Web series are an ever increasing medium of entertainment. Since the advent of video sharing sites such as YouTube, film-makers have been able to freely broadcast their productions almost instantaneously to the rest of the world. Whilst this medium has yet to garner the same acclaim as TV and film, there are some exemplary web-based series that show just how capable of rivalling other contemporary media it can be. Blood and Bone China is one of these series.
Starring Anthony Miles and Rachel Shenton, Blood and Bone China is a feature length vampire film, which has been broadcast as a twelve-part web series, set in Stoke-on-Trent in 1897. The series follows the story of Newlyn Howell (Anthony Miles), a country vet, whose brother mysteriously vanished leaving nothing but a bone china tea set as a clue. Accompanied by the enigmatic Alexander Pyre (John James Woodward), Newlyn heads to Stoke-on-Trent in a quest to find his missing brother. However, it soon becomes clear that Newlyn’s brother isn’t the only person to have gone missing on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent. Teaming up with investigative journalist Anna Fitzgerald (Rachel Shenton), Newlyn begins to uncover something far more sinister than he could ever have imagined…
Produced, directed, edited and co-written by award-winning freelance filmmaker Chris Stone, Blood and Bone China is nothing short of brilliant. Unlike most contemporary vampire-based dramas, which are more in the region of True Blood and Twilight than Dracula, this series harkens back to a more classical interpretation reminiscent of Bram Stoker’s Dracula - as Stone himself puts it; “In recent years, vampires have been pushed so far from the original Dracula legend, that I decided they needed to get their bite back with ‘Blood and Bone China’.”
With fantastically recreated Victorian sets, stunning visuals, engaging narrative, and generally all-round excellent cinematography, Blood and Bone China certainly strikes me as one of the finest examples of a web-based series.
With only three episodes to go, the series is fast approaching it’s conclusion. To watch the series so far, go to www.bloodandbonechina.com - it really is an absolute must-see!
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