Wednesday 31 August 2011

Favourite comedy webseries posts - PENELOPE PRINCESS OF PETS


Reposting my favourite things this month - this web series had me at the title sequence.

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(Original PENELOPE, PRINCESS OF PETS - post here)


Penelope Princess of Pets webseriesFrom Chortle.com:-

Quirky American comedian Kristen Schaal's web series Penelope: Princess Of Pets could be made into a pilot for Channel 4.

She and double-act partner Kurt Braunohler made five episodes of the offbeat show for now-defunct website Super Deluxe.

And now Schaal, who plays obsessed fan Mel in the Flight Of The Conchords TV series, says it ‘looks like' they will be developing the offbeat show for Channel 4.

She told US website Punchline: ‘This year, it's going to be me trying to figure out how to make a pilot in London.'

FULL ARTICLE ON CHORTLE HERE...


PENELOPE PRINCESS OF PETS creator Kristen Schaal on twitter


PENELOPE PRINCESS OF PETS youtube channel HERE



Penelope Princess of Pets - Episode 1




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Monday 29 August 2011

HOW TO ENGINEER MOVIE HITS - by Malcolm Gladwell - from my favourite posts

Reposting my favourite things through August - here's another - awesome video.

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(Original "So Predictable" How to engineer a movie hit - post here)


Malcolm Gladwell on engineering movie hits

From The New Yorker:-
Malcolm Gladwell talks about success in the film industry and engineering hits. From the 2006 New Yorker Festival.
LINK HERE:-
http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/2006/10/09/predictable

Gladwell covers Dear Frankie, the Death of Diana, The Interpreter, and nobody knowing what constitutes the sublime.
And a great summary here from The Krieger Group:-
Several years ago, Malcolm Gladwell gave an interesting talk for The New Yorker Festival in which he reported on a group of researchers who had developed algorithms to predict whether a script could be developed into a hit movie. The researchers used a technique called neural networks to predict, based upon elements of the script, if the movie would be a box office smash. In fact, the researchers were able to predict the profitability of a movie accurately 6 out of 9 times, even before the director or cast was chosen. In several cases they were within several million dollars. Now 6 out of 9 may not seem great, but Hollywood’s record is poor; successfully predicting gross revenues on only 1/3 of their movies (after all, if they did not think it was going to be profitable they would make the film, unless its Woody Allen).
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Friday 26 August 2011

How to find names for your webseries characters - RANDOM NAME GENERATORS

Another re-post of a favourite, as I trawl through the storygas archives through August - How can you quickly trawl as many surnames as possible, or just generate character names for free?


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(Original "Random Name Generator" post here)



This is more of a writing resource for myself.

You'll either find the next four columns extremely useful, or a complete waste of screen space.

Either way, they will be permanently linked with all the other WRITING RESOURCES in the sidebar down the right hand side. Suppose they could also work as first names, Christian names, or company names too. Over 1300 below.

Or, for another 300 names, try the 'last name generator' here:
http://www.geocities.com/simthingd2/surnames.html

