Thu 7 Aug 2008
Here’s a great example of internet television production and distribution. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is a 43-minute tragicomic musical produced exclusively for Internet distribution. It stars Neil Patrick “doogie howser” Harris and tells the story of Dr. Horrible (Billy), an aspiring supervillain, Captain Hammer, his nemesis, and Penny, their mutual love interest.
The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon, his brothers Zack Whedon (a television writer) and Jed Whedon (a composer), and Jed’s fiancée, actress Maurissa Tancharoen. The writing team penned the musical during the WGA writers’ strike. The idea was to create something small and inexpensive, yet professionally done, in a way that would circumvent the issues that were being protested during the strike.
The results were ground breaking with 200,000 hits on the site in the first hour…so much activity that the server crashed! You can enjoy Dr Horrible’s sing-along blog at http://www.drhorrible.com/
Dr. Nigel
