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by Peggy Bechko
Stephen King tells us “Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
That view from a novelist.
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Film Festival Frolics & Nutritious Networking! – @Stareable
Criminy! Why do screening rooms have to be so darn dark…?
So You Want To Make a Web Series – Step 13
by Bri Castellini
Releasing your web series is just the beginning. As I mentioned in the marketing post, once your series is online, it’s always online, and you’re always going to be promoting it in some way. That promotion will be a lot easier, though, if you can get some film festivals under your belt.
In a post about faking your own legitimacy for Stareable, I had a whole section about why film festivals and the laurels they come with are so important for filmmakers, especially new ones. In high-fashion circles, having the most expensive Prada/gucci/glamour bag is a sign of status and guaranteed entry. In the film community, having laurels (those fancy leaves framing a film festival’s name ) fills that role.
Words That are Actually Hidden Phrases
Know those cryptography apps that let you hide a whole hard drive’s worth of files in, like, one gif or somesuch?
Turns out the English language has had that very feature for a very long time. (Patent trolls: Go ahead. Sue everyone who uses English words. C’mon. We dares ya!)
Anyway:
You Won’t Believe How Rich These Self-Publishing Authors Are!
by TVWriter™ Press Service
EDITOR’S NOTE: What’s a little clickbait between friends? Especially when it’s for a worthy cause. No, the reason we gave this article this heading isn’t so that it would make us rich. It’s because we believe so strongly in what it means to writers to be able to at least be the prime beneficiaries of working the wordsmithing craft.
‘Show me the money!’: the self-published authors being snapped up by Hollywood
by Danuta Kean
After watching Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, self-published author Mark Dawson was inspired to create his own answer to the film’s heroine Beatrix “Black Mamba” Kiddo. And now Dawson – and his character government-employed assassin Beatrix Rose – are set to take on Hollywood, with his series on the verge of a major television deal, complete with a “triple A” producer.
Admitting he had a “‘holy shit’ moment” when he was told who the producer was, the Salisbury-based former lawyer said he had initially signed a “shopping agreement” after an approach through his website. “They have attached a writer and an extremely well-known Hollywood figure and director to it,” Dawson says. “The people linked are all serious players – household names – and they have pitched it to half a dozen studios and from that they have got an agreement [to develop it] for television.”
Releasing Your Web Series into the Wild Web! – @Stareable
So You Want To Make a Web Series – Step 12
by Bri Castellini
You’ve done it. You’ve made a web series. Before we go any further, from the bottom of my soul, congratulations. Writing is hard enough, but you have gone above and beyond. No matter what happens, this is something to be proud of. And now, it’s time to show it to off.
I’m writing this with the assumption that you’re uploading your series one episode at a time to a site like YouTube of Vimeo. I prefer YouTube, because of its playlist functionality and its prominence as the go-to video site online, but whatever floats your boat[a][b]. There are distributors you could also reach out to, who host your content and potentially get you a higher return on investment with advertising, but for your first time, self-distributing is probably your best bet.
So what should your individual web series episode look like? I have a couple suggestions, all centered around the concept that people should know your videos are a part of a narrative series, not just a random vlog or one-off.