As a fresh creator coming from a theater background this is so useful.
Something I might add to that list is the idea of being prolific versus being perfect.
Traditional development processes for film take years without any testing.
Today, people are creating vertical dramas in less than three months with the same amount of money.
By the end of the experiment (around three months) they have a 90 pages script, just like a movie, with an actual series filmed, edited and tested with audiences.
There's an opportunity in changing that "development" mindset from investing in household names to develop projects into financing new creators to developing proof of concept for shows in a short-form format.
That's another way studio execs could gain the trust of creators: you bet on a bunch of promising ones before they get huge, test the IP with a proof of concept in short-form as part of the "development phase", and scale the ones that work out as you mentioned to get a better pay off.
As a fresh creator coming from a theater background this is so useful.
Something I might add to that list is the idea of being prolific versus being perfect.
Traditional development processes for film take years without any testing.
Today, people are creating vertical dramas in less than three months with the same amount of money.
By the end of the experiment (around three months) they have a 90 pages script, just like a movie, with an actual series filmed, edited and tested with audiences.
There's an opportunity in changing that "development" mindset from investing in household names to develop projects into financing new creators to developing proof of concept for shows in a short-form format.
That's another way studio execs could gain the trust of creators: you bet on a bunch of promising ones before they get huge, test the IP with a proof of concept in short-form as part of the "development phase", and scale the ones that work out as you mentioned to get a better pay off.
Prolific beats perfect.
Who are the creators building communities around fictional narrative to watch out for? You mentioned Kenigra Deon. Any others recs?
Hey Raman. Dhar Mann, Aphmau (Jessica Bravura), Smosh are just a few of the big ones. Also read Jen toppings latest on Biz of TV about scripted comedy
Thanks for sharing!