Carmilla | |
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Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
Written by | Jordan Hall |
Directed by | Spencer Maybee |
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Opening theme | "Love Will Have Its Sacrifices" performed by SOLES |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 102 (list of episodes) |
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Editor(s) | Dillon Taylor |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 3-16 minutes |
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Picture format | 1080p |
Original release | August 19, 2014 | – October 13, 2016
External links | |
Official Twitter |
Carmilla is a Canadian single-frame web series co-created by Jordan Hall, starring Elise Bauman and Natasha Negovanlis, loosely based on the novella of the same name by Sheridan Le Fanu. The series premiered on the Vervegirl (rebranded as KindaTV as of January 2016) YouTube channel on August 19, 2014.U by Kotex is the executive producer of the web series. The series takes place at the fictional Silas University in Styria, Austria and is told through video journals (Vlogs) recorded by Laura, a first-year student. When Laura begins investigating the disappearance of her roommate, she is assigned a new roommate named Carmilla.
The first and second seasons each consist of 36 three to seven-minute episodes. A twelve-episode prequel mini-season, "season zero," was announced just after the release of the final episode of season 2. On February 13, 2016, it was announced that Carmilla will air its third and final season in the summer of 2016. The third season was eventually released in September and October 2016, in three acts.
In 2016, the series won a Canadian Screen Award and a Rockie Award for Branded Content at the Banff World Media Festival. As of January 2016, Carmilla has been viewed over 35 million times on YouTube, attracting over 150,000 fans worldwide.
The series is framed as a video journal broadcast by Laura Hollis (Bauman), a freshman studying journalism who has decided to document her college experience. When her roommate Betty (Glowicki) suddenly goes missing at a swim team party, Laura is assigned a new roommate, Carmilla Karnstein (Negovanlis), whom Laura describes as "broody."