tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82166472217352908992024-03-05T18:06:23.322+00:00Old Stories New Tellingdramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-22098027644769425332014-04-21T20:51:00.001+01:002014-04-21T20:53:26.799+01:00Back with New Ways of Storytelling Old Stories New Telling...<br />
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Up until a year ago, I was mostly interested in web series, particularly in YouTube series. I was working for Copa 90, one of the most successful British YouTube channels:<br />
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I was convinced online video was the future. I still think it is the future. I hardly ever watch traditional TV, I binge watch on Netflix. However, I'm not that excited about online video anymore. Therefore, I was planning on closing this blog. But instead I have decided I will start writing about all the really exciting new ways of storytelling that are out there, including apps, games, graphic novels etc. </div>
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About a month ago, I attended the Bavarian Transmedia Day and one of the hot topics were wearable technology, such as Google Glass. Storytellers all over the world are currently trying to figure out how technology can enhance a narrative.<br />
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An interesting project I recently came across is 'Loading Human', a virtual reality adventure game. Players take the role of a man's disembodied consciousness as he relives his memories, in order to store them in a new robot body before dementia erases them forever. The game will use the Oculus Rift headset and motion tracking devices to give the player bodily awareness inside the game. Have a look:<br />
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Italian actor and filmmaker Flavio Parenti who recently starred in Woody Allen's 'To Rome with Love' has teamed up with development studio Untold Games for 'Loading Human'. The game will be released for Windows and Mac OS later this year. </div>
dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-6504789145235304192013-06-24T16:58:00.002+01:002013-06-24T16:58:41.181+01:00The Vines of Sauvignon Blanc - a Vine series Facebook has confirmed that around 5 million video<em>s</em> were uploaded to Instagram's new video-clip feature within 24 hours of launch. Have you tried Instavideo yet? Or do you prefer Twitter's Vine?<br />
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The Twitter-owned video app has been chosen as the medium in which logo will air a soap opera called, "The Vines of Sauvignon Blanc". Within 22 episodes, the series tells “the heart-wrenching tale of a wealthy vineyard
owner who is told he only has two minutes and six seconds to live as his
family plots for power and prestige, all while being incredibly pressed
for time.”<br />
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The series even has an impressive cast, including Sue Galloway (“30 Rock”); Stephen
Guarino (“Happy Endings,” “Big Gay Sketch Show”); Jamie Lee (“Girl
Code”); Leslie Meisel (Second City, Upright Citizen’s Brigade);
Reichen Lemkuhl (“Amazing Race,” “The A-List: New York”): Michael
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Will there be an Instavideo Telenovela next? dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-4174578490530657012013-05-16T18:46:00.000+01:002013-05-16T18:46:18.452+01:00Brothers With No Game - a Hit UK web seriesBack in April, UK web series <i>Brothers With No Game</i> won a record six awards at the LA Web Festival. The comedy drama took home awards for producing, directing and
editing, while the talented cast, comprised of David Avery, Isaac
Sosanya, Zephryn Taitte, Jay Marsh, won 'Ensemble Cast'.<br />
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#BrothersWithNoGame follows the social and romantic lives of four
friends: Theo, Dorian, Junior and Marcus. Facing a 'quarter-life
crisis', the 20-somethings come to terms with the responsibilities and
dilemmas that revolve around work, family, friendships and most notably,
women. Their distinctive personalities and ever-changing love lives are
paralleled with a strong friendship and one evident, common,
trait...they have no game....<br />
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Check out the 1st episode where Theo discovers what it means to play the #HeskeyRole after a night out with Nicole: <br />
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The first episode, launched last year and received over 10,000 views within five days<i>. </i>Their YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/BrothersWithNoGame">https://www.youtube.com/user/BrothersWithNoGame </a>has almost 400,000 video views to date.<br />
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The web series is the creation of Justin Credible (JC),
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Earlier this year, the creators launched a fundraising drive to help
finance the second season. They raised over £3,000 and will start
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If you want more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.brotherswithnogame.com/">http://www.brotherswithnogame.com</a>dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-45805030962727473382013-05-11T16:35:00.001+01:002013-05-11T16:35:41.226+01:00Kam Kardashian - a satirical web series A lot of my friends actually enjoy watching "Keeping up with the Kardashians". I bet, though, none of them has ever heard of Kam Kardashian. Have you?<br />
Kam is the long-lost lesbian Kardashian sister with the world on her shoulders and a cocktail in her hand.<br />
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Kam Kardashian is a satirical web series by Fawzia Mirza (who also stars) and Ryan
Logan that follows Kameron, the fictional Kardashian sister who was cut off, kicked out, and left to fend for herself.<br />
This Kardashian sprout loves whiskey and women, and most of all:
yearns to re-insert herself into the Kardashian krown by any means
possible. Check out Episode 1: <br /><br />
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If you want to keep up with the other Kardashian sister, go to: <a href="http://kamkardashian.com/">http://kamkardashian.com/</a><br />
According to Ryan Logan, the first season was made with no budget at all.
