The Australian web series The Future Machine and its director and co-creator David Barker were amongst the 15 winners of the Outstanding Achievement in Direction award at the La Web Series Festival.
“What we’re seeing here is the celebration of a creative and distribution revolution. Online entertainment is opening up a diverse range of programming, more than the traditional models of distribution allowed. And we’re about to see an explosion of web series here in Australia”, said Barker’s co-creator Matt Okine.
According to the festival’s executive director Michael Ajakwe, the La Web Series Festival doesn’t subscribe to the “best of system expounded for decades by traditional media outlets, which can often become divisive”. He believes it’s possible to have more than one show or performance recognised: “The practice of exalting more than one does not diminish the category, but enhances it”.
The Future Machine is...
“What we’re seeing here is the celebration of a creative and distribution revolution. Online entertainment is opening up a diverse range of programming, more than the traditional models of distribution allowed. And we’re about to see an explosion of web series here in Australia”, said Barker’s co-creator Matt Okine.
According to the festival’s executive director Michael Ajakwe, the La Web Series Festival doesn’t subscribe to the “best of system expounded for decades by traditional media outlets, which can often become divisive”. He believes it’s possible to have more than one show or performance recognised: “The practice of exalting more than one does not diminish the category, but enhances it”.
The Future Machine is...
- 4/5/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The indie web series scene in Australia continues to grow with local comedy The Future Machine. This week the show launches the final episode of its 8-episode first season. It stars comedian Matt Okine, Cariba Heine (H20: Just Add Water) and Andy Ryan (Tomorrow When The War Began) as roommates who build a time machine in their kitchen to resolve an argument. David Barker, Tom Sheldrick and Matt Okine (director, writer and star respectively) co-created The Future Machine and cleverly designed a concept that's expansive in its scope (it's about time travel), yet limited to a single filming location - an apartment. While many web series have been filmed in filmmakers' apartments due to low budgets, this series pulls out all the stops in terms of delivering a robust and high quality level of production. Director of Photography Nino Tamburri chose to shoot the series on the Canon 5D...
- 1/28/2011
- by Nicholas Carlton
- Tubefilter.com
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