LG15: The Last

LG15: The Last
Also known asThe Last
GenreVideo blog, Drama
Created bySamantha Carr
Emily Rose Robinson
Andrew Strouthos
Catherine Williams
Directed byAndrew Strouthos
Presented byEQAL
StarringCatherine Williams
Jessica Shipley
Emily Rose Robinson
Samantha Carr
Tom Mesker
James Olds
Andrew Strouthos
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producerEQAL
ProducersSamantha Carr
Emily Rose Robinson
Andrew Strouthos
Catherine Williams
Production locationsSydney, New South Wales
EditorAndrew Strouthos
Running timeVaries from 0 to 9 minutes
Original release
NetworkLG15.com
Release19 January (2009-01-19) –
28 July 2009 (2009-07-28)
Related
lonelygirl15
KateModern
LG15: The Resistance
N1ckola
LG15: Outbreak
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LG15: The Last is a social show produced by Australian lonelygirl15 fans in 2009, and presented by EQAL on LG15.com. Due to the downturn in the economy, EQAL's show LG15: The Resistance was put on hiatus, and instead, the producers decided to open a contest for the fans. LG15: The Last was the result of this contest, entitled "LG15: The Show Is Yours," which allowed fans to submit pilot episodes and trailers of spin-off shows based on the Lonelygirl15 mythology, where the selected pilot would become an official LG15 Franchise show.[1][2][3] Allowing a crowdsourced project to take over production responsibilities was seen as "unprecedented."[4] LG15: The Last did not win the contest at first (it was runner up), but when the original winner backed out,[5] they became the featured show.[6]

LG15: The Last's pilot was released on 19 January 2009, with the official premiere on 9 March 2009. The show ran for ten weeks, followed by a twelve-video finale called "Quietus," which spanned one month, ending on 28 July 2009.[7] A few days later, signs began popping up that there was, in fact, more content to come,[8] until ultimately, it was confirmed in several chats both in- and out of character that there is one more episode to come, long enough to span at least two YouTube uploads. Due to other obligations slowing down the editing process, the airing date of this final episode is not yet known, but the story is continued on the character Twitter accounts, on the comment boards and in live chats in the meantime.[9]

LG15: The Last was the fifth show in EQAL's popular LG15 Franchise.[10]

  1. ^ Baldwin, Drew (5 January 2009). "Is Crowdsourcing a Bad Omen for LG15?". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Lonelygirl15 - The show is yours..." Story Gas Today. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  3. ^ Benzine, Adam (14 January 2009). "CBS, Eqal prep multi-platform drama". C21Media. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. ^ "EQAL's New Lonelygirl15 'Show is Yours', Tilzy.tv (6 January 2009)". Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  5. ^ Miller, Liz Shannon (6 February 2009). "LG15's Latest Drama: Losing Its New Pilot". Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  6. ^ Miller, Liz Shannon (28 January 2009). "lonelygirl15 Gives Fans the Show". Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  7. ^ Initial announcement Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Specific announcement Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Technical difficulties note Archived 12 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Quietus on LGPedia
  8. ^ Initial Twitter message, summary of several of them[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Post-Quietus notes on LGPedia, examples of Twitter messages: [1] Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, [2] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, [3][permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "LG15 Franchise". LGPedia. Retrieved 4 August 2009.