Summary
While every writer dreams of finding a producer or network to finance his/her episodic series, most of us are not that lucky. However, that does not have to be the end of Your creative journey nor means a story doesn’t have an audience. This webinar will help empower storytellers and give them the knowledge and tools to circumvent the gatekeepers and create a successful short form series that can even make money.
Award winning Indie writer/producer Caytha Jentis, the creator of the hit comedy series The Other F Word that stars Judy Gold and Steve Guttenberg and streams on Amazon, will share the secrets of her success on how she took an episodic concept and turned it into a top short form series that has reached over 1M viewers and has generated revenue and work for her.
See more of Caytha's journey by clicking here.
What You'll Learn
- Why make a short form series
- The business plan
- The script is king
- Attracting key talent
- Building your base
- Social media.
- Financing strategies
- How to stretch production $
- Strategic alliances
- Marketing, marketing, marketing
- Q&A with Caytha
Who Should Attend
Filmmakers
Digital creators
Content creators
Producers
Actors
Distributors
Executive
Caytha Jentis is an award winning independent filmmaker. Her most recent project is “The Other F Word,” a comedic short form series that streams on Amazon. The cast includes Steve Guttenberg, Judy Gold, Alysia Reiner and Gilbert Gottfried. Jentis has also written four features, produced three and directed two. Her features include “Bad Parents” starring Janeane Garofalo, Cheri Oteri, Christopher Titus, Michael Boatman and Kristen Johnston (Cinedigm), “And Then Came Love” starring Vanessa Williams, Anna Camp and Eartha Kitt (Warner Bros) and “The One” starring Jon Prescott (TLA Releasing). Caytha's award winning stage play "It's All About the Kids" has been turned into a musical that premiered at NYMF. Her production company Fox Meadow Films has projects in various stages of development and recently opened a talent management division. A former literary agent, she has also has an extensive background in sales including a stint at the Bergen Record in internet ad sales. She earned an M.F.A. from UCLA in screenwriting and a B.S. in TV/film from Syracuse University. She is a member of the Producers Guild, Writer’s Guild and NYWIFT.