Second Time

Second Time is a 10-part original web series, produced by Tangible Productions and released from November 7, 2014, through May 15, 2015.

Concept & Development
After wrapping on College Life, John Barton, Ben Heuser, and other members of Tangible decided to try their hand at writing and producing a dramatic series instead of a comedic one. Barton wanted this dramatic series to focus on a "relationship in reverse" and be told mostly by flashbacks with a solid framing device.

It was decided that Second Time episodes would be drastically shorter than the 10-15 minute College Life episodes - the initial target runtime was 5 minutes for each episode. Most Second Time episodes are between 4 and 6 minutes in length. Barton wanted to use the shortened length as a challenge - it would force the writers to tell more of the story not through direct dialogue, but through props, visuals, and subtle references. Because of the intricacy of some of the more minor plot details and subplots, Tangible has stated that the series should be watched a second time, giving a second meaning to the title.

The original meaning of the title comes from the fact that Barton viewed the "Three Months After" meeting as the "second time" Matt & Anne really met each other, since post-breakup they could be seen as different people. The original working title was "The Second Time We Met". Another title, "The Couple", was used as a working title within Tangible before the script was released.

Pre-Production Crew
The writing crew for Second Time consisted of John Barton, Matt Butler, Ben Heuser, Ben Schwaller, and Andrew Godwin. The first draft of the series was written entirely by John Barton, then heavily revised and re-written by the entire writing crew.

Cast
The main cast of Second Time consisted of just two actors, but they were joined by several other minor characters as well.
 * Matt Butler as Matt Irvin (10 episodes)
 * Melanie Solo as Anne Shelby (10 episodes)
 * Ben Schwaller as Emmett Lloyd (4 episodes)
 * John Barton as James Ryan (1 episode)
 * Katie Bonti as Ely Olivette (1 episode)

Trivia

 * The font used for the time periods at the beginning of each scene ("3 Months After", etc.) was created by using a sample of Melanie Solo's handwriting. Her handwriting can be seen throughout the series in the Notebook, as her character (Anne Shelby) wrote most of the entries.
 * An overwhelming majority of the series was filmed in just 3 months during Spring 2014.
 * It was nearly 2 years from conception to the release of the final episode of Second Time.
 * Post-production on Second Time was long and tedious due to the large amount of effects used for each scene transition as well as the "writing" of the time periods ("3 Months After", etc.) at the beginning of each scene.