in the MIND’S EYE world tour, a stopover in St. John’s NFLD (and a homecoming for MIND’S EYE writer Tom Brown) at Sci-Fi on the Rock starting this Friday, April 15th.

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Podcast and Film Festival

Back before the show launched the creators of Mind's Eye the fantasy webseries journeyed across the lands to various Comic conventions to pre-promote the show. One of the adventures lead them to a great pod cast group called "Sci-fi Saturday Night". The host team of the show invited Thomas Gofton, creator and star of the show to come on and chat about what to expect from the up and coming release of Season One.



It was a great conversation and all involved had a fun time. Now, almost 6 months later, the folks of Sci-Fi Saturday Night have invited Thomas back for a recap of the first seasons launch as we approach the finale! Episode 24 - Forest for the trees. Tune in here to listen to the pod cast live on Saturday night, April 23rd at 8:00pm Eastern time.

Then, if you still haven't had enough Mind's Eye and you're interested in meeting the creators the show will exhibit several episodes live in a theater at the SharpCuts: Indie Music and Film Festival. The festival takes place in the show's home town and is expecting quite the homecoming. After, guests will be able to meet and greet with the creators and more. The location is the Synnema at 121 Wyndham Street N. Unit 106 in Guelph ON on Webseries Wednesday Night starting line up at 7pm.



Don't miss this one as well as other webseries from all over including the award winning "Out with Dad" and the L.A. great comedy "Night of the Zombie King".

Two great nights and two great Mind's Eye opportunities!