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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter One
- A Brief History of Short Episodic Video on the Web
- What's Out there Already - Amateur and Professional
- Why Create for the Internet?
- For Teachers
- Chapter Two
- What is a Series as Opposed to a Stand-Alone Short Film?
- Fatally Flawed Series Concepts
- Be Bold, Fresh and Original
- So Where's the Drama?
- You Need A Killer Title
- For Teachers
- Chapter Three
- Character Essentials
- Characterization
- Your Overall Character Landscape
- Leading Characters vs. Supporting Characters
- Drawing on Real Life
- Growing Your Characters
- For Teachers
- Chapter Four
- Laying out the Rules
- Reality vs. Believability
- Building on the Reality you Create
- For Teachers
- Chapter Five
- Creating a Story that Tells and Sells
- Premise Pilot vs. "Episode 10" Pilot
- You've Only Got a Few Minutes, so be Economical
- Creating Memorable Character Introductions
- Story Structure: Beginning-Middle-End
- Putting it on Paper - Creating an Outline
- Pitch it Out Loud to a Friend or Three
- For Teachers
- Chapter Six
- Building Your Script, Scene by Scene
- Deviating from the Outline
- What Makes Good Dialogue - the "4 Cs"
- Making Your Script Read Visually
- You've Got a First Draft - Time to Get to Work Again
- When is It Ready to be Shot?
- For Teachers
- Chapter Seven
- The Marriage of Style and Content
- Beginnings, Endings and Transitions
- For Teachers
- Chapter Eight
- Equipment: From the Bargain Basement to the Penthouse
- Cameras and Camera Accessories
- Sound - Mikes, Booms, Recorders, Etc
- Lights
- Editing Software - Fancier Stuff
- Learning More About All this Equipment and How to use It
- For Teachers
- Chapter Nine
- Casting: Finding Talented Actors When You have no Budget
- Locations: Imagination Meets Reality
- Permits
- Developing a Shooting Schedule
- Revising the Script to Fit the Logistics
- Making a Shot List
- Props and Wardrobe
- Situations that Require Special Preproduction
- For Teachers
- Chapter Ten
- Dealing with the Unexpected
- Be Quick, But Don't Hurry
- Getting Enough Takes and Coverage
- You Aren't the Only Genius on the Set
- Actors Aren't Puppets
- Crewmembers Aren't Slaves
- The World Is Not A Set
- For Teachers
- Chapter Eleven
- The Rough Cut - Putting It Together
- The Rough Cut - Assessing What You Have
- Refining the Cut
- Postproduction Sound
- Adding Music
- Creating a Main Title
- For Teachers
- Chapter Twelve
- Growing Your Series
- Growing Your Characters
- Learning From Each Episode You Shoot
- How Many Episodes do I Need Before I Can Post My Series?
- For Teachers
- Chapter Thirteen
- YouTube
- Beyond YouTube
- Publicizing and Marketing Your Series
- Festivals and Contests
- Should you Create Your Own Website?
- For Teachers
- Chapter Fourteen
- Jerry Zucker - Comedy Pro Returns to his Roots
- Christine Lakin - Child Actor all Grown up and Producing Now, Too
- Marshall Herskovitz - From Network TV to the Internet
- Valerie Shepherd & Michael Ashley - A way to Break in
- Charles Rosin - Internet 90210
- Frank Chindamo - Mobile Media Master
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- About the Author
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