Dank Dungeons Season 2!

Hey everybody!

I'm Lex Mandrake, creator and director of Dank Dungeons. Last year some friends and I shot and released this tabletop RPG tv show on YouTube and NCTV (our community access tv channel). We had a ton of fun playing through this comedy-fantasy adventure!

Now we're thinking of doing a second season but there's a whole bunch of stuff we want to change up to do it.
Things like creating our own studio space so we can create content quicker and more frequently. Also getting a professional soundtrack and show graphics.

One of the ways I want this show to stand out is by using a lot of '80s equipment to give it that VHS look (and because it would be way cheaper than buying modern cameras). On top of that I'm looking to save some money by buying clamp lights to construct a basic lighting grid and a standard definition video switcher since the cameras will be SD anyway.

Our planned timeline is to fundraise and do pre-production until the summer at which point we would start shooting. Production would last through the summer with post-production on earlier episodes happening between shoots. It would likely start to air in late July and August. 

Budget Breakdown: (a lot of these numbers are fuzzy since we'll be buying things second-hand and negotiating music and art prices)

The Studio: (~$850)
- Cameras: 3 '80s Newivcon Tube Cameras (~$100 each)
- Live Video Switcher (~$300)
- Lighting: 5-8 Clamp Lights (~$80)
- Play table, couch, chairs, shelves, misc set decor (~$100)
- Cables, wires, tripods, misc tech (~$70)

Music and Art: (~$1,150)
- 5 track OST (~$750)
- Commissioned art assets (~$400)

Anything beyond this can go to our cast and crew for their time or, if we get a significant amount more, to upgrading to modern equipment.

Thanks so much for checing out our project!

You can watch the first season of the show here

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