People You May Know Webseries

One of the first projects to come through the Webseries development program I ran through 2011 at AFTRS is this sharp comedy People You May Know.

PYMK is a web series about the humour and heartbreak of online dating, set in a failing advertising agency that’ll sell anything. It’s an ensemble comedy that tangles together a range of characters – from pithy to puerile, reasonable to ridiculous – in a twisted, blind relationship in which nobody knows who they’ve really fallen for. 

The project has been created by uber-talented brother-sister duo Imogen & James Dall with a very slick cast that includes Stephanie Bendixsen whom Australian folks may now as Hex, co-host of the ABC’s Good Game (the show By Gamers, For Gamers). I confess to having not just a little crush on Hex (which i consider perfectly ok since my wife has also confessed to having a crush on her… What’s not to love about a gorgeous smart chick who knows more about computer games than I do..?) 

What was particularly gratifying to see through the development process of PYMK was the clarity by which Imogen fleshed out her storyworld, its rules, pressures and internal dramas, with rigour and detail. The result is a series concept that is robust and sustainable - the two areas where so many webseries fail.

Keep an eye out for the full series coming in early 2012 and think about chipping in to the Kickstarter campaign.