Kirill is an online science fiction
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...
. It was commissioned by
MSN and produced by Endemol Digital Studios and Pure Grass Films. Episodes are four minutes long and were released twice a week on the internet. The main episodes are narrated by a character, played by
David Schofield.
Synopsis
Kirill is a multi-layered drama project, hosted by MSN, and was launched in September 2008. There are ten episodes, each featuring an old man in a lonely room, filled only with a computer and radio apparatus. The man continuously tries to contact someone in order to warn them about an impending danger, the details of which become apparent throughout the series. The room has been shown to be very cold, with pipes probably holding an extremely cold liquid or gas. One of the walls has a poster, displaying a basic set of rules written on it for the old man's survival. He carries a gun with him to protect him from the outside world.
Running alongside these episodes are blogs, video diary entries, photos, and extra content from two other characters, Vivian Villars, and "Quantum Stu", an anonymous male character. Their story is played out across various platforms, and it soon becomes apparent that their fate is intertwined with the character played by David Schofield in the main episodes.
Other
Ten
webisodes
A webisode (portmanteau of "web" and "episode") is an episode of a series that is distributed as part of a web series or on streaming television. It is available as either for download or in streaming, as opposed to first airing on broadcast or c ...
have been released on the internet. The main character is played by
David Schofield, who is obsessed with sending warning messages to Vivian Villars. A small dog is also seen in a window set into the ceiling of the room, to whom the main character gives food.
Episodes
# Tagged
# Water
# Outside
# Night
# Food
# History
# Pain
# Visitor
# Death
# Beginning
External links
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/30/digitalmedia-televisionhttps://www.youtube.com/user/KirillDramahttp://computer-internet.marc8.com/msn-launches-online-tv-drama-kirill-david-schofieldhttp://www.msn.co.uk/kirillhttps://web.archive.org/web/20090301221219/http://www.mipworld.com/en/MIPTV/Conferences-Events/Emmy-awards/
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2008 web series debuts
American drama web series