Mumblings on The Dark Side Of The Moon anniversary
It’s a lifetime I don’t listen to The Dark Side of The Moon. This stream (http://darkside40.pinkfloyd.com/#/moon, going on march 24 …
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Blending genres in web series (4): horror, fantasy and drama hybrids
Wrapping up my little exploration into genre-blending web series, and following previous articles about cross-genre comedies, mockumentary/found footage and dance, …
Blending genres in web series (3): Dance, noir, western and adventure hybrids
After some free rumblings, I’m resuming my mini-series of articles about cross-genre in web series. You can find the previous …
Web series and the birth of a sub-standard. AKA: the nerd’s dilemma
On a previous article, I talked about the feelings I got from comparing the parallel sections/selections of short movies and …
G+ Web Series Community: a quick note to my 4 readers
A brand new G+ community for fans/creators of web series! Just a quick info. I’ve created this community on G+. …
Web series vs. short movies. Clash of generations (of formats). AKA: rumblings after the official Google+ Film Festival
I was pleasantly surprised to see a section dedicated to web series in the general program of the Unofficial Google+ …
Blending genres in web series (2): mockumentaries and found footage
“We are all famous to a few people” (Vampire Mob) - I can’t just going around ripping out people’s throats …
Blending genres in web series (1): comedies
Even though genres hybridization is not exclusive domain of web series, it’s there where it can more often and freely …
We don’t belong here: a bunch of misfits in web series
Misfit 1. a person not suited in behavior or attitude to a particular social environment 2. something that does not …
Rock bands (and the like) in web series (2)
In the first part of this article I talked about music bands in web series, giving a couple of examples …
Rock bands (and the like) in web series (1)
“At least we’re famous. On the Internets” (The-All-For-Nots) There’s little sub-genre, in web series, dealing with music bands, in an …
From porn movies to podcasts: web series about entertainment
“You know? In retrospect, this whole thing was probably a bad idea” (From Break A Leg) As I mentioned elsewhere, …
Quick alert to my four readers: I’m not dead (yet)
I’m not done writing this blog and I’m not done writing about web series. Not yet. I’ve just suspended posting …
From cafes to schools: workplace comedy in web series
““It doesn’t matter if you fail or succeed. What matters most is that you surround yourself with people who don’t …
Facing hard times with comedy: web series about recession
I don’t follow enough big networks TV shows to be absolutely sure about it, but it seems to me (and …
Do it nerdy, but give it a soul. AKA: outstanding nerd web series (NOT “for nerds only”).
There’s quite a bunch of web series talking about some kind of nerds and geeks. For two main reasons: firstly, …
Virtue of necessity: a selection of animated web series
The paradox is that you can find a lot of beautiful animation on the web, but it’s almost never produced …
Sadists, hitmans, femmes fatales and other nice people: a collection of criminals in web series
When I say that crime fascinates storytellers and audiences since ages, I state the obvious. As a theme, it’s in …
Doomed islands, self-discoveries, supernatural detectives: when web series dig into mystery
Mystery is quite a loose genre, relying on the vague premise of something untold that engages a discovery process; apart …
Way beyond the “service”: some clever branded web series (2)
“I do not have many regrets, except one. And that’s: selling the company”. (From Boss Of Me) Among the overall …
