Have you ever watched a film and thought - WOW! I want to go to that party? There are the traditional films that make use feel like we can’t breathe: Bridesmaids, Eurotrip, American Pies, The Great Gatsby, The Wolf of Wallstreet, etc. etc. etc. I’m interested in the more nuanced, this is a party but there is so much more going on here, type scenes. Here are a few I am going to brag about.
Why Edit a WebSeries? Why Sofa Queens
Both are truly such good questions. This blog is going to focus on WHY I decided to join Kelly and Ellen on this fantastical journey. After I had dinner in the summer with Kelly, she sent me all eight scripts. I read them through a couple of times, really trying to understand the characters, motivations and comedy beats. The more I read it, the more I felt like these people were very real.
Sofa Queens - Editing a Web Series 2020
This past summer, I made a pledge to up my anti and get into scripted content. I took a course a year before at LIFT for Web Series writing. I have written any number of pilot scripts - some which have never seen the light and others that are still in development. I thought tackling the world of short-form writing was a good way for me to stay connected to one story and didn’t tax me too much with my full time job.
An Age of Web Series
STORY A
A year ago, I discovered The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. After several intense weeks of constant youtube watching, the show was suddenly over and I wanted more. I researched and came across the real production company behind this web series: Pemberly Digital. Okay so maybe I was attracted initially to the Pride and Prejudice reference, but upon further inquiry, I realized that this was a special production house that modernized nineteenth century literary classics into modern and accessible stories.
I have since followed the company through its iterations of Emma Approved (Emma, Jane Austen) and Frankenstein MD (Frankenstein, Mary Shelly).
Yesterday I saw a new series and I could not contain my pleasure...
STORY B - Preface / explanation of Story A ending
Also a year ago, in a quaint pub downtown Toronto, guest blogger Andrea and myself met two wonderful people: Sarah Shelson and Wil Noack.
At the time, they had just received word from an independent funding source that their web series called March Family Letters won. They could not contain their smiles all night and the mood was perfectly contagious.
They patiently answered all my questions in regards to how they went about finding funding to the production process itself.
I saw their pilot and enjoyed the modern adaptation of The Little Women.
STORY C - how A and B come together in harmony
What to my wonderful eyes should I see last night, but The March Family Letters listed as a production at Pemberly Digital. Congratulations to the entire team involved with The March Family Letters, but mostly to Wil and Sarah. Your passion and drive and hard work have paid off enormously.
I can't wait to sink my teeth into all the episodes this weekend and get caught up with a wonderful adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's timeless novel.
- Jenn