Smoking Hot: The Wide World of Web Series
Smoking Hot: The Wide World of Web Series
- Date
- Feb 10th 2015
- With
- Ben Sinclair, Katja Blichfeld, Florian Weghorn
Bite-sized, punchy and readily available on your devices, web series are a thing of economy and substance that are here to stay. Not created for the big screen, and tailored to different kinds of viewership, web series defy the limitations of more traditional formats. Cocreators, writers and directors Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair will lead a case studyon the idea, development, production and audience reception of their cult web series HIGH MAINTENANCE. Showing episodes from the series as well as other visual materials from its development and production, Blichfeld and Sinclair will discuss how the web series format is conducive for testing new ideas as well as production and distribution models rather free from the structures of classic filmmaking.
Ben Sinclair
Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair are a married writing/directing duo, based in Brooklyn, NY. Their first collaboration, HIGH MAINTENANCE, has been recognized as one of the best web series by The New Yorker, Slate, EW, Time, & others. Katja, an Emmy-winning casting director (30 ROCK), and Ben, editor, actor and star of High Maintenance, also produce the series.
Katja Blichfeld
Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair are a married writing/directing duo, based in Brooklyn, NY. Their first collaboration, HIGH MAINTENANCE, has been recognized as one of the best web series by The New Yorker, Slate, EW, Time, & others. Katja, an Emmy-winning casting director (30 ROCK), and Ben, editor, actor and star of High Maintenance, also produce the series.
Florian Weghorn
Florian Weghorn is the Programme Manager of Berlinale Talents. Together with Nikola Joetze, he heads the initiative and advises its seven international branches and the alumni network around the globe. He holds an MA in Theatre, Film and Television Studies from the University of Cologne. Florian joined Berlinale Generation in 2002 and served as the co-director and curator of the programme from 2008 to 2014. Between 2012 and 2019, Florian was also a member of the Berlinale Competition Selection Committee. He has written and edited several publications on film and youth culture.
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