Attention creators: WhoHaha wants to nurture your talent. Launched to celebrate and elevate women in comedy, the creative community and digital content studio is now accepting applications for their Spring Creator Lab. There are two tracks: video and podcast. The deadline to apply for both streams is January 11. Both labs are designed to give creators “a chance to flex their creative muscles in the WhoHaha studio, using WhoHaha resources,” according to WhoHaha.
Over the course of three months, creators in the Video/Social Program and Podcast Pilot program will be invited into WhoHaha HQ for consultations, pre-production, shooting or recording, post-production, marketing seminars, and networking events. At the end of the former, creators will have “a completed short video, a platform-specific social showcase, and lots of new knowledge and connections,” and the latter will have “a finished podcast pilot and lots of new knowledge about how to successfully create and distribute a podcast.”
Creators are allowed to pitch for both tracks. Pitches and requirements vary according to the track. More information about the labs and how to apply can be found below and on WhoHaha’s website.
WhoHaha launched in 2016 and was co-founded by “Pitch Perfect 2” director and actress Elizabeth Banks.
WhoHaha Spring Creator Lab – Video / Social Program
Link to apply: https://creator.
What:
The WhoHaha Spring Creator Lab is a program designed to give creators a chance to flex their creative muscles in the WhoHaha studio, using WhoHaha resources. Over the course of three months, we’ll invite a group of creators into WhoHaha HQ for consultations, pre-production, shooting, post-production, marketing seminars, and networking events. At the end of the program, creators will have a completed short video, a platform-specific social showcase, and lots of new knowledge and connections.
The program includes:
- Creative consultation with a development producer
- Pre-production and post-production conversation with a producer
- Half day in the studio, crewed by the WhoHaha video team
- Sound and camera equipment provided by WhoHaha
- Post-production conversation with an editor
- Access to an editing laptop for four days on location
- Distribution and marketing conversation with a social media expert
- Social media showcase shoot with a social strategist
- Access to events, which may include a kickoff mixer, educational presentation, and screening
- More resources TBA!
Our set:
For this round of the lab, all filming will be done on our couch set. See the featured image on the pitch page for partial mock-up.
Limitations/Requirements:
- Video can only be filmed in one location (couch set)
- No more than 3 people on camera at a time
- Finished video must be under 5 minutes
- This is a non-union production
- Shooting can not take more than 4 hours
- The program agreement will include social posting and promotion
How To Pitch:
A full treatment for your short video is required in your pitch. Please include ALL of the following:
- A logline
- A one paragraph summary of your video
- The type of video (for example: sketch, stand-up set, proof of concept for a series or feature, character reel, crowdfunding video)
- Characters (if applicable)
- Setting (how you will use our couch set-up, for example as a living room, talk show set, etc)
- Answer to the following questions – why you are the right person to make this video, and why now is the right time to make it?
To be eligible to take part in the Creator Lab, you MUST include all elements above in your pitch. You must also have a completed profile on this platform, including linked social media, examples of your work, tags, interests, and a bio.
Deadline to pitch: January 11th
If you are accepted into the Lab we will reach out with more information in mid-January
WhoHaha’s Spring Creator Lab – Podcast Pilot Program
Link to apply : https://creator.
What:
WhoHaha’s Spring Creator Lab is a program designed to give creators a chance to flex their creative muscles in the WhoHaha studio, using WhoHaha resources. Over the course of three months, we’ll invite a group of creators into WhoHaha HQ for consultations, pre-production, recording, post-production, distribution and marketing seminars, and networking events. At the end of the program, creators should have a finished podcast pilot and lots of new knowledge about how to successfully create and distribute a podcast.
The program includes:
- Pre-production and post-production conversations with a podcast producer
- Half day in the recording studio with WhoHaha audio engineers
- Audio equipment provided by WhoHaha
- Consultation with audio editor
- Distribution conversation with our resident podcast expert
- Marketing conversation with our resident marketing expert
- Access to events, which may include a kickoff mixer and educational presentation
- More resources TBA!
Limitations/Requirements:
- Podcast must be recorded in the time allotted
- Finished podcast pilot must be under one hour in length
- This is a non-union production
- The program agreement will include social posting and promotion
How To Pitch:
Please include ALL of the following information:
- About the host(s)
- About the show (please be as descriptive as possible)
- Who is this show for?
- Why will people listen?
- Do you have confirmed guests?
- What are your goals for this show?
- Have you previously hosted a podcast?
To be eligible to take part in the Creator Lab, you MUST include all elements above in your pitch. You must also have a completed profile on this platform, including links to your social media, examples of your work, tags, interests, and a bio.
Deadline to pitch: January 11th
If you are accepted into the Lab we will reach out with more information in mid-January.
