Cell: The Web Series Explained

Genre:Sci-Fi/Drama
Creator:Mark Gardner
Director:Mark Gardner
Starring:Danny Cameron
Jourdan Gibson
Kevin McCarthy
Theme Music Composer:Brian Satterwhite
Composer:Brian Satterwhite
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Producer:Mark Gardner
Location:Smithville, TX
Runtime:Varies (7-10 minutes)
Network:http://www.koldcast.tv/#/show:cell

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]

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

Critical reception

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

Awards

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

2010 Indie Intertube Awards[6]
Best Thriller
Best Actress in a Drama Jourdan Gibson
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Kevin McCarthy
Best Villain Kevin McCarthy
Best Set Design Stephen Fay, Dan Saner
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]
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
Outstanding Drama
Outstanding Score Brian Satterwhite
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

[10] [11]

Future

Season 2 is under development and awaiting funding.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Cell' True Indie 'CELL' Shows Promise With Early Teases . . Oct 30, 2009 . Feb 20, 2010 . November 2, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091102092746/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/10/30/true-indie-cell-shows-promise-with-early-teases/ . dead .
  2. News: 'Cell' I'm hooked. . . Jan 26, 2010 . Feb 19, 2010 . April 14, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100414033329/http://www.cybermonkeydeathsquad.com/movies/Cell_The_Web_Series/ . dead .
  3. News: Web Series Outnumber Pilots in 2010 ITVFest Selections . . June 24, 2010 . December 19, 2011 . August 31, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100831062424/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2010/06/24/web-series-outnumber-pilots-in-2010-itvfest-selections/ . dead .
  4. News: Webfilms Competition . . 2011-12-19 . 2011-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830005651/http://www.cinema-tout-ecran.ch/2010/en/webseries . dead .
  5. News: LA Web Festival . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111222010537/http://lawebfest.com/video.html . 2011-12-22 .
  6. News: 1st Annual Indie Intertube Awards . . January 20, 2011 . December 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111231100549/http://indieintertube.tv/static/1st-annual-indie-intertube-awards/#axzz1gx8O0d6d/ . December 31, 2011 . dead .
  7. News: NOMINATIONS: 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards . . January 10, 2011.
  8. News: Pre-selected for Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2011 . . June 13, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111114160816/http://festival.bsospirit.com/index.php/en/news/100-festival-07/264-preseleccionados-para-los-premios-jerry-goldsmith-2011 . November 14, 2011 .
  9. News: International Academy of Web Television Announces Nominees for the Inaugural IAWTV Awards . . December 14, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120530035827/http://iawtv.org/2011/12/14/inauguraliawtvawardsnominees/ . 2012-05-30 .
  10. http://popculturemonster.com/index.php/2010/cell-interview-with-creator-mark-gardner "CELL - Interview with creator, Mark Gardner"
  11. http://popculturemonster.com/index.php/2010/5-webseries-i-want-more-of "5 webseries I want more of"