Thursday, April 27, 2006

If a Web Series Is Filmed in a Forest and No One Subscribes to the RSS, Does It Make a Sound?

Since the dawn of the web video age (well, since 2002), I've been searching the web high and low for continuing web series that do what we do. I haven't found many.

I've found lots of vlogs, and lots of tech-oriented how-tos, and lots of stand-alone spoofs, but very few actual original content-based series.

Channel 101 (and their New York counterparts, Channel 102) have toyed with competitor-created "series" that are heavy on spoof, but their shelf life is determined by votes from the audience, not an initial dedication to the material. (Though it's hard to argue that something like "28 Day Slater" was produced with anything BUT authentic dedication to the material.)

As near as I can tell, these are the other ongoing original content web series online. If you know of others (who've exceeded five episodes and, ideally, are still going strong), let me know.

1. Something to Be Desired -- The lives and loves of the hapless DJs at WANT FM. [AKA "Our Show"]
2. Tiki Bar TV -- Dr. Tiki, Johnny Johnny and Lala make liquor, deadpan delivery and outtakes fun for the masses.
3. Ask a Ninja -- You got questions? Ninja got answers!
4. Jim Dupree: Enthusiast -- Droll mockumentary in which Jim Dupree really digs something new twice a month.
5. West of Denman -- The first web series I ever noticed while researching the concept prior to launching STBD, it was a sitcom that followed the ongoing exploits of the queer culture in Vancouver. WOD's popularity helped launch numerous spinoffs on the WayOutWest web channel, also one of the web's first. [WOD has since ceased production.]
6. City's Edge -- One of the other longest-running web series, this soap opera from Denver has been updating since at least 2003. Due to infrequency of updates, I'm not sure if they're still live.

Any others?

2 Comments:

At 1:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I laugh at the irony of your headline "If a web series was filmed in a forest..."
because I have done just that! haha

I created a new web series titled "FOREST" that's been in pre-production for nearly 2 years. It's finally taken off with a pilot webisode that is currently grabbing some positive responses. It is an original drama/thriller series written, produced, directed and edited by myself.

There are currently three more episodes written, ready for production. We plan to have around 10 'webisodes' shot for this season.

It can be check out at:

www.patchcofilms.com

www.youtube.com/patchcofilms

Take a look at the pilot webisode, and email me with some sort of response! Thanks!

- Patrick Coppolino
patchco@gmail.com

 
At 3:22 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know this is an old post but you might want to see the web series "Young American Bodies" on Nerve Video - going into its third season (not safe for work)http://www.youngamericanbodies.com - also by the same filmmaker is Butterknife , a web series on Spout starting Jan 08. http://www.spout.com/groups/butterknife/endorsed.aspx

 

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