Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet-2nd edition. Ross Brown

Martinez, Cybergeddon

      Tom Green, Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn

       Best Female Performance: Drama

      Rachael Hip-Flores, Anyone but Me

      Troian Bellisario, Lauren

      Alison Haislip, Battleground

      Anna Popplewell, Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn

      Missy Peregrym, Cybergeddon

       Nonfiction or Reality Series

       Kids React

       K-Town

       Shaytards

       Ultimate Surprises

       California On

       Best Branded Entertainment Series

       Chasing with Steve Aoki

       CliffsNotes Films

       Cybergeddon

       Leap Year

       Stories of Inclusive Innovation

       Best First-Person Series

       The Flog

       iJustine

       The Philip DeFranco Show

       Ryan Higa

       Daily Grace

       Best News and Culture Series

       The Philip DeFranco Show

       SourceFed

       Larry King Now

       The Young Turks

       Vice News

       Best Production Design

      Kasra Farahani, Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn

      Rachel Myers, Video Game High School

      Andres Cubillan, H+ The Digital Series

      Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling

      Greg Aronowitz and Alynne Schripsema, MyMusic

       Best Cinematography

      Sean Stiegemeier, Dr0ne

      Nick Schrunk, Red Bull Moments

      Brett Pawlak, H+ The Digital Series

      Brett Pawlak, Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn

      Benjamin Kantor, Husbands

       Best Male Performance: Comedy

      Ken Marino, Burning Love

      Amir Blumenfeld, Jake and Amir

      Jeff Lewis, The Jeff Lewis 5 Minute Comedy Hour

      Brad Bell, Husbands

      Ryan Welsh, Bite Me

       Best Female Performance: Comedy

      Hannah Hart, My Drunk Kitchen

      Kristen Bell, Burning Love

      Alessandra Torresani, Husbands

      Ashley Clements, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

      Julia Cho, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

       Best DIY or How-To Series

       Do It, Gurl

       FPSRussia

       Lauren Conrad’s Crafty Creations

       Masterclass

       Common Man Cocktails

       Best Music Series

       Epic Rap Battles of History

       AOL Sessions

      Songify This; Songify the News

       Decoded

       VEVO Go Shows

       Best International Series

       Live in Chelsea

       Travel Story

       MxM: Mexico around the World

       Visto Bueno

       PrisonPals

       Best Editing

      Nathan Zellner, Red vs. Blue

      Blake Calhoun, Continuum

      Michael Louis Hill, Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn

      Butcher Editorial, David Henegar, Ray Daniels, Daybreak

      Benny Fine, Rafi Fine, and Team, MyMusic

       Best Visual Effects

      Oliver Hotz and Matthew A. Rubin, Dr0ne

      Clayton D’Mello and John Godfrey, Bite Me

      David Ebner, 10,000 Days

      William Hyler, MyMusic

      Tim Kendall, Book Club

      You could also check out the websites of festivals like LAWEBFEST or the New York Television Festival to see the work they have chosen to honor.

WHY CREATE FOR THE NET?

      The reasons to create series for the Internet, as opposed to creating for other film or video outlets, are nearly as varied as the Internet itself. But the reasons are all linked, in a sense, by one word: opportunity.

      First and foremost, the Internet offers creative opportunity. Broadcast and cable television are limited by all sorts of factors. By necessity, they must appeal to a broad audience. Even if you could get a meeting with the head of a major broadcast network like CBS, she wouldn’t consider buying your idea unless she thought it would appeal to at least 10 million people, most of whom already watch CBS. The mandate to appeal to the widest possible audience is often why so much network television is bland or derivative. Cable has more freedom but is still restricted by the tastes of their core audience, the channel’s branding choices, potential advertiser objections, and government regulations, on and on. The Internet, on the other hand, allows you to create the kind of content you would want to watch and seek out an audience with similar taste. Whereas 2 million regular viewers would be considered a flop on a broadcast network, it would be a phenomenon on the Internet. Take, for example, the acclaimed Internet series Quarterlife. The groundbreaking series attracted a loyal audience on the Net and drew financial support from major advertisers like Toyota and Pepsi. But NBC gave the broadcast version of the series exactly one airing before yanking it and tossing it on the network TV reject pile.

      Another form of creative opportunity that web series offer is the opportunity to create new forms of cross-platform storytelling. Take, for instance, the outstanding H+ from Warner Digital and executive producer Bryan Singer (director of X-Men). It consists of 48 four- to five-minute segments that collectively tell the story of the events before, during, and after an international calamity. Because the story jumps back and forth in time, it allowed the