Jenni Powell » Streamy Awards http://www.jennipowell.com A little ray of New Media sunshine Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:00:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Celebrate the Web 2: A New Direction http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/06/17/celebrate-the-web-2-a-new-direction/ http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/06/17/celebrate-the-web-2-a-new-direction/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:20:21 +0000 admin http://www.jennipowell.com/?p=139 celebrate_the_web_Final01I wanted to give everyone an update on how things are progressing with Celebrate the Web 2. An exciting new opportunity was brought to us for a fun new direction we can take the event to give us an exciting new way to celebrate at the same time keeping our core vision of opening up the celebration to as many people as possible.

Due to our extremely busy production schedules (we do after all not only love web content, Kim Evey and I are producers of it!) it became clear that we’d need to bring on some additional partners who were just as passionate (if not moreso) about the web community as we were to continue to take this event in the direction we’d envisioned it and keep the spirit of it fresh and exciting to the community. I had been approached several months ago by the fabulous and talented web community multi-hyphenates Stephanie Thorpe (Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate, After Judgement, GOLD: Night of the Zombie King) and Taryn O’Neill (Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate, After Judgement, Compulsions, Continuum) about helping to produce an event during the weekend of Comic Con in San Diego that would help fill the demand for more of a web series presence during the Con. Over the course of trying to plan both events, it became clear that we all had the same vision: one of giving fans and non-fans alike a chance to be exposed to and to celebrate the awesome web content that is being created by extremely talented individuals.

It became clear that the best way to make a truly unique and quality event would be to merge these two events into one, while keeping the strengths of what worked with Celebrate the Web (a relaxed atmosphere where fans and creators can come together, whether in person or online through livestreaming) while also celebrating the unique energy that exists during Comic Con and making a strong web presence there.

The format of this event will be slightly modified from our first event: instead of individual speakers, we will be hosting a series of two panels that celebrate Genre (scifi/horror/fantasy/gaming) web series at a beautiful offsite (but within very easy walking distance) location from the Con. These panels will be livestreamed for anyone not in San Diego that weekend to enjoy. A mixer will follow where creators and fans can interact with one another.

As well as the panelists that will be featured, we’ll be giving creators who cannot be at the event an opportunity to provide any materials about their shows (flyers, t-shirts, DVDs, whatever swag they wish to provide) to be made available for attendees to enjoy. Any show interested in participating in this should contact me (jenni dot powell at gmail dot com) and I will get them all the information.

The event will take place on Saturday, July 24th so please save the date. We will have more details for you very shortly!

We hope you’re all as excited about this new prospect as we are and as always, we’re doing this for you, the web series community so we are open for all feedback, so please comment on this post. Stephanie, Taryn, Kim, and I are all tremendously excited to have this great opportunity to provide an amazing event to all of you.

]]> http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/06/17/celebrate-the-web-2-a-new-direction/feed/ 110 Celebrate the Web 2: How Do YOU Want Us To Celebrate? http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/06/04/celebrate-the-web-2-how-do-you-want-us-to-celebrate/ http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/06/04/celebrate-the-web-2-how-do-you-want-us-to-celebrate/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:16:09 +0000 admin http://www.jennipowell.com/?p=132 EveryoneThe night of and day after the first Celebrate the Web event last April, Kim Evey and I faced a very obvious question: is that it? I don’t know who asked it to the other first or if it was ever actually vocalized…but the clear answer we both had was: heck no!

The next step was deciding when to do the next installment of the event. We didn’t want to do it too often and have it only become another mixer. Don’t get us wrong, we love a big mixer, but the networking and hanging out was just a small element of what we want this event to be. Celebrations are special occasions, that should be met with a sense of anticipation. At the same time, we also wanted to keep the amazing momentum of camaraderie and inspiration the first event generated. We all wanted to feel that good again!

So Kim and I came up with a compromise: we’d like to do the event quarterly, with our next event coming up on July 15th (more details to come!). Four events a year would allow us to feature even more Streamy Award winners and nominees leading up to next year’s award season. Our second event will feature 2010 Streamy Award nominees.

Like the first Celebrate the Web event, we want to structure it as a way for presenters to speak for a few minutes on an aspect of working on the web. The first installment asked the simple question: why do you like working on the web?

For our July 15th event we want to pass it over to the web community at large: what do YOU what to hear more about for the second Celebrate the Web event? Should the event focus on production? Storytelling? Challenges of working in the space?

Leave us a comment of a one-sentence question you’d like our speakers to answer. We’ll take submissions until Saturday June 12th and then Kim, myself and WorldofHiglet (who has been amazing helping us with organization on our second event) will pick our 10 favorites which we will then let you all vote on, ultimately letting you choose the theme for the event.