Lister
Hawkins
Warren
Matthews
Hogarth
Knight
Atkins
Celliee
Muller
Ahmad
Dukes
Gerard
Fuller
Bradley
Smeeton
Boatman
Cripps
Mathias
Pearce
Galloway
Townshend
Harry
Jones
Mills
Mapes
Moore
Fraser
Delamarre
MacIntyre
More
Lawall
Oxley
Ferris
Warn
O'Donoghue
Charnock
Salisbury
Nisbet
Kinder
Barden
Cobley
Miles
Moorcroft
McMaster
Mayor
Hankins
Hosey
Bushnell
Sky
Coker
Ducon
Duvall
Cortes
Pigott
Pett
Bosher
Cunneen
Rodden
Gilfillan
Casson
Malton
Gledhill
Leahy
Palfrey
Tedd
Guilbert
Foston
Balderstone
Moult
Layden
Thornhill
Glacken
Allkins
Sommerton
Corran
Blinman
Ludick
Heighway
Ellam
Trennery
Noach
Reid
Springer
Blondel
Gartside
Wiglet
Paddock
Powney
Radnor
Keighley
Donagher
Garraghan
Beacon
Elling
Cockayne
Nettleton
Lingham
Ferwinckle
Candlin
Ainslie
O'Gorman
Braidwood
Filbey
Bass
Meryick
Hammond
Lotaris
Collier
Deadman
Champion
Breaknell
Muxworthy
Hayes
Dodkin
Gascoine
McMiven
Farre
Poultney
Murkin
Hardin
Cramman
Liston
Meehan
Stitchener
Crafter
Kettlewell
Wearing
Logg
Huntly
Deny
McDwing
West
Chang
Emmons
McManus
Trail
Whatford
Broadbent
Cherriman
Cole
Hopkin
Morrison
Metson
Christie
Chadwick
Joseph
Bailey
Goodman
Clegg
Nichols
Brann
Beaumont
Sopocko
Lockley
Pillay
Utton
Hardacre
Petticrew
Rand
Deehan
Eddison
Kanane
Kilroy
Templeton
Keynes
Darwin
Elliot
Rutherford
Seekings
Tolmay
Street
Burns
Mapp
Hartfield
Wenham
Chatters
Moreton
Bridge
Jewell
McWilliam
Pidgeon
Renwick
Mollard
Hamblett
Oram
McCormack
Snelson
Swales
Lanaway
Whitehall
Drohan
Hare
Haydon
Layland
Gorham
Chudley
Ross
Darby
Gallagher
Schleeter
Gordon
Pointon
Jason
Burke
Stockham
Whitby
Smale
Saylan
Jeffs
Fitzgerald
Kerry
Mayer
Clohesy
Magraw
Costello
Pyatt
Hields
Betchworth
Sergeant
Dumont
Heath
Hayman
Meltham
Seenan
Bibby
Johnstone
Chirchfield
Martin
Burnand
Sami
Cooley
Simmons
Murray
Huckle
Laver
Dale
WHetton
Cherry
Wardleworth
Paige
Lowman
Hawcroft
Kirkby
Chin
Bubbles
Pledger
Brannon
Baines
Craigen
Dermott
Campion
Lee
Thom
Thorman
Denton
Linn
Dodds
Bellars
Courtney-Evans
Parslow
O’Connor
Michel
Kacy
Ewin
Collyer
Bellis
Goodyear
Dearman
Godden
Kellie
Tonge
Barker
Jerome
Amstead
Wagstaff
Jowitt
Witchell
Binfield
Hoff
Barrass
Treanor
Duff
Tytler
Hallsworth
Hindle
Churne
Cromwell
Oates
Bank
Henderson
Cavanagh
Haylett
Lancashire
Buckenham
Braddick
Lumsden
MacKlam
Travill
BcGonagall
Stafford
Stockton
Warde
Rosenbloom
Jury
Samuel
Caddick
Turnell
Sugden
Blunden
Seager
Falsh
MacKey
Stead
Duffin
Soukal
Marriott
Chalcroft
Malas
Staniland
Reay
Ashley
Humprey
Trotman
Mynott
McCook
McLoughlin
Portrey
Hazelton
Rands
Gillen
Lack
Clapham
Dyball
Hastings
Dewey

