Films and TV shows are teamwork and networking is very essential in order to become successful in this business. So, winners from the 2011 New York Television Festival teamed up with
some comedy regulars of the "Upright Citizens Brigade" and created this 10-episode web series called Nights in UltraViolet.
It is described as Twin Peaks meets Seinfeld and feels just like a hilarious suspense soap opera. The web series is about a shut-in author of legal thrillers and a
pizza-loving wanderer trying to answer the big question on everyone's
mind: What Does It Mean?
Here is the trailer:
The series was independently produced
by creators of Cafe Bloodbath (Best Animation, NYTVF 2011), The Cheap
Thriller, and Brooklyn-based artist collective, "Goddamn Cobras". It was
shot over a period of 7 months in 20 different locations, and features almost
100 NYC actors.
If you wanna watch the first 8 episodes please go to www.nightsinuv.com and don't miss the 9th episode on Thursday!
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a "documentary in the making" called 350 South - An American Journey. It's produced by crossmedia production company BeActive and this particular company has a new project now.
The story of multi-platform sci-fi adventure Collider is being told through an 8-part web and TV series, but also comic books, a website and a mobile game are involved. A feature film will be filmed this autumn and be released in 2013.
You can watch the web series on YouTube and find out more information on colliderworld.com and Facebook.
The story runs as follows:
Mysteriously transported to a post-apocalyptic future, six people find
themselves involved in a race against time to find a way to get back to
the present and save mankind - and their own lives.
Here is episode #1:
In the world of television, "cancelled"
doesn’t mean what it used to mean. There are other possibilities for cancelled TV shows nowadays.
The four major U.S. networks have just unveiled 31 new
shows for 2012-2013, which means that many won’t be back. For instance, CSI Miami, A Gifted Man, and Desperate Housewives won't return for another season.
But a few shows, like Pan Am may live on, thanks to new outlets
for original programming.Online video platforms such as Netflix and DirecTV which offer studios
a chance to keep shows going. With detailed data
on viewing, they can better tell which programmes can survive on
smaller budgets with fewer, dedicated fans.
As already mentioned, one of these shows will probably be Sony Picture Television's airline drama Pan Am that has been aired on ABC:
Allegedly Netflix is also talking to CBS about
resurrecting the
drama Jericho and to Fox regarding ordering more
episodes of Terra Nova. Platforms like Netflix benefit by picking
up cancelled shows because they already have been heavily
marketed and come with a built-in audience.
Google, Yahoo, Apple and YouTube might also start looking for cancelled TV shows.
If you are interested in social media, online video and web development, you probably know mashable.com
It's an internet news blog founded by Pete Cashmore with a reported 50+ million monthly pageviews and over 20 million unique
monthly visitors.
After reporting about new web series since 2005, Mashable decided to team up with some highly esteemed partners to
produce at least one original web series. In April, Mashable’s SVP of Content & Executive Editor Adam Ostrow said the site would also start distributing programming from selected third-party content creators, including Leap Year, What's Trending, TechStars, The Valley Girl Show.
The first original series Mashable released is called Behind
the Launch, and was created and produced by Portal A (who online video watchers
will know as the team behind White Collar Brawler). It is a documentary-style programme that lifts
up the curtain covering tech and new media entrepreneurship in order to give
viewers a look at the idiosyncrasies of the individuals running the
industry’s latest and greatest machines.
The particular curtain lifted
in Behind the Launch covered a company called Vungle which is a San
Francisco-based company that purveys mobile video ads to promote apps. Just recently it was announced that Vungle had raised $2 million from big
Silicon Valley and Alley names: Google Ventures, AOL Ventures, Crosslink
Capital etc. It is definitely an interesting company and topic. Here is the first episode:
New three to four-minute episodes of Behind the Launch will air
every Monday and Wednesday at 12PM Eastern on Mashable. If you’re into
technology, new media, or starting your own business, you should definitely tune in today!
A week ago the best of the internet was celebrated in New York. The Webby Awards is the Internet's most respected symbol of success. Past winners have been included industry leaders such as Twitter, Google, iTunes, BBC News, The New York Times, Funny or Die, Wikipedia....
The 16th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50
states and over 60 countries worldwide. Webby Awards are awarded in over
100 categories. The winners are selected for recognition based on excellence in the
following criteria:
Websites & Mobile: Content, Structure and Navigation, Visual Design, Functionality,
Interactivity and Overall Experience
Film & Video: Concept & Writing, Quality of Craft, Integration, Overall
Experience
Winners are chosen by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences which is a global
organization of industry experts and technology innovaters, such as
musician David Bowie, Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, Martha Stewart,
Instagram founder Kevin Systrom, Arianna Huffington, Flickr cofounder
Caterina Fake, R/GA chairman Bob Greenberg, "Simpsons" creator Matt
Groening, and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. And the Webby People’s Voice Award, which is chosen by the public in an
online voting system. A record 1.5 million people voted online this
year.
Some of this year’s notable wins were Pinterest, Spotify and Google+, as well as Facebook, which
beat out Twitter and YouTube in
the category of “People’s Special Achievement Webby for Social Change.” Another 2012 Webby highlight was Instagram which was honored as the “Webby Breakout of the Year” in light of its billion dollar acquisition by Facebook.
Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjork received recognition for her
album Biophilia, which incorporated touchscreen technology in a multi-dimensional, digital album, and Juliette Lewis and Graydon Sheppard who received special “Best
Actresses” awards for their wildly popular YouTube series "Sh*t Girls Say".
But it wasn’t all about fun and glamour, President Obama, former Vice President Gore, and U2 singer Bono were
among those featured on a video tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve
Jobs:
