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He’s not as hot as his lookalike Tom Hiddleston, but he’s still sexy!
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Happy birthday JJ Feild!
He’s not as hot as his lookalike Tom Hiddleston, but he’s still sexy!
On Location With Norman Reedus Sweepstakes - Win Trip
On Location With Norman Reedus Sweepstakes – Win Trip
On Location With Norman Reedus Sweepstakes is organized by AMC and the Sweepstakes is open for the legal residents of the 48 United States and the District of Columbia and for those who are at least 18 years of age or older at the time of entry period. The On Location With Norman Reedus Sweepstakes began on 21st January, 2019 at 10:30 AM Eastern Time and ends on 18th February, 2019 at 10:30 AM…
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Sorry for not posting lately. Here are some Joe MacMillan gifs as my daily post!
how the hell are they going to play a season 6 trailer while I’m watching season 5?!
SECOND SCREENED EXPERIENCED: Waiting for the mid-season head squishing fun of The Walking Dead? Let's talk about the webisodes
As a companion to the The Walking Dead series on AMC, the webisodes on AMC.com are intended to satiate the rabid fans of the most popular show on television in between episodes and seasons. All four seasons of the webisodes follows a new group of zombie apocalypse survivors, who aren't part of the storyline in the TV show. Not incorporating the principal cast members of the TV series into the webisodes is probably due to contractual and union restrictions, so the plot lines of the webisodes are sometimes enhanced and other times hobbled by plot lines populated with unknown characters.
Season 1 and 2 of The Walking Dead webisodes can be uneven and good examples of the limitations second screen content of an established TV franchise faces. Since viewers don't recognize the characters, the writers have to establish quickly why we should care to keep us watching. While each episode is under ten minutes and there are plenty of zombie take downs, sometimes zombie head bashing is not enough to sustain viewer loyalty. Some viewers may watch a couple of episodes waiting for a principal cast member to appear, but if the characters in the webisodes aren't magnetic enough the second screen experience is a lost cause. The Walking Dead is successful because it is a great character driven series, so the webisodes work best when the characters are well written.
The webisodes come into their own in Season 3: Cold Storage and there are many aspects of this season that could serve as a blueprint to television networks for developing their second screen content. The characters are still unknown to TV viewers, but the series is more successful at holding viewer interest.
Season 3 focuses on the character Chase who stumbles upon B.J, a man living a storage facility. The enclosed, claustrophobic quality of the storage rooms provides for good dramatic tension between Chase and BJ. There is also a nice tie-in to the series when Chase looks through a storage room and finds an old family album with Sears family portraits of pre-apocalypse Sheriff Rick and his family. This great "easter egg" moment along with visual nods to Night of the Living Dead in the images of the black and white closed circuit television, Chase and BJ's John Woo-like showdown, and Chase's discovery of BJ's secret in one of the storage rooms adds to the high quality of this second screen experience.
As more networks move to provide second screen content for their successful shows, they need to realize fans have an insatiable appetite for stories within a show's universe and invest in second screen content. In creating this second screen experience, producers can fill in the holes of a TV series story or create Lost-type moments for characters through the webseries, creating "rabbit-hole" story experiences for viewers.
Just spitballing some examples of "rabbit hole" story ideas for The Walking Dead show, writers could show Michonne, the Governor, or people associated with them such as the Governor's daughter and wife before the apocalypse. New webisodes could also feature what the character Carol is doing to survive since Rick ostracized her or have one of the webisode characters, like BJ show up in the TV series. It can be a unexpected and delicious moment for fans of the comic book and the series if it is done well.
The webisodes shouldn't exist in their own bubble and there will probably need to be more collaboration between TV episode writers/producers, web writers and even web/app developers to make the experience as seamless as possible for the fans. And for brands the second screen presents an unprecedented opportunity for creating sponsored content within a show -- just look at the nice Walking Dead Hyundai ad placement -- that can help finance production costs.
The second screen experience isn't going away and will eventually grow into a more cross platform experience. It can be a creative goldmine and a successful endeavor can bring brand awareness and loyalty to television networks.
- M.A St John (@theReelScoop)
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