Crossthwaite
Arnall
Emberey
Mabe
Sweeney
Kouma
Glend
Thirwall
Hargreaves
Ashdown
Abrams
Shearer
Jacques
Wakeham
Ferraby
Lockyer
Cliff
Burfitt
Ewart
Shelling
Sharma
Silverstein
Norbury
Hunter
Bobinson
Sproston
Gibbond
Wynne
Holgate
Harby
English
Cragg
Molloy
Grayson
Wallcraft
Hiddleston
Hamblin
Cuellar
Goldenfield
Ellison
Darlington
Hadiman
Stroud
Ulyatt
Mopp
Taggart
Lightfoot
Doleman
Fennelly
Carsley
Anness
Lyth
Faber
Stennett
Bentley
Bunston
Keal
McCord
Ruddin
Leeson
Elliman
Gowers
Medforth
Hollins
Pitcher
Sargent
Holroyd
Dent
Bosson
Corry
Svenson
Alldridge
Bruce
Barlow
Elliott
Holyland
Ganivet
Rosey
Feehan
Rodd
Cotterell
Albutt
Neill
Michagan
Shaye
Bourne
Probert
Messan
Burtle
Kilnan
Trent
Keery
D’Arcy
Cann
Corthorn
Willey
Modgill
Cadwallader
Cottingham
Elstone
McCade
Huetson
Heffernan
Goode
Wain
Munro
Hillyard
Goble
Tompson
Traynor
Marras
Cormack
Barwell
Selway
Picot
Bolden
Topley
Smaith
Sefton
Airey
Harken
Armsden
McGreger
Kingdon
Kore
McKelvie
Clack
Paines
Sellwood
Banks
Knowler
Elwood
Howes
Margitson
Eales
Wheatley
Rattigan
Flower
Lynskey
Fenton
Mennell
Upfield
Fogg
Corbishley
Waite
Whiting
Hambleton
Garton
Knighton
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McGoff
McAree
Britnell
Full
Shea
McGuffie
Studd
Perrott
Hailwood
Welham
Bannigan
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Blackburn
Fielder
Lippeatt
Skillin
Houston
Tweddle
Barth
McGinley
Cordel
Ring
Dyer
Mussellwhite
Varndell
Stolliday
Fothergill
Will
Dornan
Razey
Stinson
Sulley
Tyler
Mundy
Benham
Conroy
Lahert
Sopp
Monson
Kennedy
Carleton
Lace
Swan
Mulholland
Abey
Southam
Trafford
Bullers
McDade
Pym
Chong
Dibble
Pyle
Conlan
Littlejohns
Bowles
Coop
Everitt
Toal
Malley
Sharrocks
Shiston
Busby
Waddell
Vale
Fitchett
Berry
Aleman
Hook
Aucott
Pilkington
Collard
Staron
Haney
Bebbington
O’Driscoll
Harris
Catlow
Dakin
Henville
Hussain
Hewson
Breen
Costigan
Adler
Innes
Acock
Frazier
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Brackstone
Penter
Tennant
Gardson
Seller
Kanber
Smullen
Cork
Downton
Band
Fulker
Haughey
Rogers
Pendleton
Castleton
Wallbridge
Bowden
Tang
Crook
Tobin
Nayler
Nicoll
Skerritt
Pinfield
Todd
Fordham
Catterall
Dummett
Bole
Underwood
Hallam
Healy
Heathcote
Dewy
Higham
Pandey
McBennett
Hinds
Forde
Dancer
MacRae
Hainey
Beggs
Curt
Myall
McCormack
Cotter
Stoker
Silva
Overfield
Reid
Twist
Sturney
Beeby
Whale
Burr
Ainsworth
Seemley
Loomes
Wares
Buttall
Crozier
Toomey
Bridden
Oaks
Asom
Guest
Axell
Apsey
Bayy Howitt
Redin
Pankhurst
Pearson
May
Buttle
Luckett
Gilbertson
Hastilow
Balke
Brune
Bonham
Alcroft
Bloom
Couldwell
Prince
Yapp
Dopson
Bolster
Goldsmith
Willcox
Gooding
Pringle
Murrell
Manton
MacLaren
Maddocks
Ryan
Chalmers
Wharram
Cottle
Brushette

