2 East 8th Presents:
The Quarantine Files
Three filmmakers take on the challenge of producing a comedy web series remotely on Zoom during the quarantine. The obstacles are plenty and the outcomes unexpected. What results is The Quarantine Files web series, produced by 2 East 8th Productions and Smoose Entertainment.
Episode 1: The Lockdown Diva
Episode One: The Lockdown Diva In the introductory episode of The Quarantine Files, Adam rambles on about the COVID-19 lockdown. Justin suggests that now is the perfect time to create content. Drew recommends a horror movie. However, the star of the show is a little more than they bargained for, stealing all the screen time, frustrating her castmate and the producers. Their solution: Play to the Diva’s strengths by turning it into a musical.
Starring Karla Serrato & Michael Sherman
Written & Directed by Adam Smestad
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund
Episode 2: The Silence of the Scream
Episode Two of The Quarantine Files finds Justin pitching another musical. Adam is on board because…subtext or something. After seeing Matty Robinson’s “performance” though, Drew suggests shifting genres to a silent film to capitalize on the actor’s gift for physical comedy.
Everything is peachy until they realize they’ve done more than just create a silent film short. They’ve somehow silenced their actors’ lives and must find a way to get it back. The end product is enough to make any film student salivate.
Starring Matty Robinson & Tia Pinson
Written & Directed by Justin Strandlund
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund
Episode 3: The Meaning of Life
In Episode Three of The Quarantine Files, we go Scifi as we accidentally built a prop that communicates with aliens. Aliens that have chosen our actor to broadcast their universal secrets. Yeah, things got weird with this series real fast, didn’t they?
The producers are faced with the consequences and/or power that such a relationship might bring, while our actress is left with the knowledge that just might finally answer that age-old question, the meaning of our existence.
Starring Robin Minkens
Written & Directed by Adam Smestad
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund
Episode 4: Man Eater
The producers explore the idea of dating during the quarantine in episode four. What begins as a hopeful date in a romantic comedy turns sinister when Drew reveals his dark side and a bloodbath ensues just in time for Halloween.
Starring Ashlyn Seehafer & Chris Vellucci
Written & Directed by Drew Dull
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund
Episode Five: Palatable & Unpretentious
The producers have hit a creative wall offering up several ideas for a documentary topic, all of them terrible. They decide to move forward without one and hope for the best, which earns their narrator some overly adoring fans.
Starring Kristi Alsip
Special Appearance by Matt Lamson
Written & Directed by Adam Smestad
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund
Episode Six: The Anti-Heist
What begins as a thrilling hacker heist quickly devolves into a comedy spoof about a technologically impaired hacker trying to make it during the quarantine. When even that fails, he becomes a hacker of a different type; a life hacker for the elderly.
Starring Seth Gersbach
Written & Directed by Drew Dull
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund
Episode Seven: Clue 2: This Cup’s For You
A Murder Mystery with one player? They said it couldn’t be done. But when you live alone during a pandemic, you can’t be picky about your scene partner. Actor, Jamie Yates plays ALL the roles in this Murder Mystery that will have you guessing along with the Producers.
Starring Jamie Yates
Written & Directed by Justin Strandlund
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund
Episode Eight: Endgame
The producers take on their most ambitious genre yet in the season finale. Drew suggests a superhero movie, which Adam and Justin are quick to point out, is very out of character for him. He also wants to cast Matt Lamson (who he hates) as the lead. Could he have ulterior motives?
Starring Matt Lamson
Written & Directed by Justin Strandlund
Created & Produced by Drew Dull, Adam Smestad, Justin Strandlund