Kickstarter is becoming a pretty big deal, it seems. Now the people behind Mad Nation are using it to launch the second series of their post-apocalyptic web series. Mad Nation creator Ethan Taranto-Kent is a long-time NMA member under the moniker InTheOnlineAsbestosSuit. He's regularly posted his videos on the forums and has done a DVD giveaway in the past for NMA members. He's told us that he is likely to do that for Season 2 as well. <center><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/290975840/mad-nation-season-2/widget/video.html" frameborder="0"> </iframe></center> If you want to support Mad Nation to get to their $5,000 goal, the Kickstarter page is here.
I think its cool what they do, I mean really. But somehow ... I just cant see my self watching those movies. I guess I am to spoiled by block buster movies and all that.
I can understand that: web shows aren't for everybody. Hell even I prefer an hour TV show or a full length feature over watching shorts on my computer. We do it in the format that we do out of necessity: it will be a long time before we have the money to do a full length studio TV show or feature film. Someday I hope that we can use what we've build so far to pitch the show to a major TV network and hopefully get picked up on Cable TV, but that's a long way off and obviously a best case scenario. I will say that the nature of our narrative lends itself well to the short-episodic format though; we try to keep it very slice of life, and so the episodes tend to flow into each other. And I think the web series format has a lot of potential in the future, given the increasing use of smart phones and tablets for watching youtube videos and the like, and for what it's worth a ten minute episode is just long enough to keep a viewer entertained on the subway or while waiting in line somewhere.
yeah, the entertainment industry is a very hard and harsh business. It always ways. The grave yard is full of dead but potentially awesome shows. Anyway! Thx for your answer. I wish you the best luck with your project.
I can't seem to find more than a handful of episodes on youtube. Am I going blind or have they been moved somewhere else?
Here's a link to the newest episode: https://vimeo.com/70527827 We took a lot of stuff off YouTube because we don't like a lot of their policies. Primarily that they mistakenly labeled half our stuff as containing 3rd party content, which is untrue and happened as a result of their faulty Content-ID system. We're gradually transitioning to Vimeo as we make new stuff.
Aw, that sucks! I had suspected that automating take-downs would cause a lot of headaches for content contributors, but I haven't heard much about it, so I figured that their system was pretty good. Seems I figured wrong. Thanks for the link. I like what I have seen so far, so I've backed it. Best of luck!
Glad you like the show! Thanks a million for the support! And if you're curious about the content ID problems, you should check out this page, they explain it rather well: http://fairusetube.org/youtube-copyfraud It looks like things have gotten a bit better since I started pulling our videos off Youtube; back then, when Youtube wrongfully accused me of using 3rd party content, I had the option to appeal, but the appeal process lead to a dead end that went nowhere and my videos would still be blocked or marked with a 3rd party content message.
Thanks a million! EDIT: For those interested, we've added a new flash goal on the Kickstarter! Click here to view the Kickstarter Page! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/290975840/mad-nation-season-2
