Comments on: Web Series Writers: Mass. Studio Offering Up $10k For Script

By: Cait

Cait — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:42:58 +0000

Just wondering where the Terms and conditions for this are? I mean do you ahve to be a US citizen for this? been looking through the site and can’t see anything like this written down. I would love to submitt something.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:31:04 +0000

It’s low money for TV/film, but relative to what they’re going to make on it, is it low for the web? There’s no real money to be made on this stuff – it’s just not there yet. What did they make on their other series, Oldbury Hill? I’m guessing not much. (That’s not a knock on the quality, just the state of web series economics.)

The only reason to do web-exclusive stuff is experience and exposure. The number of people making a living on web series is like…low.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:13:28 +0000

We should not be all happy over an absurdly low number for writing scripts.. this mentality of “wow that’s great for web money!” must stop or companies will NEVER pay properly for content. They will just find someone willing to do it for these absurd prices.

By: Marion P

Marion P — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:41:16 +0000

$10000 for a web series script is a awesome! I have a few projects in the works, and now the question is which one am I going to write twenty episodes for??

By: modelmotion

modelmotion — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:33:57 +0000

It is great that they are helping in the collaborative process in this way. They are certainly putting their money where their mouth is.

The question is, will others do the same and to what degree? Eqal has previously provided $2500 for an eight week run of The Show Is Yours but did little to support and market the show. In this climate you really have to fully commit or it is just not going to work. This looks like a fair attempt to do just that.

By: Anthony DeLosa

Anthony DeLosa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:24:08 +0000

Lot of interesting things happening with Take180, Ag8’s Purefold, EQAL’s The Show is Yours and now this. I’m sure there are others as well. There seems to be an outreach to bring the viewer into the process through interaction that becomes apart of the production or the actual production itself. There might be a story there…

I like where it’s going. Sooner or later someone will hit on the right combination of elements to make a really unique and satisfying open source participatory experience.