It was amazing and nerve wracking as they read off the list of nominees and I was ecstatic so hear some nominations roll in for CELL. We received nominations for …

• Best Drama
• Best Writing in a Drama (Mark Gardner)
• Best Original Music (Brian Satterwhite),
• Best Cinematography (Iskra Valtcheva & Michael Morlan)
• Best Performance by a Female in a Drama (Jourdan Gibson)
• Best Performance by a Male in a Drama (Kevin McCarthy)

Here’s the press release with the full list of nominees. The competition is TOUGH in every single category so to even have a nomination at this point is a huge honor.

I’ll definitely be at the awards show at CES in Las Vegas come January and I hope to get as many of the group to join me. Wish us luck and here’s to a stressful month of waiting for the awards.!

In case you didn’t know, the IAWTV is a non-profit organization helping shape the rapidly evolving web television industry while providing a venue for the acknowledgement of artistic and technological achievement in original entertainment distributed on the open internet. I’ve been working in the background with the group for a while. The organization’s members voted on nominees and I was one of the five elected to a two-year term..

The four other newly selected members include Tim Shey (Director of Channels and Programming, You Tube Next Lab), Jim Louderback (CEO, Revision 3), Rob Barnett (Founder/CEO, My Damn Channel), and Jeff Koenig (Founder/CEO, OMFGeek.com). Also sitting on the Board are current members Felicia Day (“The Guild”), Dina Kaplan (blip.tv), Paul Kontonis (Digitas), Jenni Powell (Relativity Media/Rogue Pictures), George Ruiz (ICM), and Tim Street (mDialog).

This really is an exciting time to be working in web video. The IAWTV is in a position to be at the forefront of the new media world and to be a voice for the talented creators working hard to tell great stories. Now I can be a voice for the truly independent creators out there and also for people working hard to make it outside of LA or New York.

The future looks bright and I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work.

Next stop… the first annual IAWTV Awards at the Venetian in Las Vegas in January!

Congratulations to everyone for another set of awards! Specific call outs go to the enormously talented composer Brian Satterwhite and cinematographer Iskra Valtcheva.

We’re really excited to be a part of the festival and can’t wait to see how things go. There are already some great shows included in the festival and we’re proud to be included. Maybe we’ll be making another trip to LA for this one.

• Best Set Design
• Best Score
• Best Supporting Actor – Drama
• Best Villain
• Best Actress – Drama
• Best Thriller
• Best Dramatic Moment

We’re thrilled with our wins and the recognition that went to so many people that made Season 1 so great. Thanks to Indie Intertube for putting on such a great event and putting in so much time and effort. Here’s the full list of winners.

Give it a watch!

Click here to view the embedded video.

1. Tune in to ThoseVideoGuys at 12 PST/ 2 CST and watch the live review. (here’s hoping it’s a good one)
2. Before then, go to their web site and leave some comments about the show so they can read some on air. (here’s hoping they’re good ones)

We’re really surprised and excited to hear that we’ve just been nominated for 8 awards in the Indie Soap Awards. We’re up for…

• Indie Soap of the Year
• Outstanding Writing
• Outstanding Directing
• Outstanding Lead Actor
• Outstanding Lead Actress
• Outstanding Sound Design
• Outstanding Editing
• Outstanding Guest Appearance

The awards show will be held in New York City on February 21st. Details on coming on tickets and prices.

Keep your fingers crossed for us. We’re up against some amazing talent, including Robert Townsend, Tina Cesa Ward & Susan Miller, and Rachel Hip Flores… just to name a few. VERY good company to be in.

One of the best sources for information and reviews of independent television on the web is through Indie Intertube. Last year they launched their show focusing on the web space and they just announced their 2010  award nominees. CELL has picked up 14 nominations for this year’s awards. Here’s the list…

• Best Thriller
• Best Directing – Drama
• Best Writing – Drama
• Best Actress – Drama
• Best Actor – Drama
• Best Supporting Actor – Drama
• Best Villain
• Best WTF Moment
• Best Guest Appearance
• Best Score
• Best Editing
• Best Set Design
• Best Sound Design
• Audience Choice Award

I can’t express what an honor it is to be included in this list and in the same breath as so many of these other independent creators. The ladies with Indie Intertube are huge supporters of the web space and have a finger on what’s out there. To be included in their list with some really very talented people is humbling. We’ll be keeping our fingers crossed for the awards on January 20th. Until then, make sure you listen to them every week on Wednesday at 4 pm CST.

Make sure you check out the full list of nominees and watch those shows. You can see them all HERE.

@Krissie678

Congratulations!
Everyone else keep your eyes peeled for more.