H+: The Digital Series

H+: The Digital Series
Genre	Science fiction Post-apocalyptic Postcyberpunk
Created by	John Cabrera Cosimo De Tommaso
Written by	John Cabrera Cosimo De Tommaso
Directed by	Stewart Hendler
Starring	Caitriona Balfe Hannah Herzsprung Alexis Denisof Sean Gunn David Clayton Rogers
Composer	Nathan Lanier
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	48[1]
Production
Executive producers	Beatriz Acevedo Doug Greiff Lance Sloane Marc Berliner Bill O'Dowd James Henrie Philip von Alvensleben John Cabrera Cosimo De Tommaso Stewart Hendler
Producers	Bryan Singer Jason Taylor
Production locations	Santiago, Chile
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	4–8 minutes[1]
Production companies	Bad Hat Harry Productions Warner Premiere Digital Dolphin Entertainment
Original release
Network	YouTube
Release	August 8, 2012 (2012-08-08) – January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)

H+: The Digital Series (often abbreviated as H+) is an American web series produced by Bryan Singer and created by John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso. The series explores a dystopian near future brought about by a technological singularity holocaust from the perspective of differing transhumanism factions, premiered on August 8, 2012 on YouTube with two episodes. Two new episodes were then released every week on Wednesdays until the season finale on January 16, 2013. A second season was announced in January 2013. However, there have been no updates since.^[2]

Production[edit]

The series began as a long-term project in 2006. It was filmed in Santiago, Chile in 2011, over 29 days in 54 different locations, and announced at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International. At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, it was again promoted in anticipation of its upcoming premiere. The series is distributed by Warner Brothers Digital Distribution in partnership with YouTube.

As new episodes premiered weekly via YouTube, new supplemental content was also made available through the series' official website, providing extra images, text, or video that tied into the story further.

Background[edit]

The series is based on a future where one-third of the world's population has a neural implant named H+, which connects the human mind to the Internet 24 hours a day.^[3][4] The implant was created by a company called Hplus Nano Teoranta, an Irish biotechnology company founded with the intent of improving the medical sector with technology.^[5]

The story begins in medias res (i.e. In the midst of the plot.), depicting the effects of a malicious-hacker's computer virus which infects all of the users of the H+ neural implant, killing-off one-third of the world's population.

Concurrent episodes go back-and-forward in time to different settings, and various characters' viewpoints are used to tell the story.^[6]

Cast and characters[edit]

• Alexis Denisof as Conall Sheehan
• Caitriona Balfe as Breanna Sheehan
• Hannah Simone as Leena Param
• Karrien Marsukhan as Ritu Param
• Amir Arison as Y. Gurveer
• Bhavna Kewlani as Mrs.Param
• David Clayton Rogers as Kenneth Lubahn
• Francesca Fanti as Simona Rossi
• Nikki Crawford as Julie Martin
• Sean Gunn as Jason O'Brien
• Samuli Vauramo as Topi Kuusela
• Hannah Herzsprung as Manta
• Francesco Martino as Matteo Spina
• Melvin Abston as Lee Martin^[7]
• Lela Loren as Francesca Rossi
• James Urbaniak as Francis Peters
• Carlos Bravo as Ichiro
• Benjamin Clarke as Peters
• Eduardo Burle Sussely as Patricio Raiz
• John Cabrera as Andy

Episodes[edit]

Reception[edit]

Tubefilter wrote, "easily one of the most epic, well shot, well thought through web series released this year."^[8]

Geek Speak Magazine called the series "the official embracement of the web series as a viable creative alternative to films and television." ^[9]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• H+: The Digital Series' channel on YouTube
• H+ The Digital Series at IMDb