Sunday night for me always means a chunk of time blocked out for HBO. It’s one of the few networks worth shelling out a couple extra bucks a month. It pretty much built its brand on groundbreaking drama—The Wire, The Sopranos, Sex and the City. And for what it’s worth, there is no HBO of web series. No one network of premium content that owns drama.
The creators of The Fall of Kaden, which premiered online this week, have said they are trying to break that mold. Matt Doubler and Adam Leiphart have a thing for drama and noticed the void of web series drama sites. Through their Tape 6 production company, Doubler and Leiphart said they are looking to stand out as a go-to shop for premium drama.
The first episode is mostly setup and lets us meet protagonist Kaden (Leiphart), who is in the midst of a Leaving Las Vegas-style downward spiral. Of course he doesn’t exactly have that far to fall since he’s a low-level loan shark dishing out cash to deadbeat gamblers. He’s also faced with the moral struggle of helping out his worthless brother (Joe Andalaro) who is along for the ride.
For now, Tape 6 is just getting started and Kaden is their first foray into climbing what has been a steep uphill slope for online dramas. It won’t be easy and the creators admit they will need to step up production levels in order to compete with traditional TV expectations. That said, it’s a formidable first start and their year-long production and post-prod schedule has so far been worth the wait.
There are also some mixed opinions on which player makes the show look better. Occasionally we’ll run an embedded version of a web series and later get an email asking us to use another player. What do you think? Which player looks best for this series—Blip (above), KoldCast (below) or YouTube (below)?
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Comments
I think the YouTube one looks best
What’s most interesting is that the Blip player is the only one to display an advertisement.
Are they uploading new episodes every Sunday night?
Hi Anthony- New episodes post every Tuesday on KoldCast and syndicate wide every Thursday to a bunch of sites: YouTube, Blip, Facebook, iTunes etc. Thanks for watching!
Is it possible that many old film schoolers out there just haven’t gotten wind of the web yet? There’s still a stigma around web you can’t totally ignore. I have the feeling we haven’t seen anything yet on the subject of New Media storytelling. Fall of Kaden shows promise. But the broadband streaming quality has improved so drastically that handheld video is just not ‘breaking the mold’ anymore. But I wish these guys the best and I look forward to their new shows. It’s the baby steps paving the road.
Todd- I totally agree with you. These guys know what they are doing. The color and sound design alone shows they have it together.
Hope to see more out of them in the future and am excited to keep watching Kaden.
The YouTube one looks best to me – Vimeo has the best transfers/player overall I think.
Not sure why there’s any Player talk in the middle of this story – it’s all about the content, right? Kaden looks like its going to be an interesting show to watch. Nicely done.
If you’re a content creator, try using KoldCast’s Upload Video feature. I think its better than anyone else’s. Their Player technology is awesome, too.
Stay focused on the content, content, content. That’s what viewers care most about.
The KoldCast player is by far the best.
@Scott – you’d be surprised how many emails we get about which player looks best. If the frame rate is messed up or the load times are too slow, it makes the difference whether people keep watching or click away.
the show is dreadfully dark and depressing why should I care about any of these people again? Casting and some suburban locations look like a high school play version of American Gangster but instead of grownups, it’s 20 year olds as the grizzled street denizens who weren’t even allowed to drive for years ago instead of Denzel and Crowe.
Hand held no longer means edgy. And overacting while a voiceover drones isnt compelling.
Kaden reminded me of the video game version of Max Payne with the voice over, but without the ability of do the action and without CGI older characters who look like they’d have the jobs they are supposed to have.
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