We can’t wait to hear what you come up with!

–Jenni, Kim, and WorldofHiglet

]]> http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/06/04/celebrate-the-web-2-how-do-you-want-us-to-celebrate/feed/ 40 Post-Streamy Winners Get-Together and Celebration: Additional Details http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/04/14/post-streamy-winners-get-together-and-celebration-additional-details/ http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/04/14/post-streamy-winners-get-together-and-celebration-additional-details/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:03:47 +0000 admin http://www.jennipowell.com/?p=116 Kim and I wanted to get up some additional details here in a public setting to let everyone planning to attend know how we hope to run this very special event. Because of it’s informal nature, we have no sort of press line or red carpet planned, though press will be in attendance.

The response has been so overwhelmingly positive and we are incredibly excited but do have to make it clear that seating in the actual theater itself is limited (it’s a 99 seat comedy theater), so hopefully no one minds that we hope to seat attendees in the following manner:

–2010 Streamy Winners and their guests
–Press and 2010 Streamy nominees
–Additional guests on a first come/first served basis

When you arrive, please check in at the ACME box office where we will have a sign in sheet for additional guests as well as name tags which we encourage you to wear!

In addition to the theater itself, the lobby is equipped with monitors, so an extra 40 people will be able to watch from there (though it will literally be standing room only). The ceremony itself should last no more than an hour and the most important part of the evening is the opportunity to mingle and enjoy time with each other before and after the event. Amalfi Restaurant next door (the two are connected) should be able to accommodate everyone for this purpose.

And again, for those who can’t be there in person, we will be streaming the event live at http://www.acmecomedy.com/livebroadcast.shtml as well as posting the livestream (as well as some other goodies) at Blip.tv, who has kindly offered to co-sponsor the event. If you are Tweeting during or about the event, please use the hashtag #celebratetheweb.

If you have questions, feel free to leave them in the comments and we will address them! We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night and we thank you in advance for your understanding.

Very Sincerely,
Jenni and Kim

]]> http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/04/14/post-streamy-winners-get-together-and-celebration-additional-details/feed/ 35 Post-Streamy Winners Get Together and Celebration Thursday, April 15th http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/04/13/post-streamy-winners-get-together-and-celebration-thursday-april-15th/ http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/04/13/post-streamy-winners-get-together-and-celebration-thursday-april-15th/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:36:15 +0000 admin http://www.jennipowell.com/?p=108 In response to a Streamy Awards ceremony that felt like it didn’t serve to fully honor the very deserving winners in all areas of web entertainment, Kim Evey (producer of The Guild) and myself have decided to put together an informal gathering of as many of the winners as are available this Thursday, April 15th for an evening of celebration. We have asked each winner to speak for 1 – 2 minutes on their creation and what working in web video means to them, why they love working in web video, as well as sharing thoughts on the issue of net neutrality, which effects our industry as a whole.

This is not about airing out grievences about the Streamy Awards ceremony, it is about celebrating those who were chosen by their peers as the best representations of web video in a variety of categories. It is a really good way for us all to reflect on the online world in general. We may write emails every day or play online poker and read news off websites but how often do we sit and think about the web and how we use it. Web video is such a great example of how we work in the online world, so it’s a chance to respect that.

With opening remarks from Sandeep Parikh (The Legend of Neil, The Guild, and multiple Streamy nominee), those confirmed to be attending in person thus far include:

Best Comedy Web Series
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Dan Strange (Director)

Best Drama Web Series, Best Directing for a Drama Web Series, Best Male Actor in a Drama Web Series
The Bannen Way
Mark Gantt (Creator, Actor) Jesse Warren (Creator, Director)

Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series
The Guild
Sean Becker

Best Writing for a Drama Web Series
Compulsions
Bernie Su

Best Foreign Web Series
OzGirl

Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Felicia Day (The Guild)

Best Interactive Experience in a Web Series, Best Mobile Experience in a Web Series
Valemont

Best Visual Effects in a Web Series
Fear Clinic

With video submissions by:

Best Hosted Web Series
Diggnation
Alex Albrecht

Best New Web Series
Odd Jobs
Jeremy Redleaf

Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series
Wainy Days
David Wain

Best Female Actor in a Drama Web Series
Anyone But Me
Rachael Hip-Flores

Best Vlogger
Shane Dawson

Best Live Production in a Web Series
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show
Michael Rotman (producer/director)

Best Animated Web Series
How It Should Have Ended

Best News or Politics Web Series, Best Experimental Web Series, Best Original Music in a Web Series
Auto-Tune the News

We want to invite members of the community who are located in Los Angeles to join us at this event. Meet the winners, hear what they have to say, and then have a drink or two in a relaxed atmosphere of celebration. We will also be streaming the event to the public and web community at large on Acme Comedy’s website at http://www.acmecomedy.com/livebroadcast.shtml.

