Oblivion is a sitcom-length episodic web series following the exploits of a group of punks, mods and rockers in the fictional city of Holwenstall.
The show was created by no-budget filmmaker Mike Cuenca and shot on stolen locations, utilizing mainly non-actors, practically no crew and available resources. The core writing team includes: Cuenca, Ashlee Elfman, and Kent Zardenetta with contributions from Steven Escot. With the exception of the pilot, every episode is shot by award-winning cinematographer Jessica Gallant.
The series is a satirical portrayal of the counter-culture lifestyle, blending slapstick humor, absurdism, underground music and coming-of-age melodrama to analyze the interlocking lives of the characters portrayed.
Almost considered an anti-series, the serialized show isnt centered on a core group of characters and shifts from person to person through interweaving plotlines.
The Brookhurst, a free-arts commune in Holwenstall, is where most of the characters live. Joy, who co-runs the Brookhurst with Louise, is fed up with her chosen lifestyle and her on-off, long-term relationship with her scumbag boyfriend, Rat. Through her diary (narration) we learn of the many interconnected Brookhurst inhabitants and the incongruous predicaments they get themselves into.
The shows preliminary trigger occurs when the Brookhurst catches on fire and Rat is arrested for possession with intent to sell.