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  • BOUNDLESS MEDIA ANNOUNCES WEB-SERIES ‘CANCELLED’

    BOUNDLESS MEDIA ANNOUNCES WEB-SERIES ‘CANCELLED’

    Do you feel like it’s hard to get away from cyberbullying and online hate these days? Mental health is on top of everyone’s mind: especially for Gen Z, a generation that’s been brought up online. 

    New-age content house Boundless Media has geared up to launch yet another 2020 web series titled ‘CANCELLED’ a tragicomedy on Gen Z’s social media trysts, taking inspiration from the now infamous ‘Cancel Culture’ – the practice of boycotting and group shaming a person on social media if their actions are seen as objectionable.

    With original web series hits including ‘Objectified’ and ‘Unseen’ in their kitty, Boundless Media has established their mettle as a creator of genre-bending stories for a new India.  

    Social media trolls and bullies have not spared anyone, right from the common man to the best of celebrities. But who would know this world better than the Gen Z? CANCELLED’ follows the lives and trysts of three ordinary GEN Z’ers in a sequence of comical catastrophes which raise debatable questions. Are the bullied actually bullies? In the zealous mood for evangelism, how far does one go and who draws the lines in the virtual world? What do you do when the online world becomes more real to you than your offline life?

    Commenting on the launch of the series, Natasha Malpani Oswal, Founder and Creative Producer at Boundless Media said, "Our aim is to tell new-age, experimental stories. We cover topics which are hidden in plain sight through our films and series. Through CANCELLED, we wanted to explore the blurring of our online and offline lives. We all know social media can be dangerous, but we’re still completely addicted to constantly scrolling. CANCELLED is highly entertaining, but also contemporary and relatable. I think Gen Z will strongly resonate with it.”

     The series features cutting-edge social commentary on mental health, losing trust in institutions, body image issues, the increasing generation gap and embracing one's sexuality. It was conceptualised, written and directed in-house The main leads are played by actors Chinmay Chandranshuh, Gurneet Wahan and Ritik Ghansani.  

  • Boundless Media mini-series explores mental health issues during Covid2019

    Boundless Media mini-series explores mental health issues during Covid2019

    MUMBAI: As mainstream entertainment took a hit during lockdown, it opened up the doors for smaller production houses to experiment and provide content to hungry audiences. Production house Boundless Media came up with two new mini-series Objectified and Unseen exploring the darker side of the pandemic and mental health issues.

    “Our aim is to spark a conversation about mental health and what people are going through in this pandemic. We want this series to be relatable and reach as many people as possible,” says Boundless Media founder and creative producer Natasha Malpani Oswal.

    She explains, “As creators, we are not only thinking of what is happening in India but what is happening at a global scale digitally. We are working on stories that could travel. We are especially targeting Gen Z and millennials because they are mostly online and digital-first. We are on the lookout for creative talent.”

    While Objectified is a mixed media animation series that brings household objects to life, Unseen is a darker, riveting series of four ordinary people in an extraordinary situation that explores mental health, grief and anxiety. The creative house is looking at more short films and animation content.

    Oswal mentions that everything from casting, scripting, direction and editing has been done staying at home. The series is shot at the respective home of the actors.

    She says, “Filming at home is quite challenging. When you shoot a series, we scout for location, art direction, check the lighting and the overall look and feel. But here the series has been shot with natural light and art direction was done over a call with actors. They were also multi-tasking, we did a lot of rehearsals, we prepped their houses and actors also cooperated with shot taking. It was a learning experience and it pushed us to be more creative.”

    Oswal also points out that a lot of cordination took place between actors and the Boundless Media to ensure proper surrounding and to maintain the quality of show.Actors took help from members at home while directors guided them to take proper angle, location and shot.

    The series will be available on YouTube.