The night of and day after the first Celebrate the Web event last April, Kim Evey and I faced a very obvious question: is that it? I don’t know who asked it to the other first or if it was ever actually vocalized…but the clear answer we both had was: heck no!
The next step was deciding when to do the next installment of the event. We didn’t want to do it too often and have it only become another mixer. Don’t get us wrong, we love a big mixer, but the networking and hanging out was just a small element of what we want this event to be. Celebrations are special occasions, that should be met with a sense of anticipation. At the same time, we also wanted to keep the amazing momentum of camaraderie and inspiration the first event generated. We all wanted to feel that good again!
So Kim and I came up with a compromise: we’d like to do the event quarterly, with our next event coming up on July 15th (more details to come!). Four events a year would allow us to feature even more Streamy Award winners and nominees leading up to next year’s award season. Our second event will feature 2010 Streamy Award nominees.
Like the first Celebrate the Web event, we want to structure it as a way for presenters to speak for a few minutes on an aspect of working on the web. The first installment asked the simple question: why do you like working on the web?
For our July 15th event we want to pass it over to the web community at large: what do YOU what to hear more about for the second Celebrate the Web event? Should the event focus on production? Storytelling? Challenges of working in the space?
Leave us a comment of a one-sentence question you’d like our speakers to answer. We’ll take submissions until Saturday June 12th and then Kim, myself and WorldofHiglet (who has been amazing helping us with organization on our second event) will pick our 10 favorites which we will then let you all vote on, ultimately letting you choose the theme for the event.
We can’t wait to hear what you come up with!
–Jenni, Kim, and WorldofHiglet
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How about a beauty pageant theme with all of the webTV stars? There could be a talent portion, a QandA, and of course swimsuit and evening gown competition. The winner could be crowned Ms or Mr. WebTV. That would certainly be different.
Being purely selfish, my request is that it be streamed live and start no later than 3pm PST. Think of it as allowing plenty of drinking time afterwards!
Being less selfish, live streaming and plenty of opportunities for creators from around the world to participate in some way.
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I’d be interested in hearing people talk about how to keep the community open and expanding. In the face of so much corporate influence and increasing production costs how do we create our own path instead of trying to become a mini Hollywood? And bypassing Streamys talk, I think a large part of that conversation could deal with creating new organizations or modifying existing ones to create support networks for new talent. I would love to hear smarter people than I riff on that for a while.
I think it should have a format similar to the old Playboy After Dark series. The setting, a big party where the host wanders around talking to the various guests and occasionally, some of them perform.
Logistically, the producers could arrange the ‘random’ encounters with guests ahead of time so that they aren’t completely caught off guard. Also, the performance aspect would allow the folks in the bubble a chance to show off their talent, be it singing, dancing, playing an instrument, or what have you.
Also, if one wanted to get ‘wacky’ the producers could choreography “background theater”, one or a series of ‘happenings’ that take place in the background while an interview or monologue is taking place in the foreground.
I’m really enjoying the suggestions for the format of the show, that’s awesome and I’m making note of all of them. But are there more suggestions on what the theme of the show should be? A one-sentence question that the speakers can talk about would be perfect.
If you had to ‘hook up’ with one person in this room excluding spouses or significant others, who would it be and why?
I kid, I kid
(Although, could be a fun question 
)
All things being equal, what would you like to change about the way web series are made?
However, the problem with having a single central question is the possibility of group think developing with people simply echoing previous answers or giving pat answers such as ‘more money’, ‘better food’, or ‘more viewers’.
How did the crew/cast come together?
Talk about the biggest challenge in getting the web-series out (writing, shooting, marketing, finding actors, finding locations, etc..)
Storytelling – talk about the initial idea and developing it through to final cut. What was the primary focus? Was the entire series developed prior to shooting or few episodes at a time.
How many people are involved in producing the show? Describe the production process for putting an episode together.
Just a few that came to mind.
As quality — and to a certain extent, overhead, increases on the web, what can be done by the web series community and content creators to prevent the barriers to entry that plague traditional media?
I LOVE Mathieas’ idea.
I would love to be part of the next one!
PS. Jenni , you and Kim are awesome to be doing this
Make Celebrate The Web about the fans. About the comments, about the communities, about the people who make us time and time again create something new.
Our big advantage over television as a medium is that fans and creators, and stars get to talk each other. Communities are what makes the web great. In the brief time I’ve been involved with webseries the excitement has been generated by sharing this with people who eventually become fans. If you can find a way to make Celebrate the Web interactive all the better.
my $0.02,
The web and inexpensive equipment has democratized production, but the resulting influx of inferior storytelling and production quality being unleashed unto the world threatens to stifle those of us with unique voices and overall talent. Challenge: Beyond curated content and award shows, what incentives can the community create to further incentivize creating quality work?
There are some parallels to the dilemma of slogging through the slushpiles of bad scripts in traditional Hollywood. Yet, in that situation, ideally the quality scripts get elevated and rewarded with a fat check from a studio and the bad scripts remain anonymous to everyone except hired readers. In the web community, EVERYTHING is put out there for the world to see. I feel content producers such as myself need to devise something analogous to the low-six against high-six spec deal announcement when we discover something worthy of securing rights to and pushing out to the world in a manner that helps such content rise above the noise.
Obviously, money talks and therein lies the main challenge to overcome while we still work out how to properly monetize this stuff. But there has to be some clever workaround in the meantime to ensure people truly “celebrate the web” versus regard it with disdain due to flood of crap the average person refuses to sift through. I rack my brain about this everyday. [Sorry, guess that wasn't one sentence, but I had to get it off my chest, ha ha!]
So I completely read this wrong and thought the event was June 15… so glad that I now won’t be out of town for it.
I think the most interesting topic (to me) would be to focus on what makes a webseries grow – the role of the community.
One word question could be – How do you maintain and grow your series community in a matter that provides rewards for both them and you?
Then again – with all the research I’ve been doing on web series I’m biased and think the community / word of mouth advertising is the number one promoter of these types of shows.
Another interesting question could focus on storytelling and be – How do you use all the tools the web provide to tell your story in the fullest?
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