How to beat Hollywood productions and make a name for yourself

How to beat Hollywood productions and make a name for yourself

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 41.4%

  • No

    Votes: 6 20.7%

  • Not sure yet

    Votes: 11 37.9%
  • Total voters
    29
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haha, yeah, I guess I did skip that line... It's still a cool thing they got goin there... I read somewhere on YouTube there first few episodes cost like... 4.5 Mil... Is that true?
 
Is anybody famous on that show? I wonder how they raised that, unless of course the producer packs dough like that haha... If you have that article, can you please post it?

-Thanks :smile:
 
It is linked on the first post of this thread, on my interview with the producer. I directed you to that first post earlier, but you didn't bother to click the link... The producer is an ex-Stargate Hollywood producer, and there are 3 major actors starring on Sanctuary (2 in the series, and 1 cameo on the first episode).
 
I don't think it would work.

It would be a LOT of work for what would probably not amount to a lot of income... even if you didn't have to split the income. But you WILL have to split the income if you are going to hire actors or even have friends pour that much time into it, etc. Who are you going to find to help consistently for 24 episodes? And better hope they don't decide to bail on episode 12, oops that would be tragic.

If you had 24 webisodes a year, which yes would amount to a full time job... you'd have to make around $1500 per episode through sponsors/sale just to make $36,000 a year. With no benefits. Before splitting or paying other people for all the time they took. Not counting the cost of making the episodes (props, travel, equipment, rentals, etc.)

You'd have to make something very good to keep people's attention to watch some indie startup thing when the evenings are packed with hours of great TV. And if you're that good, you could probably make a lot more money working elsewhere...
 
Youtube, to me seems a fad, its got those big mainstream media overhyping it, and all because it has large numbers of "users" so of course the big companies what to jump onto the bandwagon so to speak.

How long before the next craze comes and goes?

And you have to also see the context of youtube, what its good for and what its not so good for.

I think youtube is great for quick clips, random junk, funny silly things, or short low grade video hosting.

What I think youtube is not good for is serious shows/films, I tried watching it on youtube before its gets annoying very quick, either the shows are chopped up, the quality is so bad because of the compression and generally I like to enjoy my shows and films on the Big TV screen in my living room, not hunched over my PC.

Now if your looking towards the future of direct HD streamed content to your TV (via your PC) then thats somethine different and that to me does have huge appeal, in terms of watching shows how and when you want them (on demand) as opposed to fixed timetables. In fact its happening now here inthe UK, I think BT have something similar.

Anyway its just my view.
 
I doubt you can make money like this (I personally wouldn't pay to download a movie or webisode), but I think a good webisode (or some type of reappearing show) would get you a lot of exposure and help your future.

One girl who started off with funny unique videos on YouTube gained a spot on MadTV a few times... The same system should probably work for filmmakers and such... If your name (and style) is something that people can recognize, than that's always a plus... Of course, my name isn't anything that anybody recognizes (oh well), but the truth is - most movie goers (or whatever) will more likely hear about (or want to) watch something involving somebody they know way before watching (or hearing about) something from/with somebody they never heard of...

So I think this is a great idea for exposure, rather money... It's hard to keep reoccurring views/interest (from viewers) and sponsors (for funding). If you can pull something like that off, much power... And of course like anything; the pre production, production, and post production would have to be executed the right way...
 
> you'd have to make around $1500 per episode through sponsors/sale

This is doable. You will need to find a sponsor and include their commercials, plus what you sell in higher-definition, plus what YouTube/Revver PAYS you for the added ads. Overall, doing $1500 is not hard IMO -- from the moment you have a sponsor.
 
I understand what the show is about, but I don't get how it's a proof of concept for what you're proposing. How is it different from any hundreds of other "webisode"-based shows? How is it financially viable?
 
Well, the other hundreds of webisode shows out there are terrible. Like the Prom Girl, or LonelyGirl. They are just bad. This is the FIRST web show that I can actually enjoy and feel like I am watching real TV. It just feels very professional, very well done. Heck, they even use semi-known actors, cranes, and have a cast of 15 and a crew of another 15. That's serious stuff.

As for financially viable, I don't know what their plans are. However, I did hear something about iTunes and HD downloads.
 
Less than 300 views in the 2 days it has been up.

I hope the silicone sister from V.I.P who produces and stars in this thing didn't have to pony up much of her own dough, because even if this thing does eventually take off, it may take a while.

WHo knows, by tomorrow it may have generated 250 000 hits...but for now, it seems like it's pretty much just Jon Favreau. and some former cast mates tuning in.
 
Well, your concept is to sell ad space during 6-minute webisodes.

I think the problem there is that watching 6-minute shows weekly might be fun at first, I don't think people are going to be into shows that short after the novelty wears off -- not if they have to wait another week just to see another six minutes.

I think three minutes presents even more of a problem. This show is OK -- though some of our DVXFest entries have been as good. But I don't see rushing to watch the next 3 minutes every week.

I'd say if the concept is going to work, it's got to be at least 20 minutes per. Enough to do an entire fleshed-out story.
 
A LOT of things never fly. Doesn't mean it's because of the length, though.

Six minutes is just too short. Three minutes is WAY too short.
 
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