The Beauty Inside (web series)

Last updated
The Beauty Inside
The Beauty Inside Official Poster.jpg
Written byRichard Greenberg
Directed by Drake Doremus
Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Topher Grace
Country of originUnited States
Production
Production company B-Reel
Release
Original release16 August 2012 (2012-08-16)

The Beauty Inside is a 2012 social Internet series developed by Intel and Toshiba, directed by Drake Doremus, written by Richard Greenberg, and starring Topher Grace, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Matthew Gray Gubler.

Contents

Hollywood's first social film that gives audience members the chance to play the lead role, [1] [2] [3] [4] the series is presented in six filmed episodes interspersed with interactive storytelling that take place on the main character's Facebook timeline.

The Beauty Inside garnered 70 million views, won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approach to an Original Daytime Program or Series, [5] the Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions Festival, two Webby Awards, and the Best Film/TV Award at the SXSW Interactive Awards. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Plot

Alex wakes up every morning in a different body. He's the same person inside, but outside he's always someone else. And it's been happening for as long as he can remember. He shares his story through filmed episodes and real-time conversations with the audience. Audience members play Alex throughout the experience, both in filmed episodes and on his Facebook timeline, via photos and videos, adding to his narrative at every step of the story.

Cast

Episode

Adaptations

In 2015, South Korean director Baik released a full-length feature film with the title The Beauty Inside , which is based on the film. It stars Han Hyo-joo and Kim Dae-myung.

In January 2017, it was announced that Fox 2000 had acquired the film rights for an American remake of the 2015 film, with Emilia Clarke set to play the female lead. [10]

Also have the South Korean television series based on the 2015 movie; starring Seo Hyun-jin, Lee Min-ki, Lee Da-hee and Ahn Jae-hyun. It aired on JTBC from October 1 to November 20, 2018.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Topher Grace</span> American actor (born 1978)

Christopher John Grace is an American actor. He is known for portraying Eric Forman in the Fox sitcoms That '70s Show and That '90s Show, Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's film Spider-Man 3, Pete Monash in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Carter Duryea in In Good Company, Edwin in Predators, Getty in Interstellar, Adrian Yates in American Ultra, and David Duke in Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman. His other film roles include Traffic, Mona Lisa Smile, Valentine's Day, Take Me Home Tonight, The Big Wedding, War Machine, Breakthrough, and Irresistible. He currently stars as Tom Hayworth in the comedy series Home Economics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mary Elizabeth Winstead</span> American actress, singer (b. 1984)

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress and singer. Her first significant role was that of Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera Passions (1999–2000). She went on to appear in series such as Tru Calling (2004) and films including the superhero film Sky High (2005). She came to wider attention for her roles in the horror series Wolf Lake (2001–2002), the giant monster film Monster Island (2004), the supernatural horror film Final Destination 3 (2006), the slasher film Black Christmas (2006), and the exploitation horror film Death Proof (2007).

South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas; both years, there was a smaller online event instead.

Martin Percy is a director of interactive video. He has won a BAFTA British Academy Award, five Webby Awards and a Grand Clio;. He has also received three Emmy nominations, ten Webby nominations and fourteen Webby honorees.. He has created interactive video pieces for the Tate Gallery, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, British Film Institute and National Theatre, working with people including Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Gordon Ramsay, Julie Walters, Tracey Emin, Jonathan Ross and Malcolm McDowell. His interactive video pieces are integral to Tate Tracks, a marketing campaign for the Tate Gallery which won a Gold Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. His work is discussed in an interview with Betsy Isaacson for The Huffington Post. In 2014 he gave a TEDx talk about his interactive film Lifesaver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brett Gaylor</span> Canadian documentary filmmaker

Brett Gaylor is a Canadian documentary filmmaker living in Victoria, British Columbia. He grew up on Galiano Island, British Columbia. He was formerly the VP of Mozilla's Webmaker Program. His documentary, Do Not Track, explores privacy and the web economy.

Deleted – The Game is an interactive web drama developed by indie producers GEN247 about a group of characters who unwittingly become entangled in an identity theft scheme to rig the 2008 US elections. The show's creators combined a 12-webisode drama series with a sprawling interactive social game that allowed the audience to help the show's characters solve problems and puzzles along the way communicating through popular social media like MySpace and Facebook and blogs. In the course of these interactions with the characters, the audience would affect the way events in the story unfolded.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Drake Doremus</span> American film director

Drake Doremus is an American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing the films Like Crazy (2011), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Douchebag (2010) which was in Dramatic competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and Equals (2015).

