Hi, I came up with the idea of making a website on comedy movies. It'll show ratings, reviews, pictures, videos and other information of new comedy movies. I'll have to manage the site on my own, so I would like to automate a few things, if possible. Do you think it's possible to manage such a site on my own if I automate new pictures, videos, reviews and ratings through scripts, for example? Thanks for your help! Regards, Tim
Yep there are tons of scripts out there and you can just pull it all from yahoo or any other pop movie site. I have a site that I do that with from yahoo.
Well there are already existing script for handling Movies and they have the so called features of reviews , ratings etc
I agree on the fact that I have to review movies myself, and I will. But I was just wondering if it is possible.
Automated = horrible idea. It works, for a time. But automated gets out of hand quickly and then it's a collapsing tower of problems from that point on. Have fun competing with YouTube, College Humor, and FunnyOrDie, amongst others.
Why will it collapse? And what about smaller niches? I don't think I'd have to compete with Youtube etc. if I'd make a site with reviews of comedy movies.
In which case, you will be competing with sites like Rotten Tomatoes and such. Will they be reviews of actual films or just Youtube-style videos? Because reviews of Youtube-style videos is what comments are for, and reviews of movies is just a bad idea in general.
It may work if you do reviews of all comedies, not just recent ones...actually I wouldn't even do new movies... Go back and turn a new generation on to The Marx Bros, The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Blondie and Dagwood (The Movies), ...you get the picture ? You have over 80 years of material to write about and it will open you up to a whole new audience ( and the family market), if done correctly. You have to do something that is not already controlled by larger entities, and less competition. Movie review sites are a dime a dozen, just like video game, and forex blogs. You have to tackle and niche and create a audience to be successful, you can't do it on a low budget and an old idea.
I gave this idea (and related ones) another thought. I think I will be competing with sites like IMDB, RottenTomatoes and Moviemeter no matter what. I won't succeed on my own. Probably not even with an entire team. So I'm going to look for other, less competitive and more specific, niches. Thanks for all your opinions and advices. They really helped! Regards, Tim