Interview [Written]: Amy Berg (“Caper”)

David Mello at Whedonopolis interviews TV writer-producer Amy Berg (Eureka, Leverage, Person of Interest) about Amy’s new web series “Caper”:

How did you get involved with Geek and Sundry?

Felicia [Day] and I have been friends since I brought her onto Eureka as a recurring guest star. For the last few years we’ve been looking for an opportunity to work together again and lamenting the fact that our schedules never mesh. We happened to have a lunch scheduled last year after I’d finished shooting a pilot — it was my first week off in forever, while I was waiting to hear if the pilot was picked up. I brought my buddy Mike [Sizemore] along since he was in town visiting from London and we pitched her this idea we’d been mulling over. It was an idea for a digital series I was going to produce through my production company. When Felicia expressed interest, it was the perfect marriage. She had a successful distribution model already in place and, as a showrunner, I know the ins and outs of putting a series together. All the pieces fell into place perfectly.

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What is the biggest difference between producing a show like Eureka and producing a web-series?

Time and money. You have less real estate to tell your story and less money with which to tell it. I don’t know how to make a web series… I know how to make television. Having to wrap my brain around having less of everything was no easy task. But I called in a lot of favors, and I think the end product looks much more like what you’re used to seeing on TV than what you’re used to seeing on the web.

Here is a summary of the premise for “Caper”:

A group of superheroes living together but having problems paying the bills come to one conclusion… crime does pay. It has to if they hope to raise money for the rent.

Here is the trailer for “Caper”:

For the rest of the interview, go here.

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