Details:
Thursday, April 15th at 8 PM PST (7:30 drinks at Amalfi next door)
Acme Comedy Theater
135 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036-2911

We would like to thank Jinx.com for generously donating the funds to pay for the space.

Please respond in the comments if you plan on attending live, so we can get a basic headcount.

Very Sincerely,
Kim Evey and Jenni Powell

(Please note that though Kim works on The Guild and I write for Tubefilter, we are producing this event completely independently as members of the web community)

]]> http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/04/13/post-streamy-winners-get-together-and-celebration-thursday-april-15th/feed/ 122 Musings on FYC, OR: Battle Royale – Streamys Edition http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/02/19/musings-on-fyc-or-battle-royale-streamys-edition/ http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/02/19/musings-on-fyc-or-battle-royale-streamys-edition/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:20:39 +0000 admin http://www.jennipowell.com/?p=103 Oh you know I can’t resist throwing in my 2 cents in a delicious, delicious debate involving the web. For those not up on the latest: something has been cropping up in this season’s Streamy nominating/voting that I don’t believe we saw much of last year. Something that either involves watching web series off of that foreign object called a “DVD” or actually having to put clothes on and leave the house to sit in a dark room and stare at a large screen. There may or may not be socializing/drinking involved.

Yes, I am talking about the dreaded FOR YOUR CONISDERATION CAMPAIGN.

Instead of reiterating comments made by people I admire and love and who are much more eloquent with words than I, I thought I’d share the comment I made on Ms. Casey McKinnon’s blog…I think it’s going to wrap this entire issue up in a nice little kidding-around package with a fucking-with-you bow…

I have the ultimate solution to this problem: each web series nominated should select a representative who will fight in a battle royale. Last one left alive wins.

Of course, this is ultimately a flawed solution in itself and will then spawn a series of blog debates such as “how should series select their representative? If they send their strongest and they die, what does that mean for the next session of the show? If they send their most expendable crew member, they’re just shooting themselves in the foot. Or wait, will there be guns?”

But beyond my sick sense of humor: there is some really fantastic discussion going on here. I think it really boils down to this: we are a web-based community predominately made up of indie-spirited creators who enjoy the thrill of being able to do things our own way because the conventions of other forms of media have not satisfied us. So hopefully we can channel that energy into new and creative ways to showcase the fruit of our labors. And maybe that don’t have to involve bloody murder. :)

That is my challenge to you all: get your shows out there creatively. I’m thinking of maybe organizing an online live screening where the characters of the show are in the room interacting with the viewers as they watch.”

Smile everyone. :)

]]> http://www.jennipowell.com/2010/02/19/musings-on-fyc-or-battle-royale-streamys-edition/feed/ 5 Streamy Award Nominations: Round 3 http://www.jennipowell.com/2009/12/26/streamy-award-nominations-round-3/ http://www.jennipowell.com/2009/12/26/streamy-award-nominations-round-3/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:21:54 +0000 admin http://www.jennipowell.com/?p=81 It is the day after Christmas and I am once again in San Diego with the family. Amid the post-holiday food coma and obligatory relaxing, I thought I’d get in another round of Streamy Award nominations. So let’s get right to it!

-Elevator for Best Comedy Web Series
-The Vetala for Best Drama Web Series
-Mommy XXX for Best Reality or Documentary Web Series
-Epic Fu for Best News or Politics Web Series
-The RadNerd Show for Best New Web Series
-Homestarrunner for Best Animated Web Series
-iFanboy for Best Hosted Web Series
-I <3 Vampires for Best Experimental Web Series
-HTSAAAR for Best Foreign Web Series
-The Crew for Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series
-The Real Cool Club for Best Live Production in a Web Series
-Fury of Solace for Best Interactive Experience in a Web Series
-Sean Michael Beyer for Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series (Poor Paul)
-Kaleena Kiff for Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series (Riese)
-Felicia Day for Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series (The Guild)
-Ryan Copple, Miguel Valdez Lopez, and Kaleena Kiff for Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series (Riese)
-Michael Hart for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series (The Crew)
-Angie Cole for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series (Craig and the Werewolf)
-Seth Caskey for Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series (Compulsions)
-Christine Chatelian for Best Female Actor in a Drama Web Series (Riese)
-Brendan Bradley for Best Guest Star in a Web Series (The Legend of Neil)
-Sam Proof for Best Vlogger

I need to come back and do some more of the technical awards in the next few days. My post-holiday brain needs some re-charging. As always, your thoughts are welcome and just leave them in the comments!

