an Award-Winning TV show, Made in my garage
I spent 2022 creating an amazing, award-winning show with my best friends! Our production is as home-made as it gets, but achieves the professionalism of all your favorite comedy TV shows. The festival-season reception for our show has been wonderful so far. We had our premiere screening at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theater, and have won several awards and accolades already! The show has yet to be released to the public, but our preview clips have already have garnered over 170,000 views on social media. There is much, much more to come, and we can’t wait to share more with you as things continue!
Check out our trailer here:
Watch clips like this on social media
We’ve just started posting short preview clips like this ahead of our release!
After only about a week, we’ve already garnered over 170,000 views!
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Awards & Festivals
Filmmakers Connect Awards
Best Picture 🏆
Best Comedy 🏆
Best Web Series 🏆
Los Angeles Film Awards
Best Web/TV Pilot 🏆
Accolade Global
Film Competition
3 Awards of Merit
TV Pilot 🏆
Comedy Series 🏆
Web Series 🏆
Berlin Indie Film Festival
Best Comedy Short 🏆
Independent Shorts Awards
Best Web Series/TV Pilot 🏆
Best Ensemble Cast 🏆
Best First-Time Director 🏆
Chicago Filmmaker Awards
Best Comedy 🏆
IndieX Film Fest
Best Set Design 🏆
Silicon Beach Film Festival
Best Webisode 🏆
Premiere screening at the famous
TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood
Beyond Border
International Film Festival
Best TV Pilot 🏆
Best Web/New Media 🏆
Paris Indie Film Awards
Best TV Pilot 🏆
Best Debut Filmmaker 🏆
Hollywood Reel
Independent Film Festival
Best Web Project 🏆
Rotterdam Independent
Film Festival
Best TV Pilot 🏆
RED Movie Awards
Best Web/TV Series 🏆
Honorable Mention
Top Shorts Film Festival
Best TV Pilot 🏆
Austin International
Art Festival
Best Web/TV Pilot 🏆
Off Page Film Festival
Best TV Pilot 🏆
Hollywood Just4Shorts Competition
Best TV Episode 🏆
Montreal Independent
Film Festival
Best Comedy Short 🏆
Marina del Rey Film Festival
Best Web Project 🏆
San Jose Independent
Film Festival
Semi-Finalist
FCA Annual Best of Fest
Nominee
Los Angeles International
Indie Short Film Festival
Official Selection
Award Nominee
Las Vegas
International
Film Festival
Official Selection
Award Nominee
LA Comedy Fest 365
Official Selection
Hollywood First-Time Filmmakers showcase
Official Selection
Award Nominee
All The Laughs Comedy Awards
Official Selection
Award Nominee
LA Webfest
Award Nominee (4)
Best Pilot
Best Comedy
Best Screenplay
Best Ensemble Cast
Cast Production team
Mason Sperling — Director, Show Runner, Editor
Stefan Le — Director of Photography
Keenan McGuckin — Producer, Assistant Director
Danyelle Guernsey — Producer, Writer
Jessica Cristiano — Production Coordinator
Marie Marchant — Production Designer
Leah Bleich — Associate Producer, Writer
Michael Calmis — Writer
Nasser Akkari — Production Technician
Reiley Akkari — Construction Lead
Liam Sorahan — Script Supervisor
Chris Carroux — Travel Coordinator, Drone Operator
Chris Gervang — Drone Operator
Soren McVay — Tess
Bri Rodebaugh — Emma
Mason Sperling — Pat
John Chapman — George
Cordelia Watson — Maeve
Anna Telfer — Jo
Solmyra Araiza — Sunny
Anna Garcia — Zoey
Zach Macias — Randy
Anthony Cloyd — Dominic
Danny Padilla — Danny
About the Creator
Mason Sperling
is a comedian, filmmaker, and musician who started making YouTube videos in 2014. After over 300 million views, 3.3 million followers, and 9 years in the online video space, he is making his TV/film-making debut with “Bad Atmosphere,” a show entirely made in his garage.
Homemade TV: We built a space base
We started with my cluttered garage, full of junk, a car, and whatever belongings didn’t fit into our bedrooms.
We wanted to build a small space base that had two main rooms: A laboratory, and a modular, sci-fi-looking common room.
First, we built the lab
This was the very first set I ever built, and I’m quite proud of how it turned out! I worked tirelessly with Production Designer Marie Marchant. We made props & set dressings from things you can buy from Amazon, Walmart, and Home Depot. We finished by renting our stunning hero props from LCW Props!
We filmed on our Lab set for only 3 days, and then immediately had to tear it down to build our next set. It was heartbreaking, but also exhilarating to keep marching forward for our demanding production!
We then rebuilt the garage as a sci-fi modular common room
