The web is choc full of comedic web series and shorts. Some are funny, most are not, but as I discussed previously, it is easier to be funny on the web. Creating characters and drama is difficult when you have little time. That said a web series has potential for great characters, yet I have not been able to find many people up to the task. So I’d like to ask you guys, what are you working on? Have you found decent online dramas? Where and what are they?
Filed under filmmaking web series short films youtube vimeo film characters mad men the wire battlestar galactica sopranos breaking bad film making madmen the sopranos tarantino wes anderson aronofsky paul thomas anderson fincher christopher nolan Charlie Kaufman digital distribution
The second in a series of articles on great writing in modern media, today’s article focuses on the final episode of the first season of Mad Men. You can also check out the previous article, on Battlestar Galactica, as well as my original discussion of great writing. Arguably televisions greatest show, Mad Men is ripe with thematic and character interaction, making it possibly the best choice for an article on such a subject.
Read more …
Filed under Betty Draper Don Draper John Hamm blog film filmmaking mad men madmen screenwriting television tv writing January Jones
