Alright, let's get this started.
Episode 001: The Beginning
To start the series, we have our earliest images of the island. This contains the entire episode of "Across The Sea", where we see Jacob's origins, along with his brother. We also see the earliest time flash, when Locke turns the wheel to stop the island from moving.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Release Schedule
Okay, for those of you that are eagerly awaiting for me to start posting some episodes...you will have to be patient for a few more days. The first episode is going to go up Saturday. I decided to wait a few days to let the finale sort of sink in, let everyone come to terms with the show ending, and put a little bit of downtime between the end of LOST and the beginning of Chronologically LOST.
That being said, I've got a vague idea of how this is all going to work. Ideally, I can get two episodes a day converted and uploaded for viewing. Obviously there will be days where I don't have time to work on the project and won't get any episodes completed, but best case scenario, I should have the whole show released to all of you in a couple of months. Which means that given the occasional off day, I'd like to have this done in August some time.
Here's how it's going to work: Each episode will be uploaded to zShare.net, where you can either view the episode, or download it to your computer. Personally, I recommend downloading the episodes, because the quality is better, plus it gives you the opportunity to burn them to DVD and watch them on your TV if you want. I also will be putting up torrents of the episodes, since I know that's the preferred distribution method for many of you. Each torrent will probably be a grouping of about 10 episodes. I would like to ask that you please, please, please seed if you're downloading the torrents. I'm only one person, and will be using some of my bandwith uploading episodes to zShare, so it's very important that people seed as much as they can.
One last thing; these episodes are encoded as .FLV files. I had originally wanted to do them as DivX .AVI files, but Premiere kept crashing every time I did, so this format produced the best results, plus it makes it much easier as far as viewing online. An item of note, I don't believe Windows Media Player will play .flv files, so I would encourage you to seek out an alternative media player (I prefer VLC Player, I find it to be overall superior to Windows Media Player) to watch the videos on.
So, Saturday, first episode(s) will be released. I will shoot for releasing two episodes a day, they will be available for either viewing online or downloading as .FLV files. Every two weeks (give or take), there will be a new torrent available for download. If you have any questions or comments about any of this, please feel free to drop me a comment on here. That's all for now, see you Saturday.
That being said, I've got a vague idea of how this is all going to work. Ideally, I can get two episodes a day converted and uploaded for viewing. Obviously there will be days where I don't have time to work on the project and won't get any episodes completed, but best case scenario, I should have the whole show released to all of you in a couple of months. Which means that given the occasional off day, I'd like to have this done in August some time.
Here's how it's going to work: Each episode will be uploaded to zShare.net, where you can either view the episode, or download it to your computer. Personally, I recommend downloading the episodes, because the quality is better, plus it gives you the opportunity to burn them to DVD and watch them on your TV if you want. I also will be putting up torrents of the episodes, since I know that's the preferred distribution method for many of you. Each torrent will probably be a grouping of about 10 episodes. I would like to ask that you please, please, please seed if you're downloading the torrents. I'm only one person, and will be using some of my bandwith uploading episodes to zShare, so it's very important that people seed as much as they can.
One last thing; these episodes are encoded as .FLV files. I had originally wanted to do them as DivX .AVI files, but Premiere kept crashing every time I did, so this format produced the best results, plus it makes it much easier as far as viewing online. An item of note, I don't believe Windows Media Player will play .flv files, so I would encourage you to seek out an alternative media player (I prefer VLC Player, I find it to be overall superior to Windows Media Player) to watch the videos on.
So, Saturday, first episode(s) will be released. I will shoot for releasing two episodes a day, they will be available for either viewing online or downloading as .FLV files. Every two weeks (give or take), there will be a new torrent available for download. If you have any questions or comments about any of this, please feel free to drop me a comment on here. That's all for now, see you Saturday.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Project Update
With us only being days away from the series finale of LOST, I thought I'd post an update on how everything is progressing. Basically most of the heavy lifting is done. Aside from the final episode, and figuring out where the flash sideways goes, everything is pretty much in order, and ready to be cut up into episodes and uploaded. I suppose there is always the off chance that we get some flashbacks in the finale, but I'm not expecting any.