Corris
Ebbs
Malyan
Abaraham
Dollard
Herd
McCairns
Laybourn
Smith
Wayman
Mogg
Bollard
Hoods
Denney
Alsop
Morgan
Barrass
Sells
Naysmith
Greensmith
Fosse
MacDonnell
Bartholomew
Kapoor
Vaughan
Lavery
Corne
Bradford
Stainton
Saxton
Weller
Cawley
Jaffray
Gallon
Wilkinson
Sills
Passingham
Hynds
Bergeron
Stockley
Kanes
Clements
Armitage
Orrell
Said
Topp
Roddam
Harl
Copeland
Schofield
Stott
Bestwick
Marwood
Sedgley
Trollope
Pleece
Lohan
Rook
Beedle
Doolin
Stewart
Bryant
McCready
Keith
Tipping
Hertey
Allcock
Carling
Horsefield
Descol
Keeling
Hove
Griffith
Meal
Shears
Jukes
Hunts
Aser
McCaw
Leal
Wiley
Khan
Stanway
Kearsley
Kearney
Watkin
Luxford
Handforth
Binks
Haunch
Renna
McNeill
Abrahams
Saville
Dunkley
Bellman
Hassani
Holledge
Delamere
Rollinson
Luft
Hayre
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Purdey
lipp
Berkely
Tufnall
Manher
Gover
Myddleton
Wales
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Rosslington
Dawe
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Cravey
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Sween
Leonard
Shedden
Britton
Inglefield
Gondal
Halley
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Landing
Tolhurst
Short
Giles
Markey
Shalaby
Fryer
Griams
Burridge
Nevis
Tate
Ashurst
Hanger
Torin
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Auberton
Grange
Timmer
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Peet
Emberson
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Wilmore
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Senior
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Ritson
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Wears
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Crabb
Render
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Lewin
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Lange
Driver
Tant
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Royle
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Robin
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Thelwell
Freebody
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Doyle
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Mawson
Sears
Tosh
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Sillars
Dwyer
Lunness
Bicker
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Schirru
Russer
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Venables
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Michael
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Harbour
Pridmore
Scud
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Steed
Nutt
Procter
Werner
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Moss
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Brace
Ansell
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Leslie
Greeman
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Coen
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Knights
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Roach
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Gidley
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Worth
Rafferty
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Mennie
Rathmell
Crompton
Deane
Bostridge
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Witts
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Wolfe
McIlwrath
Sapsworth
Roberton
Griggs
Plumpton
Hayles
Blaxley
Whomsley
Everson
Benton
Epton
Wilkshire
Calkin
Gaskell
Milns
Lapham
Peigne
Brandon
Tunks
Dempster
Hopton
Conyers
Matheson
Travis
Bowen
Devery
Sanders
Garbutt
Gallagher
Prentice
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Terrell
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Charlwood
Norwood
Tonner
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Rodham
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Ware
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Leaves
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Richer
Bannon
Kaur
Statter
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Sala
Reynolds
Beddows
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Hepden
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Glassey
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Kipling
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Budd
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Clover
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Metcalfe
Lale
Cumpson
Sturman
Dingwall
Constantine
Lincoln
Stutton
Wardman
McGurran
Cockram
McCabe
Fagon
MacKereth
Durant
Avery
Walkden
Emmerson
Shurmer
Banwell
Downs
Spratt
Russ
Loftus
Lowen
Wythe
Martin
Olley
Hellewell
Truswell
Tyne
Cuffe
Curry
Bloggs
Nelms
Thonon
Shariff
McGlary
Knowles
Allardyce
Durber
Mortimer
Rolinson
Riley
Smiths
Edley
(HTML code for splitting this blogger post into 4 columns found here)
- don't know why that big gap appears above the lists though...

Technogeekboy said...
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Wednesday 24 August 2011

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Monday 22 August 2011

HOW TO BE CREATIVE by Hugh McLeod - My favourite posts

Sorry if you have seen these posts before, but I'm reposting my favourite storygas links through August - because these are the ones I like the most (Plus, they seem to have disappeared from search engines after I lost my www.storygas.com URL)

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(Original How To Be Creative post here)

How To Be Creative by Hugh MacLeod Hugh McLeod Hugh Maccloud Mcloud Huw

An end of year gift.

My favourite page on the Internet.

HOW TO BE CREATIVE by Hugh MacLeod.
So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years:

1. Ignore everybody.
2. The idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your biz plan depends on you suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.
5. You are responsible for your own experience.

6. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.
7. Keep your day job.
8. Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity.
9. Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.
10. The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.

11. Don't try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.
12. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.
13. Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside.
14. Dying young is overrated.
15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.

16. The world is changing.
17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't.
18. Avoid the Watercooler Gang.
19. Sing in your own voice.
20. The choice of media is irrelevant.

21. Selling out is harder than it looks.
22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.
23. Worrying about "Commercial vs. Artistic" is a complete waste of time.
24. Don't worry about finding inspiration. It comes eventually.
25. You have to find your own schtick.

26. Write from the heart.
27. The best way to get approval is not to need it.
28. Power is never given. Power is taken.
29. Whatever choice you make, The Devil gets his due eventually.
30. The hardest part of being creative is getting used to it.

31. Remain frugal.
32. Allow your work to age with you.
33. Being Poor Sucks.
34. Beware of turning hobbies into jobs.
35. Savor obscurity while it lasts.

36. Start blogging.
37. Meaning Scales, People Don't.
38. When your dreams become reality, they are no longer your dreams.

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Friday 19 August 2011

Favourite webseries posts: Lovedistance.jp - Real-time Japanese Online Drama...


Re-posting some of my best webseries links and posts through August.

Wanted to take another look at this, because it was so damn weird.

The video explains and ties up everything, but it was a real time journey webcast event, as narrative.

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(ORIGINAL LOVEDISTANCE POST HERE)



Okay.

This is *really* different. But you have to catch it quick, as it seems to end on December 24th.

