Tag Archives: Audience
The Learning Curve
Random Lessons in Building an Indy TV Show
We’ve all had to wear so many hats around here, at Colony Bay, that we pick up our business lessons on the fly, between producing shows. That may not be the wise way to do it, but if you look at most scripted television these days, the big boys don’t know how to do it either, so, at least for my own benefit, I’m recounting the partial truths I pick up along the way:
Entertainment is a Tremendous Bargain: When someone rounds up the money to build, say, a truck-making assembly line, you can’t imagine the end product being available to millions of people for just about nothing. Continue Reading »
Pondering Premieres and Performance
Premiere
Well, you should have been there.
The episode three premiere was epic, complete with an audience that ooohed, ahhhed and chuckled at all the right places. My daughter sat next to one fan who was literally leaning forward in her seat, anxious for the lives and fortunes of our heroes.
That’s the way it should be, and it made for a great after-party. Filming an episodic drama makes for a kind of congregation or fraternity of the faithful. You actually become a kind of township in the cause of telling a township story. Continue Reading »
Audience Building (Again)
I’ve pondered this outloud on a few occasions (here, here, here and here) for our loyal followers, and my own benefit, but the task ahead of us at Colony Bay will be to
Salesmen in Black French Berets
(Distribution is Art)
I have a humiliating confession to make. I actually allowed myself to watch the first twenty minutes of
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