Out with Dad (web series)
| Out with Dad | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Jason Leaver |
| Written by | Jason Leaver |
| Directed by | Jason Leaver |
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| Theme music composer | Adrian Ellis |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 82[1] |
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| Production location | Toronto |
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| Editor | Jason Leaver |
| Running time | 3-15 minutes |
| Production company | JLeaver Presentations |
| Original release | |
| Release | July 7, 2010 – November 15, 2017 |
Out with Dad is a Canadian web series created, written, directed, and produced by Jason Leaver. The series premiered on YouTube in 2010, and ran for five seasons, concluding in 2017.[2] It follows Rose, a lesbian teenager, who struggles through the process of her coming out to her single father.
The series has won various awards, including several Indie Series Awards, and has screened at numerous festivals, including the Los Angeles Web Series Festival. As of April 2018, the series has over 40,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 25 million times on YouTube.[3][4]
Background
[edit | edit source]The series premiered on YouTube in 2010 and is filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It also streams on Blip and Dailymotion. The series shines a spotlight on the challenges of people in the LGBT community, specifically lesbians facing homophobia.[5]
In 2011, the series was given an official endorsement by PFLAG Canada.[6]
Since the conclusion of its third season, the series has been funded solely by fans through the online funding platform Patreon.[7] In 2017, the fifth season, which consists of 5 episodes, was announced as the final season of the series.[2]
Subtitles
[edit | edit source]Fans of the series take upon it themselves to publish subtitles for the episodes on YouTube in many different languages,[8] including:[9]
- Germanic languages : English, Dutch, German
- Latine languages : French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
- Eastern European languages : Czech
- Partially subtitled in those languages : Russian (Seasons 1 & 2), Greek (Seasons 1 & 3) and Croatian (Seasons 1 & 3)
A deal with France Televisions led to the dubbing in French of the webseries, by its subsidiary MFP, for the broadcasting on France 4 channel of the episodes 1.01 to 3.06.[10]
Episodes
[edit | edit source]See List of episodes of Out with Dad
Cast
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Out with Dad in Scarborough Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine on Xtra!
- ^ Toronto Web Series Clutch and Out With Dad Take Home Top Awards in L.A. on 24-7 Press Release.
- ^ PFLAG Canada proudly supports Out With Dad on NB Media Co-op.
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- ^ (in Italian) Out with Dad, una web serie per dire “Papà, sono lesbica!” Archived 2013-12-18 at the Wayback Machine on Bonsai.
- ^ From the website.
- ^ Rs Doublage page of OWD dubbing.
External links
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