It takes a while to load and click through, and I'm still not fully sure what it's all about.


From lovedistance.jp:-
From Tokyo to Fukuoka,
one long distance relationship.
The distance, over 1000km.

The relationship, 2 and half years so far.
A man from Fukuoka, a woman from Tokyo,
to prove their love, they run.

This documentary is, until the saintly night of Dec 24th when the reunion happens, broadcasting the two's running paths. Their text messages, blogs and video chats, are open to the spectators in real-time.

This documentary will, for about a month, continue living in real-time.
We the audience, is going to observe their love relationship for the next one month to reconsider this monster, "love".

In order to virtually experience their long distance relationship, a male is directed to "a man" site, a female is directed to "a woman" site, in other words, you will be separated apart. This takes away internet freedom.

To tell a truth, this documentary is an advertisement. On the saintly night of Dec 24th, the client will be revealed. CF will be produced through the next one month.

Here's a frame from the introductory video.

And here's a screengrab of the live feed.
The pink and the blue show the progress of the couple getting together.


And you can track the two 'runners' on a live interactive map.


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UPDATE:
*This* is what it was about...



A brand integration. Ad-funded programming web series!


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Wednesday 17 August 2011

Favourite posts: Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long-Blog - Joss Whedon's Online Comedy Musical...


Spending August revisiting some of my favourite posts and web series.

This one isn't a webseries - it was a one-off web event - which, in itself is an interesting take on how to use online release to create a buzz and possibly a community around your project?

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(Original post here)

Dr Horribles Singalong Blog joss whedon josss weedon joss weedan

From wikipedia:-
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 43-minute musical film, initially produced exclusively for Internet distribution. It tells the story of Dr. Horrible, the aspiring supervillain alter ego of Billy; Captain Hammer, his nemesis; and Penny, their mutual love interest.

The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon, his brothers Zack Whedon (a television writer) and Jed Whedon (a composer), and Jed's fiancée, actress Maurissa Tancharoen. The writing team penned the musical during the WGA writers' strike. The idea was to create something small and inexpensive, yet professionally done, in a way that would circumvent the issues that were being protested during the strike. On October 31, 2008, Time Magazine named it #15 in Time's Top 50 Inventions of 2008.
MORE HERE:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Horrible%27s_Sing-Along_Blog




So... What's it about, and why is it special?

From NewTeeVee:-
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon’s web series, is a bold experiment in online distribution — the series will be available for free for just one week before becoming available on DVD and possibly download — but it’s also damn entertaining.

The tale of an aspiring supervillain told mostly in song, this WGA strike-spurred project treads an odd line between the professional and the amateur, making full use of Whedon’s considerable resources while still carrying a whiff of we-don’t-need-no-stinking-permits filmmaking. The end result is kinetic and inspired, while still bearing the trademark wit and pathos of a Whedon project.

MORE HERE:-
http://station.newteevee.com/2008/07/11/dr-horrible-preview-whedon-rocks-the-blog/

MORE ARTICLES HERE:-
http://www.drhorrible.com/press.html

SHOW HOME PAGE HERE:-
http://www.drhorrible.com/

OFFICIAL FAN SITE HERE:-
http://doctorhorrible.net/

From doctorhorrible youtube channel:
The story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to.

Starring Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer, Felicia Day as Penny, and a cast of dozens!


AND HERE'S A SONG:-




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Monday 15 August 2011

Favourite webseries links: CLARK AND MICHAEL - US online comedy

Re-posting my favourite links through August - and taking another look at some old web series (and by old, in webseries terms, that's 3 years it seems...)

Really liked watching CLARK AND MICHAEL at the time - and now it's all but buried on CBS' youtube channel. So, sorry many of the links below are broken, but they might help you hunt down more if you want to see more of this show.

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(Original Clark and Michael post here)


From wikipedia:-
"Clark and Michael is a CBS Internet television series created by and starring Clark Duke and Michael Cera. The series takes the form of a mockumentary following Duke and Cera's ambitions to write and sell a pilot for a television series. Influences on the show include comedy group Stella, Arrested Development, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross' Mr. Show, British mockumentary The Office, comedian Larry David, The Larry Sanders Show and the Adult Swim block of Cartoon Network.

