Web Series Idea

[Fade_To_Black]

Ok,

Still working on a name, but the premise is:

A young couple, early 20s, not married but living together, struggling through life as low-pay workers, but by night, they are thieves (Not just mug you in a back alley thieves, but mastermind thieves, know their way around, and go after expensive stuff.) To everyone they know, they are just a young struggling couple, but by night, they are an unstoppable duo.


Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

[pen]

Sounds very familiar to be honest.

 

[directorik]

Suggestions?

Don't be like other wannabe filmmakers. Shoot the first five
episodes instead of asking what strangers think.

You will get some people who don't like the idea and some
who do - that is useless. You could take an overdone, familiar,
cliche idea and turn it into something great. The more difficult
question to ask is, "Do YOU think you have what it takes to
make a web series with this premise?"

 

[Wombat]

You will get some people who don't like the idea and some
who do - that is useless. You could take an overdone, familiar,
cliche idea and turn it into something great. The more difficult
question to ask is, "Do YOU think you have what it takes to
make a web series with this premise?"

Right, the opinion of a few strangers should be kind of moot for this. We don't know your capabilities as a director, we don't know your writing strengths...

For what it's worth it sounds like it could be a decent idea but that depends largely on your own abilities. Throw together a rough script and we could provide better feedback.

 

[wheatgrinder]

+1 on DirectoRick

Five short 5min episodes in the can and ready to go is better than ONE 25 min episode.

Is the low paid workers a "cover?" I mean, if they are good at their chosen vocation of thievery, they don't NEED a day job. Having to keep the job, but not really caring about it, avoiding promotions etc, could be a unique spin on this story..

 

[Fade_To_Black]

+1 on DirectoRick

Five short 5min episodes in the can and ready to go is better than ONE 25 min episode.

Is the low paid workers a "cover?" I mean, if they are good at their chosen vocation of thievery, they don't NEED a day job. Having to keep the job, but not really caring about it, avoiding promotions etc, could be a unique spin on this story..

it is a cover, yes.

 

[Lucky Hardwood]

You say that they are good at thievery and take high end property but everyone knows them as a struggling couple, what do they do with the money?

 

[Modern Day Myth Prod. LLC]

To be honest, I think it still needs work before it is shot.

See if you can find the TV series IT TAKES A THIEF on DVD or streaming videos and watch the whole series for research.

The idea needs to be better developed for a series.

In IT TAKES A THIEF, master thief Alexander Mundi is taken out of prison and hired by the SIA (their take on the CIA) to steal for the government. They give him a cover life as a millionaire playboy living in a mansion paid by Uncle Sam where he is on parole and under the watchful eyes of the government with cameras watching him everywhere.

He is a third generation master thief, learning the trade from his father, Alister Mundi a master thief who has some of the rarest paintings in the world he heisted from the most secure museums in the world and was known in his day as The Panther.

Do you see how all of this gives you more material for a series?

 

[finderskeepers]

Why do they pretend to be low wage workers? Can't they just tell everyone they live off of investments like most pro criminals?

 

[FantasySciFi]

Ok,

Still working on a name, but the premise is:

A young couple, early 20s, not married but living together, struggling through life as low-pay workers, but by night, they are thieves (Not just mug you in a back alley thieves, but mastermind thieves, know their way around, and go after expensive stuff.) To everyone they know, they are just a young struggling couple, but by night, they are an unstoppable duo.


Thoughts? Suggestions?

Just remember, to be interesting there needs to be an obstacle. Do they have a cop nemesis who is closing in or suspects them? Do they blunder and almost get caught? In "Dexter", everything was going well until Agent Bundy came into the picture looking for the Bay Area Killer. Part of making your web series engaging will be finding ways to introduce conflict. You might check out "Dick and Jane". The bigger the crime, the greater the risk. You need to play off that. Maybe another master thief is vying for the same object which sparks both the effort for the prize and hidden efforts to thwart the other. Also, make it believable that we want to root for them.

 

[ngoforth]

And before you shoot anything, after you have, say, five scripts, see if you can find a local acting group or acting class and have them do a script read-through, or "table read". It will give you a sense of how the dialog and characters work (won't help much with visuals) before you start shooting.

The usual thing is - the actors read the lines, with one person being 'the script' for the action bits, etc. Then the actors give their take on the piece - did they understand the action, their parts, etc. And you take notes and say nothing and in particular you don't defend your work, just take it. The great thing about this is getting a sense of pacing and realistic dialog, plus, if the actors don't understand something your audience won't either.