When writing a web series the screenwriters are usually careful with who they share their script, until they have it protected. But when is it right to protect your idea? How to go about it?
The US Copyright Office only takes finished work, but we usually show our treatment, sinopsis and scripts for our web series way before the there is a final draft! There is a way to protect it.
When making a Web Series or any kind of Web Show, I see many producers ignoring one of the most important elements in your infrastructure: THE WEBSITE! Without a website, your web series will not really go to far! So here go.
This quick guide will help create and host your own WordPress website and have it up and running in just a few minutes.
Follow the instruction and you will have a nice website to show your web series to the rest of the world. Continue reading
When we make a web series, we also have also do a lot of graphic work to promote it. And we not always have access to designers, or to Adobe Photoshop or the possibility of investing $699 in software just to make a poster, some postcards and website elements.
To top that, I have been having problem with Photoshop lately, crashing and slowing down the computer more than it usually does. So decided to find a real alternative to photoshop, and I found it!
Let me introduce you to Pixelmator (sorry PC… for Mac only) A super powerful tool! It is easy to use, fun interfase and super awesome icon (hey that in important too!) It does everything I need done in photoshop, without sucking my computer power nor my pocket power. (screenshots in the article) Continue reading
When making a web series, it is very important, the most important, to get your main characters right! Casting your web series with an actor to embody that character is one of the most important decision as a director or producer and can make the rest of the job easier or harder.
There are different shows that need be casted differently: Variety shows with hosts, reality shows with participants, and fiction web series with actors. In this post we will be focusing the the fictional web series, because I consider it to be the most complex and important. Will touch on the other kind of shows in a later post. Continue reading