Being Victor
{{Short description|Scottish web and television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| genre = Soap opera
Teen drama
| creator =
| developer =
| director = Robert Elliott
| creative_director =
| starring = Dean Smith
Laura McMonagle
Rebekah Murrell
Jordan McCurrach
Sam Robertson
Inga Stewart
| opentheme = "Funny for a Girl"
| composer = Various
| country = Scotland, United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 20 (internet); 6 (TV)
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Margaret Scott
Ann McManus
| producer = Robert Elliott
Kat Hebden
| editor = Ian Stroud
James Gellately
Robert Dawson Scott
| location = Glasgow, Scotland
| cinematography = Paul Mellon
| camera = Single-camera
| runtime = 8 min approx (internet);
23 min approx (TV)
| company = Shed Media Scotland
| network =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|09|07|df=yes}}
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Being Victor was a web and television series set in Glasgow, Scotland. It was produced by Shed Media Scotland.
Synopsis
Vinnie Dupe (Dean Smith) is seventeen years old, and he’s doing his Highers at Queen Mary’s College in Glasgow, Scotland. He used to get a hard time at school, but college isn’t too bad, and Vinnie has an active online life to keep him busy, blogging as his witty, scathing alter ego as "Victor Sage".
Vinnie’s best friends are Eva and Doyle. It’s always been the three of them, a slightly goofy clique happy to hover round the edges of cool. But nothing stays the same forever, and things are about to change as Eva starts dating Danny Burton (Sam Robertson), college goldenboy and Vinnie's tormenter. Vinnie is determined to split them up and uses his blog to interfere in his friends' lives with some dire consequences.
Release
Being Victor was first released via the internet by MTV UK on 7 September 2010 in a 20-episode form, each up to 10 minutes in length. STV had then broadcast the series on television from 5 October 2010, re-edited into 6 episodes running at approximately 25 minutes.
Victor's blog and Twitter account went live July 2010, prior to the release of the show.
Production
The commission was awarded by CTVC in June/July 2009 to Shed Media Scotland, who developed and produced the concept. The project was then match-funded by the Digital Media IP Fund (jointly financed by the Creative Scotland Innovation Fund and Scottish Enterprise) in August 2009.
The series featured music by: Pooch, X-Lion Tamer, Miniature Dinosaurs, MandaRin, Kochka, Found, Fangs, Cancel the Astronauts and Any Colour Black.
Articles
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927125110/http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=103351 Shed Wins Online Drama Commission]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725163006/http://www.mtvnetworks.co.uk/files/press_releases/3_MTV_UK_to_broadcast_its_first_digital_only_programme.doc MTV Press Release for Being Victor]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708202213/http://www.creativescotland.com/news/12082010-creative-scotland-supported-digital-drama-to-debut-on-mtv Creative Scotland-supported digital drama to debut on MTV]
- [http://www.stvplc.tv/content/default.asp?page=s6_1&newsid=1222 STV Press Release]
- [http://www.38minutes.co.uk/group/shedmediascotland/forum/topics/being-victor-in-roughcuts?xg_source=activity Being Victor in Roughcuts magazine]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|1721191}}
- [https://www.truetube.co.uk/film/being-victor-ep-1 Being Victor] on TrueTube
Category:2010 British television series debuts
Category:2010s teen drama television series
Category:British drama web series
Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios