The debate over the future of web entertainment presses on

I was directed to Web Series Dot Com this morning through a post on Twitter by the lovely @tarynsouthern, http://twitter.com/TarynSouthern

"It's unfortunate, but true. Branding is key if you want to make money off your original web series concept... http://webseriesmagazine.blogspot.com/2009/06/original-web-series-is-there-future.html "


WEB SERIES MAGAZINE DOT COM, http://webseriesmagazine.blogspot.com/

Web Series Magazine Dot Com is a blog on Blogspot. Founded by RICH MBARIKET in May 2009, Web Series Magazine provides up-to-date content on Web entertainment. Web Series Magazine's contributing writers are Victoria Drake, Eitan Wynalda and Sam Grover.

The latest post on the site is a Q&A Peter Hyoguchi, Founder of Strike.TV. Peter briefly discusses his background and the origins and future of Strike.TV...

"We would like to be the biggest purveyor of Hollywood content on every device available, every telephone, all over the Internet, on TV and in theaters. Pretty much everywhere. This is the renaissance of cinema and I think this art form is legitimate."


YES... the debate over the future of web entertainment presses on....

The world of web entertainment is the new frontier... it's fertile ground, but nobody seems to know how to capitalize on their crop. When I talk about writing and producing for the web, I always tell people that it's the like "The Wild West out there." That's what makes it exciting.

Every SHMO has a shot.... and that's AWESOME! Every writer, director, producer and actor across the globe has an equal opportunity to find an audience.. a GLOBAL audience... it doesn't matter of you've got thousands (or God forbid MILLIONS... for a web series? c'mon...really?) of dollars, if you build it... they will come. Bring your project to life, post it on the internet and you are making your work instantly available for the world to see... and Harvey Weinstein aint got nuthin on YOU!

Mind you, it's not easy, it takes a lot work to attract a formidable audience. Put aside all the "brilliance" that goes into a script, casting, principal photgraphy, sound design, blah blah blah. Of course you've got a great product... actually.... let's refer to it as a "work-of-art." Masterpiece aside, one has to consider all the elements that would make a Network pilot or an independent film successful and apply those traditional principles to a viral venue. You have to become as internet saavy as you are artistic.

Some of the best and brightest in the business have taken a crack at web entertainment... but even the most beaudacious budget can be a bust... there are no guarantees in any medium... but especially the web world... that gigantic global audience is as fickle and fleeting as it is gluttonous and gregarious...

So basicallly everybody is swinging in the dark. Nobody "Truly" knows what the hell is happening... where it's going... or what it all means.

Stuff will get figured out...theories will be composed... maybe even some money will be made... and then the internet... the humongous THIRTY BILLION HEADED MONSTER that it is... will turn those theories upside down... and we will be back to where we started...

I could go on and on... but I have yet to eat breakfast and I'm starving.... so let me just wrap this up by saying, if you are an independent writer, producer, director or actor... like myself... write it, shoot it, post it, share it... and then do it all over again... focus on the art form... make it about the work... not about the money.... forget about monetizing... capitalizing on your product... making a buck on the internet.... for now... make movies... write new stories... try new things... and forgive me for saying this...but THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX...

I think every acting teacher/coach I've ever worked with has shared this piece of advice with me.... and I think it is egaully applicable here... If you stay true to your vision, trust your instincts and bring your message, your art, your heart, to the world... the money will follow.

"Big shots are nothing more than little shots who kept shooting." I don't know who said that specifically, bit I really like that quote. Do with it what you will.