{"id":87376,"date":"2017-04-07T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=87376"},"modified":"2017-04-07T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T19:53:10","slug":"3-filmmaking-takeaways-from-web-series-moon-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/3-filmmaking-takeaways-from-web-series-moon-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Filmmaking Takeaways from the Web Series Moon Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moon Shot<\/em>, from executive producer JJ Abrams, is an exercise in\u00a0compelling web content.<\/h2>\n

The documentary web series\u00a0Moon Shot<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>covers\u00a0the Google Lunar XPRIZE<\/a>, a\u00a0$30 million-dollar race to land a robot on the moon. Once there, the robot must travel 500 meters and send back HD video. All teams must\u00a0launch before the end of 2017. Easy right?<\/p>\n

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The clear mission and the suspense of whether or not the teams will overcome the challenge of this race makes for a great story.<\/p>\n

That’s the focus of the nine-part documentary series, executive produced by JJ Abrams<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Orlando Von Einsiedel<\/a>. This duo\u00a0creates\u00a0captivating portraits of some of the interesting people trying to win the race to\u00a0the moon. It also offers filmmakers some great insights on what it takes to make compelling documentary content that works on the web.<\/strong><\/p>\n