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 | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Sci-Fi/Drama |
| Created by | Mark Gardner |
| Directed by | Mark Gardner |
| Starring | Danny Cameron Jourdan Gibson Kevin McCarthy |
| Theme music composer | Brian Satterwhite |
| Composer | Brian Satterwhite |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mark Gardner |
| Production location | Smithville, TX |
| Running time | Varies (7-10 minutes) |
| Original release | |
| Network | [1] |
| Release | February 3, 2010 |
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
editCritical reception
editCELL: 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
editSeason 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
edit- Brian - Played by Danny Cameron.
- The Man - Played by Kevin McCarthy.
- Woman - Played by Jourdan Gibson.
- Brenda - Played by Beth Chamberlin.
Future
editSeason 2 is under development and awaiting funding.
References
edit- ^ "'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.
- ^ "'Cell' I'm hooked". Cyber Monkey Death Squad. Jan 26, 2010. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved Feb 19, 2010.
- ^ "Web Series Outnumber Pilots in 2010 ITVFest Selections". Tuberfilter. June 24, 2010. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "Webfilms Competition". Cinema Tous Ecrans. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ a b "LA Web Festival". LA Web Fest. Archived from the original on 2011-12-22.
- ^ "1st Annual Indie Intertube Awards". Indie Intertube. January 20, 2011. Archived from the original on December 31, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "NOMINATIONS: 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards". We Love Soaps. January 10, 2011.
- ^ "Pre-selected for Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2011". International Film Music Festival. June 13, 2011. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CELL - Interview with creator, Mark Gardner" popculturemonster.com March 30, 2010
- ^ "5 webseries I want more of" popculturemonster.com May 8, 2010