Bernie Su is getting branded. The man behind Streamy-winning series Compulsions and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is the creative force behind Lookbook: The Series, a fashion-conscious tale about a photographer, his subject, a blogger, and a burgeoning social network based around stylish looks. Said social network is Lookbook.nu, the so-called "Digg.com for fashion insiders", which has apparently failed to notice that everyone uses Reddit now. Nonetheless, it's a budding platform aimed at a specific type of cultured consumer, and Su's series targets the same demographic. The first episode features impeccably dressed characters, cutthroat fashion bloggers, and unfairly attractive young people. Lookbook: The Series' branded origins are highlighted for all to see. The designer of each item is carefully noted, with companies like Dolce Vita, Dr. Martens, and Victoria's Secret Pink showing off their latest offerings. The first episode even ends on a cliffhanger meant to drive traffic to Lookbook,...
- 4/2/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Quirk Books editor Jason Rekulak developed an ingenious literary idea in 2009. Take a classic novel beloved by individuals around the world that all of them remember reading and/or avoiding reading in their sophomore year English classes. Make sure whatever novel you took is also in the public domain. Then mash up your chosen novel with an unexpected genre that has a particular appeal in western pop culture. That was his equation for the internet beloved and mainstream media liked Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and that title’s spiritual sequel Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. An adaptation of that equation also factored into Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ writer Seth Graham-Smith’s subsequent work, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. And another adaptation of that equation is the driving force behind Hank Green (who’s one half of the incredible Vlog Brothers) and Bernie Su's (who’ behind the Streamy Award-winning original web series,...
- 4/10/2012
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Parody, video games and the internet have always been a three’s company of buddiness. CollegeHumor’s Dorkly, YouTube 8-bit parodies, and of course Atom’s long-running and recently ended Zelda spoof, The Legend of Neil all feasted from the table of viewers nostalgic for the video games of their youth. Creator Matt Lewis still saw plenty of flesh on this comedy bone, crafting an elaborately detailed parody of over a dozen video game characters in what would become his first leap into web series with Video Game Reunion, set to bow March 8th on Atom and GameTrailers. The series opts for the lighter, familiar mockumentary riff on the idea of the real lives of game characters like Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser and Mega Man—not as dark as the neo-noir sendup of the Mario Bros. and the Koopa Kingdom in 2008’s There Will Be Brawl. The main conceit of...
- 3/2/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Hard to believe it’s already been a year since Bernie Su’s twisted character drama Compulsions bowed online. The 8-episode series, which bowed in time to qualify for awards season, netted four Streamy Award nominations and Su took home the Streamy for Best Writing. Now as the final month of 2010 is upon us, another dark indie drama is set to walk on the web stage this month. Asylum, from creator Dan Williams and director Scott Brown (Blue Movies) has already turned heads with its trailer (below) that made it an official selection at this fall’s New York Television Festival (Nytvf) and the Anaheim International Film Festival (Aiff). Related News:‘Asylum’: Scott Brown’s Sophomore Web Series Takes a Dark Turn Web TV Week Kicks Off in La: Babelgum, blip.tv, Hrts, Streamys!
- 12/3/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
A cocktail party so crazy you have to sign a waiver just to get in? I was intrigued. Intrigued enough to hop on the freeway a few miles up to a dark corner of North Hollywood to find the undisclosed home base of the web’s latest live-streaming reality show. Walking up to the three-story loft building it became clear this wasn’t going to be my run-of-the-mill Saturday night drinks at a friend’s place. Before entering the ControlTV loft, I’m hustled into a back room filled with producers and burly Pa types ushering me through a waiver and some ground rules. “Try to keep this PG-13,” said one of the younger producers on duty that night. “Just basically don’t drop the f-bomb too much.” She mentions the 30-second delay on the live stream they’ve set up just in case we get out of hand. And...
- 11/10/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
The apocalyptic end of the world drama is such a played out subgenre that there’s nothing left to do but make fun of it. And if you’re Woody Tondorf making fun of things is what you do best. This is after all the same guy that created one of YouTube’s most popular scripted comedy web series Elevator, that racked up over 20 million views in its 3-year run. Tondorf's latest comedy is aiming to do just that. Apocalypse Wow released their first trailer later yesterday evening, after screening it down at Comic-Con in San Diego last month. As of now the project is just a pilot episode and trailer, produced on what Tondorf says is “a tiny spec budget” in hopes of luring in investors or one of the online studios or networks to pick up the series. Tondorf teamed up with Blue Movies creator Scott Brown, who directed the promo episodes,...
