While this is a list of all of the actors on the show, there are many instances of "costume theater" in which Lizzie and usually another character will dress up and reenact moments from their lives. For example, before Darcy is introduced on camera he is shown via the characters dressing as him in costume theater. Lizzie might pretend to be him while one of her sisters pretends to be her. Instances with Lizzie by herself or characters dressing up without Lizzie are more rare, but can also occur.
Some characters are never shown and are only seen through use of costume theater, such as Lizzie's parents Mr. and Mrs. Bennet (with the exception of a glimpse of Mrs. Bennet's behind).
Example of Lizzie as Mrs. Bennet sobbing about the perpetually single and unmarried state of her daughters:
After a costume is used to portray an unavailable character, it becomes the one and only costume used from then on in order to avoid confusion. For example Lizzie is always the plaid button down shirt, Darcy is always the bow-tie and newsie cap (click for image of both of them in these outfits), and Mrs. Bennet is always the above outfit of a shawl and sun hat (if that's what you'd call it?).
Here is a fun Fan-made amalgamation of all instances of Darcy costume theater:
The shortest episode: The Charming Mr. Lee (episode 11) = 2 minutes and 41 seconds.
The longest episode: An Understanding (episode 87) = 8 minutes and 12 seconds.
Over 10 hours of Lizzie's vlog
Over 1 hour of extras
TOTAL: Approximately 12.72 hours of footage*
(*I did this probably incorrect math myself and included the Collins & Collins Kickstarter bonus videos. With my math I got approximately these numbers: Lizzie - 10.8hrs, Lydia - 1.19hrs, Domino - 0.3hrs, C&C - 0.195hrs, and Maria - 0.23hrs. Please correct me in the comments if I got any of these numbers wrong.)
Note: Due to the constantly changing values, episodes will not be categorized by views, thumbs, or comments. Nor will they be listed by importance, because then I would be making qualitative judgements and right now this is just basic history and facts. Thank you.
*There were a selection of Collins & Collins application videos sent in by fans. Kelsey Geller sent in this video, and I presume she got "hired" and was henceforth selected to guest in a Collins & Collins episode. Her submission was not an official LBD video, but the C&C episode was (and is included in my episode count).
My professor/advisor told me today that she doesn't really like Jane. She loves Lydia the most and Jane the least (as of about 40ish episodes in).
And to that I say: While Jane may be more on the dull and sickly-sweet side (not always!), she definitely has some of the best Darcy impressions on the show.
Jay Bushman: Credits include - Dark Wall,The Good Captain(Twitter story), Dirty Work, Airship Dracula, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and Welcome to Sanditon. > Jay Bushman is a writer and transmedia producer. What a great gig. Transmedia producer. So basically he writes a lot of the twitter conversations and other social media aspects of the script. He gets paid to tweet. I want to do that. Much of his work was in association with Rides.tv, a groundbreaking new studio that experiments in new types of transmedia. Jay also co-founded Transmedia LA, an organization for transmedia creators.
These are the most prominently mentioned team members, so I will be stopping here.
There are other members of the team, and they are listed in the previous post.
Note: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries as a credit can also include the related spin-off episodes, including Better Living With Collins and Collins, Maria of the Lu, Domino: Gigi, and The Lydia Bennet.
Written on Wednesday, February 05, 2014 by Unknown
Before explaining the transmedia aspect of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, I first need to provide some basic information. I also want to make it abundantly clear how crazily intense this experience was as I was participating live. There were an extraordinary amount of internet outlets to follow and it was by far the most immersive transmedia experience I had ever engaged in.
In total, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries ran 42 different web pages (excluding sub-pages, such as on the official website). This also excludes any personal accounts by the creators or any other web sites that were not a part of the overall storytelling or universe. It took a long time to find every single one. But here they are:
Written on Wednesday, February 05, 2014 by Unknown
A show would be nothing without the people behind the scenes. Maybe you'll never see their faces or know their names, but they are just as important as the the people on camera.
A prime example of this is the recurring joke, "Who the eff is Hank?" A first reaction might be, "What the eff does that mean?" Hank Green, co-creator of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (LBD), is, as previously stated, one half of the duo known as the vlogbrothers. John Green is the other, more famous half. At the beginning of each video both brothers greet each other. And in the comments section of John's videos, people frequently post "Who the eff is Hank?" This has occurred so often that John (and even occasionally Hank himself) has taken to answering this question in a myriad of ways, as can be seen here...
The point of all this is that Hank is responsible for just as much of the Vlogbrothers as John, but the fan's of John's books have no idea who Hank is and are only interested in John's videos. The same goes for almost all creators. It doesn't matter if they are responsible for most or even all of what you are seeing, no one cares. But today, I care and I will be providing a brief background on the team behind LBD. First and foremost, let's list them off. Lists are always good. This comes directly from the official website. Le team:
Hank Green – Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Editor, Post Supervisor
Bernie Su – Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Director, Head Writer, Show-runner
Sam Mollo – Editor Hank has already been mentioned and discussed ad nauseam and will likely be continuously brought up in the future. So I won't be discussing him any further in this particular post. For the sake of length I have a second post about the remainder of the team, as I can only fit one more in here. So lets turn to Bernie Su. Co-creator, show-runner, head writer, I mean just look at all of those titles. Seriously, this man is involved in almost everything that goes on during the production of the show. It is relatively safe to assume that all decisions must go through Bernie. This man probably deserves a very long post dedicated to him, but for now I will just go over the basics. Why Bernie is the god of scripted web shows, take one... Maybe I should make another list? Might as well. Just like Lydia's but much less mean. 1. He co-created LBD. This should also be all of the other reasons, but I won't go there. 2. Pre-Lizzie, Bernie also created and wrote a few other web shows, one of which is called Compulsions. This particular series is the exact opposite of Lizzie. Craig Frank plays the lead (and yes, he is also on LBD so there is a small connection there) as a man who is a professional sadist. Creepy right? But kind of addicting. The show was nominated for four Streamys and won two. It also won fourIndie Soap Awards our of 11 nominations and fiveStay Tuned TV awards. So basically, this guy knows what he's doing. LBD won an Emmy. Seriously. 3. Bernie tumbles. About EVERYTHING. You have a question? He probably wrote a post about it. Want to know why they changed Charles Bingley's name to Bing Lee? He wrote about it. Want to know why Darcy won't ever vlog? He wrote about it. And he doesn't just write about the show (or any other show he's doing at he time). Bernie gives advice about promoting a web show and writing episodic themes. Like I said, he tumbles (and blogs) about everything you may ever want to know from him. 4. If he doesn't have an immediate answer via blog, Bernie is well connected through social media and you can probably get a hold of him somehow. 5.Speaking of which, he does epically long live video chats with fans. Some of them even top four hours. That is true dedication. 6. He isn't leaving any time soon (hopefully I didn't just jinx that). Bernie was also the head of Welcome to Sanditon and is currently running Emma Approved, two other Pemberley Digital Jane Austen spin-off web shows. And yes, Pemberley Digital is actually a company based on the fake one created for LBD. Okay, this is getting long so I shall continue with Bernie another day. But this is a great start to a potentially long list. Oh, and here's his face courtesy of his current tumblr and twitter profile pictures:
