BBC are starting a new comedy website next year called "BBC Soup", with the remit almost wholly buzzword du jour "Rich Media"
they want ~30minutes of *new* movies and animations *every* week
i don't reckon they're going to get anything like that (of non-crap) -- it's just too time-intensive for most people to do
what do you guys reckon?
Any chance of some linkage?
nope, it exists only in the minds of men
i think
It depends on what they want then. If they want an eclectic mix of stuff from all over the globe then I'm sure they'll achieve it quite easily.
If they want regular BBC-soup dedicated stuff then I agree they might be stretched for quality content.
they want dedicated stuff, custom-created FOR that site. unpaid...
alfie & co: given your background/employment history: what do YOU reckon of the likelihood of this being feasible?
Hmmm. They might get student types creating original content for free, in the hope of some exposure that leads to something else, much in the same way as putting stuff up to other online sites for free, or creating short films for competition entry.
By student types I include people on forums such as CGTalk who are learning the software.
BUT.
If they don't pitch it as such and if they don't offer support/assistance/funding to the same sort of people, then it's going to fall down on its arse. People will start asking why the hell they aren't getting paid for probably several weeks or months worth of hard work.
If they have a few early cases of work on the site leading to work at the Beeb, or other companies picking people up for employment based on what they have seen on the site and also if the visitor hit for the site is really high, then I guess it could work.
Oh and it's unlikely people would agree to "dedicated stuff". If I spend that long making something, I'm sure as hell not giving them exclusivity on it, I'd put it on as many sites as I could, to increase the exposure.
cheers alfie: that's EXACTLY what i tried to tell the guys
lots of organisational momentum/individual-shot-at-career sub-motivations in the whole groupthink thing going on... situation normal.
i'd like to suggest one minor tweak/consequence to what you said, looking at the human herd extrapolations:
re "a few early cases...work at the Beeb" -- yes this will create a "lottery" feel to it -- "ooh YES it IS possible to win!". but over time, don't you think that the ACTUAL probable outcome of a submission, vs the promise, vs the actual effort required, will lead to a gradual but accelerating souring of people's attitude to contributing? and thencely a serious tanking of quality (if not quantity) of the contributions?
Posted by
WarHead, 29th November 2005:
Never mind all that. I have news that will excite Brock beyond imaginings. Next week ..... on the Holiday Show (Monday, BBC1, 7pm) Lisa Rogers is going on a watersports holiday ... and we all know what that means, don't we boys and girls? Brock will be sore and exhausted on Tuesday,
that's what it means.
Posted by
Brock, 29th November 2005:
Yeah. I saw that last night before I went to the pub. I'm hoping it doesn't mean that Laurence Llewelyn Bowen isn't going to piss on her or something. That'd be nasty. Hopefully it'll be all about her in a wetsuit or bikini and skimpy things.
I have set a reminder on my phone...
:)
Posted by
WarHead, 29th November 2005:
I'm hoping it doesn't mean that Laurence Llewelyn Bowen isn't going to piss on her or something.
You hope that it doesn't mean he
isn't going to do it. You're more kinky than I'd imagined.
Posted by
Brock, 29th November 2005:
Gah!
What a mistaka to maka! I was struggling with spelling that fop's name, that I lost context.
I feel dirty...
Laurence will hose you down
If it becomes a "hotbed" of new talent and can keep that momentum up then it would be ok. If they helped a few people near the start and then tailed off, it would tank.
The movies would be shit, probably one of the idiot "comedians" that walk around the streets playing really crap pranks on everyone, hopefully if that is the case someone would push them infront of a bus
punk'd-counterpunk'd -- not a bad idea for a show
alfie- yeah. but i reckon the hotbedness or otherwise of the site will depend upon adequate volume and quality of its content, and hence a strict "rich media" purview makes it far less likely that that can be sustained. take even something as simple as weebl&bob -- how long does it take to make just a 1-2 minute skit?
at last, we might see some end to the downward spiral of "reality" tv:
'MUGGED' BY TV SHOW PRANKSTERS
Mike, a father-of-one, said: "I was heading towards the bank, near Corn Street, when I saw a man wearing a balaclava walk past me.
"The next thing I knew he came up to me and put his face about three inches away from mine, it really took me off guard.
"He must have been more than six feet tall, it was very intimidating.
"I thought I was going to have my mobile phone stolen, or get stabbed or something. The fear was really building up inside me and I just didn't know what was going to happen.
"At the time I was speaking to my partner on my phone and one minute I was talking to her, and the next minute all she heard was me screaming and then the phone went dead. She was at home looking after our nine-month-old baby and was terrified for me.
...
He said: "A couple of years ago I had a similar thing happen when a man attacked me outside a pub, so this prank was particularly distressing.
www.thisisbristol.com/displ...
please god let this be the beginning of the end
BBC Three is launching a campaign to find the next generation of comedy writers and creators through the new BBC Soup website.
The site, announced last month and due to launch in March, invites comedy amateurs to post their efforts online.
Now BBC Three will be running an on-air campaign to boost submissions, while established stars will be offering comedy masterclasses on the BBC Three website
The writers and performers of the best sketches will be invited to attend comedy workshops run by the BBC Comedy North unit in Manchester in June
And if the campaign is successful, a half-hour pilot show could be produced for transmission on BBC Three.
Comedy North boss Kenton Allen said: ‘This is a major campaign that will run over several months, which we hope will extend and complement the more traditional ways in which we discover and engage with the next generation of comedy programme makers.
‘It's part of BBC Three's DNA, and builds on our ongoing commitment to exploit broadband and mobile platforms to engage audiences, offering them wider access to and involvement in our programmes.
‘Now, we're beginning to put a new generation of media and technology-aware viewers in the driving seat of new comedy content.’
www.chortle.co.uk/news/feb0...
yeah, they _say_ comedy writers, but then when you talk to them they say "not interested in writing -- we only want "rich media" "
meme meme meme
It's always "meme meme meme" with you!
Saw the set up and took it. I will not apologise.
teamwork! that's what it's all about.
oh look, the IT Crowd's american version:
www.thepostshow.com/2006/02/02
whiny wanna-feel-superior sneering being the essence of both
Is the female acting and scripting as poor in the American one?
Also the black guy (the one from Dark Place) has an autocue style of delivery. It was perfect for DP but not sure it totally works in ITC, it actually detracts from my enjoyment of Dark Place.
If that makes any sense.