As far as the logistics of distribution are concerned, I think I have a site that will allow me to upload episodes for viewing, and may also allow you to download the episodes (I still need to verify the quality of said downloads). I will be putting these onto torrents as well, however it will probably be in groups of episodes, not individually. I do not know yet what the release schedule will be for these; ultimately I would just like to get these out to everyone as soon as possible, and then you can watch them at whatever pace you'd like instead of having to wait around for me. However, ultimately it's just going to depend on how quickly I can get these turned around and uploaded.
Anyways, that's it, just a brief post on where this is at. I would recommend checking back here in the days following the finale, as I would expect to see the first episode released sometime around then! If you think you'll have trouble remembering to check the site, feel free to subscribe to this blog's RSS feed, or you can follow me on Twitter (@chronoLOST) for the latest site updates and episode releases.
As far as the logistics of distribution are concerned, I think I have a site that will allow me to upload episodes for viewing, and may also allow you to download the episodes (I still need to verify the quality of said downloads). I will be putting these onto torrents as well, however it will probably be in groups of episodes, not individually. I do not know yet what the release schedule will be for these; ultimately I would just like to get these out to everyone as soon as possible, and then you can watch them at whatever pace you'd like instead of having to wait around for me. However, ultimately it's just going to depend on how quickly I can get these turned around and uploaded.
Anyways, that's it, just a brief post on where this is at. I would recommend checking back here in the days following the finale, as I would expect to see the first episode released sometime around then! If you think you'll have trouble remembering to check the site, feel free to subscribe to this blog's RSS feed, or you can follow me on Twitter (@chronoLOST) for the latest site updates and episode releases.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Frequently Asked Questions
Last Updated: November 5, 2012
Here are some answers to questions I've been getting a lot from people regarding this project. It will be updated as I get more questions.
What is Chronologically LOST?
Chronologically LOST is a project I have undertaken to present the show LOST in its entirety in chronological order. That means taking every flashback, flash forward, and flash sideways, extracting them from the present day storyline, and creating one big timeline, that starts with the earliest flashbacks of the island, and goes through all the way to the end of the series in...well, I guess the end doesn't really have a specific date. The plan is to release this timeline in 'episodes', just as the show is presented to us now. These episodes will be posted on this site for viewing, and will be approximately the length of a regular LOST episode, 45 minutes, give or take depending on the logistics of a particular episode.
How long did it take you to do all of this?
I haven't really kept track, but it's taken a while. Basically, the entire series is 120 episodes, or about 85 hours, and I've had to take all of that video, put it on my computer and in a format that's workable, go through every episode to split up all the clips, organize them chronologically (I worked on this on a season by season basis, because it's too big as a whole for my computer to handle), then start working on integrating the different seasons into one master timeline. Then, finally, I had to go through each audio and video transition in between every clip to make sure everything looks and sounds okay. This also included dealing with scenes that are looked at from multiple perspectives (ie. The Oceanic 815 plane crash or Locke, Jack, Kate & Desmond in the hatch, etc.), and figuring out where everything goes and setting up split screens if necessary. It's been a fun yet arduous process, and it's really given me a good refresher course on the entire series since I've had to go through much of it a few times while working on all of this.
Is there any non-televised material that will be included in the project?
Basically, I wanted to only include things that were considered officially canon in the LOST universe. So, other than the actual episodes, there are the "Missing Pieces" mobisodes that were originally released as part of a mobile phone promotion and ultimately ended up on the Season 4 DVD extras. These are considered to be canon, and are meant to enhance the hardcore LOST fan's understanding of the show. There are 14 of them, and each one is only a few minutes long, so it's not a lot of extra material, but there is some definite value in some of the mobisodes. Other than that, though, I don't know of any other sources that would be considered 'canon', so for the most part it will just be video from the televised episodes.