Duke and Cera play fictionalized versions of themselves, Cera describing the characters as "more idiotic and more deluded". The series is a low-budget affair, filmed on handheld cameras by friends of the duo. The cameras are acknowledged by Clark, Michael and others, who will sometimes address them or those operating them; in one scene, an upset Michael shouts a cameraman out of the bathroom, after which Clark angrily points out to the crew that their contract states "no bathroom stuff". Boom mics are often visible, and the crew have also intervened in fights between Clark and Michael."

MORE HERE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_and_Michael



SHOW HOME SITE HERE:
http://www.clarkandmichael.com/

EPISODE TWO HERE:


*****STORYGAS INTERACTIVE RATING!*****
CLARK & MICHAEL
Can you embed? YES - from youtube
Can you comment? YES - but seems to have stopped
Also on youtube? YES - but buried on CBS channel
Forums? not found
Blog? YES but seems to have stopped
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CLARK & MICHAEL epsiode 1 part 2

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 2 - "Dinner and a Show"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 3 - MISSING???

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 4 - "DA Dad and the Break-Up"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 5 - "Driving School"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 6 - "Office Hunting"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 7 - "Premium Milkshakes"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 8 - "Writing Partners"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 9 - "There Is Only One Highlander"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 10 part 1 - "Kings of Holly"

CLARK & MICHAEL episode 10 part 2 - "Kings of Holly"



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Friday 12 August 2011

Favourite posts and webseries: Lonelygirl15 - the first social media online drama?


Reposting some of my favourite posts through August -- Here's lonelygirl15.

Trailblazer in the effects a 2-way transaction with your audience can have on your web series narrative...

If you've never seen or heard of this webseries, you might like to skip down to the "ABC Nightline Interview With The Creators" video below...

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(Original post here)

lonelygirl5 lonely girl 15 lonelygirl lonelygril15

From wikipedia:-

"lonelygirl15 was an interactive web-based video series which began in June 2006, and ended on August 1, 2008.

The show focuses on the life of a fictional teenage girl named Bree, whose YouTube username is the eponymous "lonelygirl15", but the show does not reveal its fictional nature to its audience.

First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails


After the fictional status of the show was revealed in September 2006, the show gradually evolved into a multi-character show including both character videoblogs and action sequences, with a complex story universe involving "trait positive girls" who are sought by an evil organization called "The Order".

Lonelygirl15 first came to international attention ostensibly as a "real" video blogger who achieved massive popularity on YouTube. The show was eventually proved as a hoax by suspicious viewers as featuring a fictitious character played by American-New Zealand actress Jessica Rose.

The three creators of Lonelygirl15, first revealed by the The New York Times, were Ramesh Flinders, a screenwriter and filmmaker from Marin County, California, Miles Beckett, a surgical residency dropout turned filmmaker, and Greg Goodfried, a former attorney with Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, LLP.

The series began on June 16, 2006, and was slated to run through August 1, 2008. New videos appeared, at a clip of four to five a week, first on YouTube and lg15.com, also on MySpace. As of July 2008, the series has had more than 110 million combined views."


More here:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonelygirl15

New York Times Article here

LONELYGIRL15 EPISODE ONE DETAILS

LONELYGIRL15 EPISODE 2 - Purple Monkey


LGPEDIA DETAILS


LONELYGIRL15 EPISODE 3 - School Work in Summer... BLECHH!!!


LGPEDIA DETAILS


lonelygirl 15 home page

"LONELYGIRL15" WEB SERIES HOME SITE HERE:
www.lg15.com

"LONELYGIRL15" SHOW FORUM HERE:
www.lg15.com/forum

"LONELYGIRL15" BEHIND THE SCENES BLOG HERE:
http://inside.lg15.com


loneonlygirl 15 lonelygilr lonelygirl15 you tube channel

"LONELYGIRL15" YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/user/lonelygirl15


ABC NIGHTLINE INTERVIEW
with the creators of lonelygirl15 (From November 2006?)




Behind Lonelygirl15 (interview) - From January 2008


Rocketboom field correspondent Chuck Olsen interviews Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, the creators of lonelygirl15.


Lonelygirl15: The Resistance on Tilzy.TV


Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried - creators of Lonelygirl15 and Kate Modern and founders of new media company EQAL - talk with Josh Cohen of Tilzy.TV about LG15: The Resistance, why the series is different, and how the LG15 world comes to life.


