Internet Shows

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Permalink Reply by Torethamaliyah on April 17, 2009 at 6:41pm

I'm new to the world of internet shows, but only as a viewer, I fear. I will say that based on what I've WATCHED, keeping your episodes short, leaving on a "cliffhanger" and aiming more for continuity from episode to episode rather than a spanking new plot works for me! There's a show called "The Guild" about a group of players of an online game who decide to meet and interact dysfunctionally in real life.

Since you're doing a sketch and review of different movies each time, have you thought of creating a set of characters that will always be recognizable even though some of the content they cover is different? Like the premise is there are these friends who are actors/waiters and they rehearse scenes from movies they'd love to star in and then the scene dissolves and its always some cranky customer or boss or their cat pissing on the rug bringing them back from a daydream. Something like that? Over time you could have them actually progress in their careers and get actual roles and deal with sneaky agents and the problems of the unreal world. Any takers?

Permalink Reply by Afrokitty on April 20, 2009 at 5:25pm

Yeah. I have two characters that will always be present in every episode.

What you came up with is a killer idea! It does not quite fit into what my show is about only because of the nature of the films from the independent company, but it does fit into something else one of my friends is working on.


The idea to always end with a cliffhanger is something that I didn't think about before!

Thank you for replying as any input greatly helps.

Permalink Reply by Nadia C on May 30, 2009 at 10:06pm

There's a show called Gemini Division...starring Rosario Dawson. For a show that's under six minutes, it's pretty hot. It's a very good show. I've seen most of the episodes, but have slacked off as of lately(There's a new episode, or suppose to be....Every week.). I would also say that a show, where the episodes are short and concise...Yet a lot of stuff happens in that time span, and each episode ends with a cliff hanger, is a good way to go. In fact....When I buy a new camera(Since I have like a hundred ideas, i've only partly committed to paper)...I might just start trying to make a few webisodes;).

Permalink Reply by X-D-D-M*9 on July 3, 2009 at 11:09pm

This doesn't relate directly, but has anyone checked www.scriptgirl.net ?

It's a comedic net show I've caught on Youtube. Some toilet humor and not very feminist-friendly, but it has great weekly reports about the sales and development deals for Hollywood scripts. It serves as a humorous inspiration for to keep going and I fully agree with the shows adage "If you don't write it, you can't sell it".