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Acting in a Youtube series = career pretty dead or accepting of new media?
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:40 pm
Maybe even a little of both?
Orlando Jones wrote and produced a new series that has been airing weekly on Youtube. It is financed by Machinima which is one of the largest networks on Youtube. He never really had a high profile career but he was in some big movies.
The thing is though that Eric Roberts is in it as well. I was a little shocked because he's probably made enough money that he wouldn't have to resort to this. Considering the budget for the first season was only $300K I doubt he made a lot anyway. He could also probably do any theater parts he truly wanted to do if he just wanted to work.
So for Woods is it a dead career and this is the only way to work or he is just adopting new media?
There have also been some big names on Youtube this week for the Comedy Week they have going on. Just curious if you think this will become more accepted and normal.
Orlando Jones wrote and produced a new series that has been airing weekly on Youtube. It is financed by Machinima which is one of the largest networks on Youtube. He never really had a high profile career but he was in some big movies.
The thing is though that Eric Roberts is in it as well. I was a little shocked because he's probably made enough money that he wouldn't have to resort to this. Considering the budget for the first season was only $300K I doubt he made a lot anyway. He could also probably do any theater parts he truly wanted to do if he just wanted to work.
So for Woods is it a dead career and this is the only way to work or he is just adopting new media?
There have also been some big names on Youtube this week for the Comedy Week they have going on. Just curious if you think this will become more accepted and normal.
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 12:41 pm
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:41 pm to stout
At least they are still working actors.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:41 pm to stout
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Just curious if you think this will become more accepted and normal.
I think we're heading that way, especially with Netflix and Amazon having their own shows
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:43 pm to TH03
Youtube is also investing millions to get people to develop shows just for Youtube. Those shows will be subscription based plus have ads. The subscription will be like $1.50 for the whole series or something.
I just wonder if there will be more B,C, and D list celebs who do this.
I just wonder if there will be more B,C, and D list celebs who do this.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:46 pm to stout
Isn't that what Julia Stiles is doing? She has been working fairly regularly aand has been in big name films.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:47 pm to stout
Defitely both, but way more this:
..than this:
shite like this is the future of entertainment (at least partially).
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accepting of new media
..than this:
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career pretty dead
shite like this is the future of entertainment (at least partially).
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:48 pm to stout
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I just wonder if there will be more B,C, and D list celebs who do this.
why not do it if you're a B, C, or D lister? quick, fairly cheap exposure, most of the time you can showcase other talents, like production/directing, etc, and I'm sure the cost of production is overshadowed by potential profit.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:49 pm to CocomoLSU
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shite like this is the future of entertainment (at least partially).
yea, that's what I'm thinking. as more and more people turn to internet streaming of movies and shows, the smart thing to do is have original content available at the same place.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:54 pm to CocomoLSU
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shite like this is the future of entertainment (at least partially).
I agree but I guess my thinking is that YouTube would be beneath some of them since anyone can upload to YouTube.
The reverse of that is Youtube has also made some people very famous. Sadly for us one of those is Justin Bieber.
There are also Youtube only people that make high 6 figures to in the low seven figures off of Youtube now so I can see the appeal for an actor that has limited work options.
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:55 pm to stout
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I agree but I guess my thinking is that YouTube would be beneath some of them since anyone can upload to YouTube.
the change of how youtube is viewed has to start somewhere, it won't just happen. I think this will grow exponentially over the next few years
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so I can see the appeal for an actor that has limited work options.
and for someone who wants to work on personal side projects.
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:56 pm to stout
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I agree but I guess my thinking is that YouTube would be beneath some of them since anyone can upload to YouTube.
Eh, I mean anybody can start a blog, yet you still have insanely popular blogs that make people lots of money. Just because it's accessible to many doesn't mean it's beneath other venues (or not profitable).
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:59 pm to stout
Eric Roberts needs to quit fricking around an repirse his role as Alex in the Best of the Best movies.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:59 pm to TH03
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and I'm sure the cost of production is overshadowed by potential profit.
Yea probably. It's not like there is a really high bar for production on Youtube so the cost is probably very cheap.
As far as profit, they make about $2 per 1000 views so far someone like Ray William Johnson who gets 30 million views per month it's very lucrative.
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:05 pm to stout
also a great "audition" for an actor who hasn't done much lately or is almost forgotten
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:08 pm to stout
I don't think Ricky Gervais' career is pretty dead and he's been moving towards more youtube stuff the past few months.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:10 pm to Josh Fenderman
Is he? Doing what exactly?
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:13 pm to stout
i just think of it as the actor doing an independent film, big names do them all the time, and the film can be great.
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:14 pm to Josh Fenderman
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I don't think Ricky Gervais' career is pretty dead and he's been moving towards more youtube stuff the past few months.
you mean clips of his radio show/podcast on youtube?
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:24 pm to TH03
No, he's been doing David Brent stuff. He also had his show Derek up there for a bit. Haven't looked in awhile.
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