A social film is a type of interactive film that is presented through the lens of social media. A social film is distributed digitally and integrates with a social networking service, such as Facebook or Google+. It combines features of web video, social network games and social media.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashley Hinshaw</span> American actress and model

Ashley Grace is an American actress and model. She is known for her leading role in the 2012 film About Cherry, and for her role in the 2016 Crackle television series StartUp.

<i>Inside</i> (2011 film) 2011 American thriller film

Inside is a 2011 American social horror thriller film brought to viewers through a partnership between Intel and Toshiba.

Jason Zada is an American film director, music video director, screenwriter and digital marketeer, best known for Elf Yourself, an interactive viral holiday season campaign for OfficeMax, and for Take This Lollipop, an interactive horror short film created to raise awareness of the danger of placing too much personal information online.

<i>The Power Inside</i> 2013 American film

The Power Inside is a 2013 comedy social film developed by Intel and Toshiba. It is Intel and Toshiba's third social film after The Beauty Inside (2012) and Inside (2011). Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon and starring Harvey Keitel, Analeigh Tipton, and Craig Roberts, the film is broken up into six filmed episodes interspersed with interactive storytelling that all takes place on the main character's Facebook timeline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inside Films</span>

Inside Films is a joint effort between Intel and Toshiba that focuses on creating social films. Founded in 2011, Inside Films has produced three social productions spanning three different genres.

Column Five Media is a visual communication agency located in Costa Mesa, California, and Brooklyn, New York, specializing in data visualization, infographics, motion graphics, and social media marketing. The company ranked #291 on the Inc. 500 2013 list of the fastest-growing media companies in the U.S., including #5 of the top 100 media companies, and is most notable for creating and producing the viral video "Child of the 90s" on behalf of Internet Explorer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Greenbaum</span> American film director

Josh Greenbaum is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won an MTV Movie Award, CINE Golden Eagle and Emmy Award. He directed the feature documentary The Short Game, winner of the SXSW Audience Award, which was acquired by Netflix to launch their Originals film division. He also directed Becoming Bond a documentary about George Lazenby, which won SXSW's Audience Award in the Visions category as well as the critically-acclaimed Too Funny to Fail, a documentary about The Dana Carvey Show. He is also the creator, director and executive producer of Behind the Mask, which earned Hulu its first ever Emmy nomination.

<i>Zoe</i> (film) American film

Zoe is a 2018 American romantic science fiction film directed by Drake Doremus and starring Ewan McGregor, Léa Seydoux, Christina Aguilera, Rashida Jones, and Miranda Otto.

The Beauty Inside may refer to the following:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denis Semionov</span> Russian artist

Denis Semionov - is a Russian new media artist.

Felix & Paul Studios is a Canadian creator of immersive virtual reality (VR) entertainment. The studio is known for its originals Space Explorers: The ISS Experience, and Traveling While Black.

References

  1. "DIRECTOR DRAKE DOREMUS SEEKS "THE BEAUTY INSIDE" FOR TOSHIBA AND INTEL". Fast Company.
  2. "Another Social Film Experience". Creativity Online.
  3. "Topher Grace to Star in Intel and Toshiba's Social Film". Mashable.
  4. "INTEL AND TOSHIBA TEAM UP FOR SECOND SOCIAL FILM PROJECT, "THE BEAUTY INSIDE"". AdAge.
  5. "'Beauty Inside' wins Daytime Emmy" . Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  6. "Pereira & O'Dell's 'The Beauty Inside' Picks Up 2 More Grand Prix—in Film and Branded Content" . Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  7. "SXSW Interactive Awards Announced" . Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  8. "The Beauty Inside | The Webby Awards" . Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  9. "Toshiba | Pereira & O'Dell | The Beauty Inside | WE LOVE AD". www.welovead.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  10. Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 27, 2017). "Fox 2000 Wins $2M Pitch Deal For 'The Beauty Inside'; 'GoT's Emilia Clarke To Star". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 28, 2017.