''The Scene'' is a

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created by

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. This first-of-its-kind film was targeted to

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(P2P) users, both in distribution, subject and style. The series were financed through sponsorship deals and released for free on the web and on P2P networks under a

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license (attribution, no derivative works). Mitchell Reichgut, director of the series, says in an e-mail newsletter:

Season 1

The story centers on Drosan (Brian Sandro), a member of a fictitious scene group called CPX. Drosan is forced by circumstances to sell the pre-release films to commercial unauthorized distributors in

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. Each episode is filmed as a combination of a

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video showing one of the actors superimposed on their desktop, showing

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(IRC) and

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conversations. Most of the action takes place on the computer screen.

Cast

* Joe Testa as ''Drosan'' (Brian Sandro) * Trice Able as ''melissbliss04'' (Melissa) * Laura Minarich as ''danaburke123'' (Dana Burke) * Dinarte Freitas as ''coda'' *

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as ''slipknot'' (Johannes) * Jill Howell as ''trooper'' (Jodi) * Curt Rosloff as ''teflon'' (Ed Koenig) * Nick White as ''pyr0'' (David)

Music featured in The Scene

The theme song is ''Catch Me'' by Maylynne.

Season 2

''The Scene'' continued for a second season. Instead of focusing on warez culture, the second season took a look at illicit weapons trade happening online, as the director of the series saw the storyline of season 1 to be complete. The production pace of the series had changed from one monthly episode to much shorter weekly episodes.

Cast

* Samantha Turvill as ''sng330'' aka ''Houdini6'' aka ''Lukai'' (Danika Li) * (Katerina Li)

Music featured in The Scene 2.0

Parody

Close to the initial release of ''The Scene'', a spin-off parody called ''Teh Scene'' was released on the Internet. It imitated the format of the original series and overtly criticised it for its possible connections with groups opposed to unauthorized copying (and Sony sponsorship in general), mocking its amateurish approach to depicting people who copy and distribute software without authorization using the exaggerated mannerisms of

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. "Teh Scene" featured a dynamic format (as opposed to ''The Scene''s static presentation of a computer monitor, on which a small video and a few

windows would appear). The parody also released its first episode for season 2 on November 1, 2006. From what is seen in the first episode of season 2, they are not going to have the same storyline or concept as seen in ''The Scene'' season 2.

Cast

* Hydrosan * Jordan as T3hSuppl13r * Matt Jakubowski (Jaku) as Agent Gryphun Symthe * LordDusty as Agent Fitzgerald aka babygurl123

References

External links

Official Site

Jun Group Entertainment

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