These days we all have the equipment to make a web series at our finger tips but is anyone going to watch it? This seminar will highlight how to approach the creation of your web series, focusing on the concept, characters, world of the series and story structure to ensure it will engage audience. Areas covered will include:

• Identifying the audience for the story you want to tell and honing the concept.

• Prioritising the elements of your story that will have the greatest audience appeal.

• Working out the story and character aspects that will make your series stand out in a content saturated platform.

• How to keep the story interesting and make sure audience want more and more and more of your series.

Eilish is a story consultant and script editor with 20 years’ experience in project development and commissioning in Irish TV. She worked in BBC NI sourcing and script editing projects for network and in RTÉ commissioning, developing and managing projects from the independent sector. While in RTÉ she commissioned over 100 short films, life action and animation, numerous TV series including the iconic Paths to Freedom. She also pre-bought feature films including Oscar winning Once. Prior to that she assessed projects for the Irish Film Board Development and Production funds and read for many independent production companies in London including Working Title and Ken Loach.

In 2007 Eilish originated the unique initiative Storyland to commission online series. StoryLand has proven to be a successful way to develop audience and break new talent. While Eilish was at the helm 25 new series were commissioned. The most successful being The Hardy Bucks, that grew to having seven million hits online. Eilish went on to commission three TV series of The Hardy Bucks and script edited their feature film Hardy Bucks The Movie, a success at Irish box-office.

Eilish works primarily in drama and comedy but has consulted on lifestyle series, scripted reality and factual programming. She has worked on true life stories, genre pieces and all formats from short films to feature films; online, event TV and renewable series.

Eilish has sat on many awarding panels for funding bodies. She was a decision maker at Eave for many years and also sat on the panel for the international Emmys.

Clients include The Arts Council, Avalon TV London and Animo TV on the IFTA winning reality format Connected. Eilish also works directly with individual writers. She teaches two courses in Filmbase, Writing TV Drama and Writing Low Budget Feature Films.

Eilish is currently seeking original detective franchise series for co-production with Germany.

Eilish can be contacted at eilishkent@gmail.com