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It’s Saturday morning, I’m down in San Diego for my High School Drama Club Reunion (I didn’t go to my 10 year reunion because I didn’t know a lot of people in my class…this is a group that is going to span about 8 years…the four years I was there and then the four years my younger sister was there). I just ate some delicious homemade pancakes that my Mom made, I’m sippin’ on a pipping hot cup of coffee brewed by my Dad…it’s time to get down to business.

Here is my second round of Streamys nominations:

-The Crew for Best Comedy Web Series
-Valemont for Best Drama Web Series
-O-Cast for Best New Web Series
-Its A Sperms World for Best Animated Web Series
-Back on Topps for Best Branded Entertainment Web Series
-Can I Nail It? for Best Hosted Web Series
-Fear Net for Best News or Politics Web Series
-Level 26 for Best Experimental Web Series
-Riese for Best Foreign Web Series
-Rainbow Bridge for Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series
-Maddison Atkins for Best Interactive Experience in a Web Series
-Woke Up Dead for Best Product Integration in a Web Series
-Sandeep Parikh for Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series (The Legend of Neil)
-Nathan Atkinson for Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series (Compulsions)
-Thom Woodley and Bob McClure for Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series (Alls Faire)
-Bernie Su for Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series (Compulsions)
-Tony Janning for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series (The Legend of Neil)
- Jessica Rose for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series (Poor Paul)
-Daniel Browning Smith for Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series (Level 26)
- Annemarie Pazmino for Best Female Actor in a Drama Web Series (Compulsions)
-Taryn Southern for Best Guest Star in a Web Series (The Temp Life)
-Robert Welkner for Best Web Series Host (Coin-Op TV)
-Brigitte Dale for Best Vlogger
-Sean Becker for Best Editing in a Web Series (The Guild)
-John Guleserian for Best Cinematography in a Web Series (I <3 Vampires)
-Chad Krowchuk for Best Art Direction in a Web Series (Riese)

You probably notice I don’t submit for all categories. I don’t want to do nominations I’m not educated in and I don’t know a lot of details about things like sound design and visual effects. I try to learn more and I’ve been watching things lately and trying to focus on those more technical details, so I made me adding some noms in these categories in later rounds.

I also realize that my education on web series is very comedy heavy. In categories like Best Drama, Best Reality or Documentary, and Best News and Politics, I don’t have as many favorites. If you have suggestions in these areas, I would love to check them out: just leave them in the comments for me.

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The second annual Streamy Awards are coming up on April 11, 2010…that may sound far, far away but Tubefilter and NewTeeVee are already hard at work putting the show together, which from what little I know as a freelance writer for Tubefilter, is going to be the shindig to end all shindigs.

The Streamy Award nomination process is open to the public for 35 of the show’s awards. You can nominate once a day until January 15th. I personally have so many web favorites in every category that I could probably nominate someone different every single day. In fact, I’m going to try to do as many nominations as possible but unfortunately, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to take the amount of time I want to take when considering my nominations.

It is also important to me that my nominations be public. I want the fantastic creators/actors/writers/etc to get the chance to see the recognition I think they deserve from their peers. There is an option on the Streamys website that links to your Twitter account so you can send out a Tweet with each of your nominations…this system caused a bit of a stir, especially when I used it for my first set of nominations and basically flooded my followers accounts (SORRY!). So from now on, I’ll make a post to correspond with my rounds of nominations.

I submitted the following nominations on December 17th:

-MacAwesome for Best Comedy Web Series
-Compulsions for Best Drama Web Series
-Days of the Living Dead for Best Reality or Documentary Web Series
-Auto-Tune the News for Best News or Politics Web Series
-The Gloomers for Best Animated Web Series
-Fury of Solace for Best Experimental Web Series
-Valemont for Best Interactive Experience in a Web Series
-OzGirl for Best Foreign Web Series
-The Guild for Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series
-Easy to Assemble for Best Product Integration in a Web Series
-Coin-Op TV for Best Live Production in a Web Series
-Sean Becker for Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series (The Guild)
-Nick Carlton for Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series (OzGirl)
-Brett Register for Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series (The Crew)
-Nina Bargiel for Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series (Valemont ARG)
-Ben Pace for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series (Elevator)
-Craig Frank for Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series (Compulsions)
-Amy Kline for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series (The Crew)
-Shanrah Wakefield for Best Female Actor in a Drama Web Series (OzGirl)
-Jackson Davis for Best Guest Star in a Web Series (Poor Paul)
-Kristyn Burtt for Best Web Series Host (The Web Files)
-Shane Dawson for Best Vlogger
-Pi Ware for Best Editing in a Web Series (I <3 Vampires)
-Timothy Riese for Best Cinematography (The Crew)
-Leah Mann for Best Art Direction (The Legend of Neil)

Have any questions about any of my nominations? What to share yours with me? Feel free to post in the comments!

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