Hollywood Adding Money, Talent to Made-For-Web Shows

Pictured: Mark Gantt & Vanessa Marcil

By RYAN NAKASHIMA (AP) – Dec 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES — Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that “The Bannen Way,” a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all. Yet budding filmmakers Jesse Warren and Mark Gantt managed to hire 40-odd staff, including a boom operator, camerapeople — yes, more than one — and even production assistants on hand to offer sunscreen and sandwiches…