Amazon Orders Comedy Pilots!
Recently, as there seems to be almost every week, another conglomerate gets into the game of monetizing or investing in the ability and future reality of content creation. So now Amazon, not so long ago, dumped a bunch of money into the commitment of 6 Comedy Pilot orders. And while this is GREAT news in […]
Why I Need to Change the Title of my Blog…
This week I interviewed Brandon Martinez, head of the New Media department at Abrams Artists Agency. When I asked him to answer some questions for the Actor’s Network blog called “Webisode World” he said… “Yes… But you have to promise me never to use the word “webisode” ever again. :)”
And the age old question… Can I get an agent doing webisodes?
Yes. You can. I just did.
We need a contract to do a Webisode?
You have a camera. You have a great idea. You know a guy at a great high traffic site who promised to post your hot new show as soon as it was done! Making a webisode is easy. Kind of. But keep in mind that in order to do a webisode and post it online […]
Are Webisodes Worth Doing?
We, as actors, are inundated with hundreds of ways to forward our careers everyday, especially in Los Angeles. In addition to film and television, we can pursue voice over, hosting, industrials, stand-up, student films, and a host of other venues. Not to mention opportunities at writing, directing, and producing. And being the innovative creatures that […]
What is a Webisode?
First of all, what is this new word? A somewhat clever combination of “web” and “episode”, defined on Wikipedia as “a short episode, which airs initially as Internet television”. It did not get inducted into Merriam Webster’s Dictionary until 2009 and my computer still spell checks the damn thing every time I write it. Okay, […]