They raised $5,000 on Kickstarter for the second season which was shot
in February. dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-22260463343745097442013-04-29T17:13:00.000+01:002013-04-29T17:13:32.628+01:00The Office - a farewell web series All good things must come to an end...and for The Office it's gonna be on May 16th.<br />
After nine highly entertaining seasons we have to say goodbye to our favourite characters. But in order to help sending the series off in style, NBC launched a farewell web series.<br />
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In the first episode, Will Ferrell fondly remembers his multi-episode appearance as Deangelo Vickers, while enjoying his lunch. Have a look: <br />
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There will be all in all ten webisodes, with the final one
hitting <a href="http://nbc.com/">NBC.com</a> before next month’s finale.<br />
Who would you like to see bidding farewell and reminiscing about the good old times at the office? dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-71400697185320563882013-04-21T20:52:00.001+01:002013-04-21T20:52:36.031+01:00Mission Housemen - a German Web Series about MenIf you speak German, then YouTube is not the only platform for you to watch original content. My Video (<a href="http://www.myvideo.de/">http://www.myvideo.de/</a>) is following the example and focuses now more on professionally produced content rather than user generated content as well.<br />
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<i>Mission Housemen </i>is their first in-house produced web-sitcom. It's about four guys who couldn't be any more different, but have one thing in common: they are the heros of the emancipation, they are housemen.<br />
John Friedmann (<i>Erkan und Stefan)</i>, Roman Roth (<i>GZSZ)</i> and the Internetstars Alberto and Simon Desue star in this funny sitcom which will premiere on 6th of May. Every Monday a new episode of the in total 18 episodes will follow and in order to never miss one, subscribe to them. <br />
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If you are curious, watch the trailer here and don't forget to check out the first episode in May! <br />
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To watch all episodes and get more information on Flat 3, check out their website: <a href="http://www.flat3webseries.com/">http://www.flat3webseries.com/</a><br />
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dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-30113939995988502082013-04-15T16:58:00.000+01:002013-04-15T16:58:15.681+01:00Happy Birthday VHS! Aww, do you remember the times when we recorded our favourite TV shows on these huge, black cassettes called VHS? In 2000, they were replaced by DVDs and nowadays there is the cloud and online streaming. But in order to celebrate 40 years since the first functional
prototype VHS player was created, YouTube has introduced the “tape mode” to
give modern online videos that typical scratchy VHS look.<br />
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selected videos, you can find a VHS button in the bottom right of the
player. So just click on it to turn back the clock and enjoy the static and blurred
motion of the VHS era: <br />
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dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-38338787145162140082013-04-11T19:36:00.000+01:002013-04-11T19:37:09.798+01:00True Facts - The Reinvented Nature ShowI know I have always been saying that the genres that work the best online are comedy, thriller and sci-fi. But YouTube comedian Ze Frank teaches me better now. He reinvented the nature and wild life genre and makes it entertaining to watch informative stuff about animals. Brilliant!<br />
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The episodes of <i>True Facts </i>feature animals such as the star-nosed mole, the dung beetle, and the leaf katydid. Nearly 10 million people have watched a nature video about the hideous angler fish. <br />
The videos are informative, but first and foremost very funny. Have a look: <br />
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He even teamed up with BBC Worldwide to launch two of his recent clips. <br />
If you wanna watch more True Facts, check out Ze Frank's website: <a href="http://ashow.zefrank.com/">http://ashow.zefrank.com/</a> or subscribe to his YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/zefrank1">http://www.youtube.com/user/zefrank1</a>dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-38480432219131521722013-02-11T13:59:00.001+00:002013-02-11T14:00:12.075+00:00Made in Berlin - Behind the Scenes web series It's Berlinale time!<br />
Berlin hosts film professionals from all over the world at the moment. Therefore, I decided to present a German web series today which is set in the German capital.<br />
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It's called Made in Berlin and is about five creative people with different backgrounds, from different cultures, who come together in Berlin in order to produce a theater play.<br />
Have you ever wondered what it takes to bring a play alive on stage? Look no further, but check out episode 1 of this behind the scenes web series: <br />
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For everybody who is currently freezing in Berlin, be reminded how beautiful Berlin is in the summer and watch all episodes here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MadeInBerlin2012">https://www.youtube.com/user/MadeInBerlin2012</a>dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-2032088995875338352013-02-05T10:55:00.002+00:002013-02-05T10:56:56.582+00:00House of Cards - Netflix's first original series Netflix's first original series started this month. Beau Willimon, who also wrote The Ides of March, has developed House of Cards specifically for the American streaming network Netflix.<br />
