tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post6882350912322606968..comments2024-03-22T05:29:18.132-07:00Comments on Shawn James, Black Freelance Writer: Shawn’s Plans for an All About Nikki Kickstarter/FundraiserShawn Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-82491645774435217102013-11-29T21:18:00.137-08:002013-11-29T21:18:00.137-08:00Anonymous:
You've given me some ideas and some...Anonymous:<br />You've given me some ideas and some thiings I could research. <br /><br />The Kickstarter is just one of several avenues I'm planning on purusuing for this project. <br /><br />I'll get in touch with drama teachers, but I want to make sure I can get the foundations in place before I start building. I'm still tryiing to figure out licenses, permits, and all the other preliminary stuff works before I start working on a production.<br /><br />I don't know if Nikki lends to a stage play, the scripts are about 20-25 pages long. It'd be a really short show. But maybe I could modify things. <br /><br /><br />Everything is in the rough planning stages, but I really want to get this project off the ground. No one is doing a Black teen sitcom and that is where the biggest audience is right now. Shawn Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-58661975970411433122013-11-29T13:53:42.147-08:002013-11-29T13:53:42.147-08:00BEFORE you do all that check around to see if ther...BEFORE you do all that check around to see if there are grants that you can get to film this pilot. There is a way you can do it without having to raise a ton of money. <br />If you have time go to your local library and see if you can borrow the DVD Portlandia (now in season 4) the commentaries give some interesting tips on firming and how to budget (the first season cost less than $1 million to produce).<br />And I still say talk to some of those drama teachers a the school or college level-somebody needs a story to perform a play off of. Why not do it as a stage play first and get a dvd together to present and then use it to help get a real pilot done.<br />Is that what Tyler did with Madea? He had a finished play to show and eventually got funding for movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com