Now, there are rumored to be some additional video clips on either the Season 6 DVD set or the Complete Series DVD set that may take place after the end of Jack's time on the island. As of right now I believe those clips are going to be considered canon, so they will probably be integrated into the project as soon as possible.
What are you going to do with the flash sideways?
This is a popular question that I get a lot, and the short answer is: I don't know, and I probably won't know until the show is actually over. But I have some ideas.
There is some precedence for how to handle flash sideways, because we (unknown to us at the time) experienced one in Season 3 in "Flashes Before Your Eyes", after Desmond turned the key in the hatch. Desmond flashed to 1996, only it wasn't 1996 in our world, but it was a similar world. What happened in this place did not affect anything that happened in his actual life, his talking to Charlie, meeting Eloise, etc. Now, since this flash sideways did not occur in our world, just because in the flash sideways world it was 1996, does not mean that's where it falls in our master timeline. Instead, we would place this flash sideways at the moment Desmond starts to experience it. As we saw in our world, Desmond started experiencing his flash sideways the moment he turned the key, and when he finished the experience, he woke up in the jungle. And so in our timeline, that's where it will be placed.
Contrast that with Desmond in "The Constant". In that episode, Desmond is leaving the island by helicopter, and starts to experience a temporal distortion, his mind flashing between 2004 and 1996. Only this time, he's actually moving between two time periods in our world, so his actions in 1996 affect how things play out in the future (The whole point of the episode, his conversation with Penny, is evidence of this). So this is not a flash sideways, this is just Desmond flashing in time, similar to Locke, Sawyer & Co. flashing through time on the island. So in this instance, Desmond's flashes to 1996 would be placed on the timeline in 1996, and not in 2004 where he is supposed to reside.
But, back to our flash sideways in Season 6. While with our previous flash sideways, we knew precisely when it was occurring from Desmond's perspective. With our current flash sideways, we don't know who is experiencing it, or even when they are experiencing it. Desmond was "awaken" from his flash sideways by a cricket bat to the side of the head. I think that whoever is experiencing this flash sideways will have a similar waking up, and at that time we should have a better idea of when exactly these flash sideways were experienced in our world. Now, this is all speculation on my part based on past experience, it could play out in any number of ways, which is why my short answer was I don't know. But that's the long answer as to why I still don't know, and don't expect to find out how to handle it until May 23.
How did you arrange the flashbacks?
I used Lostpedia's fantastic timeline for a lot of the initial groundwork. While it doesn't list out everything, it gave me enough to work on to where I could use my best guess to figure out where everything else goes. Since most of the flashbacks don't have any set dates as to when they occurred, it was more like putting together puzzle pieces than anything, making sure everything fit together. It's an inexact science, but I believe I was able to put things into a logical order.
How can I watch the episodes?
Episodes are available to be downloaded via torrent.
Here are some answers to questions I've been getting a lot from people regarding this project. It will be updated as I get more questions.
What is Chronologically LOST?
Chronologically LOST is a project I have undertaken to present the show LOST in its entirety in chronological order. That means taking every flashback, flash forward, and flash sideways, extracting them from the present day storyline, and creating one big timeline, that starts with the earliest flashbacks of the island, and goes through all the way to the end of the series in...well, I guess the end doesn't really have a specific date. The plan is to release this timeline in 'episodes', just as the show is presented to us now. These episodes will be posted on this site for viewing, and will be approximately the length of a regular LOST episode, 45 minutes, give or take depending on the logistics of a particular episode.
How long did it take you to do all of this?
