Felicia Day - Web Artist Supreme!!!

So since the 1st artist I chose got taken I decided to rethink my whole idea while everyone seems to be concentrating on Hollywood people, we seem to be forgetting that there exists up and coming indie directors/producers. Especially in this day and age where youtube is making people famous daily, this is especially true for the person i chose to write about, Felicia Day!


Felicia Day is a actor, writer, and producer for hit interweb show, The Guild. This show showcases the lives of mmo (massive multiplayer online) addicted people who's entire lives revolves around this single game. The Guild first premiered on youtube and was an instant hit winning awards and garnering millions of viewers, what's even more amazing was that during season 1, pretty much the actors were just doing this for little or no money, just using the hope that they're garner more attention and popularity through this show as motivation. This just shows that people nowadays don't need millions or even thousands of dollars to start a show or movie, Felicia Day took full advantage of this age of technology to use this to her advantage and create an instant hit. The show was so popular that it got Microsoft's attention and they cut a deal allowing Microsoft to showcase the Guild in their media products such as Xbox Live, MSN Videos, and the Zune; in exchange the actors now have a bigger budget and are getting paid for their performances.

Now while the Guild might deal with a kiddy type theme since it revolves around a game, Felicia Day expands on it more by dealing with real life problems in relation to the game. For example in the season 1 finale, it shows how to deal with an overbearing mother who continually smothers her son by treating her as a raid boss, each member of the guild has a part to play and eventually they take her down. Felicia further expands this correspondence with real life and game life in later episodes where they have to deal with problems in their daily lives caused by the game, some might seem far fetched but it might not since gamers are really crazy...

The Guild has been running for 3 seasons thus far, has a music video called "Do You Want to Date my Avatar," has had two holiday specials (Christmas and Halloween), and has had many awards won.

This interweb show has allowed many up and coming actors to showcase their other abilities for example Felicia Day sings the song for the music video and has a beautiful voice while Amy Okuda, another actor on the show, shows off her dancing skills. Hopefully more artists like Felicia Day will arise in this age where pretty much anyone can gain fame and attention as long as you try and never give up on what you want to do.