Peculiar: Trailer

Just finished a new trailer for the show:

Shoot a Pilot for under $200? How did we do it?

Inevitably when I’m talking to media professionals about the show, and mention that we shot the pilot for under $170, they are amazed.

How is it possible to do almost 20 minutes of sitcom for that little money. Well, if we had to pay for everything and everyone involved, it wouldn’t have been possible. The bill would have been somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000. But we didn’t have to do that because of the connection we have.

The relationship I had with my church allowed us to use locations, gear and seek volunteers for free. The relationships we built with and among the cast and crew, who caught the vision for the project, allowed us to have zero personnel costs. I borrowed everything, or used things I had.

The money we did spend went for props and a little bit of food. Not much food, our craft services table had donuts and water bottles. We borrowed what props we could, but some just had to be purchased.

The locations that were not on the church property we were able to do because of a relationship I had with the coffee shop owner.

There is no doubt that more money would have been better. Being able to pay extras would have been huge. We would have had more than two show up for the morning shoot. Paying cast crew is something I want very much to do. The hours they gave for the pilot were just crazy. They deserve to be compensated. but even though we didn’t have budget, they still worked very hard because they believe in the project.

So, if you have a dream, take stock in what is around you. What connections do you already have. Who do you know that can catch your vision? Then cast it and move forward. Keep doing what you can with what you have. If you wait until you are ready you will never get started.

What Should a Peculiar App Be Like?

Some day, there will be an app for the show. What should it be like? What should you be able to do with it?

The basic function of course would be the ability to watch the show. And hook up with all the social media handles and outlets.

 

But would it be cool if when someday you are watching the show off Hulu or Netflix or something, and you could use the app as a “second screen” where you interact with other viewers at the same time. Is this just chat, or some sort of Facebook interaction? Sharing links and answering polls and questions. or what?

 

What should a show’s app be able to do?

Looking for 1000 Views

We are closing in on 1000 views of the Peculiar Pilot on Youtube. Share the link with your friends.

I’m considering posting it up on Vimeo and GodTube for more exposure. Watch for a new Kickstarter campaign coming soon.

New Website

Welcome to the new Peculiar website.

 

While it’s a lot better and more purposeful than the last, it’s not everything  I’d hoped it would be yet. So expect some changes to come. I tried some video themes, and none of them worked for me. This simple design was the best for now.

 

Hope you enjoy it. Don’t forget to “Like” a post and share it with your Facebook friends.

New Website!

Peculiarshow.com has a new website. Check it out when it goes live in a couple of days. All of this content, plus anything new will be posted there.

Peculiarshow.com

Spoof Trailers

So, I was out of town, and spent some time in an area without much internet. It was great to get away, but I also had a little time to play. i opened iMovie and used the pilot to make some Spoof Trailers. if you aren’t familiar with iMovie, there are some preset themes that are basically pre built movies trailers you put your own video into. I cranked out a few:

First, what if Peculiar were a romantic comedy?

Next, what if Blake were a super spy? (Sorry about the ad. Why iMovie includes music in a theme that requires an ad like this on Youtube, I don’t know.)

And finally, what if Peculiar were an adventure movie?