I have started with a really basic plot and really simple idea's. Long story short I want to do an internet TV show. I plan on doing one episode a month. Which will be twelve episodes a year. Working on the first script now. My original idea was to start a site to make this a group effort where people could post scripts and best gets made into the episode. All sticking to a common them. Lucky I already have lots of acting talent because of my days in drama and knowing professors of such classes. I am having a financing proble because people just don't believe it will be profitable. Looking for insightful words and places I can look with out funding the whole project myself.
make the site and shot 1 episode so you have some thing to show then financing will be much easyier
If you cannot show that it will be profitable it's going to be impossible to get people to invest.
I'm stating the obvious - and you already know that. So you gotta do your research to show examples of once a month internet TV shows that have made money.
As you have found out, getting the actors (and even crew) is the easy part. Finding good scripts is harder. Finding people willing to invest is even harder.
I like the idea. But then I asked myself, would I pay to see it? A half hour TV show on the internet with actors I had never heard of, made by people I had never heard of...
I've never paid to see something like that before.
If you can show how you would attract people to pay to watch your show, then you can attract investors.
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
find sponsors who will pay by the hit
to advertise on your site so as your aduidence so do your profits
I am not going to charge the people to watch it. That part will be free. But what level camera should I be fine with. I know this is going to not matter for web reasons do to encoding but I still what to have somewhat of a film look, plus if I offer a DVD later. Should I worry about 3CCD prosumer or just start with a sub-1000 dollar unit. If I go that way I know panasonic sells a 3CCD unit in the 250 that is around 700. But I am still worried about quality. I know I can de-interlace to make it progressive but will it still not look shotty. I know direction makes a large difference here but I can handle that. Has anyone shot with this level camera and end with a good finishing product.
You could always try to find a used XL1 in decent condition. That can shoot progressive (OK, it's kind of faked with 'pixel shift', but still has about 70% of the resolution of a true progressive camera) and should give a pretty good picture for the web.
