The lizzie bennet diaries by hank green and bernie su 20. The lizzie bennet diaries and the reclamation of lydia. Grad student lizzie bennet launches a vlog about her life, her sisters jane. Pride and prejudice to the lizzie bennet diaries and eventually to austenland published september 27, 20 classics a whether they are novels, plays, or epics a offer us great characters, interesting plots, and lots of things for discussiona but sometimes they can be a little tough to tackle. How a year of video blogging brought jane austen to youtube. It was created by hank green and bernie su, produced by jenni powell and stars ashley clements, mary kate wiles, laura spencer, julia cho and daniel vincent gordh. The lizzie bennet diaries is an american web series adapted from jane austens pride and. Lizzie is a smart, sarcastic 24yearold grad student in mass communications whos living at home, along with her sisters jane, an underpaid fashion assistant, and lydia, a college student and fulltime party girl.
My name is lizzie bennet the video diary i started as part of a class project with my best friend charlotte. The lizzie bennet diaries my name is lizzie bennet ep. Mar 30, 20 the lizzie bennet diaries s1 e1 my name is lizzie bennet. Pemberley digital is raising funds for the lizzie bennet diaries. Inclusion of the secret diary of lizzie bennet companion novel to the lizzie bennet diaries. A modern day retelling of pride and prejudice, the series is told in vlogstyle by lizzie bennet as she narrates the trials and tribulations of her family life with the help of her best friend and. Traditional media forms have been slowly incorporating online transmedia. It premiered on a dedicated youtube channel on april 9, 2012, and subsequently concluded. Includes bonus featurettes, hilarious blooper reals, and. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards. Two, we have merchandise, our logo stuff, and it does pretty well, actually.
But among the countless parodies, books, and films that are based on pride and prejudice, only the lizzie bennet diaries managed to make it a webbased, immersive experience. In honor of the 5 year anniversary, join us on facebook as we revisit lizzie s story with a curated transmedia experience. Lizzie and darcy look towards a possible future together after reuniting. Last week i wrote about my passion for the web vlog the lizzie bennet diaries and introduced you to the concept of this new pride and prejudice adaptation and its main characters. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her fathers cold and domineering control. In honor of the 5 year anniversary, join us on facebook as we revisit lizzies story with a curated transmedia. The lizzie bennet diaries was a popular web series based on jane austens pride and prejudice. Emmyaward winning series based on austens pride and prejudice. The lizzie bennet diaries the complete playlist youtube. Now that the story has been retold, the team is looking to. Ashley clements, julia cho, laura spencer, mary kate wiles, daniel vincent gordh, maxwell glick, jessica jade andres, christopher sean, wes.
The lizzie bennet diaries aka how to do a modern retelling of pride and prejudice by rhiannon january 9, 20 november 9, 2018 ive written about the lizzie bennet diaries before, but i cant seem to quit it. Ultimately, the secret diary of lizzie bennet is a great companion novel for any fan of the lizzie bennet diaries. The lizzie bennet diaries is a modern adaptation of jane austens pride and prejudice for youtube. Fangirl confessions the lizzie bennet diaries finding. A modern day retelling of pride and prejudice, the series is told in vlogstyle by lizzie bennet as she narrates the trials and tribulations of her family life. It premiered on a dedicated youtube channel on april 9, 2012, and subsequently concluded when the 100th episode was posted on march 28, 20. How the lizzie bennet diaries won over an audience and the emmys jury. Featuring bonus featurettes, hilarious blooper reals, commentary, and english subtitles. Released in 20, the lizzie bennet diaries lbd is a transmedia adaptation of pride and prejudice set in modernday california.
In honor of the 5 year anniversary, join us on facebook as we revisit lizzies story with a curated transmedia experience. Lizzie bennet is a 20something grad student living at home with her family as she works on her masters degree in mass communications. Its titular character, going by the name of lizzie bennet, has decided to make a series of video blogs about her life and happenings at the behest of her best friend charlotte lu. For the last year, the lizzie bennet diaries has served up its modern take on jane austens pride and prejudice in bitesized portions. Today, the lizzie bennet diaries ended its 100episode run, bringing to a close hank green and bernie sus adaptation of jane austens pride and prejudice. The thing is, all of the videos, including these, are available for free online. The character has most recently been used in the lizzie bennet diaries, a project which is partly headed by youtube vlogger hank green, and depicts elizabeth played by ashley clements as a modernday woman in america posting video blogs about her life along with her friend charlotte lu a character based on charlotte lucas. One such adaptation is the new media sensation, the lizzie bennet diaries. Mar 28, 20 lydias story is heartbreaking, and powerful, and demonstrates the power of transmedia as a storytelling tool better than any other part of the lizzie bennet diaries. Intro to the lizzie bennet diaries a new pride and.
