I know we haven't even started shooting the first Presents presentation, but I want to hear people's ideas for future films. If there's the momentum from Memory I don't want to lose it waiting for scripts.
Send your thoughts to spinneyhead and become part of the adventure.
(PS Still looking for someone to take the role of Rob if you're interested.)
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Sunday, August 13, 2006
10 Ways to make yourself a YouTube star
The Register surveys the ways to viral stardom. Number 11 will soon be "Make a serial story in five minute bits".
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2. Animals do the funniest things
If it's popular on cobbled-together Saturday Night clip shows, why shouldn't it work on YouTube as well? And, thankfully, you don't have to put up with a presenter mugging between vids. Cats seem to do particularly well on YouTube for some reason (that reason being they reliably fall off things or go mad when you point a camera at them). Obviously, the most common way is to nick footage from the TV, but that's just lazy.
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Thursday, August 10, 2006
Location, location, location
I'm working my way through writing all the scripts for the first six part serial. There's one key scene that takes place in a relatively high tech office. Does anyone have a workplace that might suit. I promise filming will only take a couple of hours and you'll get a mention for your help in the credits.
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Manifesto
It makes this sound a bit political, but I couldn't think of any better word for it. This rough statement of what Spinneyhead Presents is about is open for expansion and modification so comments are welcome.
Spinneyhead Presents exists to produce original videos for distribution on the internet and eventual release as collections on DVD. It has an initial budget of £0 and whatever the participants are willing to donate.
The Product
The rise of sites such as YouTube has given non-professionals the chance to get their videos viewed by a potentially huge audience without having to worry about bandwidth and other limiting factors. Spinneyhead Presents' host of choice is Revver.com, for reasons explained below. Onto this site we will release short (5-10 minutes) video serials which can later be collected and released in longer format.
These videos will primarily be dramas- the first mixes elements of science fiction and murder mystery- but other works will be considered. Over time we will build up a back catalogue and company of actors and crew.
The Business Plan
Spinneyhead Presents will host its videos through Revver for one reason. Revver puts adverts at the end of the clips it hosts and we get paid for clickthroughs. There are also adverts on the Presents weblog. When we have serials completed they can be burnt to DVDs and sold through the site and shops such as Magma.
Payment will be based upon input to a project. The proposed breakdown will be- 25% to Spinneyhead Presents, to fund future productions, 25% divided equally between participants and 50% divided based upon time dedicated to the project. I'm going to have to build a spreadsheet to cover this, but that's not a problem.
The Future
Some of the money earned by each Presents production will go back into the coffers to fund equipment and props for later videos. Hopefully we can also build up a company of actors and crew who will keep coming back for shoot after shoot.
I'm sure that everyone involved wants something different from this endeavour, from experience to exposure and, if we're lucky, some money. Maybe, amongst other things, we can launch some careers.
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Spinneyhead Presents exists to produce original videos for distribution on the internet and eventual release as collections on DVD. It has an initial budget of £0 and whatever the participants are willing to donate.
The Product
The rise of sites such as YouTube has given non-professionals the chance to get their videos viewed by a potentially huge audience without having to worry about bandwidth and other limiting factors. Spinneyhead Presents' host of choice is Revver.com, for reasons explained below. Onto this site we will release short (5-10 minutes) video serials which can later be collected and released in longer format.
These videos will primarily be dramas- the first mixes elements of science fiction and murder mystery- but other works will be considered. Over time we will build up a back catalogue and company of actors and crew.
The Business Plan
Spinneyhead Presents will host its videos through Revver for one reason. Revver puts adverts at the end of the clips it hosts and we get paid for clickthroughs. There are also adverts on the Presents weblog. When we have serials completed they can be burnt to DVDs and sold through the site and shops such as Magma.
Payment will be based upon input to a project. The proposed breakdown will be- 25% to Spinneyhead Presents, to fund future productions, 25% divided equally between participants and 50% divided based upon time dedicated to the project. I'm going to have to build a spreadsheet to cover this, but that's not a problem.
The Future
Some of the money earned by each Presents production will go back into the coffers to fund equipment and props for later videos. Hopefully we can also build up a company of actors and crew who will keep coming back for shoot after shoot.
I'm sure that everyone involved wants something different from this endeavour, from experience to exposure and, if we're lucky, some money. Maybe, amongst other things, we can launch some careers.
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Saturday, August 05, 2006
First Draft
I've put the first draft of the script for Spinneyhead Presents' first project online. Constructive criticism, questions etc. are welcome.
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