{"id":106651,"date":"2018-11-02T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=106651"},"modified":"2018-11-02T09:21:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:21:58","slug":"5-reasons-shoot-digital-web-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/5-reasons-shoot-digital-web-series\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why You Should Shoot Your Own Digital Web Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the 2018 Austin Film Festival, we chatted with Root for the Villain writer\/director Max Rissman about shooting short-form episodic content.<\/h2>\n

The <\/span>Austin Film Festival<\/span><\/a> is regarded as a writer\u2019s film festival. This year, in addition to marquee screenings of Isold Uggadottir<\/a>\u2019s <\/span>And Breathe Normally<\/span><\/em>, Brady Corbet<\/a>\u2019s <\/span>Vox Lux<\/span><\/em> (starring Natalie Portman<\/a>), and Yorgos Lanthimos<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>The Favourite<\/span><\/em>, the festival hosted a whole week of shorts and features, workshops, and pitch competitions aimed at honoring up-and-coming writing talent.<\/span><\/p>\n

We caught up with writer\/director <\/span>Max Rissman<\/span><\/a>, whose digital series <\/span>Root for the Villain<\/span><\/em> played as part of a new <\/span>Scripted Digital Series<\/span><\/a> block, to chat about his writing experience and to get his advice on directing a digital series.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. A Good Bridge Project<\/h3>\n