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The political drama series which is directed by David Fincher, is about ruthless
and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey)
and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) who stop at nothing to conquer
everything. It penetrates the shadowy world of
greed, sex, and corruption in modern D.C.<br />
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Here is the trailer: <br />
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You can watch all 13 episodes now on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/t%20http://nflx.it/HouseofCards">http://nflx.it/HouseofCards</a><br />
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in an interview that they released all episodes of its first season on the same day, because they have learnt from their data that their viewers prefer to watch the whole season within 24 hours. No commercials, no waiting. Enjoy the future of TV drama series! <br />
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One of them is Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Have you watched an episode of the first season? I thought it was hilarious, so no wonder it got renewed.<br />
Another one that will continue is Burning Love, produced by Paramount and Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Digital for Yahoo. It stars Hollywood actors including Kristin Bell, Rob Marino, and Malin Ackerman. So no surprise here either.<br />
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I'm also not too surprised about Video Game High School returning, because they racked up 31.5 million views in its first month online, but nontheless I'm very pleased about it. The video game comedy series is set in the near future where video gaming elevates its
best players to stardom by its position as the world's most popular
competitive sport. Have a look at the trailer: <br />
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For the second season, they have turned once again to Kickstarter<i>, </i>using their first season campaign as a model and asking for $636,010, which was the exact cost of the first season. The second season format, according to Kickstarter, will be six
“TV-length” episodes, though, with a total runtime of 160-180 minutes.<br />
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Coming back to the statement that 2013 is the year of the second season, it might also be a sign that web series become not only more and more popular and but also more and more profitable. Happy 2013!<br />
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<span class="st">Galaman is a very interesting Chinese series I would like to introduce to you. It </span>is a mix of superhero and game-style comic animations
with a number of episodes online (available with English subtitles).<br />
What's particularly interesting about this web series, is that every episode holds underlying social
and political criticism towards the Hong Kong society and sometimes reacts to
recent trends as well. <br />
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Here is an episode to get an idea of the look and feel of this animated series: <br />
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<span class="st">It's produced by a young start-up called Minimind Studios which are part of the </span>HK Design Centre incubation
programme. You can primarily find Galaman on YouTube:<br />
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But Minimind Studio managed to also find syndication effects with Yahoo Hong King and they offer a whole catalogue of merchandising articles for all its characters.<br />
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Episodes are released only every 2-3 months, but you can become a fan on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/galamanhk">https://www.facebook.com/galamanhk</a> and stay updated by visiting their website: <a href="http://minimindstudio.com/galaman/">http://minimindstudio.com/galaman/</a> dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-31231017955475332132013-01-14T16:02:00.000+00:002013-01-14T16:05:38.385+00:00Niña Repelente - a Spanish animated web series Happy New Year!<br />
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I hope you all had wonderful holidays with your family and friends and maybe had some time to watch some web series. I certainly did and since I was on holiday in Spain, I thought let's start the new year with a Spanish web series.<br />
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Niña Repelente is a web series from Andalucia, en el Sur de España.<br />
The “Niña Repelente” (obnoxious girl) who is actually called Margarita (meaning “daisy” in Spanish), is the stereotypical bratty girl. While her trademark obnoxiousness is
universally understood, her language and the situations she encounters
are very much rooted in the popular culture of working-class Sevilla. This cartoon series is at heart a work of poignant realism. <br />
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If you wanna watch all episodes and find out more about the obnoxious girl, please check: <a href="http://www.niñarepelente.com/">http://www.niñarepelente.com/</a><br />
And when you visit their blog; <a href="http://frikibot.com/blog/">http://frikibot.com/blog/</a> you'll get the Niña Repelente Christmas Special episode as a treat. Que lo pases bien!dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-16337253364840356222012-12-18T19:16:00.001+00:002012-12-18T19:16:06.221+00:00Boys and Girls - a health care web series Unhealthy lifestyles are widespread amongst teenagers. When I was a teenager, I was smoking and eating a lot of junk food. But as most teenagers I was rebellious and responded negatively to well
