Web based drama’s

By Joe Osborne

What is a web based drama?• Web television (abbreviated web TV) is original television content produced

for broadcast on the internet.• Web television content includes web series, original miniseries, animated

shorts and exclusive video that supplements conventional television broadcasts.

• Some major distributors of web television are YouTube, Myspace, Newgrounds, Blip.tv, and Crackle.

• Some examples of web television production companies are: Next New Networks, Vuguru and Take180.

• In 2008, the International Academy of Web Television headquartered in Los Angeles formed with the mission to organize and support web television authors, actors, producers, and executives.

• To add to this, a web based drama is a series of videos with a storyline and a group of characters which someone or a group of people have come up with for free.

Examples of web based drama’s

Doctor Who Dreamland – This is a web based drama, and is based on the hit bbc show ‘Doctor Who’ its what you could call a spin off, as its not the real show but it features the main character and envolves and adventure similar to that of the original show.

I feel that this is classed as a web based drama

because they use the episodes that have

already been made, but add their own twists

and add to it.

The key conventions and characteristics of web based dramas

The common conventions and characteristics of a web

based drama are the same sort of Conventions which

are used on normal TV dramas and films. For example;

Eastenders.

From watching ‘Becoming Human’, some of the conventions that are used were music to set the mood and tension, it has a set storyline, you Can distinguish from the characters what their role is in the story and they leave the episodes on cliff hangers to grab the audience attention.