2nd Streamy Awards
The awards were held at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles
DateApril 11, 2010
LocationOrpheum Theatre
Los Angeles, California
Presented byInternational Academy of Web Television
Hosted byPaul Scheer
Highlights
Most awardsThe Bannen Way (4)
Most nominationsThe Guild (8)
Audience ChoiceAgents of Cracked
(Best Web Series)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkYouTube
Runtime>3 hours
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Paul Scheer hosting the show

The 2nd Annual Streamy Awards, presented by the International Academy of Web Television, was the second installment of the Streamy Awards honoring streaming television series. The awards were held on Sunday, April 11, 2010, at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Paul Scheer served as the host of the presentation. Over 1,300 audience members were in attendance and the show was broadcast live online.[1]

The show was met with technical difficulties and other disruptions throughout the ceremony and was criticized for its humour which was viewed as unfunny, crude, and deprecatory of internet culture.[2] Controversy surrounding the reception of the event led to the International Academy of Web Television splitting from the show to create its own separate awards show, the IAWTV Awards, and a two-year hiatus of the Streamys.[3][4]

Winners and nominees

Agents of Cracked, winner of Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series
Sean Becker, winner of Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series
Jesse Warren, winner of Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series, and Mark Gantt, winner of Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series
David Wain, winner of Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series
Bernie Su, winner of Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series
Felicia Day, winner of Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Rachael Hip-Flores, winner of Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series
Easy to Assemble won Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series and Best Product Integration in a Web Series
Zadi Diaz, winner of Best Web Series Host
Shane Dawson, winner of Best Vlogger
Kevin Pollak, winner of Best Live Production in a Web Series for Kevin Pollak's Chat Show
The Gregory Brothers, winners of Best Original Music, Best News or Politics Web Series, and Best Experimental Web Series
Chad Hurley, the co-founder of YouTube, was the Streamy Visionary Award Honoree

The nominees were announced on March 1, 2010 and the finalists for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series were announced on March 29.[5][6][7] The Streamy Craft Award winners were announced in a ceremony hosted by Jim Festante at the Barnsdall Gallery Theater on April 7.[8] The remaining awards were announced in the main ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre on April 11.[1] Winners of the categories were selected by the International Academy of Web Television except for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series which was put to a public vote.[7][9]

Winners are listed first, in bold.[10][11]

OVERALL
Best Comedy Web Series Best Dramatic Web Series
Best Hosted Web Series Best Reality or Documentary Web Series
  • The Secret Life of Scientists
    • Interview Project
    • Mommy XXX
    • RADAR
    • Streak to Win
Best News or Politics Web Series Best Foreign Web Series
Best New Web Series Best Companion Web Series
Best Animated Web Series Best Branded Entertainment Web Series
Best Experimental Web Series Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series
DIRECTING
Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series
WRITING
Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series
PERFORMANCE
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series Best Guest Star in a Web Series
Best Web Series Host Best Vlogger
CRAFT AWARDS
Best Editing Best Cinematography
  • Christopher Charles Kempinski for cinematography in Riese
    • Robert Lam for cinematography in Mountain Man
    • XiaoSu Han, Andreas Thalhammer for cinematography in LUMINA
    • Michael Lohmann for cinematography in Circle of Eight
    • Carl Herse for cinematography in Angel of Death
Best Art Direction Best Sound Design
  • Rick Gilbert for art direction in Green Porno
    • Kit Pennebaker for art direction in $99 Music Videos
    • Matt Enlow for art direction in Mountain Man
    • Chad Krowchuk for art direction in Riese
    • Kim Bailey for art direction in Tiki Bar TV
    • Thierry Chaze for art direction in The Coat
  • Kunal Rajan for sound design in Fear Clinic
    • Bill Mellow and Kevin Belen for sound design in Riese
    • Michael Miller for sound design in Mountain Man
    • Seth Talley for sound design in Rockville, CA
    • Randy Kiss for sound design in The Vetala
Best Animation Best Visual Effects
  • Jason Bergman, Nicholas Onstad, Bethany Onstad, Jason Knetge, Erik Porn, Ikuo Saito, and David Dang for visual effects in Fear Clinic
    • Reece Sanders and Clayton Jacobson for visual effects in Mordy Koots
    • Erik Beck for visual effects in Backyard FX
    • Tom Konkle, Thor Melsted, and Mike Smith for visual effects in Safety Geeks: SVI
    • Jeff Bell, Zack Finfrock, and Brett Register for visual effects in The Crew
Best Live Production in a Web Series Best Original Music
Best Product Integration in a Web Series Best Interactive Experience in a Web Series
Best Mobile Experience in a Web Series
  • Valemont
    • AT&T Life Without Mobile
    • Mr. Wrong
    • Playboy: Interns
    • Seth on Survival
Streamy Visionary Award Honoree

Chad Hurley - The co-founder of YouTube[12]

Web series with multiple nominations and awards

Reception

The show was poorly received by viewers, attendees and sponsors of the event, leading to an apology from the producer, Brady Brim-Deforest, and rumours that sponsors of the event wanted their money refunded.[2][10][13] The show was criticized for its long runtime of over 3 hours,[2] technical failures throughout the ceremony,[2][9][14] and for containing unfunny, crude and sexist jokes, including jokes about porn, masturbation and vaginal rejuvenation.[2][10][13] The show was also interrupted by streakers as part of a stunt by Best Reality or Documentary Web Series nominee Streak to Win.[13] The poor reception of the event, and the surrounding controversy, resulted in the International Academy of Web Television separating from the Streamys to create its own awards, the IAWTV Awards, and a two-year hiatus of the Streamys.[3][4]

Many online content creators, including iJustine and Chris Hardwick, felt that the ceremony did not represent online content creation and worried that it would be a setback for the medium being taken seriously.[10][13][15] iJustine said that the show's skits had made her feel uncomfortable and condemned the excessive vulgarity, saying that she had left the event "feeling confused, embarrassed and a bunch of other emotions that I still have yet to put my finger on."[15] Jim Louderback, CEO of the multi-channel network Revision3, called the show a "misogynistic, puerile, protracted and poorly executed event" and criticised one of the monologues that "went beyond poking fun at the industry, and was more like a spit in the face."[16] YouTuber Michael Buckley also criticized the event in a tweet saying "All of the technical problems were one thing but it seemed like the jokes were picking on the internet – not CELEBRATING what we do."[2][15] Erin Broadley of LA Weekly similarly opined "The technical difficulties were forgivable for an event only two years young; it was the tone of the program that was most upsetting to people, who saw last year's optimism replaced by self-deprecating humor and masturbation jokes".[2] Due to nominees and award winners' disappointment with the show, an unofficial redo of the ceremony was held at the ACME Comedy Theatre.[17]

See also

References

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