I haven't really kept track, but it's taken a while. Basically, the entire series is 120 episodes, or about 85 hours, and I've had to take all of that video, put it on my computer and in a format that's workable, go through every episode to split up all the clips, organize them chronologically (I worked on this on a season by season basis, because it's too big as a whole for my computer to handle), then start working on integrating the different seasons into one master timeline. Then, finally, I had to go through each audio and video transition in between every clip to make sure everything looks and sounds okay. This also included dealing with scenes that are looked at from multiple perspectives (ie. The Oceanic 815 plane crash or Locke, Jack, Kate & Desmond in the hatch, etc.), and figuring out where everything goes and setting up split screens if necessary. It's been a fun yet arduous process, and it's really given me a good refresher course on the entire series since I've had to go through much of it a few times while working on all of this.
Is there any non-televised material that will be included in the project?
Basically, I wanted to only include things that were considered officially canon in the LOST universe. So, other than the actual episodes, there are the "Missing Pieces" mobisodes that were originally released as part of a mobile phone promotion and ultimately ended up on the Season 4 DVD extras. These are considered to be canon, and are meant to enhance the hardcore LOST fan's understanding of the show. There are 14 of them, and each one is only a few minutes long, so it's not a lot of extra material, but there is some definite value in some of the mobisodes. Other than that, though, I don't know of any other sources that would be considered 'canon', so for the most part it will just be video from the televised episodes.
Now, there are rumored to be some additional video clips on either the Season 6 DVD set or the Complete Series DVD set that may take place after the end of Jack's time on the island. As of right now I believe those clips are going to be considered canon, so they will probably be integrated into the project as soon as possible.
What are you going to do with the flash sideways?
There is some precedence for how to handle flash sideways, because we (unknown to us at the time) experienced one in Season 3 in "Flashes Before Your Eyes", after Desmond turned the key in the hatch. Desmond flashed to 1996, only it wasn't 1996 in our world, but it was a similar world. What happened in this place did not affect anything that happened in his actual life, his talking to Charlie, meeting Eloise, etc. Now, since this flash sideways did not occur in our world, just because in the flash sideways world it was 1996, does not mean that's where it falls in our master timeline. Instead, we would place this flash sideways at the moment Desmond starts to experience it. As we saw in our world, Desmond started experiencing his flash sideways the moment he turned the key, and when he finished the experience, he woke up in the jungle. And so in our timeline, that's where it will be placed.
Contrast that with Desmond in "The Constant". In that episode, Desmond is leaving the island by helicopter, and starts to experience a temporal distortion, his mind flashing between 2004 and 1996. Only this time, he's actually moving between two time periods in our world, so his actions in 1996 affect how things play out in the future (The whole point of the episode, his conversation with Penny, is evidence of this). So this is not a flash sideways, this is just Desmond flashing in time, similar to Locke, Sawyer & Co. flashing through time on the island. So in this instance, Desmond's flashes to 1996 would be placed on the timeline in 1996, and not in 2004 where he is supposed to reside.
But, back to our flash sideways in Season 6. While with our previous flash sideways, we knew precisely when it was occurring from Desmond's perspective. With our current flash sideways, we don't know who is experiencing it, or even when they are experiencing it. Desmond was "awaken" from his flash sideways by a cricket bat to the side of the head. I think that whoever is experiencing this flash sideways will have a similar waking up, and at that time we should have a better idea of when exactly these flash sideways were experienced in our world. Now, this is all speculation on my part based on past experience, it could play out in any number of ways, which is why my short answer was I don't know. But that's the long answer as to why I still don't know, and don't expect to find out how to handle it until May 23.
How did you arrange the flashbacks?
I used Lostpedia's fantastic timeline for a lot of the initial groundwork. While it doesn't list out everything, it gave me enough to work on to where I could use my best guess to figure out where everything else goes. Since most of the flashbacks don't have any set dates as to when they occurred, it was more like putting together puzzle pieces than anything, making sure everything fit together. It's an inexact science, but I believe I was able to put things into a logical order.
How can I watch the episodes?
Episodes are available to be downloaded via torrent.
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