

7 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestA prequel to the highly anticipated Xbox 360 game Alan Wake, Bright Falls is an online series of live action shorts set in the fictitious Pacific Northwest town of Bright Falls, WA that provide an eerie prelude to the events that transpire before Alan Wakes arrival. The series, which is six episodes in length, introduces us to Jake Fischer, a newspaper reporter who, while visiting the town on business, encounters a series of mysterious and haunting experiences.
Cinematography
Misty forests that breathe and watch back.
Sound
That static hum will live in your skull rent-free.
Direction
Micro-budget dread that punches above its weight.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot guerrilla-style in actual Washington state locations that later appeared in the Alan Wake game, blurring fiction and geography.
This 2010 web series pioneered transmedia storytelling for games — predating Netflix's game adaptations by over a decade.