Good Web-Series, Now Just Make It For The Web

The web-series Break A Leg – The Sitcom is a good well-written series. The show is about a new writer who gets his show picked up by a network. The only problem is that the producer he gets is a moron who has no funding for the show along with no real set. All of the characters in the show are well developed such as Jennifer, a man hired as an artistic director that is always cutting a piece of fruit but never actually eating it, and Sebastian, the producer who always has a hands-free phone device and an energy drink in his hand. The cast is not just faced with no funding though. There is a threat of a tabloid publishing information about the actors in Break A Leg and the actors threaten to leave the show if the information gets published. Not only does this poor writer have to deal with a moronic producer and director, fundraising, and re-writing scenes because they casted two people who are the same person but the writer is the only one that realizes this, he has to deal with this circus of cast members who are threatening to walk at any moment.
Although Break A Leg – The Sitcom is well written, it is produced for TV not for the web. Each episode of the series is a 13 minutes act of a three act show, for instance there is episode one act one, act two, and act three. With each act being about thirteen minutes long I found myself loosing interest by the end. This show is also shot to be on TV as well. The lighting is nothing great and even worked the lights into the script so we see some lights in the shots and the audio just isn’t great at times. The way it was shot is done in a way of Arrested Development or The Office, which Break A Leg is styled after. I like stuff that is shot like The Office but it does not transfer well into the internet video and compression world. Break A Leg has a lot of wide hand held shots and slam zooms. All the movement in the frame of view does not compress well and you can see a lot of artifacts in the video. The style is there and it would look good on a TV but we are not viewing this show on TV and that is something the director should have taken into account when shooting this series.
Break A Leg – The Sitcom is a worthy mention of a web-series to check out if you want a laugh. The comedy is funny and the gags are pretty good. If you are looking for a show like Arrested Development look no further. The writing is there to make this a good series and the writing is what holds this series up because the production is such low budget. Although the quality of the production is a little lacking and close ups are missing this is a good web series to check out if you want something new and funny.