About Arcbound: Arcbound Productions was founded on July 17, 2004, by Morgan Finley King. The previous year, King and his friends made a short comedy series known as "Cryptic Motive", that would later be shown on Public Access Television. Once Arcbound took off, King put all 7 episodes of the series on the "Films" page, and the series grew in popularity among the small Arcbound fanbase at the time. "Arc of Fame" The "Arc of Fame" was a system thought up by King in which fans of the site could answer riddles and solve puzzles, and become members of the Arc of Fame. The Arc of Fame was up for 2 years, before it was officially taken town in August 2006. When it was taken down, the Arc of Fame had 104 members. The 2006 popularity burst In 2006, Arcbound released its first major film project "Dalamo". Dalamo would win Arcbound its first award ever from Alameda County Local Films. The award was for "Best Story", also known as "Best Written". When the ACLF began showing Dalamo to other filmmakers and publishing their own copies, Arcbound's popularity grew exponentially. Dalamo also got an "Honorable Mention" with the Contra Costa Cavers Club, though did not win any awards with that club. Shortly after Dalamo, King was asked to give talks in classrooms in the Contra Costa area about the importance of hobbies. This inspired King to start "SAFOW" (Showing Appreciateion For Our World), which was a charity group. The group put on a few film festivals known as "Film for Collection" projects, in which filmmakers in the area would enter films and donations would be collected at the events. With Arcbound's popularity growing, King decided to begin writing a new large film project. The project was called "Grail" and was never finished due to schedule conflicts with King and Isabella Europa. Also, the screenplay was leaked. The cease of Grail lead to another Film for Collection event in San Ramon, California, where over 200 people showed up. The Dark Ages (November 2006 - August 2007) From November 2006 to August 2007, hardly any Arcbound films were made. There are only 6 known productions that came from this era: "Eat the Potato", "Dead Cousin", "A Day in the Room", "No F Word for Bartender", and "The Productivity Project". Though Dead Cousin and No F Word for Bartender were made during this era, they were not released to Arcbound until much later. King's work with the City of Dublin, his then job, and SAFOW projects had him crippled to find free time to make films. Though fans grew anxiously impatient due to lack of Arcbound updates during this time, there was good news when Arcbound picked up another award from ACLF for "A Day in the Room", and got an honorable mention for "The Productivity Project". The Dawn of a New Age King began teaching a film class in August 2007, and continued to speak in classrooms. In September of 2007, King stopped working at the local studio he worked at and tried putting more time into Arcbound. This would later pay off when he would win 2 awards for "No F Word for Bartender", and 4 awards for "Dr. Good Man Ph.D: The Hill Giant". In early 2008, King began writing a screenplay for his first hour long film. In King's senior year, after winning second place in the San Ramon Rotary Speech contest and winning the Gaylene Sullivan Award, King spoke at his graduation. The Mormac Era (A.K.A. New Talent Era) A fan of Arcbound, Macartney Stevens, was asked to act in the film "Smoking Sword", and was auditioned, and played the role for "Gladimus Wallace Brass" phenomenally. Though they had known each other on "Hey there!" terms for a few years, King and Stevens grew a close bond in March of 2008 while in pre production for Smoking Sword. After the success of the first "Arcbound New Talent Film Showcase", which included the premiere of Smoking Sword, Morgan Finley King and Macartney Stevens joined forces and became "Mormac", and made successful films known as "Once Upon a Penny" and "Smell the Coffee".