The fact is, in the war between author and screenwriter, the screenwriter virtually always wins. “Living authors are a problem. It’s much better to have an author safely departed because they do cause trouble. What you have to remember is that you owe everything to the movie, and nothing to the original.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
Monuments Men 2.0 – International Heritage Needs Protection Now More Than Ever
“While art historians, provenance experts, and criminologists might seem like unlikely war heroes, the fact that the military recognizes the need for these types of experts, to advise commanders and to work with civilian authorities after battles, is hugely important. As the military are planning before and during a conflict, it is important for officers in charge to think ‘what are the historically significant places we need to protect in a conflict, and how do we preserve what is damaged as a result of military necessity.’”
Hollywood Is Getting Even More Crowded. Facebook To Begin Producing Video
Facebook’s aim is to seed content for the new video tab in its mobile app, to make it more of a destination for users to spend time watching video content. The effort is similar to its program under which it has paid celebrities and media companies, including BuzzFeed, CNN and the New York Times, to produce video for Facebook Live.
The MP3 Format Compresses Music. Turns Out It Has An Impact On Our Emotional Responses Too
“This paper investigates the effect of MP3 compression on music emotion. We conducted listening tests to compare the effect of MP3 compression on the emotional characteristics of eight sustained instrument sounds. We compared the compressed sounds pairwise over ten emotional categories. The results show that MP3 compression strengthened the emotional characteristics Sad, Scary, Shy, and Mysterious, and weakened Happy, Heroic, Romantic, Comic, and Calm. Interestingly, Angry was relatively unaffected by MP3 compression.”
Teachout: The Best American Theatre Not On Broadway
Few theatre critics have the opportunity to cover theatre the way The Wall Street Journal’s Terry Teachout does. He’s on the road much of the year seeing theatre across the country. This year, he says, the best theatre was off Broadway and out of New York City.
NYT Book Critics Pick Their Favorite Books Of 2016
“The New York Times has three daily book critics: Michiko Kakutani, Dwight Garner and Jennifer Senior. Because they review different titles, it is impossible for them to compile a single unanimous Top 10 list. They have favorites, however, and are happy to have a chance to list them here.”
Washington DC Marching Bands To Sit Out Inaugural
At least one D.C. public school marching band has participated in the past five inaugural parades, but none applied for consideration this year.
Is The Only Way To Make Theatre Budgets Work By Underpaying Workers?
“The debate over these overtime rules — in this article, in my head, in my heart, in our boardroom, in a courtroom, in our communities as well as among members, sponsors, and donors, has to include asking whether the only way to balance a budget is by marginalizing those who pour all of their passion, time and talent into their organizations.”
How To Rethink Times Square To Make It Better
“The difficulty begins with the shape of Times Square—it’s narrow and lies in a slight dip in the land, increasing the feeling of crowdedness even when the space isn’t that crowded. Intuition might tell you that, to alleviate that sensation, a designer should open up the area as much as possible. Dykers explains that Snøhaetta’s approach is the opposite; the firm’s designers have found that the creation of well-placed obstacles is the key to unlocking the potential of a space, to giving people—whether they be front-of-the bull or back-of-the-bull people—the freedom to follow their instincts and shape the space for themselves.”
America’s Got Talent Star Jackie Evancho To Sing At Trump Inaugural
The 16-year-old said she was “so excited” to be performing at the ceremony on 20 January. She finished second on the TV talent show in 2010.