Published May 20, 2013
I’ve seen a few different web series over the years but they all seemed to be comedy shows of varying quality most not so good. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen any that are thrillers or dramas. Do they exist and I’ve never found them or is nobody making them?
With that in mind I started to think about what kind of show I would make and an idea came to me could you tell a story made up of entirely of 52 60 to 90 second webisodes? If you did how would you go about structuring the script and producing it. The script for each webisode would only be about page and that means there isn’t time to waste but by the same token you don’t want it to be rushed.
He’res my rough off the cuff draft of a first episode
Episode 1
Reversed images in pale blue flow rapidly from the top left to the centre of the screen replaced by a glowing red light in the centre of a black screen.
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
Did you see?
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
Were you watching?
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
Or did you miss it?
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
It begins again
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
Always the same way
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
The song repeats but the dance changes.
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
Will it play out differently this time?
VOICE
(text printed on screen)
Or will end as it always does?
INT. CONNER’S BEDROOM
CONNER and ROSIE asleep in bed the digital clock reads 03:00
EXT. OUTSIDE OF A NIGHT CLUB
NATASHA checks her phone the time reads 03:00
INT. CAR CRASH
DALE lies upside down and bleeding in the driver seat. The broken clock reads 03:00
EXT. TERMINAL
AMBER stands with a colourful suitcase looking around expectantly. Checking her watch again the time reads 03:00
The Aspiring Writer 