Open TV: Innovation beyond Hollywood and the Rise of Web Television (Postmillennial Pop Book 20)
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How the internet transformed television
Before HBO’s hit show Insecure, Issa Rae’s comedy about being a nerdy black woman debuted as a YouTube web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, her response to the absence of diverse black characters on the small screen. Broad City, a feminist sitcom now on Comedy Central, originated as a web series on YouTube, developed directly out of funny women Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson’s real-life friendship. These unconventional stories took advantage of the freedom afforded outside the traditional television system: online.
Open TV shows how we have left “the network era” far behind and entered the networked era, with the web opening up new possibilities for independent producers, entrepreneurs, and media audiences. Based on interviews with writers, producers, show-runners, and network executives, visits to festivals and award shows, and the experience of producing his own series, Aymar Jean Christian argues that the web brought innovation to television by opening up series development to new producers, fans, and sponsors that had previously been excluded. Online access to distribution provides creative freedom for indie producers, allows for more diverse storytelling from marginalized communities, and introduces new ways of releasing and awarding shows.
Open TV is essential reading for anyone interested in the changing environment of television and how the internet can inspire alternatives to what’s on TV tonight.
ASIN : B075XSK5LQ
Publisher : NYU Press (January 9, 2018)
Publication date : January 9, 2018
Language : English
File size : 1062 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 335 pages
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Christine Davila –
There really isn’t anything like this out there navigating this wild wild west of …
There really isn’t anything like this out there navigating this wild wild west of short form episodic on the web so this book is a super valuable piece of writing. I didnât know how much I needed it! I appreciate the comprehensive origin and history. Really appreciate all the insights and case studies. As someone newly entrenched in the âlegacy backed webâ Iâve been thinking a lot about the purity of the niche original indie series and âtraditionalâ less flex systems.
Jessica King –
In addition to highlighting well-known success stories like Felicia Day’s “The Guild” and Issa Rae’s “Awkward Black …
This is core scholarship for anyone interested in how independent web series creators have changed television. I frequently find myself nodding along in Christian’s case studies outlining the grueling, yet inspiring, nature of being an independent series creator. In addition to highlighting well-known success stories like Felicia Day’s “The Guild” and Issa Rae’s “Awkward Black Girl,” Christian honors the achievements and innovations of creators who’ve acquired less fame, but have altered the televisual landscape nonetheless. This will be essential reading in all the courses I teach on web series development and independent television.