Video Game High School
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| Also known as | 'VGHS' |
| Genre | Action comedy, science fiction |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Gary Bryman |
| Location(s) | Greater Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | Jon Salmon |
| Editor(s) | Desmond Dolly |
| Production company(s) | Rocket Jump Studios, Collective Digital Studio |
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| Original network | FreddieW |
| Original release | May 11, 2012 – November 17, 2014 |
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Video Game High School (often abbreviated VGHS) is an action comedy web series from Rocket Jump Studios. It was written by Matthew Arnold, Will Campos and Brian Firenzi and directed by Matthew Arnold, Brandon Laatsch, and Freddie Wong. Rocket Jump Studios describes the series as "a show about best friends, first loves, and landing that perfect head shot". The team at Rocket Jump chose to make a web series because they "strongly believe the foundations for the future of digitally distributed content will be laid by web series."
Since its release in 2012, the series has acquired a cult following and has been viewed over 150 million times on various online platforms.
The series is set in the near future where video gaming elevates its best players to stardom by its position as the world's most popular competitive sport. Video Game High School (VGHS) is an elite and prestigious facility that teaches a curriculum of video games of all genres.
The show's protagonist, BrianD, gains entry to the school after unwittingly defeating "The Law", an international first-person shooter star, on live television. The show follows BrianD and the friends and enemies he makes at the school, playing on standard tropes of school dramas with a video game background.
The show uses live-action scenes with the characters to show action within the games. The games depicted are inventions of the show, with the first-person shooter depicted named Field of Fire.
Video Game High School is co-created by Freddie Wong, Will Campos, Brian Firenzi and Matt Arnold. In addition to acting as showrunner, Arnold is also a writer, as are Campos and Firenzi (founder of 5secondfilms.com). The series is based on a concept by Campos and Chris Pappavaselio.
The team was able to raise funding for the series through Kickstarter, where they set a funding goal for $75,000 to be raised in a 30-day period. That amount was quickly pledged in less than 24 hours and continued to climb from there. On October 22, 2011, pledging came to a close, with $273,725 raised for the project from 5,661 backers.
Principal photography began on October 25, and ended in late November. The final four days of shooting took place at the Eagle Mountain iron mine and Mojave Desert. Post-production started shortly after and ended in early 2012. The trailer for the series premiered on YouTube on May 11, 2012, on freddiew's channel.
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