Created by hank green and bernie su, the series aired on youtube from april 9, 2012 through march 28, 20. In 20, the lizzie bennet diaries became the first web series to win an. Five reasons to watch the lizzie bennet diaries the awl. They are light, bright and sparkling, just as jane austen describes pride and prejudice, yet they also have serious modern themes that are. Apr 22, 20 deca is a media company that provides programming for women across platforms. How the lizzie bennet diaries won over an audience and. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime.
Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. New transmedia works like the lizzie bennet diaries let viewers participate in their stories via twitter and facebook, but multiplatform storytelling dates back as far as 1740. Bennet s disapproval over lizzie s rejection of mr. The lizzie bennet diaries online full episodes of season 1.
Ashley clements i ashley clements is an actress and writer, known for the lizzie bennet diaries 2012, nontransferable 2017 and sona 2018. The lizzie bennet diaries is a modern day retelling of pride and prejudice by jane austen told in the form of a vlog video blog on youtube. The dvd set of the emmy award winning interactive series. Lydia, legacy, and the end of the lizzie bennet diaries. The story is told through a series of vlogs by lizzie bennet as part of a school project. Webseries phenom the lizzie bennet diaries made it. At first glance, it would appear that the lizzie bennet diaries earns the rare distinction of having exactly 100 episodes. When bridget sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a. Bennet continues her efforts to bring bing into the family. What i enjoy so much about the lizzie bennet diaries is that they really are all about the lizzie bennet although they sometimes refer her as rambling on about janes love life in the first some of episodes, but does give us the story of lizzie s as well. I cant tell you how much i have enjoyed watching these videos.
Lizzie bennet should know, having become a youtube sensation over the course of. Charlotte and jane want lizzie to face her own prejudice towards darcy. The lizzie bennet diaries has everything youd hope for in a modernday pride and prejudice adaptation. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Having seen positive impressions of the series on twitter, i included the first episode in my screening of webseries for my intro to television class, which of course meant watching it myself before assigning it. With ashley clements, julia cho, laura spencer, mary kate wiles. The lizzie bennet diaries is an american web series in the style of video blogging created by hank green and bernie su, based on the novel pride and prejudice by jane austen. See the first episode of the lizzie bennet diaries. Apr 09, 2012 the lizzie bennet diaries full episodes online. Thus, just like youtube itself, transmedia storytelling is still in the. It maintains lizzies voice, further establishes the world she and the other characters live in, and delves deeper into some of lizzies thoughts and motivations. The lizzie bennet diaries dvd box set should be in your hands this july 20. The lizzie bennet diaries sequel series welcome to. Its clueless for the web generation as viewers experience the story in real time and lizzies videos get interrupted by her sisters, friends and a certain brooding hero.
The dvd plus all four button packs, plus the journal signed by hank green and bernie su, plus the book, and a copy of the script 42 pages of the first 8 episodes of the lizzie bennet diaries cover signed by ashley clements, laura spencer, mary kate wiles, julia cho, bernie su, margaret dunlap, jenni powell, rachel kiley, and hank green. Suddenly those stories that were in the public domain looked a lot more appealing, and. The online modernized adaptation of jane austens pride and prejudice, the. Traditional jane austen adaptations, which have so often been exceptionally faithful, will form the cornerstone of this analysis, as will the lizzie bennet diaries, a 2012 20 serialized youtube adaptation of pride and prejudice. There should definitely be a section about the secret diary of lizzie bennet.
Later lizzie and charlotte discuss their opposing life plans while lydia gets excited about the sexy new men in town for swim week, including instructor george wickham. The lizzie bennet diaries seems like the story of pride and prejudice transplanted in to the real modern world. Watch the lizzie bennet diaries lizzie bennet diaries is a modern adaptation of pride and prejudice in the form of a video diary, run by lizzie bennett. Apr 09, 2012 the lizzie bennet diaries is a primetime emmy award winning series based on jane austens pride and prejudice. Lizzie bennet diaries, is the first literary adaptation produced exclusively on the free internet. Im not a austen purist, but i tend to stay away from the modern versions of her books and movie adaptations because i feel they dont do the author justice. Mar 28, 20 i started watching the lizzie bennet diaries earlier this year and enjoyed them a great deal. Pride and prejudice to the lizzie bennet diaries inquiries journal. As in pride and prejudice, lizzies mother is all too eager to marry her and her. The lizzie bennet diaries started last april and, 80 episodes later shes finally at.
