Recap: Iron Man Screening with Live Commentary from Favreau and Downey Jr.
Friday, September 12th, 2008I'm ashamed of myself for taking this long to write about it, but last Saturday I went a screening of Iron Man at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. It was billed to feature live commentary from director Jon Favreau (over ...
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A Niche Audience and a Recognizable Star
Monday, June 16th, 2008I met with Christine Park of Paulist Productions a few weeks back, and aside from having an amazing office on PCH that overlooks the Pacific Ocean, they have a new web series from which I learned a good lesson. Tyler's Ride ...
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Interview with quarterlife’s Marshall Herskovitz
Saturday, May 24th, 2008We interviewed writer-producer Marshall Herskovitz for the May/June 2008 issue of Script Magazine a few days before his online series quarterlife debuted on NBC. We all know what happened, but don't write off our article just yet: quarterlife's stumble ...
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The Analogy of The Train
Monday, April 7th, 2008This weekend Alec and I had our first production meeting for our new show, and during it, we chose our first shoot day: Saturday, May 31st. This decision made all the difference for us and connects to the post ...
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Lessons in Leverage
Monday, March 31st, 2008If you haven't already, please go and read Alec's guest post on Chatterbox Marketing. In it, Alec speaks about the events over this past year (many of which I've been present for) that have lead him to the place where he ...
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Possessed
Saturday, March 8th, 2008I stumbled upon two things, related: 1) Vimeo looks to have a really nice browser interface, and the ability to push HD, good-looking video. I haven't seen online video with this kind of visual quality since my early response to ...
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Stage 9 Launches
Thursday, February 28th, 2008We've heard great things about the effort to move ABC/Disney online, and it officially launched today: Stage 9 Digital Media. NewTeeVee, as usual, has some great coverage on the launch. The digital studio has some big medium hyped big shoes to fill, ...
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The Future of Attention Spans
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008[An excerpt from our article in the March/April 2008 issue of Script Magazine.] Most blame MTV and its “newfangled jump-cuts†for the shortened attention spans of today’s media consumers. Yet almost thirty years after MTV appeared in mainstream American culture, ...
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The Future of Distribution
Sunday, February 24th, 2008[An excerpt from our article in the March/April 2008 issue of Script Magazine.] Imagine a not-too-distant future where you, for a nominal fee, can have instant access to every piece of content ever created on any device, no matter its size ...
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Pitching Well
Monday, February 18th, 2008Did the writer's strike push viewers to ditch TV in favor of online media? I don't think so, but it certainly did push investors, network execs, and entertainment media there. Bob and I saw a big upswing in the number ...
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