'Lonelygirl15' creators Beckett, Goodfried discuss new drama - from Sept 2008


"We call the shows that we produce 'social shows,' and they're very different from a TV show or a film,"

"The way that you actually construct the narrative, the way that the plot points flow over the course of the week, the way the site interplays with the video, the way the community works together and talks to the videos and talks to the characters, is all different,"




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Thursday 4 August 2011

Favourite webseries posts: UK Online Drama Series - KATEMODERN

Re-posting some of my favourite posts through August.

Partly to pick out anything useful, partly because some have gone missing from my blogger search box. This is so Google doesn't forget me.


The reason this is a favourite is because I wrote on Season 2. It's what got me into web series.

The Lonelygirl15 creators gave me a glimpse into a world where you can have a two-way interaction with the audience.

It's nuanaced. Somewhere between a focus group and being heckled on stage.

Everyone who works on the show are fans of the show - alongside the other fans of the series.


The mistake I made, and alot of people in the TV industry still make, is to compare webseries to TV Drama.

If you're disparaging about this show - the writing, the acting, the quality of production... then surely the traffic and number of video and profile views it gained in one year is all the more disproportionate and remarkable.


I think it, and Lonelygirl 15 shows the way for having good interactive storytelling technique. The production values are intentionally low - it was meant to look as if the characters were uploading themselves - but that aside, I think these shows are landmarks in showing how a community can be built around a show, rather than a one-time-viewing audience figure.

This whole blog is about finding examples of that kind of transaction with the audience.


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(Original 2008 Kate Modern post here)

kate modern web show web series online drama katemodern

From wikipedia:-
KateModern is the sister series of lonelygirl15. The series, which was announced on April 16, 2007, began filming on July 9 and the first video, Fight and Flight, was released on July 16. The show is produced by LG15 in partnership with Bebo. It ended on June 28, 2008, slightly less than a year following its original release.

KateModern is set in East London, England, and bears many similarities to its parent series. Both Kate and Bree are avid video bloggers and carry a dark secret. There is an alternate reality game component of the series as well.



KATEMODERN HOME SITE:
You could either watch the show here, on the KateModern bebo site
"KateModern ran from 16th July 2007 to 28th June 2008 and was produced by the creators of lonelygirl15 - EQAL. During it's highly successful year long run it was nominated for two TV Craft BAFTA awards, a Webby Award and won the Broadcast Press Guild Award for Innovation 2008."
www.bebo.com/katemodern

Or here on the lonelygirl15 katemodern show site:
www.lg15.com/katemodern

KATEMODERN WIKI, on the LGpedia:
http://www.lg15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Image:KM_Portal_Season_2.jpg

And the Production Team even have their own bebo profile:
http://www.bebo.com/KateModernProduction



KateModern Forums are here:
http://www.lg15.com/katemodern/forum/

GMTV Behind the Scenes item on KateModern here:




katemodern kate modern press articles reviews

Here are some press articles on the show...
Kate Modern herself was killed off at the start of the second series; a bit of a bold move you might think, but the format of the show means it is constantly breaking new ground.“You can interact with the story, talk to the characters, comment on the plot – we get feedback all the time,” explains Rushton.

“What I find so interesting is the fact that people are coming together and discussing the show, but they’re also coming together to discuss things that lie outside of the show that affect them. People actually come to you on Bebo and share their experiences and they feel like they’ve got a place to do that. It’s the way that communication is going.”
The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/music-film/modern-miss-817538.html
kate modern katemodern on bebo profile
We told you last month about the planned wrap-up of KateModern, the very successful Internet television show exclusive to the AOL-owned Bebo social network.

Well, today’s the day that all is put to pasture. KateModern is having its finale, and it’s going out with 12 episodes in 12 hours. The countdown to the series close began earlier this morning and will stretch to 7PM EST, with hourly videos releases complemented by live chats with and among the fanbase.

In fact, due to its viral achievements EQAL was able to secure both a $5 million Series A funding round and CBS partnership in the space of a single month.
Mashable.com
http://mashable.com/2008/06/28/katemodern-2
BEBO's Kate Modern has become an internet sensation since being launched a year ago.
More than 66 million people have logged on to view the interactive online drama's 'webisodes' since July 2007.