intentioned advice by my parents, teachers, medical professionals, or from government campaigns.<br />
Furthermore, teenagers are very difficult to reach through traditional communications means. Communication through the internet is probably
the most effective way to reach teenagers nowadays and more and more
teenagers are now watching web series instead of TV series.<br />
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That's why a group of experts, a production team, communication
specialists and teenagers from eight European
countries gathered in 201 to animate a “content workshop” and carry
out a brainstorming on messages and formats of the web series. They decided to cover the topics Alcohol, Drugs, Sexual Behaviour, and Nutrition in their web series called <i>Boys and Girls</i> and targeted teenagers between 15 and 18
years old.<br />
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Here is the result: <br />
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The project involves international experts, teenagers and supporting
organisations such as the Dutch Institute for Health Care Improvement,
Danish Centre for Sexual Health Promotion, and Poznan University of
Medical Sciences and EU Commissioner Dalli mentioned the project "Boys and Girls" as the
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For more information on this project and to watch more episodes, please visit: <a href="http://www.boysandgirlslabs.eu/">www.boysandgirlslabs.eu/</a> dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-21615345580395636672012-12-17T13:25:00.002+00:002012-12-17T13:29:24.188+00:00Tube Tube - a tube web series Do you remember how being on the tube during the Olympics was a completely different experience? Strangers were talking to each other, helping each other, even laughing with each other.<br />
By now, it's back to normal. Londoners concentrate on their free newspapers or gaze into space.<br />
Sometimes you can overhear some awkward conversations, though: <br />
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<i>Tube Tube</i> is a continuing series of short films set on London's
Underground. Within this series you can listen in on the lives of Londoners as they journey through the city. The episodes are all shot with a single camera. Furthermore, they are single take scenes, no edits and shot in
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<br />dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-78789839886954108232012-12-05T14:46:00.000+00:002012-12-05T14:46:06.479+00:00Vlogmas - a Christmas Vlog One of the best things about Christmas time is the Advent Calender. I got a really nice one with delicious chocolate from Germany. On YouTube you can also find a lot of Advent Calenders. Here is one by Fleur de Force who is a very active British Vlogger.<br />
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Fleur runs a YouTube beauty channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/FleurDeVlog">http://www.youtube.com/user/FleurDeVlog</a> and a blog called FleurDeForce: <a href="http://fleurdeforce.blogspot.co.uk/">http://fleurdeforce.blogspot.co.uk/</a> where you can read/ watch Fleur's daily adventures and get some beauty tips. The videos range from
'how to' hair and make-up tutorials, to product reviews and fashion and
style videos.<br />
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Until Christmas Fleur is vlogging every day and yesterday was all about secret Christmas shopping and date night with Mike. Have a look: <br />
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According to "How to be Dead", the undead are administrative errors. It’s up to Death and his office
staff to protect humanity by fighting ghosts, zombies, vampires and
medium-sized apocalypses. After a nice cup of tea.<br />
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In the Pilot Episode, Dave has a Near Death Experience and Death has a Near Dave Experience. Have a look: <br />
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Le Visiteur du Futur <b></b>is a cross-media series that combines comedy and science fiction.<b> </b>Since its launch in April 2009, it was viewed about 10 million times on the French web and also aired on the TV channel Nolife (<a href="http://www.nolife-tv.com/">http://www.nolife-tv.com/</a>). According to <span class="st">French video-sharing website</span> Dailymotion (<a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/gb">http://www.dailymotion.com/gb</a>), it's the #1 web series in France.<br />
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Le Visiteur du Futur is created by François Descraques and it is about a time traveller from the future who keeps warning an ordinary guy called Raph about the doom his actions will bring to humankind.<br />
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So far two seasons have been completed and a third is being shot. The first and second seasons have been subtitled into English, so it's not a problem if you don't speak French. Please visit their website to watch more episodes and get more information about this très bien web series: <a href="http://www.levisiteurdufutur.com/">http://www.levisiteurdufutur.com/ </a>dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-61878214250119037062012-11-18T13:08:00.001+00:002012-11-18T13:17:39.032+00:00Impact Stories - Finnish entrepreneurs web seriesThe third season of Young Apprentice has recently started in the UK and I'm very fascinated by these 16- and 17-year-old aspiring businessmen and businesswomen. Especially in our current economic situation it is important to support bright, young entrepreneurs and to share their ideas. <br />
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The first episode is about Tommaso De Benetti, Content Strategist at Writing Bold.
