For the past couple of months, Andrew Orillion has been posting about all the steps in the creation of ON THE ROCKS, a web series he’s involved in. We at TVWriter™ have been rooting – and sometimes bleeding – for the show all the while, and we’re proud to be able to announce that last weekend ON THE ROCKS passed two big milestones.
The first episode of ON THE ROCKS, “Old Fasioned,” is now on the web and ready for your viewing pleasure.
…so I don’t have to be the entire crew any more.
When I was a shuttle bus driver on the graveyard shift at a parking garage near LAX, one of the valet parkers was a tall, goofy guy who liked to run around making monkey noises.
Welcome to part four of the behind the scenes look at the making of On The Rocks. Last time, I wrote about the writing staff and how stories were broken for the series. This time, I’m going to focus on the intricacies of casting.
Web Series Aren’t Just For Friends and Roommates
In the early days of web series, most shows used limited sized casts comprised of friends, family and roommates of the creators. But, as web series have become more and more mainstream, their production has become more professional. Professional productions need professional actors, who aren’t always easy to find, especially when you can’t pay them upfront. Fortunately, the makers of On The Rockshad an ace up their sleeves.
We’ve written before about the late Gerry Anderson, one of the greats of British science fiction, and television as well. Now we’re writing to say that his son, also called Gerry Anderson (coincidence? we think not) has a Kickstarter project that looks interesting.
It’s called GEMINI FORCE ONE, but it isn’t a TV or video project. It’s a publishing project that could – cuz this is how the biz works – later turn into a TV or film series.
Welcome to part three of the behind the scenes look at the making of On The Rocks. Last time, I wrote about the creation of the pilot episode with showrunner Sam Miller and executive producer Chris Wu. This time, I’m going to take you into the writers’ room to meet the rest of the writing staff and find out how we take a story from concept to script.
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Writers
With the pilot episode locked, it was time to outline or “break” episodes 102 through 106. Miller felt that first season should have a six-episode arc ending with a bottle episode where all the issues and tensions that had been brewing since the pilot would come to a head, but what would the bigger plot elements in between look like to lead the characters to that point?