Online Comedy coming soon... - Simply Simon Show

From watchsimplysimon.com:-

“A simple guy living in an un-simple world.”

Simply Simon is a dark comedic look at the struggles of one young man as he attempts to carve out his own path in life while maneuvering through life’s many complications. With an overprotective mother, a non-existent love life, and a job that seems to be going nowhere, how will Simon Arnold seek out that future which eludes him when the world just seems to be one-upping him at every turn?

Simon Arnold is our lovable loser and hero. As a child, Simon was a real go-getter with plans for a bright future. Unfortunately, life in the real world had its own plans for Simon, who soon finds out that life is not nearly as simple as he once thought. Love, loss and misadventure keep Simon in a constant state of bewilderment and uncertainty as both hilarity and coincidence ensue around him.

Each episode of Simply Simon is a new series of events gone awry in Simon’s life in which he must figure out a way to escape unscathed while maintaining his mental, emotional and physical well-being.

MORE HERE:-
http://watchsimplysimon.com/?page_id=2

SIMPLY SIMON SHOW HOME SITE HERE:-
http://watchsimplysimon.com/

SIMPLY SIMON SHOW YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/user/simplysimonshow

Simply Simon - Behind the Scenes #1 - Welcome

Welcome to the first production vlog of the Simply Simon webseries. Come watch as we go about making a webseries from scratch!

SIMPLY SIMON SHOW TWITTER
@simplysimonshow


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Hello Digital Fringe Event: 3G-3D Storytelling in BIRMINGHAM 7 NOV

If you're in the UK... this is a MASSIVE PLUG for a FANTASTIC all day EVENT in two week's time.

I've heard Graham Joyce speak about writing for DOOM, in ways that I can only describe as awesome. And Claire Ingham is hugely on top of her game, with great insight on the current state of the industry .

These kind of events in the UK are rare, so very happy to support

3G-3D Storytelling: New Narrative Structures and Writing Opportunities in the Digital Age

on
Saturday 7th November 2009 (10am-5pm)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Centenary Suite
£50 (£40 concessions)

Speakers:
TV/film producer: Claire Ingham
Online Drama writer: (COUGH!) Neil Mossey
Screen & Games writer: Graham Joyce

From the traditionally structured TV and film stories that attempt to appeal to wide audiences (which ITV controller Peter Fincham termed ‘3G’ – three generations watching together), to the 3D structures of games and online drama, this day-long course looks at new opportunities offered to writers by the rise of digital technologies.

Suitable for writers, film-makers and drama practitioners interested in looking at new ways of telling stories across screens of all sizes.



Graham Joyce is the author of fourteen novels and has won numerous awards for his writing, including five British Fantasy Awards and the 2003 World Fantasy Award. He has also written screenplays of his novels and has recently been hired by the creators of Doom 4 to help develop the storyline potential of the computer game.

Neil Mossey worked solely in television and radio before writing on Season 2 of the daily interactive web drama KateModern (storylining over 26 weeks, and scripting 74 webisodes). The series ended in July 2008 clocking up 66 million video views, the largest UK online production to date. As a comedy producer at the BBC he was responsible for developing new formats and drama in the Comedy Entertainment department with writers and performers.



Claire Ingham is a producer and film and television script developer. She works on projects at all stages of development - currently ranging from the adaptation treatment of Eoin Colfer’s bestselling novel The Wishlist to the final draft of Helen Cross’ original feature Stratford Road. Claire has previously worked for a number of film and television companies in development roles. She was Head of Drama Development at Impossible Pictures for four years where she headed a small team, commissioning and developing a range of TV and film projects for all the major broadcasters, including Jed Mercurio’s contemporary retelling of Frankenstein and Michael Chaplin’s family film Pickles.

*Concessionary rate also available to early bird bookings received BEFORE Friday 30th October.




For booking and further information,
www.scriptonline.net/screen.html
Or email catherine.edwards@scriptonline.net

Script is the regional development agency for dramatic writers in the West Midlands, offering advice, training and mentoring via industry-led partnerships.


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RTE STORYLAND - Online Drama contest entries for 2010

Based in Ireland?



From RTE.ie:-

Would you like to make a web drama series for StoryLand 2?
Closing date is midnight on 1 November 2009.

- A very good idea to appeal to 18+ web audience
- A producer, director and writer attached to the project
- Scripts of the 1st and 2nd episodes
- 200 word synopsis of the rest of the series
- Budget that does not exceed €8,000 per episode
- A marketing plan
- 30” pitch of you or your project on DVD

MORE HERE:-
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/index.html


RTE STORYLAND INFORMATION NIGHT VIDEOS HERE:-



http://www.rte.ie/storyland/finalists/info_evening.html


RTE STORYLAND APPLICATION FORM HERE:
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/rte_storyland2_submission_form.doc



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Problems for Web Series Creators? - HOW TO MAKE A HIT INTERNET SHOW #5

Attended a forum held at BAFTA organised by NyAC last week, where Producer Phil Parker chaired with a very simple question...


With which key issues do you struggle when creating online interactive narratives?


It's a good question for any web show creators.

Here's my response -- feel free to add your own in COMMENTS below!


DYNAMIC UNIVERSES - the choices made when writing an Online Show?

TALE OF TWO NARRATIVES
- HOLDING THE FAN'S HAND?
Linear roll-out of story/narrative developments, in easily understandable guided sequences
or
- JOY OF DISCOVERY (MYSTERY, BROKEN NARRATIVE)?
Do you put content out there, for fan to engage by pieceing together aspects of story from what they find -- fans help each other out in comments, forums, wikis etc. alongside the creator's stream of content?


TIME, SPACE & DIMENSION
- single closed, completed narrative - using the internet as a TV transmission mast
(e.g. Clark & Michael, We Tell Stories)
or
- "live show" = open,ongoing narrative played out in real time
(e.g. lonelygirl15, katemodern)
or
- Mini closed narratives, with "live" ongoing communities around the writer, or performers
(e.g. The Guild, Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog)


FANS AS AUDIENCE,
or EVERYONE AS FANS?
Technology allows Everyone to comment on Everything.
Is that conversation encouraged by 'the show', or even acknowledged by the characters?


COMMUNITIES
- Controlled mothership ("Protect the brand!", geoblocking),
or
free-for-all?
i.e. 'Do you try to drive everyone to your home site, or do you put everything everywhere'


'HONESTY'
The two extremes:
- Having a backstage area which isn't on view to the public
or
- Putting *everything* out there - storyboards on youtube, works in progress scripts, behind the scenes blogs
= Hugh McLeod wrote his book 'How To Be Creative' on his blog, and it has been freely available for years. It hasn't had a negative impact on sales, if anything, is acting as years and years of pre-publicity.


FUNDING AFFECTING THE CREATOR'S CONTENT
- Sense of Community - paypal tip jar to pay for the next series
- or Micropayments, Advertising/Sponsorship,
- or selling 'containers' - DVD's, Live shows, Live screenings, Music tracks, Books
- or all these options



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Online Comedy - TWITS

Not strictly narrative, but definitely worth passing on...
was not expecting the Washington Post logo at the end

Twits: Episode 1 - P. Diddy, Lindsay Lohan, Brooke Hogan



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