Last year I ran a successful IndieGogo campaign which helped me jump start a documentary series that has become one of the most beautiful projects in my life right now, it’s called “The Perfection Of Giving“, a documentary exploration of generosity and how it affects individuals and societies.
The concept of the documentary almost begged for it to be crowd-funded, and after investing some of my money, a few weeks before the trip to Nepal – where most of the first chapter of this documentary was shot -, I set myself up to raise more money to cover the rest of the trip expenses and get me some extra gear I needed for the production.
I raise $3030 in 21 days. It was a little bit like a part time job!
There were three very important things I learned from those 21 days; two that gave the most results and one that I have come to realized its importance with the months passing. I would like to share them with you here. Continue reading
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?
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.
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.
The idea, the spark that makes web series, TV and film so magical, usually starts in one single brain… maybe two in some cases. But also truth, film, video, visual storytelling in general, don’t become a reality without a team of people that work hard to make it happen. That is what this post is about. The team that you will need to bring together as soon as you have your web series screenplay ready.
Making a web series is a long and demanding project. Very similar to a TV Pilot and a feature film. Just like them, the web series starts in development. This series is intended to guide you through the process if you have never done it, and to serve as a reminder if you have done it before.
Very few web shows get a large substantial following. Some of them get a great substantial following, and then reach a plato and can’t get more followers. One of my pilots (
I made a clear mistake there, I launched all three episodes in one day, just a few hours apart.