BRIC hosted a presentation on “Developing a Web Series” in Studio A at the Media Arts Center. Jessica Mason, the Community Education Coordinator, hosted the discussion with four producers who have created web series for the Brooklyn Free Speech HD channel.
It was interesting to hear the producers explain that an episode for a web series can vary from two to fifteen minute, and can have a little as four episodes in a season. Nine pages and eight minutes of content can still take more than a week to shoot, and even more, time to edit.
Post-production, where all of the magic happens is a very involved process. In addition to splicing clips together in a fashion to make a story continuity, footage has to be color corrected, audio has to be edited and synced. The entire process for a short production can take one to three months.
It is always comforting to commiserate with fellow producers about the perils and pitfalls of creating content, then being happy when the project is complete and ready for submission. We are all critical of our work. Always feeling that it can be better. Rather than being dissuaded by less than perfect outcomes, we are more determined to “do better.”
When the presentation ended, we all hung around to chat. New connections were made, invitations to collaborate were offered, and our BFS producer’s community got a little stronger.
Thank you, Jessica Mason, Matthew Allen and the rest of the BRIC staff for facilitating events like this.
Brooklyn Free Speech/BRIC is the crown jewel in NYC’s public access television network. The Brooklyn media center has an estimated viewership of more than 8-million New Yorkers. UNTOLD Story is proud to be a part of this organization.
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