A new web series created and produced by Austin Community College students and faculty debuted online on Oct. 28 and has garnered over 500 likes on Facebook so far.
With the tagline "they say you can never go home again, once you leave," new web series "Once You Leave," was written and directed by Nathan Locklear, an Austin Community College adjunct assistant radio, television and film professor.
Locklear is the co-creator of the series along with ACC graduate Kayla Olson who also stars as the main character in the series.
"Once You Leave" follows Kayla Marshall, a woman who returns home only to find that it is no longer home to her. While trying to find a home, Kayla embarks on a journey of self-discovery along the way.
The series is part of a four- part media project that began development earlier this year beginning with a series of blog posts from a central character to the story named Rachel Perkins.
The third part of the entire media project is to post the series itself followed by a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series in part four of the project. The second part of the project is a "hidden" secret to fans according to the series' Facebook page.
"The second part is going to be a one-issue comic book before episode 1 takes place. It's the events that lead up to Kayla leaving for Africa. I don't know how long it's going to be or when it's coming out," Locklear said. "There might be a second issue after that but I haven't planned for it or anything."
Those who wish to watch the first episode can visit onceyouleave.com or on the project's Facebook page. So far episodes one and two have been posted online and four more episodes are slated to be posted in the common weeks.
The series recently had a successful advertising campaign set up on the website indiegogo. com, a website that allows users to post information on current projects they may be working on and allow users to donate money to the projects. The "Once You Leave" project generated just over $1,300.
When asked about whether fans can continue to donate to the project, Locklear directs them towards the project's Paypal account.
"We still have our support page on our main page to donate via PayPal," Locklear said. "We probably will do another indiegogo event in the future, like for phase 2 and we'll have an event where people can donate money if they want to."
As for future plans for the series, Locklear says his biggest goal would be to generate a large fan base dedicated to the series. "I think getting the dedicated fan base, people who attach to the series and find meaning in it," Locklear said. "One of the biggest questions for people making a web series or anything like that is ‘do you want to make money, do you want a big fan base' etc. For me, being able to generate a large fan base would be great."
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