Web Series

This is our channel devoted to news and information about Web Series (episodic web video shows). Stay up-to-date with the newly emerging online video movement towards web television and more entertainment based web video television shows. Here we will cover new and interesting web series, talk about those companies that are supporting web series creators (like Revision3, Crackle, YouTube, and more), the type of episodic web video show content that interests us, and keep up-to-date with the latest and greatest web series episodes.

ESPN Explores Wider World Of Sports With Kenny Mayne Web Series

I don't watch ESPN much anymore, at least their flagship program Sportscenter, mainly because catch phrases and useless statistics rendered the show nearly unwatchable over the years.  Almost in a quiet fashion, however, ESPN has been doing good work with documentary series such as 30 ...

Dragon Age: Redemption Slays Its Way Onto Machinima

There's a chance no one has ever seen Felicia Day as the cleavage-bearing, butt-kicking, flame-haired elf damsel that she was born to play in Dragon Age: Redemption, outside of several recurring dreams of millions of fanboys out there.  Day may be all too painfully aware ...

College Humor Looks to Cash In On Jake & Amir Web Series

One of the best aspects of web video is the whole "free" part of the equation.  Web series have been funded through all means such as advertising and second jobs, but often that isn't enough.  What if you have a show that is so popular, ...

Web Series Viewership Continues To Rise, While Cable TV Drops

Blip.tv and Dynamic Logic got together for some research into web series viewing habits, and did some number crunching to see when where and how people are consuming original web series offered at Blip.tv. It also gleaned some information on how the viewers feel about the ...

An Exclusive Interview With The Creators of The Vault, Aaron Hann & Mario Miscione

If you're trying to get your web series off the ground, it would be nice to get the attention of a studio or a wealthy backer to get behind the show.  But how do you get that kind of attention?  What kind of stellar presentation ...

Felicia Day Fans Rejoice: Dragon Age Redemption Premieres October 11

As The Guild winds down its fifth season, Felicia Day fans may be settling in for a long winter, feeling like they have to wait another year before the Internet's sexiest nerd will return for more Guild action, knowing they will have to re-watch Dr. ...

Revision3 Pioneer DiggNation To End Its Run In December

DiggNation, a popular talk show hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, will end its 6-year run on Revision3 in December.  The two hosts are hoping to move on to new things, although Rose will still be a part of Rev3's Foundation and Albrecht will ...

Cliffs Notes Animated Web Series A Gift To Desperate High School Students Everywhere

Cliffs Notes are supposed to be supplements to the required reading material, but that doesn't stop many high school and college students from using them as substitutes.  They're so much shorter, and have all the answers!  Why get the rich language and subtext of Shakespeare, ...

Wide Range of New Original AOL Web Series Coming Soon

Wow, remember when AOL Video was just a tiny little project that had almost no content, no real driving force apparently and not all that many viewers? Well, maybe they had some viewers, but I wouldn't have considered them the place to go online to ...

Yahoo & ABC Team Up To Deliver News With Web Series Like Newsmakers

With so many people getting news from so many sources, the giants of the medium have begun to lose a lot of their audience.  So now, you have giant corporations teaming up to combine their respective viewers into one large audience to be more attractive ...

Even The Adult Entertainment Industry Is Turning To Branded Web Series

I guess we're all adults here, but I'm going to try to keep things respectable.  I'm going to try to approach this with maturity and sensitivity, and hopefully you'll be able to respect me in the morning.  Because when it's your duty to talk about ...

New Facebook Web Series to Make Your Profiles A Part of the Show

Do you want to feel closer to Jasper Hale from Twilight?  Well, Warner Bros. is attempting to make their new web series a "social series" by including the music, pictures, and other stuff on viewers' Facebook pages into the show.  So while you're watching, a ...

Science Fiction & Horror Web Series Try To Claw Into Comedy's Stronghold

Over the past few months, some very intriguing science fiction and horror web series with high production values and mind-bending mysteries at their core have hit the web, seeking out a new audience that doesn't just want comedy 24/7.  Other genres have been sorely misrepresented, ...

AMC To Launch The Walking Dead Web Series Before Season 2 Premiere

In what will likely be a mainstream, every day occurrence for all kinds of regular TV series in the future, AMC will provide a web series launch on October 3, just before the October 16 Season 2 premiere of their hit The Walking Dead.  This ...

How To Shoot A Fight Scene & Practical Muzzle Flash Effects--Film Riot Video Production Tutorials

Fighting should be an easy thing to capture on film, right?  You just get a couple of guys fake punch each other in the face and have them react like a real punch just connected, with heads flying in the opposite direction.  Well, it shouldn't ...