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dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-90231622908509995202012-11-16T15:43:00.000+00:002012-11-16T15:43:13.067+00:00Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time - a Swedish cookery web seriesYou might know the Canadian YouTube cooking show "Epic Meal Time". But do you also know there is a parody of it called "Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time"?<br />
While the original has outlandish foods being prepared with relatively ordinary preparation methods, the parody has relatively ordinary foods being prepared with the most batshit insane methods imaginable.<br />
It looks a bit like Death Metal. Have a look: <br />
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The videos have become quickly very popular. The official YouTube channel has almost 300.000 subscribers by now. If you wanna see more of these cooking Vikings, please visit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SwedishMealTime">https://www.youtube.com/user/SwedishMealTime</a> dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-51997182318004832202012-11-15T21:23:00.001+00:002012-11-15T21:23:49.251+00:00Bravo 5 - a German military web series Bravo 5 is a German military web series which tells the story of four soldiers of the Special Forces Command of the Bundeswehr. Due to their top secret missions, they get entangled in complexities and political consequences. <br />
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28th of June 2012, Reichstag, Berlin. Three German special
forces soldiers are summoned to appear before a secret congressional
committee. They have to answer for a failed mission in Afghanistan,
which left 17 civilians dead – but the reach of this inquiry goes much
deeper, and soon, they find that the future of Germany’s entire special
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YouTube episodes are in English, but if you would like to find out more and wanna check out their website, you need to speak German: <a href="http://www.bravo5.de/">http://www.bravo5.de/</a>dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-43830190180895748112012-11-05T14:46:00.002+00:002012-11-05T14:48:26.621+00:00The Lizzie Bennett Diaries - a multi-platform seriesI have this button with "I heart Darcy" on it and everybody asks me, oh who is Darcy?<br />
Err, Mr. Darcy? Pride & Prejudice? Jane Austen?<br />
Well, I guess not everyone is familiar with the classic love story of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. But for all (future) fans here is an online modernized adaptation of Jane Austen's novel and it's called "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries". <br />
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Lizzie Bennet tells the classic tale from the point of view of an
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet who grew up in a world of cell phones, video
cameras, and social media. The multi-platform series was created by popular YouTube
personality Hank Green and Streamy Award winning web video writer Bernie Su. <a href="http://www.lizziebennet.com/team/bernie-su/"> </a><br />
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Within the first episode, Lizzie introduces herself as part of a class project. Have a look:<br />
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Main character Lizzie Bennet maintains in-character on social media destinations such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and of course YouTube. Her younger sister Lydia Bennett has her prime destinations on Tumblr and Twitter, while fashionista elder sister Jane Bennett incorporates Pinterest and Lookbook in addition to other social media sites. Fans and viewers are
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If you wanna find out more about the Bennett Family, please visit: <a href="http://www.lizziebennet.com/">http://www.lizziebennet.com/</a>dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-48480757955476428162012-10-07T16:59:00.001+01:002012-10-07T17:00:02.159+01:00The Gap Year - First Interactive Web Reality ShowI know it's an oldie, but a lot of school graduates have probably just started or are about to start their Gap Year and that's why I would like to present today Endemol's web reality show 'The Gap Year' which was the world's first
interactive online reality travel adventure. <br />
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In 2009 TV production company Endemol, best know for shows such as 'Big Brother' and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", and online platform Bebo started an interactive audition process to look for extremely entertaining graduates who would like to go on a trip to New Zealand. The Bebo online community voted then for the following young people who went on the Gap Year of their wildest dreams:<br />
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world for six months, including far flung destinations such as Iceland,
Africa, Thailand, and Russia. They also ventured to high profile events
like the Rio Carnival in Brazil, the Chinese New Year, Zen Week in Sri
Lanka and the Full Moon Party Season in Thailand. Over the course of their travels, each contestant faced an array of
challenges and surprises as they experienced different cultures, met new
people, savoured exotic food, went in search of outdoor activities and
entertainment and even hung out with local celebrities.<br />
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The new part about this project was that Bebo users could engage directly with the contestants, share travel tips with them and voted in weekly polls which had a direct influence on how the journeys unravelled. If you wanna see the whole series (again), go to: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGapYear">http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGapYear</a> </div>
dramagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11162734018085987373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216647221735290899.post-90911409045751032462012-10-05T14:57:00.004+01:002012-10-05T14:58:45.142+01:00Trigger Point - Uncover the ConspiracyAnd another UK web series. This action thriller is called 'Trigger Point" and is produced by Pure Grass Films one of the leading cross-platform entertainment producers. They launched it in partnership with <a href="http://break.com/">break.com</a> a male-skewing video site.<br />
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government corruption. Have a look at the first episode:<br />
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UK-based Pure Grass Films is already well-known for 'Beyond the Rave' which was MySpace’s
first original web series outside the US, and 'Kirill', an online drama
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