GABE MICHAEL - Filmmaker & Actor

TwitterView - GabeMichael 042109In this TwitterVIEW, Ryan Yee of NerdBoyTV tweets an interview with filmmaker, Gabe Michael, one of the creators of "The Big Time." @GabeMichael talks about how he leverages Twitter, YouTube, and the Internet to produce a comedy that has its audience "talking back" literally through comments and tweets. http://www.thebigtimeshow.com/

FILMMAKER TwitterView with @GabeMichael Gabe Michael is one of the creators of "The Big Time," a new comedy that follows the story of Gabe and Dave, two distant cousins who moved to Hollywood in an attempt to make it big. The duo has the look, the confidence, and the dreams needed to be successful in Hollywood. But they lack one crucial thing: talent! The boys are guided by the suspicious Dr. J, their new manager and landlord, whose profession and true intentions are unclear. http://www.thebigtimeshow.com NerdBoyTV: We're doing this TwitterVIEW live for Friends to Follow...with that let's begin. NerdBoyTV: Today's NerdBoyTV TwitterVIEW is with @GabeMichael, one of the creators of The Big Tim Show. http://www.thebigtimeshow.com/ NerdBoyTV: Hey Gabe, welcome. Tell us what The Big Time Show is? Where did your idea come from? GabeMichael: The show is in the vein of Entourage and The Office, except that the stars (my friend Dave and I) have no talent! haha GabeMichael: We got the idea sitting around in my friend’s spa one day. We just thought...what talent do we have to offer the world? GabeMichael: We couldn't think of any. Thus the show was born... NerdBoyTV: I just watched the Pilot Episode the other day; funny. How many people are involved in producing an episode? GabeMichael: For the pilot we had the actors plus the camera man and that was it. So about 5. Every episode since that number has grown. NerdBoyTV: Ahhhh, the BEST inspiration comes from being in the spa, huh? LOL You obviously have a GREAT sense of humor...(more coming) 1 “The show is in the vein of Entourage and The Office, except that the stars (my friend Dave and I) have no talent! Haha.” 2 NerdBoyTV: Are you showcasing your humor, your film-making ability, your ability to gather fans on social networking, or maybe all above? GabeMichael: E) All the above. I come from a filmmaking background while Dave has a degree in marketing. So with no budget for this show, GabeMichael: ...we rely on social networking as our only advertising and distribution. NerdBoyTV: Well you seem VERY adept at BOTH. Do you have a YouTube channel? Do you have RSS? Syndicate on iTunes? GabeMichael: http://youtube.com/thebigti ...we have over 1000 subscribers and our hits grow exponentially as more and more find the show. NerdBoyTV: Do you syndicate through iTunes store? Now THAT's a huge pool of potential viewers... GabeMichael: We are in the process of RSS and iTunes. The show started to take off faster then we thought. Filming has been taking up our time. GabeMichael: We have had chances for distribution, but struggling for money. We will get there slowly or quickly depending on ITVF. NerdBoyTV: ...ITVF This is The Independent Television Festival, BTW, everyone; awww the beauty of TwitterVIEWs; access to Google ;-) GabeMichael: Yes the independent television festival. I am actually burning our submission as we speak.or type. GabeMichael: http://tinyurl.com/dyxf75 Here is the ITVF trailer for our show. NerdBoyTV: Do you have a very vocal, interactive following through YouTube/Twitter comments? Get story ideas from them? GabeMichael: Our comments on YouTube are hilarious and various. We have actually used a few for jokes in the episodes we just wrapped. “We have over 1000 subscribers and our hits grow exponentially as more and more find the show.” “Our comments on YouTube are hilarious and various. We have actually used a few for jokes in the episodes we just wrapped.” 3 GabeMichael: We also get tons of emails and messages about content and stories from "real life struggling artist." NerdBoyTV: WOW, what a PERFECT use of the medium. I think that's what I admired about your work ;-) GabeMichael: We are trying to make the show as interactive as possible. We will have Vlogs, Blogs, and more content soon. NerdBoyTV: The Big Time Show is the epitome of interactive TV, huh? Where do you want this all to go for you? Syndication? Move to TV? GabeMichael: Syndication would be awesome. TV the dream. We are coming in on the ground level of Internet TV so who knows. It’s a new world. NerdBoyTV: If someone here on Twitter has storyline ideas for The Big Time Show, what is the best way to get them to you? Comments? Tweets? GabeMichael: I would say visit our website, MySpace, or tweet me. We try to stay on top of it, but are very busy. We appreciate every comment NerdBoyTV: BTW Tweeple, here's the link to ALL the episodes of The Big Time Show. http://www.thebigtimeshow.com/episode.html Check em out. NerdBoyTV: If u could give one piece of advice to aspiring Twitter filmmakers who want to follow suit, what would that be? Lessons learned? GabeMichael: Finding an audience is hardest piece, but if you make good content they will come. If someone comments you, comment them back. NerdBoyTV: Yup, content is KING always. Lots of noise in the Twittersphere to compete with, no doubt. GabeMichael: ...people like getting and giving feedback. Become friends with your audience. They like that! NerdBoyTV: It's been great learning more about The Big Time Show here on Twitter. NerdBoyTV appreciates your time, buddy. “We are trying to make the show as interactive as possible. We will have Vlogs, Blogs, and more content soon.” “Finding an audience is hardest piece, but if you make good content they will come. If someone comments you, comment them back.” 4 NerdBoyTV: Let's follow-up after your return from the film festivals, k? Best of luck to you. ;-) GabeMichael: Thank you! I love your blog btw. NerdBoyTV: Thanks buddy, have a terrific rest of the day. Everyone, check out http://www.thebigtimeshow.com/episode.html. Funny stuff! ;-) GabeMichael: @nerdboytv thanks so much. You too! Gabe out! “...people like getting and giving feedback. Become friends with your audience. They like that!” 5 RYAN YEE is the host of www.NerdBoyTV.com, a weekly show on technology, gadgets, and Internet services that’s a video broadcast on YouTube and a podcast on iTunes. Ryan has grown up with the Internet; he actually remembers Netscape Navigator (before Firefox), Columbia Music House and Napster (before iTunes), programmed on IBM punch cards (before JavaScript and C#), owned a Timex Sinclair 1000 (before current Dell Precision M6400), and used 5.25 floppy disks. He has a very unique perspective of today’s technologies and shares his wisdom in a very user-friendly manner. He is the creator of TwitterVIEWs, a unique interviewing format in 140 characters or less. Follow him on http://twitter.com/nerdboytv. 6