So...what do I do know?

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Cpkeyes

So, I finished the script for the pilot to the web series I wish to make, an editor looked it over, I made (through now that I think of it, some changes still need to be made) changes.

What now? I'm stuck on what to do and need some suggestions on what to do.

Thank you for your time.
 
Cpkeyes said:
So, I finished the script for the pilot to the web series I wish to make, an editor looked it over, I made (through now that I think of it, some changes still need to be made) changes.

What now? I'm stuck on what to do and need some suggestions on what to do.

Thank you for your time.
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What did YOU want to do with it as you were writing? There are several
things you can do; you can put together a cast and crew and shoot the
first episode, you can look for someone else to put together a cast and
crew to shoot the pilot, you can write more episodes. If YOU planned to
sell the pilot you can look for studios or prodCo's or producers who buy
web series and pitch it to them.
 
I guess this requires further explanation (which will no doubt just confuse you guys more. :P. ).

I really don't know how to get people interested, and me being a social anxious (and high-function autistic) doesn't help in that. I don't know were to go or were to look or what to say.

So, if you guys could point to sites or have suggestions, that be great.
 
First: write 'now' instead of 'know' if you mean 'this moment' instead of the possesion of knowledge ;)

Well, to get people interested you will have to get people to hear about it.
(That is the easy anwser ;) )
The true question is:
who do you want to be interested?

If you know that, you can research where they are (online and/or IRL), what they read/watch (in other words: is there a forum they visit? do they read blogs? is there a message board you can shout you've got a script?)
 
I guess this requires further explanation
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Hey, that's great??? Part explanations get part answers.

My first suggestion: Put some pride and thought into what you do. Re-read your questions before you press click. Check if you're asking the questions you need to ask. Double check that you're providing all the information required to answer those questions.

It isn't confusing to me. I can see you're trying to ask a question. The question you're trying to ask is context driven and keeping the details to yourself is only robbing yourself of the information you need. Put in some effort or settle with useless glib answers.

Try starting with what you're trying to accomplish, your goals, what you have at your disposal, who you are and what you can do.

Good luck.
 
Cpkeyes said:
I really don't know how to get people interested, and me being a social anxious (and high-function autistic) doesn't help in that. I don't know were to go or were to look or what to say.
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I know a 30 year old high functioning Autistic person who just completed
his second short film – this one an 18 minute drama that he wrote, directed
and starred in. He faced and met all the challenges.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5074390/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

Perhaps you cannot do this alone. Reach out to other people you know to help
put together a cast and crew. Are their any colleges near where you live? Ones
that may have a film or theater department? Seems like a good place to find
actors and even crew, doesn't it? Now that you have a completed script you
have something to show others.

What do you want to do on this project? Do you want to direct it? Do you want
to act in it? Do you want to produce it?
 
Direct/write.

Yes, there is a community college with a film department (or atleast a class), through I don't go there, still being in high school and all that. I'll see what I can do.
 
Cpkeyes said:
still being in high school and all that.
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Okay. Dismiss most of the advice I have given you. I didn't know you
are still in high school.

Shoot your pilot with whatever camera you have available. Shoot it with
your phone. This is a learning experience for you. Shoot five episodes over
the next year. That's one episode every other month. Choose friends and
classmates to act in it. They don't have to be actors, they only have to show
up. This is a learning experience. As a high school director you need to learn
how to put people together more than you need a top quality web series.
This is the time you learn how to direct; how to tell a story visually, how to
edit and (most important) how to handle people. Start small. My first short
film (made when I was 16) was about two kids daring another kid to ring
the doorbell of a scary looking house. Five minutes. Non-actors, crew from
the local college, my mom made lunch and dinner for everyone.
 
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