One week and counting...give or take a week

Well we are coming to the last week of the Forecast Header Contest. If you haven't heard or read the rules yet, go here. We will announce the winner when episode 7 is released. However, episode 7 isn't going to be released next week. It could be in a couple of weeks. So with that, if some of you want an extension on the contest (if you didn't have time this last week or this coming week to work on your entry), email me and let me know. I will gladly extend the contest date. Some pretty cool stuff has been coming in, but I'd love to see more!

Meet the Voices

We've been doing the series now for almost 5 months now. We've been exploring this world of Forecast, meeting all kinds of characters. But one thing we've never shown to the public is who the voices of each character are and who all is involved with the making of each episode. So with out further ado, I introduce to you the voices of Forecast.

Tyler Gunstream - Voice of Craig, Scooter, Zoom, Erwin, and miscellaneous characters

Forecast the Series is the brain child of Tyler, aka Gunny to most. Having gone to film school and made a handful of films himself, he decided to try his hand at machinima. Knowing full well he may fail on an epic proportion, Tyler originally wrote only 2 episodes of Forecast with the thought that if people liked it, he'd make more but if not he'd bow out gracefully. To his surprise, Forecast started to become a little more popular and so he came up with a story for the rest of the season. He voices 4 of the main characters in the series along with some miscellaneous characters such as Timmy in Episode 2. Along with being one of the voice actors, Tyler writes, directs, produces, films, and edits each episode himself.

Jeff Dillbeck - Voice of Eugene

Jeff is a good friend and neighbor of Tyler's. Tyler came to him last May with the idea of a Halo 3 machinima and the proposal for Jeff to voice a character. Jeff gladly accepted. On an episode basis, Jeff comes in to record his dialog for Eugene giving a different take on each line. Although Tyler writes each script, Jeff is credited as a consultant on each episode helping tweak the jokes to hopefully bring out more hilarity. The line of Eugene's everyone loves from episode 2 (I feel safer since they fired Timmy) is actually an ad-lib Jeff came up with while recording that episode. Jeff brings a great dynamic to Eugene, which plays great off the other characters.

Hopefully this sheds a little light on us, our 2 man band behind Forecast the Series and Young Street Productions. It always helps to put a face with a name, but in this case- a voice.

Let the games begin!

Hey everyone,
I'm here to announce today our first ever contest with Forecast and Young Street Productions! The header for our site (that thing on the top of the page), the one that you've all come to know and love, is getting kind of old and I think its time for a change.

We are looking for all talented Photoshopers (or whatever program you use) out there to create a new header for the website. The header needs to be 660 x 332 pixels, contain at least the main cast from the first few episodes, include the show title and website address. You can send the image as a high quality .jpg or .png.

So gather all the knowledge you know about Forecast thus far and create a new header that could be displayed on our website. We will sift through all of the entries and the one we absolutely love the most will become the new header of the site, the winner will also be linked on our site to any web page, You Tube Channel, etc. that they run, and we'll set your name in the end credits of episode 7!

All entries must be emailed to us at youngstreetproductions@gmail.com with the subject line of "Forecast Header Contest" and turned in by October 7, 2008 no later than 7:00pm Mountain Time. Any entry that doesn't contain that subject line will be deleted without consideration. If you have any questions regarding what armor each character has or what weapons they have, or any other small details you need, feel free to email me anytime at youngstreetproductions@gmail.com. Every participant can submit up to 5 different entries if they wish. Have fun with it, we're excited to see what you all come up with.

Episode 6 is now live!

Hey Everyone,

Episode 6 is now online!  Click here for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy!

It is coming...

New episode.  Tuesday.  Nuff said.

Smooth Few Films

Our good friends over at Smooth Few Films have launched their new website. For those of you who don't know, SFF are the creators of one of my favorite machinimas "The Leet World". In addition to TLW (and it's upcoming second season), Smooth Few are also working on a Halo 3 series called "G.R.I.E.F." and a live action series, "Web Zeroes". The first episode of Web Zeroes is now on their website. I recommend checking it out, you'll be in for a good laugh.

Forecast Review

Hey everyone,

Be sure to check out  PandemicStrike's YouTube page, or click here to go straight to the video of Cpt. Jack Hammer's review of Forecast The Series.  It's a great review, with a pretty funny ending.  We thank Cpt. Jack for the extremely kind words.  Enjoy!

New Feature

Just wanted to let you all know about the new feature on the site. If you draw your attention to the right side of your screen you will see just above the episode guide, a new section called "Followers". This allows any guest of the site to become a follower of "Forecast" by simply clicking the little link that says "Follow this Blog". Your profile picture will pop up and will be displayed to the world as a proud viewer of "FTS". Oh, and while you're at it, maybe join up on the forum. Till next time.