Brown, who has written for and produced several television series and teaches film and media arts courses, explains how to create a TV series for the internet. He describes what a webisode is, the history of web series, and specific programs, then takes readers through the series concept; creating characters and the world of the series; the pilot story and script; choosing a visual style; equipment and budget; preproduction, production, and postproduction of the pilot; coming up with episode ideas to build on the pilot; and marketing the series and oneself. He ends with interviews with web series creators, such as Bill Rosenthal, Cary Okmin, Courtney Zito, and Jen Dawson. Appendices contain syllabi and outlines for his television course and tutorials on the screenplay format. This edition includes updated examples from new web series, new sections on marketing and animated web series, new information on festivals, a new chapter on business uses of web series, and new interviews. Annotation 2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
