TV and New Media Meet—Twice!

As traditional and new media converge, show creators are reaping big rewards for being able to do both.

Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse, responded to the 2008 writers' strike by plunging into the new-media realm with Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog. This week, Whedon received an Emmy award for the web musical—his first Emmy win despite the huge popularity of his TV shows.

Dan Harmon, founder of Channel 101—one of the first major web venues for short-format video series—crossed over to cable television as co-creator of The Sarah Silverman Show, and is the creator and executive producer of Community, a new sitcom airing on NBC.

What does this mean for BECA students? More opportunities—and more to learn! Creating your own web series will challenge your writing and production skills as well as give you something great to include in your portfolio. Your cast, your crew, all the people you need are right here in the College of Creative Arts; for example, check out Adventures with Seth, a monthly web series created by BECA students, and Break a Leg, one of the web's first and longest running sitcoms, created by Cinema students.