Cell: The Web Series is an Austin, Texas-based science fiction/drama web series which debuted Feb 03, 2010 on Koldcast.tv.[1] Cell: The Web Series is about a man wakes up in a cell after a night on the town. When he realizes he’s not in jail and he’s not alone, he fights to stay who he is while helping someone else remember who they were.[2]

Cell: The Web Series
GenreSci-Fi/Drama
Created byMark Gardner
Directed byMark Gardner
StarringDanny Cameron
Jourdan Gibson
Kevin McCarthy
Theme music composerBrian Satterwhite
ComposerBrian Satterwhite
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerMark Gardner
Production locationSmithville, TX
Running timeVaries (7-10 minutes)
Original release
Network[1]
ReleaseFebruary 3, 2010 (2010-02-03)

After streaming exclusively on Koldcast.tv for over a year, CELL recently expanded its streaming hosts to include Blip.TV as well as YouTube. Because of earlier restrictions placed on the length of content on YouTube, not all episodes could be streamed through the service. After YouTube expanded the time allowed for episodes, the entire first season was placed on YouTube.

Reception

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Critical reception

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CELL: The Web Series has been accepted into four international festivals.

  • 2010 Independent Television Festival - Los Angeles[3]
  • 2010 Cinema Tous Ecrans - Geneva, Switzerland[4]
  • 2010 Beverly Hills Film, Television, and New Media Festival - Beverly Hills
  • 2011 LA Web Fest - Los Angeles[5]

Awards

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Season 1 of CELL: The Web Series received nominations and won several awards since its release.

2010 Indie Intertube Awards[6]
WINNER Best Thriller
WINNER Best Actress in a Drama Jourdan Gibson
WINNER Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Kevin McCarthy
WINNER Best Villain Kevin McCarthy
WINNER Best Set Design Stephen Fay, Dan Saner
WINNER Best Score Brian Satterwhite
nominated Best Directing in a Drama Mark Gardner
nominated Best Writing in a Drama Mark Gardner
nominated Best Actor in a Drama Danny Cameron
nominated Best Guest Performance Beth Chamberlin
nominated Best Editing Chris Zeid, Loren Melchor
nominated Best Sound Design Matt Crawford
nominated Audience Choice Award
nominated WTF Moment Episode 11
nominated Best Web Series
2010 Indie Soap Awards[7]
WINNER Best Sound Design Matt Crawford
nominated Indie Soap of the Year
nominated Outstanding Lead Actor Danny Cameron
nominated Outstanding Lead Actress Jourdan Gibson
nominated Outstanding Writing Mark Gardner
nominated Outstanding Directing Mark Gardner
nominated Outstanding Guest Appearance Beth Chamberlin
nominated Outstanding Editing Chris Zeid, Loren Melchor
2011 LA Web Festival[5]
WINNER Outstanding Drama
WINNER Outstanding Score Brian Satterwhite
WINNER Outstanding Cinematography Iskra Valtcheva
2011 International Film Music Festival[8]
nominated Jerry Goldsmith Award Brian Satterwhite
2011 International Academy of Web Television Awards[9]
Winners announced January 12, 2012
nominated Best Drama
nominated Best Writing - Drama Mark Gardner
nominated Best Female Performance - Drama Jourdan Gibson
nominated Best Male Performance - Drama Kevin McCarthy
nominated Best Original Music Brian Satterwhite
nominated Best Cinematography Iskra Valtcheva, Michael Morlan

Characters

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[10][11]

Future

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Season 2 is under development and awaiting funding.

References

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  1. ^ "'Cell' True Indie 'CELL' Shows Promise With Early Teases". Tubefilter. Oct 30, 2009. Archived from the original on November 2, 2009. Retrieved Feb 20, 2010.
  2. ^ "'Cell' I'm hooked". Cyber Monkey Death Squad. Jan 26, 2010. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved Feb 19, 2010.
  3. ^ "Web Series Outnumber Pilots in 2010 ITVFest Selections". Tuberfilter. June 24, 2010. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  4. ^ "Webfilms Competition". Cinema Tous Ecrans. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  5. ^ a b "LA Web Festival". LA Web Fest. Archived from the original on 2011-12-22.
  6. ^ "1st Annual Indie Intertube Awards". Indie Intertube. January 20, 2011. Archived from the original on December 31, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  7. ^ "NOMINATIONS: 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards". We Love Soaps. January 10, 2011.
  8. ^ "Pre-selected for Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2011". International Film Music Festival. June 13, 2011. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011.
  9. ^ "International Academy of Web Television Announces Nominees for the Inaugural IAWTV Awards". International Academy of Web Television. December 14, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30.
  10. ^ "CELL - Interview with creator, Mark Gardner" popculturemonster.com March 30, 2010
  11. ^ "5 webseries I want more of" popculturemonster.com May 8, 2010
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