Independent Story-Development Studio

FD Productions

FieldDesk Production Media is an independent story-development studio founded in 2026 that develops original television, animation, film, and books, including the speculative anthology series By Design, the adult animated comedy High Stakes, and the young-adult thriller novel series Backwoods.

Original stories shaped at the edge of comfort.

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The Studio

I develop original stories that follow ordinary choices to their uncomfortable ends.

FD Productions develops original narrative work across formats — examining people, systems, places, and the consequences that emerge when everyday decisions are followed to their logical extremes.

I run a development-first studio: I build worlds, characters, and structure before anything else, and I shape each project around the idea at its center rather than a template.

  • Television
  • Film
  • Animation
  • Fiction
  • Graphic Storytelling
  • Other Narrative Media

Creative Focus

Where my attention tends to go

Not rigid genres — recurring pressures I return to. Any given project may live across several at once.

01

Speculative Futures

Near-tomorrow worlds where a single new capability quietly rewrites how people live, work, and decide.

02

Psychological Suspense

Interior pressure over spectacle — stories that tighten as the ground beneath a character keeps shifting.

03

Human Systems

Institutions, workplaces, and designed environments — and the people who serve, resist, or disappear inside them.

04

Isolated Places

Rooms, towns, and structures cut off just enough that their own logic can take hold undisturbed.

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On the Slate

In development & in print

By Design leads development, alongside the Backwoods book series — book one available now. More projects will be announced as they take shape.

In Development By Design — title treatment dissolving into pixels on a paper background.

Television Speculative Anthology

By Design

The studio's first series — a near-future speculative anthology where every technology works exactly as designed.

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Published Backwoods: The Beginning — blood-red title over a dark green forest of pines.

Books YA Fiction

Backwoods

A young adult fiction series from FD Productions — book one available now, book two in pre-production.

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In Development High Stakes — the title in red and purple neon on black, with the tagline Every Shift Is a Trip.

Animation Adult Comedy

High Stakes

An adult animated comedy — a grill crew whose trips drop them into a different world every episode.

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Questions

Quick answers about the studio

What is FieldDesk Production Media?

FieldDesk Production Media is an independent story-development studio founded in 2026. It develops original television, animation, film, and books, building worlds, characters, and structure before anything else. Its current slate includes the speculative anthology series By Design, the adult animated comedy High Stakes, and the young-adult thriller novel series Backwoods.

Who founded FieldDesk Production Media?

FieldDesk Production Media was founded in 2026 by John Farmer, who leads the studio's development work across television, animation, film, and fiction. The studio operates independently under the legal name FieldDesk, LLC, and its narrative development is carried out through its division, FD Productions.

What projects is FieldDesk developing?

FieldDesk is currently developing three original projects: By Design, an eight-episode speculative anthology with a completed pilot teleplay; High Stakes, an eight-episode adult animated comedy; and Backwoods, a young-adult thriller trilogy whose first novel is published on Amazon, with book two in pre-production and a third planned.

Is FieldDesk accepting submissions or partnerships?

FieldDesk welcomes inquiries about production partnerships, representation, rights and adaptation, creative collaboration, and press through its contact page or at hello@fielddeskpm.com. The studio develops its own material and does not run an open submissions program, so unsolicited scripts and manuscripts are not requested.

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