Web Series: 4 Things to Ask Yourself Before Starting

Felicia DayFrom the blog of Felicia Day. Apart from being adorable and talented, Felicia is pretty smart. She’s been around the block a few times with the whole “original web series” thing which, at the end of the day, is the same as independent filmmaking. All four of these questions apply just as much to your indie doc feature as they do to her web series about online role-playing gamers.

The internet isn’t TV: It’s 20 million channels rather than 200. If you can’t sit down and easily identify what kind of person will like your show and name 5 places that person might go to on the internet, you will have a hard time getting the word out, no matter how good it is.

Read Web Series: 4 Things to Ask Yourself Before Starting on Felicia Day’s blog.

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