The Learning Annex

Description

So you have a great idea for a TV series, but you don’t have the money to produce it and the TV suits won’t give you the time of day. Don’t worry…Just Web It.
You can produce a web series for very little money and this new Learning Annex class will teach you how to get started.

Two years ago, Andrew Buckley wanted to find a way to tell the story he knew best — the Columbia Expedition, the first American voyage ’round the world. With little knowledge of digital filmmaking, he started with a MacBook Pro, borrowed equipment from the a public access television channel and a
single cameraman. As of this spring his Hit and Run History traveled around New England and to Africa tracking the first leg of the voyage. With two full episodes and over a dozen grants, Buckley was tapped by PBS powerhouse WGBH-Boston to do a web series as the centerpiece of their history page
on the newly-designed site.

You will learn:

- What you need to know about equipment – computers, cameras, sound
- Using public access and other inexpensive resources
- Where to Show – YouTube, Vimeo and FB,
Live screenings, iTunes video podcast
- Promotion – Using free media in print and online by identifying a niche audience
- Using Social Media to create buzz for your show
- and more.

Producing a web series is the first step in getting recognized by agents, networks and publishers. No one knows how to tell your story better than you.
The crew of Hit and Run History will tell you how they went from just an idea to national coverage with theirs.

Andrew Giles Buckley is creator and host of the reality/travel/history web series Hit and Run History on PBS-powerhouse WGBH-Boston. He is the foremost authority on the Columbia Expedition, and this Gumshoe Historian and his crew film their exploits following the first American voyage ‘round the world. An author of historical fiction and a travel writer, Buckley is currently working on a companion book for Hit and Run History.