- 8/12/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
The announcement of a new web series often generates a great deal of excitement. From the die-hard fan looking for a new obsession to the casual viewer hoping for a few minutes of entertainment, the launch of a new web series brings hope and promise to its viewers. However, what happens to that prerelease excitement when there is a failure to launch? Today we want to look at some of the ramifications of missing one's launch window, as well as update the progress of a few of the web series that you have not missed. Very few web series receive any prerelease attention; those that do cannot afford to waste it. Last week, we discussed the various steps that a series can take to create the all important buzz. However, perhaps the most important step that a creator can take is to actual release the series in time to capitalize on the hype.
- 6/22/2010
- by Mathieas McNaughton
- Tubefilter.com
Web series + dark theater + popcorn. There is really nothing like a little screening of web series with a few hundred fellow online junkies in one of Hollywood's best theaters. Tonight is your chance to laugh (and possibly cry) together with a sampler of some of the best web series on the internet right now. Sure, there are heaps of pretty amazing work out there, and for obvious reasons, we can't screen them all. So this sampler of shows has some standouts from the Streamys, some newer releases that just hit the web, and some series even diehard viewers may have missed. Special guests like Kevin Pollak, Sandeep Parikh, Bernie Su, Illeana Douglas, Mark Gantt and more will be on hand to follow the screening with a brief Q&A with the audience. Since October 2009, American Cinematheque’s Blows Up the Internet series has been taking the biggest and best in...
- 5/7/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Film schools have long served as launching pads for film and television careers, and now most major universities offer at least some sort of filmmaking courses, even for those not looking to jump into entertainment. A number of schools have begun looking academically at the impacts of new media on culture and the future of entertainment, but so far the more practical nuts and bolts of web series production and distribution have yet to make it onto into the university course lists. In Los Angeles, two new Web TV education programs have launched this month looking to fill that gap —and at a fraction of a film school tuition. NewMedialocity and Web TV Workshop both offer four-week intro courses for creative types looking to learn how to get an original web series project off the ground. Both take the approach of teaching through experienced guest teachers—those brave souls who...
- 4/28/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
The Streamy Awards, more commonly known as the Streamys, are presented annually by the International Academy of Web Television to recognize excellence in the arts and science of web television production, including directing, acting, producing, and writing. Last night saw The 2nd Annual Streamy Awards take place at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California; and below are the results of the ceremony:
Audience Choice: “Agents of Cracked” Best Comedy Web Series: “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” Best Drama Web Series: “The Bannen Way” Best Hosted Web Series: “Diggnation” Best News or Political Series: “Auto-Tune the News” Best Animated Web Series: “How It Should Have Ended” Best Branded Entertainment Web Series: “Back on Topps” (Topps, Dick’s Sporting Goods) Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series: “The Guild” (Sean Becker) Best Directing for a Drama Web Series: “The Bannen Way” (Jesse Warren) Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series:...
Audience Choice: “Agents of Cracked” Best Comedy Web Series: “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” Best Drama Web Series: “The Bannen Way” Best Hosted Web Series: “Diggnation” Best News or Political Series: “Auto-Tune the News” Best Animated Web Series: “How It Should Have Ended” Best Branded Entertainment Web Series: “Back on Topps” (Topps, Dick’s Sporting Goods) Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series: “The Guild” (Sean Becker) Best Directing for a Drama Web Series: “The Bannen Way” (Jesse Warren) Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series:...
- 4/12/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
On a windy, overcast Sunday afternoon the 2010 Streamy Awards took over the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Even though the FearNet webseries “Fear Clinic,” directed by Robert Hall and starring genre favorites Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Danielle Harris, and Lisa Wilcox, stood alone to represent our favorite genre, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a gaggle of horror-related goodies to indulge in while working the red carpet event before the show.
Before the Streamy Awards were under way, Dread Central’s red carpet team of Heather Wixson and Brian Smith had the opportunity to catch up with some new faces in horror as well as some of the genre’s most beloved personalities.
Since we never want to deprive our readers of any sort of awesomeness, Dread Central has cooked up two videos from the Streamy Awards red carpet event. The first video is chock-full of interviews.
Being...
Before the Streamy Awards were under way, Dread Central’s red carpet team of Heather Wixson and Brian Smith had the opportunity to catch up with some new faces in horror as well as some of the genre’s most beloved personalities.
Since we never want to deprive our readers of any sort of awesomeness, Dread Central has cooked up two videos from the Streamy Awards red carpet event. The first video is chock-full of interviews.
Being...
- 4/12/2010
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
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