January 2009
23 posts
Not worthy in the eyes of IMDB?
David Nett gives a good summary of the subjective/discriminatory process of getting a web series approved for inclusion on IMDB. He speaks from personal experience, and he has a lot of valid points:
IMDB inclusion is not, and should not be, a popularity contest - the number of viewers should be irrelevant to the legitimacy of a project. (IMDB has not publicly released the actual viewership...
Regarding the "blank meets blank" pitch
I think Liz and the NewTeeVee team are doing a great job covering the new media landscape, but she really missed the mark on this one.
The “It’s BLANK meets BLANK!” pitch arose in Hollywood because most decisions made at major studios are made by executives looking for easy ways to justify their choices, and “BLANK meets BLANK” is a way to make a multimillion-dollar project seem like a safe...
$1,000 per minute
Budgeting for new media is something very few producers talk about. Valuations are low, and that’s partly due to the public misconception that producing professional-looking content for the web costs very little. That’s just not true.
Obviously every show is a different animal, but based on rough calculations I like the $1,000 per minute rule-of-thumb as a starting point for...
Follow-up to SAG post
I received a lot of feedback from my recent post on the SAG new media contract, and I wanted to clarify a couple of points.
In his response post, Matthew Balthrop dismisses the idea that SAG is interested in working with what he calls “very indie” (read: broke) producers. Basically what he’s saying - if there’s no money in it, SAG isn’t interested in creating a more...
Hoping for more transparency from the Streamy...
I’m glad someone is picking up the torch after Podtech dropped the ball on the Vloggies, but before I get too wrapped up in the excitement of the Streamy Awards - I’m hoping for some clarification about the mechanics of the event.
I’m seeing a lot of Streamy buzz from friends and colleagues, most of which are soliciting for nominations. But it isn’t exactly clear how the...
Regarding the SAG New Media Contract
I appreciate that SAG is making an effort to reach out to new media producers, but they have to understand there is no unified accounting system in place to facilitate the terms of their new media contract, nor the resources on either side to enforce it. As a producer, I actually prefer the SAG Indie Ultra-Low Budget contract, though it prohibits projects “produced primarily for commercial...
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