Hello lots of different opinions this week has left me coming here to you lovely people.
I have condensed down a period drama story about my great aunt into 28 pages.
Short Film - 28 mins
Facebook groups are telling me that 28 pages will not even get watched at film festivals let alone chosen. And that I should condense it into 10-15 minutes.
I haven't tried yet but I don't want to cut out most of the story just because it wont be accepted so therefore it got me thinking:
Web Series - 4 episodes (10min each)
I could definitely make it stretch and concentrate on production value. I do feel the script is slightly episodic and like skins or 19th century EastEnders so it would suit an episode format. But then someone said to me that a web series wont even get noticed unless you have 100k followers on Facebook and YouTube. I have seen that festivals for web series do exist though but totally not familiar with how it works with YouTube. They basically told me to avoid this idea.
Feature - 60-80mins
Obviously this is the last option. I wanted to try an avoid doing this and pack a punch with a good drama in a shorter form but always have a feature to fall back on.
Any ideas or experiences with shorts, web series, would be helpful
Regards
I have condensed down a period drama story about my great aunt into 28 pages.
Short Film - 28 mins
Facebook groups are telling me that 28 pages will not even get watched at film festivals let alone chosen. And that I should condense it into 10-15 minutes.
I haven't tried yet but I don't want to cut out most of the story just because it wont be accepted so therefore it got me thinking:
Web Series - 4 episodes (10min each)
I could definitely make it stretch and concentrate on production value. I do feel the script is slightly episodic and like skins or 19th century EastEnders so it would suit an episode format. But then someone said to me that a web series wont even get noticed unless you have 100k followers on Facebook and YouTube. I have seen that festivals for web series do exist though but totally not familiar with how it works with YouTube. They basically told me to avoid this idea.
Feature - 60-80mins
Obviously this is the last option. I wanted to try an avoid doing this and pack a punch with a good drama in a shorter form but always have a feature to fall back on.
Any ideas or experiences with shorts, web series, would be helpful
Regards
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