Lizzie is a young woman searching to find a balance between herself, her family, her friends, her school and her work. The lizzie bennet diaries has actually four revenue streams right now. A modern day retelling of pride and prejudice, the series is told in vlogstyle by lizzie bennet as she narrates the trials and tribulations of her family life with the help of her best friend and aspiring filmmaker, charlotte lu, practically perfect older sister, jane, and easily excitable younger sister, lydia. Lizzie run into childhood friend ricky collins, who now runs online media. The lizzie bennet diaries is a multimodal adaptation of pride and prejudice. The lizzie bennet diaries aka how to do a modern retelling. List of the lizzie bennet diaries episodes wikipedia. The series premiered on youtube on april 9, 2012 and concluded with its 100th episode on march 28, 20. Mar 03, 2017 a modern day retelling of pride and prejudice, the series is told in vlogstyle by lizzie bennet as she narrates the trials and tribulations of her family life with the help of her best friend and. This article is within the scope of wikiproject internet culture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of internet culture on wikipedia. Ashley clements, julia cho, laura spencer, mary kate wiles, daniel vincent gordh, maxwell glick, jessica jade andres, christopher sean, wes aderhold, allison paige. The lizzie bennet diaries where to stream and watch. The series, created by hank green and bernie su, first aired on april 9, 2012, making this year the 5th anniversary of the series. Oct 24, 20 the success of the lizzie bennet diaries burst open opportunities for bookto film adaptations on the web.
What i love so much about these first episodes is that they really are all about the heroine lizzie bennet. The success of the lizzie bennet diaries burst open opportunities for bookto film adaptations on the web. Lizzie bennet fan chat w ashley clements and daniel gordh. The lizzie bennet diaries audiobooks listen to the full. While austens novels are great books, the film adaptations are often seen by. Written by bernie su, the series executive producer, cocreator, head writer, and director, along with kate rorick, the novelist, tv writer, and consulting producer on the series, the secret diary of lizzie bennet takes readers deep inside lizzies world and well beyond the confines of her camera from. Ashley clements in the lizzie bennet diaries 2012 allison paige and ashley clements in the lizzie bennet. The first episode of welcome to sanditon, the highly anticipated sequel to the lizzie bennet diaries, launched today along with the announcement that the series will be partnering with theatrics interactive entertainment company to provide more ways for fans to interact with. On march 28, 20, roughly fifty weeks after its debut on april 9, 2012, the lizzie bennet diaries released its 100th episode, bringing to an end its videoblog adaptation of jane austens novel pride and prejudice. In honor of the 5 year anniversary, join us on facebook as we revisit lizzies story with a.
The lizzie bennet diaries fans will love these 4 literary. Just go watch the lizzie bennet diaries on youtube. And im afraid that, despite her presence in the end, that lydia will not endure as the legacy of the lizzie bennet diaries in the way i desire. A modern adaptation of jane austens pride and prejudice based on the emmy awardwinning phenomenon, the lizzie bennet diaries there is a great deal that goes into making a video blog. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. When bridget sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan. How a year of video blogging brought jane austen to youtube ricky collins maxwell glick, charlotte lu julia cho, lizzie bennet ashley clements, and lydia bennet mary kate wiles at the. The quintessentially 21st century take on pride and prejudice contained on a 9disc set featuring all 100 episodes of the lizzie bennet diaries. Forget veronica mars, the real kickstarter surprise is. The lizzie bennet diaries by hank green and bernie su. According to a gigaom report on the series, the deca deal with lizzie bennet allows deca to take over the. I was a bit reluctant first because i found out that its a modern version. One of the newer sensations online is to create, in essence, television online in the. Elizabeth bennet is a 24yearold graduate student using 100 episodes of fourminute video blogs vlogs to document her life with her two sisters lydia and jane, their cat kitty and cousin mary.
The lizzie bennet diaries is an american web series adapted from jane austens pride and prejudice. The lizzie bennet diaries panel at leakycon 20 duration. In honor of the 5 year anniversary, join us on facebook as we revisit lizzie s story with a curated transmedia. With the help of lydia and charlotte, lizzie also makes a big decision about the future of her vlog. And then maybe get yourself a copy of the secret diary of lizzie bennet and snuggle up in your reading chair for a couple of hours. As in pride and prejudice, lizzie s mother is all too eager to marry her and her sisters off to rich men, so when wealthy medical student bing lee moves into the neighborhood and woos the eldest bennet daughter, jane, it changes the. Includes bonus featurettes, hilarious blooper reals, and commentary. Find out where the lizzie bennet diaries is streaming, if the lizzie bennet diaries is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.
Text analysis of the lizzie bennet diaries erin grand. Characters of the lizzie bennet diaries pride and prejudice. Watch as jane and i try, and immediately fail, at keeping the video diaries under wraps. From the desk of virginia claire tharrington this week i am wrapping up my look at the lizzie bennet diaries. The bennet sisters return home and reunite to avoid impending disaster. The lizzie bennet diaries has taken the veronica mars approach to pay for a dvd boxset of the series. The thought of bing lee dominates lizzie s mothers life. We have some pretty cute merch for the fans so theres that. Director of the school of writing, literature, and film.