--- In [email protected], andrew michael baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On the topic of ABC's videoblog, > > ... > > Lets not forget the > advertisers! They are the ones supporting this and because so many > people need to get paid such high salaries, the advertisers need to > get paid most of the real-estate of the website. In many ways, this > scenario is typical of one where the advertisers are way more > important than the show itself. The show is just a tool for ad sales > in the end, after all. > > The point I want to make is, there are probably WAY too many people > needed to pull off this one 5 minute production exclusively for a > small flash file on one website. > > A company like ABC should perhaps use their expensive resources to > produce content that needs expensive resources. Was there special > access gained? Was there need for expensive equipment? Travel > expenses? 3 producers? > > No, there was no sign of any need for any of the above that I could see.
I think all the points you made were valid, and IMO actually correct. However, the bottom line is "the bottom line". Television is ABOUT advertising, not content. No advertisers = no production. All ABC has to do is make sure that the numbers make sense. It doesn't matter how many extraneous producers, EPs, APs, Production Assistants, runners, librarians, techs, editors, account execs, etc they bankroll as long as "the bottom line" works for them. I *am* surprised, actually that they went with a "once a week" platform with someone who was formerly doing five shows a week. It would seem to me with all the resources that are being brought to bear on this project, they could at least attempt to emulate the work schedule of the original. It's a new show, though... being produced by people that don't know anything about producing that kind of show, so there's nowhere to go but up! :D -- Bill C. http://ReelSolid.TV
