And if anyone can merge those slides into a video it'd be appreciated. want that out there ASAP to test how hard getting something to go viral actually is.
And if anyone can merge those slides into a video it'd be appreciated. want that out there ASAP to test how hard getting something to go viral actually is.
We're moving now gents, first episode should be done in that format today.
It's gonna be one hell of a ride.
True, but those posts were directly addressing the bitching. No need for that. If it's shit tell me why.
What the fuck.
Although I think I should pencil down how I'm hoping it will be received as that'll illustrate the method in my (not actual) madness.
I’m not a Hollywood writer, I’m phonics but You’re making a pilot. The 3 scenes have taken 10 minutes and nothing has happened. It’ll be turned off before any of it matters. You need to do something that grabs people in the first 4-7 minutes.
The average YouTube 5 minute video is only watched for 30-50 seconds. You don’t have an audience from a large social media platform and YouTube isn’t made for long form media that isn’t gaming/makeup/celeb gossip. It’s fine for the bbc where you don’t have a choice but not YouTube.
Reading it again. It feels like a book not tv. Let me find a script template for you to guide off.
Did you go to bed at all?
I disagree. I want this to be a slow burner to catch light. Like Shawshank or The Office itself. Two of the most widely regarded masterpieces in all of human history. Like I alluded to, this is my Magnum Opus and it will not be a Mrs Browns Boys. Any hint of that and it won't get made. I'll just burn it.
I'm not going to lie Yev, I'm worried. Look after yourself please.
If you must know I was up all night banging the shit out of a bird I met last week. Buzzing in between sessions, I couldn't sleep, so started writing it.
Giggles the inner voice of most here.
Good luck Yev, you nutter. Nought to sixty in the blink of an eye.
Im sure he does but just fyi, the BBC puts out their scripts here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts you need 40 pages for a 20 minute show, 70 or so for a 40 minute. Also remember that you need to write around the visual element, on that you want to be changing camera shot every 7-12 seconds if your writing isn't dynamic, the camera can't move. That's whats lacking.
Agreed but you're not going to get to make your magnum opus on a 'future fee' budget via youtube. Is what I meant with the 'make a few things that aren't that so you can both improve and prove to production companies that your magnum opus can be made'.
You'll just end up being disapointed in the product because it doesn't appear as you wish.
What Phonics is suggesting could be done without compromising your idea Yev. There are plenty of films that were originally shorts as 'proof of concept' or whatever. You could do one of your stronger scenes as part of a teaser if you are aiming for viral marketing.
I looked into the Writers Room 15 years ago and decided to avoid it, that opinion hasn't changed.
The reason? It's one and done.
FYI - Gevais got the office made by sending a script and a 2 minute video of him playing David Brent. As he says, the script alone would never have done it. I'm just following the latest version available of his path, or attempting to.
The idea itself does sound quite interesting, as long as it doesn't turn into some sort of sliding doors style crapfest [I'm assuming the characters are the same person]. Isn't the backwards timeline going to be quite difficult to finagle, or are events going to be sufficiently non-linear that he won't be drinking a coffee, then making said coffee etc . . .
The Office also had 2 pilots before they made it properly.
Nailed it. And yeah, they'll diverge hugely as many lives do over a 20 year period. Donnie Darko was the inspiration for the zinger in this and have been conscious to avoid Siding Doors for about 20 years now. It's arse. The way I bring it together which I'll never tell anyone ahead of time, is genuinely brilliant.
1) Gervais was the actor
2) Gervais was already working in media before The Office
3) Gervais was rejected multiple times when approaching the beeb where management told him it was shit
4) Gervais getting the opportunity was as with the rest of life, an absolute fluke, not the rule.
See Yev this is my issue, you're thinking about the final product not the entry product. Believe me I know, I do it all the time. I have a video game that I know will be a banger but it doesn't matter because building the foundations is far more key than the final product.
If you think of how Lost was a rambling mess with no end, I know how this ends and everything in between before I've even started writing it. Which has taken me over 20 years to reach, but I appreciate you gents don't know that and nor have you lived through the process.
JJ Abrams had won 2 emmys and been directing/producing for 15 years before Lost was financed. Damon Lindelof had been the head writer of 4 different shows before it existed. Media is nepotism, you have to know people to get anywhere.
It was easier in the 90s. There were 2 people you had to know, now its 50.
And if this works I’ll trump them both with an Oscar well before they got nominated.
Things are not easier it’s just different.
Exactly so why call him a headcase for it instead of being a complete, honest stranger giving feedback. I've clearly outlined to Yev multiple times this is a lost cause but it hasn't stopped me from at least being helpful and I’m a giant cunt.
You're seriously underestimating the effort and number of people you'll need to help you on this. I supported (and play as an extra "student with long hair", Oscar winning performance) this https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2835658/ which had about 10 people minimum on the filming cast (camera, costume, casting, location scouting, props, director, script writer) then at least 20 people(working for free) in the actual film which took months to film.
Then you have post production which unless you're an expert at, will likely take years to get right.
The second film my friend made (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5126540/?ref_=m_nm_knf_i1) took about 6 years to finalise and release.
Set your expectations. Get the script written then go from there.
This Yev, I just rescanned the first scene and my staff list would look like:
1 x Director
1 x Lighting
2 x Location scout + Consent Form + Other Bullshit
1 x Director of Photography
3 x Camera Operators
1 x Editor
1-3 x Roadie types to build the scene.
Thats one scene.
The Office, a mockumentary one camera show, had a production staff 45 people just for series one.
This two timelines stuff is a setting rather than an idea, so what is the sitcom actually about? Who is doing what in these timelines?
Phonics going from abuser to enabler.
The Blair Witch Project still cost $300,000 to make and that was 2 decades ago with the bonus of dodgy camera work being part of the charm.
You will still need a group of volunteers to help you to build this. People are keen to do it but you need to build that group.
These are all problems one can plan ahead to deal with and even if you don't you can deal with them on the job as you go. If you don't it just won't get made and I'll have lost nothing. It's a wonderful position to be in.
The timelines thing is the high concept, I can't tell you what it's about just yet. I know (and I know the whole thing) but that's not the way I'll reveal it.
If I get to the point where it's commissioned, it'll happen, 100% and for a full run if series one is well received. Getting there is the very tricky part.
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I didn't, I merely pointed out I want actual feedback rather than a thread full of shit that adds nothing, which is the category this post also falls into.
Get on board or leave the thread. No one is forcing you to read it.
And again, NEVER TELL PEOPLE you had a mental issue, they're forever cunts about it.
Just on that point seeing as you’re telling everyone to leave the thread - shouldn’t you start an actual one for this seeing as you’ve just basically hijacked one for it?
I knew much less about finance than I do about any of this when I embarked on my career in that and with no formal qualifications at any point I've done quite well, if I do say so myself.
I'm a belligerent fucker and that trumps a lot of perceived problems and challenges that can arrive in any situation.