Idiot Box - TV pilot

gripper stebson

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• Nov 6, 2013

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OK so here is our new TV pilot... it's an animated sketch show made for about £70 and heading off towards the industry now.

Fingers crossed.

See what you think. Feedback welcome... I think!

https://vimeo.com/78706582

 

Norman Potting

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• Nov 6, 2013

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Only had time to watch around half of it, good effort for the price. Watch very little TV so don't really know what to compare it to (Monkey Dust perhaps) but I would give it 7/10. Good luck with it anyway.

 

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Shropshire Seagull

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Not my cuppa ....

 

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GingerBeerMan

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Well scripted and produced. Did the £70 go on voice actors?

 

Nibble

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• #5

Can't get it to play

 

gripper stebson

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GingerBeerMan said:

Well scripted and produced. Did the £70 go on voice actors?

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No it went on a microphone.

I know a fair few actors so, as usual, called in favours.

...oh and it's me singing the drugs song!

 

Mellotron

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• Nov 6, 2013

• #7

Looks like a great idea, will check it out with sound later.

 

gripper stebson

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Nibble said:

Can't get it to play

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Try the Youtube link Nibs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUofSw-oV7o

 

Nibble

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gripper stebson said:

Try the Youtube link Nibs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUofSw-oV7o

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Cheers! Liked it. Favourites were Masterbake and Mock of The Day. And fantastic to see the return of Andrew Lavine! Good job Stebson.

 

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leigull

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Will have a watch at home later. Enjoyed the local football film you did a few years back, can't remember the name now though!

 

Bold Seagull

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• Nov 6, 2013

• #11

cheeky little Palace 0 - 3 Brighton along the vidiprinter!

 

Albumen

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• Nov 6, 2013

• #12

Honest feedback? It seems a little slow compared to cutting edge comedy animation around at the mo. What audience are you looking for?
I can see it being shown on BBC3 at some point though. It's not my cup of tea, you seem to need a good knowledge of shit TV to understand the bitching (hence why I can't stomach most BBC3 shows). Good luck though. Let us know the industry feedback.

 

gullshark

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• Nov 6, 2013

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I agree, it seems to be a little slow and it reminds me a little of 2DTV I used to watch ages ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaI0UI9Ou4k

 

gripper stebson

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its_neil said:

I agree, it seems to be a little slow and it reminds me a little of 2DTV I used to watch ages ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaI0UI9Ou4k

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It's a fair point. Pace is always the hardest thing to get right with comedy.

I think I was a little held back with the software I used as you can't do much zooming and swishing about - the things you need to truly mock crap TV.

That's my excuse!

 

Nibble

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Yes, perhaps a slightly faster cut but the content works.

 

Official Old Man

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• Nov 6, 2013

• #16

Undecided. Liked it at first but grew tired after 5 minutes. May be not my kind of comedy but liked the ideas. Sure it could go somewhere. BBC3 seems a good call but with 500 channels someone must take it. Best of luck and let us all know how it goes.