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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1 comment:
What licence would these be released under? I guess some variant of creative commons. It have to allow for others to not copy it for commercial gain (unless you actually want to release that common restriction), but also to allow you to charge for it later. Could be awkward. Once they're on revver, what's to stop the people you're trying to charge, just downloading from there or sharing what they've already downloaded.
I'm up for doing the music for the series and will invest time according to the fairness of the licence.
I'd advise sorting out the money side first before it gets too awkward (e.g. you actually earn something that needs splitting) and also figure out how any agreements can be broken mutually.
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