Comments for the wild musings of a web celebrity http://www.yuribaranovsky.com yuri baranovsky waxes websodic Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Daisy Whitney Interviews a Really, Really Attractive Person by Anna Cincera http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/daisy-whitney-interviews-a-really-really-attractive-person/comment-page-1/#comment-15175 Anna Cincera Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:02:21 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=270#comment-15175 Hah. Hahah. Kevin. Yet again, can't believe you're going to Singapore. Or rather, I can't believe you're IN Singapore. Pretty exciting stuff. On a side note: I just started rewatching all of Break a Leg for the thousandth time. Man, you guys are funny. Who knew? Hah. Hahah. Kevin.

Yet again, can’t believe you’re going to Singapore. Or rather, I can’t believe you’re IN Singapore.
Pretty exciting stuff.

On a side note: I just started rewatching all of Break a Leg for the thousandth time. Man, you guys are funny. Who knew?

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by D.T. Pennington http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15143 D.T. Pennington Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:47:39 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15143 Hi Yuri. Long time reader, first time commenter. Great to be here. Primarily, I'm a writer. And in recent years it seems a lot of writers have taken to the internet as a publishing platform that would, hopefully, get us to a more "mainstream" medium. It was a great idea until they stopped publishing anything that wasn't a detective or a vampire story (but when they get to the detective-vampire or vampire-detective series, I'll be ready for em). Now it is almost more logical for me to keep my words in a non-book format - publish them either through a website, blog, or through an e-reader market like Kindle. I recall when the Writer's Guild went on strike a few years back and eventually the only stuff worth watching was what was being produced on the net. Shows like "Break a Leg", or the mostly shameless "Quarterlife" series. Networks tried to buy up and broadcast some of these series - and when they aired they failed. Why? Probably because those who were interested in seeing content like that had already viewed it online and those who hadn't were expecting something more in the format of television. I'd say, as far as programs on the internet go - keep it up, keep focused on this medium because THIS medium is far more flexible to work in than television. True, TV still gets more eyeballs, but the net allows you to be more creative and true to your art. Personally, my eyes look at a computer screen about 100 times more often than they do a television screen. Mostly because I have more control over what I want to see and when I want to see it. Network television nowadays, more often than not, sucks. Stuff I do want to see airs on channels like FX, Showtime and HBO - the riskier programs like Weeds and Californication and Archer. Yet, to watch these shows, you have to subscribe to a cable package. Why more programs like these aren't produced for an online audience is beyond me. With online distribution comes more control over knowing who is watching, what they're watching, more instant feedback and discussion of your content. Actual numbers are being applied to each episode, which advertisers love, rather than a mostly-arbitrary number assigned by Neilsen. Just some thoughts. Best, DTP Hi Yuri. Long time reader, first time commenter. Great to be here.

Primarily, I’m a writer. And in recent years it seems a lot of writers have taken to the internet as a publishing platform that would, hopefully, get us to a more “mainstream” medium. It was a great idea until they stopped publishing anything that wasn’t a detective or a vampire story (but when they get to the detective-vampire or vampire-detective series, I’ll be ready for em). Now it is almost more logical for me to keep my words in a non-book format – publish them either through a website, blog, or through an e-reader market like Kindle.

I recall when the Writer’s Guild went on strike a few years back and eventually the only stuff worth watching was what was being produced on the net. Shows like “Break a Leg”, or the mostly shameless “Quarterlife” series. Networks tried to buy up and broadcast some of these series – and when they aired they failed. Why? Probably because those who were interested in seeing content like that had already viewed it online and those who hadn’t were expecting something more in the format of television.

I’d say, as far as programs on the internet go – keep it up, keep focused on this medium because THIS medium is far more flexible to work in than television. True, TV still gets more eyeballs, but the net allows you to be more creative and true to your art.

Personally, my eyes look at a computer screen about 100 times more often than they do a television screen. Mostly because I have more control over what I want to see and when I want to see it. Network television nowadays, more often than not, sucks. Stuff I do want to see airs on channels like FX, Showtime and HBO – the riskier programs like Weeds and Californication and Archer. Yet, to watch these shows, you have to subscribe to a cable package.

Why more programs like these aren’t produced for an online audience is beyond me. With online distribution comes more control over knowing who is watching, what they’re watching, more instant feedback and discussion of your content. Actual numbers are being applied to each episode, which advertisers love, rather than a mostly-arbitrary number assigned by Neilsen.

Just some thoughts.

Best,

DTP

]]> Comment on Daisy Whitney Interviews a Really, Really Attractive Person by Kevin http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/daisy-whitney-interviews-a-really-really-attractive-person/comment-page-1/#comment-15138 Kevin Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:11:26 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=270#comment-15138 Cool interview...you know they only interviewed you because of the whole beet thing, right? Stan Marley: the gift that keeps on giving... Cool interview…you know they only interviewed you because of the whole beet thing, right? Stan Marley: the gift that keeps on giving…

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by Skip http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15122 Skip Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:01:19 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15122 Nice to have you back Yuri! Nice to have you back Yuri!

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by Robb http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15121 Robb Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:55:01 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15121 I actually remember when my answer to the question: "So, what do hope to do with this? Get it on television or something?" changed from "that would be great" to "I'd like to be able to keep making webseries." Consider the budget discrepancy to be the price of freedom. (though, I do wish freedom would get cheaper so we'd have more money left over to make the shows) I actually remember when my answer to the question: “So, what do hope to do with this? Get it on television or something?” changed from “that would be great” to “I’d like to be able to keep making webseries.”

Consider the budget discrepancy to be the price of freedom. (though, I do wish freedom would get cheaper so we’d have more money left over to make the shows)

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by Hugo http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15120 Hugo Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:41:19 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15120 I love " the wild musings of a web celebrity" ! I love ” the wild musings of a web celebrity” !

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by VeniceRiley http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15119 VeniceRiley Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:12:49 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15119 I'm bitter for completely different reasons. Maybe we can all conspire to have Mark Gantt locked up so there's more women for the rest of us to hit on? Just a thought. I’m bitter for completely different reasons. Maybe we can all conspire to have Mark Gantt locked up so there’s more women for the rest of us to hit on? Just a thought.

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by Todd Norwood http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15118 Todd Norwood Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:10:21 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15118 Great post. It's easy for us all to forget that we're not in online purgatory - the truth is, everyone in traditional media is. (They're just paid better for their troubles) Keep these posts coming. Todd Great post. It’s easy for us all to forget that we’re not in online purgatory – the truth is, everyone in traditional media is. (They’re just paid better for their troubles)

Keep these posts coming.

Todd

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by Jim Lanzone http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15117 Jim Lanzone Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:32:41 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15117 Great post. 100% agree. Over time, the line between TV and the Web will begin to blur anyway (both ways -- 90% of network TV is already online, as we showed in our last blog post), but there is a lot the online series community can do to make it happen faster. This is a matter of when, not if. We at Clicker want to do our part to help move it along for all of you who are making this amazing content. Jim Great post. 100% agree. Over time, the line between TV and the Web will begin to blur anyway (both ways — 90% of network TV is already online, as we showed in our last blog post), but there is a lot the online series community can do to make it happen faster. This is a matter of when, not if.

We at Clicker want to do our part to help move it along for all of you who are making this amazing content.

Jim

]]> Comment on The Bitter Growing Pains of the Web Series by Tom Konkle http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/the-bitter-growing-pains-of-the-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-15112 Tom Konkle Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:02:46 +0000 http://www.yuribaranovsky.com/?p=262#comment-15112 You have articulated another tapped vein. Thank you You have articulated another tapped vein.

Thank you

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