Sunday, 22 November 2009

RTE STORYLAND 2 ENTRY - Silent Walls

More potentials from the pitches to RTE STORYLAND 2...

rte stroyland 2 2010 web drama competition

Here's SILENT WALLS.



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Saturday, 21 November 2009

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Friday, 20 November 2009

The Three Faces of You, Online - HOW TO MAKE A HIT INTERNET SHOW #6

Still trying to reconcile what I do online with the different things I do in work.

And I don't think I am alone in this.

(Alone as you can be with 3 personae).

There's the public you.
The corporate site.
The online CV.
The good photo, the good 'sell'.
This is you if you were PR'd by the Soviet news agency TASS in the good old days. Bold images, positive messages.
The best foot forward, but the dullest stream.

There's the friendly you.
Stuff that's only relevant to mates you know, or material you'd want to share with "those who've been there" with you.

Then there's the controversial you.
The dislikes, the tensions, the struggles.
The stuff that's REALLY interesting.
The stuff that really makes you an individual,
but which you're not sure should be for broadcast.

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Those who've really been successful online have managed to find a line between all three. Or, even, managed to avoid falling into any one of these three.
All of their work is directed into one 'place' on the web, and has a sense of honesty which does not work against them.
Hats off to them, it's a real achievement.


So here's a question,
- can you, or should you, combine all three faces in your online work?

Will 'Online Celebrity' from now on reward those brave enough to present all three faces in their electronic footprint?


I'm wrestling with this because I'm thinking that properly rounded online characters benefit from a combination of the three in what's presented of them to the audience.

Whether it's Bree's youtube posts in lonelygirl15, KateModern's bebo profiles, or Hardy Bucks tweets.
All this material helps the character become more three dimensional.
And the 'voyeurism' is what brings us back for more.


It's more work to upload this extra material, but it's the kind of development work you do as a writer anyway - might mean it doesn't go to waste, and even helps the audience to directly challenge the character when a web show is 'live'...


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Thursday, 19 November 2009

RTE STORYLAND 2 ENTRY - Star Feck



More entries cropping up on YouTube for Irish broadcaster web series competition RTÉ STORYLAND
- which is great news, - this is how you build an audience from scratch.

Here's STAR FECK.

Star Feck pitch video for Storyland 2 - RTE 2009
Maccana Teoranta's submission video for the Storyland 2 2009 RTE Competition entitled Star Feck.

Feck it into Space.

What is star feck about ?


A Cavan Space crew (one half Monaghan) and a 3 ft alien called Romtox have a cargo to feck into Space...

"Starfeck is the best Sci-fi programme ever! Its like a mixture of Battlestar Galactica and Home and Away!"

Paddy is the hit TV show - Star Feck's biggest fan. He eat, sleeps and Breathes Star feck! Paddy and his mammy moved beside the "star feck spaceship" in Belturbet to help protect against alien invasion.

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

RTE STORYLAND 2 ENTRY - Mariana



More entries cropping up on YouTube for Irish broadcaster web series competition RTÉ STORYLAND
- which is great news, - this is how you build an audience from scratch.

Here's MARIANA.

MARIANA - RTE Storyland 2 Pitch
MARIANA is a happy, outgoing, goal-driven lady from a small village in Transylvania. She has come to Ireland in search of true love. She's also a ruthless, shape-shifting, blood sucking, 400 year old vampire --- but not in a bad way.

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MARIANA is one of two submissions we have made for RTE STORYLAND 2 --- a six episode web-only venture --- due for exclusive broadcast on RTE.ie from January 2010 - June 2010.





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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

RTE STORYLAND 2 ENTRY - Devastation



More entries cropping up on YouTube for Irish broadcaster web series competition RTÉ STORYLAND
- which is great news, - this is how you build an audience from scratch.

Here's devastation.

Devastation - Test Scene for RTE Storyland
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Billy & Paul's lives are turned upside-down after accidently befriending a mysterious stranger, Devon Jason.

We are entering RTE's Storyland2 with our show "Devastation". We are by no means in the competition yet but would love to gather some support. Hopefully you'll see more from us very soon!





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