Left to Right: Michael Tohl, Bernie Su, Nathan Atkinson, and Annemarie Pazmino show of the hardware.

We are proud to announce that Compulsions has received five Awards in the 2011 StayTunedTV Awards, including

Best Drama
Best Actor in a Drama – Craig Frank
Best Writing – Bernie Su
Audience Choice Award – Best Directing – Nathan Atkinson
Audience Choice Award – Best Actress in a Drama – Annemarie Pazmino

Director Nathan Atkinson holds up the Best Drama trophy. - Nathan also won the Audience Choice Award for Directing in a Drama.

Producer Michael Tohl holds up the Best Drama trophy

The team poses behind the three trophies for Drama, Writer, and Actor.

Craig Frank on set.

It’s been a long couple weeks with the Streamy Nominations and such, I wanted this blog to come right after my previous two writing blogs on Themes and Drama, but this month continues to be a whirlwind. None the less, let’s get right into it.

Being a creator and a fan of Web Series I’ve found that many shows contain some form of narration. These types include, but are not limited to  -

• General Narrator - A person not part of the story/world telling the audience what is going on.
• Vlogging - A character speaking directly to the camera telling the audience what he/she is observing in the world.
• Voice Over(Internal Monologue) - A character speaking through her thoughts as he/she goes through the story.

Philosopher Jacques Lacan once said,
“The narration, in fact, doubles the drama with a commentary without which no mise en scene would be possible” (continue reading…)

For Your Consideration: Annemarie Pazmino as Cassandra Morrissey

This Post is in a series of posts that is directed at the members of the IAWTV/Streamy Awards. The content will highlight different members of the Compulsions team. These are meant for both awareness and as a guide to showcase what each individual brought to the project.

Annemarie Pazmino is a familiar face in the web space co-staring in TheWB.com’s Sorority Forever. She has several film credits and recently received an Indie Soap Award Nomination for her work in Compulsions. “Acting for me is always about trying to find the truth in my characters. The journey of finding it is the fun, and actually getting there is the bonus.” – Annemarie Pazmino (continue reading…)

Production Designer Rachel Payne works on set.

This Post is in a series of posts that is directed at the members of the IAWTV/Streamy Awards. The content will highlight different members of the Compulsions team. These are meant for both awareness and as a guide to showcase what each individual brought to the project.

When you approach Rachel and ask what a Production Designer does her response is, “A Production Designer is the person that is in charge of everything in the frame…that doesn’t move…and is usually out of focus”. (continue reading…)

Bernie Su toasts the RadNerd hosts.

The Replay of the latest episode of RadNerd guest starring Writer/Creator :BernieSu:

Watch This Episode on www.theStream.tv

You can also just download the M4v file here.

Bernie brought a bottle of Kettle One Vodka for the show, continuing tradition that Annemarie Pazmino started on a Fan Girls Guide by always bringing alcohol to a live show.

Compulsions topics included Season 2 status, Streamy possibilities,  the challenges of writing dramas in short form, and the future of the web space.

Classic RadNerd topics included new Video Games like Dante’s Inferno and BioShock 2.  RadNerd is hosted by Beau Ryan and Leo Camacho. The show also features Flitz, Damian Beurer and Jared “Madden” Greenhouse.

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