SESSION 7. AN ONLINE FILM SERIES CASE STUDY: “BEYOND THE RAVE”

This workshop will explore Beyond the Rave, the twenty part online horror series created and produced by Pure Grass Films in 2008. Beyond the Rave was financed by Hammer Films (their first production in over thirty years) and distributed by MySpace (their first original web series outside the US).

BEN GRASS, Producer and Digital Media Pioneer

Ben Grass is Managing Director of Pure Grass Films and produced “Beyond the Rave” and “When Evil Calls”. He was formerly responsible for Sony Pictures Digital in Europe. Prior to Sony, Ben was Senior Adviser, Corporate Strategy at the BBC. He holds a degree in Modern History from Oxford, and an MBA from INSEAD.