Dynamo

***Dynamo***, stylized as **DYNAMO**, is an American post-apocalyptic dystopian cyberpunk science fiction web television series created by Ian Hubert and Scott Hampson. The story is set mostly on Earth, which is in the dimensional plane of Exemplar State, and mainly in the sprawling metropolis of Shade, which is located on what appears to be a United States destroyed by some sort of cataclysmic event hundreds or thousands of years prior, but the story also spans multiple other dimensions, outer space and other planets. The story is a puzzle made up of many interlocking story pieces and a cast of multiple characters and viewpoints, which is supposed to take place over a single 48 hour period. The series was created by Ian Hubert and Scott Hampson and produced under their company KarmaPirates. Hubert have also described the series as a "catch-all" project, as whenever he will get excited about something specific he puts it into *Dynamo*. So far there are six episodes, and about twelve more filmed. According to the Behind the Scenes of *Episode 6*, this footage amounts to about 2 hours of material, and Hubert have said that he hopes the episodes will be able to be completed and released quicker from then on.

By 2020, Hubert has completed hours' material of episodes that are nearly fully edited but still needing sound work.

On February 27, 2020, Ian Hubert announced a side series, *Dynamo Dream*, which will both act as a soft reboot to the story of Dynamo, introducing new audiences to the fictional world, and a sequel to the series by wrapping up certain plot points from the main series. Despite Hubert saying that he wishes to use *Dynamo Dream* to wrap up the story, in the About section of his Patreon he still expresses a wish to get the rest of the *Dynamo* episodes he has made released, and offers his Patreon as a venue to reach that goal. In addition, he writes that he has been "sliding a bunch of the plot points into a sort of parallel show", referring to *Dynamo Dream*. This implies that *Dynamo* and *Dream* will eventually co-exist, with *Dream* being a parallel story, but the new series will also help complete the story faster than if Hubert was only making the main series.

## Development

The concept of *Dynamo* comes from many brainstorming sessions and talks between Ian Hubert and his friends, especially his best friend Scott Hampson. He has stated that a lot of it came about from long walks outside at night, where he would talk to Scott and bounce ideas back and forth between them.

The concept behind *Dynamo* changed so much over the years from its initial conception when Ian Hubert and Scott Hampson were in their late teens (about 18), to the point of being virtually nothing like the original idea. The original concept that Hubert came up with was that there were old gods that each embodied a force of the universe - chaos and order and such - and that they would have to fight each other, however over the course of having this idea in his head for four years, Hubert saw many comics, bad TV shows, movies and trailers that used the same concept. He has brought up that many trailers he watched would have a narrator stating "She's the embodiment of chaos" or the like, and this went on for so long to the point of Hubert becoming embarrased that this had been his original idea for the series.

## Production

On July 21, 2016, it was announced on the official DYNAMO Facebook page that there were plans to film material enough for about 5-6 episodes more. It was estimated by Ian Hubert that they would end up with about 50-60 minutes of DYNAMO content ready to be worked on and polished. On December 4, 2018 Ian Hubert posted on his Twitter that they have filmed 12 episodes in parallel. On December 18, 2018, Ian Hubert announced in a behind-the-scenes video of DYNAMO ep6 that he and his crew have 2 hours of DYNAMO filmed and mostly edited, and that they just need to put the pieces together. On April 7, 2020, Ian Hubert was interviewed on Blender Everyday at Blender Foundation's official YouTube channel, where he said that he had completed many hours' material of episodes, nearly fully edited but still needing sound work.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IAN HUBERT | Blender Everyday #10.
2. ↑ 12 episodes shot, Ian Hubert on Facebook.
3. ↑ *Dynamo* Episode 6 Behind the Scenes: 2 hours worth of Dynamo material filmed.
4. ↑ *Dynamo Dream* teaser.
5. ↑ "About Ian Hubert" on Ian Hubert's Patreon.
6. ↑ IAN HUBERT | Blender Everyday #10 - Ian Hubert says that the original concept behind *Dynamo* was that there old gods that each embodied a universal force.
7. ↑ Filming 6 more episodes, DYNAMO Facebook page.
8. ↑ KarmaPirates have filmed 12 episodes in parallel.
9. ↑ Behind the scenes on DYNAMO ep6 reveals there is 2 hours of DYNAMO filmed and mostly edited.

## Trivia

* The *Dynamo* title card or logo uses a free font named MajorMinus, which can be downloaded here. It is the same font used for the *Dynamo Dream* title.