TV Biz has an exclusive preview of this week's season 2 finale for your pleasure. It features Ralf Little and man-of-the-moment Noel Clarke - who wrote, directed and starred in the Kidulthood and Adulthood films.
The Sun
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1345446.ece
Who killed KateModern? It's the question that has been occupying several million minds since the beginning of the year, when the heroine of the eponymously named online drama met her end. Kate, for those who have been living in a bunker since July 2007, is, or rather, was, a troubled teenage university art student living in London. She had a dark past that she was unable to remember and was somehow connected to a secret organisation called The Order.
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/03/digitalmedia.web20

who was in kate modern katemodern
Social networking site Bebo is to shock fans of hit online drama Kate Modern by killing off its eponymous star in the first episode of its new series.

The series' first sponsors - which get to see their products placed within the video - will be Cadbury's Creme Egg and Toyota's youth-targeted car Aygo. Sponsors of the first series included Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Warner Music, Paramount and Orange, which each paid up to £250,000 to appear within the show.

No figures have been revealed about what each company might pay to be involved with the second series.

However, each company stumps up cash based on the amount its brand is integrated into the storyline, which includes monitoring the number of times it appears in the video and is mentioned in the script.
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/16/bebo.television

kate modern web series katemodern bebo originals
KateModern, the flagship online drama broadcast by social networking site Bebo, will wrap up for the last time at the end of June, it was announced today.

The last part of series two will air on June 28, with Bebo promising a "high octane" ending with multiple episodes.

Featuring Royle Family star Ralph Little, the interactive drama has run for more than 300 four-minute episodes since it launched in July last year, racking up more than 57 million views.

Bebo wanted the show to "encourage unprecedented interactivity" with its audience and has also tried to distinguish itself from rival social networking sites by building up original content.

Users are given interactive tools to "talk" to KateModern characters and producers from the series, suggest storylines and solve puzzles in the plot.

The Bebo president, Joanna Shields, said KateModern has "created a new genre and demonstrated the power of media on a social network with gripping storylines and peerless production values".
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/12/bebo.web20


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Wednesday 3 August 2011

Still think this is my favourite webseries - THE GUILD

Re-posting some of my favourite posts through August.

Partly to pick out useful ones, partly because some have gone missing from my blogger search box. Think Google might have forgotten me.

This is still my favourite web show.

I once read a post where a blogger said that they had seen the creator, Felicia Day, putting up a flyer for her webseries in a coffee shop somewhere in LA, even though it was a couple of years after the launch of The Guild, and well after it had many many followers.
Such is the dedication of a successful web series creator.

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(Original post here)

This is The Guild.

The Guild - Episode 1: Wake-Up Call


Cyd Sherman's online gaming addiction brings more than she bargains for...

THE GUILD HOME SITE HERE:-
http://www.watchtheguild.com/.
The Guild is a independent sitcom web series about a group of online gamers. The show started in the late summer of 2007, and for the first season was financed solely by Paypal donations from LOYAL FANS. Since season 2, The Guild has been distributed by Xbox Live and Microsoft and sponsored by Sprint.

Episodes vary from 3-8 minutes in length, and follow the Guild members’ lives online and offline.


Click here for the story behind The Guild.
Seems like a bunch of writers and actors got together... and just made it, and uploaded it themselves...

From wikipedia,

"The guild was inspired and written by Felicia Day, an avid gamer, who until 2006 had been playing World of Warcraft.

After a 2 year gaming addiction Day decided to make something productive from her experiences and wrote the series as a sitcom pilot. Day hoped to show that the stereotype of a man living in his parent's basement is not the only kind of gamer.

Due to concerns that a wider (television) audience would not be receptive to the comparatively niche setting, she decided to follow through with it online with Jane Selle Morgan and Kim Evey. Day already knew Sandeep Parikh and Jeff Lewis from the Empty Stage, a Los Angeles based comedy theatre, and their roles were written for them. The rest of the cast was filled through auditions.


After filming the first 3 episodes in just two and a half days they faced the problem of funding. After putting a donation link to Paypal the 4th and 5th episode were almost solely financed by donations"


Web series online comedy The Guild Forums and fan site

"THE GUILD" on Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/theguild

"THE GUILD" on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/theguild

"THE GUILD" YOUTUBE CHANNEL
http://www.youtube.com/watchtheguild

"THE GUILD" COMMUNITY AREA and FORUM
http://community.watchtheguild.com


The Guild - Episode 2: Zaboo'd


Cyd Sherman's imaginary world becomes all too real when a gnome warlock shows up on her doorstep.


The Guild - Episode 3: The Macro Problem


Codex's problem with Zaboo gets sidetracked by a crisis in The Guild.


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