The Production of Global Web Series in a Networked Age

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Absurdist YouTube animator Chris Voigt’s journey to Emmy-winning, Bluey
3. Rapprochement across the divides: The Saidden brothers aka Superwog and Emmy-nominated Princess Pictures
4. The dark cinematic dreams of the Philippou twins, aka Rackaracka
5. The world’s #3 online dessert chef and developmental activist, Ann Reardon ‘stuck in the algorithms’
6. The blood, sweat and tears of Shae-lee Shackleford and SketchSHE
7. Emmy-Winner Julie Kalceff…not sitting in a room on her own
8. Erin Good, Taylor Litton-Strain, and fantasy-noir web-pilot, Jade of Death
9. Bending algorithmic culture to serve post-TV storytelling
10. Tina Cesa Ward: The New York film director who fell into web-series
11. The garden in YouTube’s machine
Appendix 1: Career mobility paths of Skip Ahead alumni, 2014–2019
Appendix 2: Three keys to sustainability for web-series makers, 2005–2021, based on Murdock and Goldings’ (2016, p. 764) three economies
Index