Mike Ajakwe on Making a Web Series

Michael Ajakwe, Jr. is probably the single most influential person in the world of webseries television.  He has his own web-channel, Ajakwe TV, he set up the world's first webseries festival, LA Web Fest, he was a consultant to the first European web festival, the Marseille Web Fest, and he has written, filmed, edited and distributed his own webseries, Who... 

The guy knows a lot about the business.If you're interested in making a webseries, you should these four clips.

In the first he talks about his approach to writing a webseries. 

 

Next he talks about filming an episode.

 


In this clip, he explains how he goes about editing for an episode of Who...

 
 And here he talks about his unique approach to distributing his webseries.

"Who..."

Another webseries that played at the Marseille Web Fest is Who... It was created by Michael Ajakwe, Jr., who is himself a very interesting guy. He is a first-generation Nigerian-American who has written/directed/produced theatre, TV, movies and this webseries.

In his spare time, he set up LA Web Fest, the world's first all-web series festival. The second installment of which is due to take place from April 19-22, 2012, in Culver City, California.  Here he talks about the first festival.



The LA Web Fest attracted a lot of interest, including that of a French filmmaker who wanted to set up what became the Marseille Web Fest. In the following video clip, Michael Ajakwe talks about how he became involved in that.

 
The webseries Who... consists of two women talking about... well, sooner or later, everybody.

Here's the trailer.

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