Monday, 4 January 2010

Own research - web series Prom Queen

I then looked at the web series Prom Queen which i found after a search on youtube. I thought it would also be helpful to add a web series which did not feature comedy but instead was more focused on drama and in this particular episode, some horror. Nonetheless, the title sequence at the beginning features blood and a knife so perhaps horror is a prominent factor in this series. After researching the series further, I found this information about the plot from website wikipedia. The core plot of Prom Queen revolves around a text message that was sent to character Ben, saying "U R going 2 kill the prom queen." This, of course, occurs as the prom approaches, and the drama begins to unfold.

As i guessed from the title sequence, this web series features horror and violence, but also features teenage drama - which is an interesting mix. The mix is obviously designed to attract more viewers and a wider audience as it is, unlike The Guild etc, a simple comedy plot. It was hard trying to find episodes of 'Prom Queen' to watch as most video sharing sites were american, but in the end I found episode 80 on youtube, which I thought was quite interesting.

One thing I did primarily notice was that this web series focuses heavily on the other episodes, as watching an episode as a one off is a bit confusing. This shows that the web series is also post modern, relying on an active audience which have seen the previous episodes. Episode 80 is shown below:


You can also see the official Prom Queen website which is hyperlinked here.

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