“‘They haven’t seen people from different countries, or people dancing on the beach. Or the beach. Or half-naked women.’ … Here in Los Angeles, almost everything was a surprise for [five] aspiring filmmakers from Iraq in town for a week of education and revelations, including the sort available on the Venice Beach boardwalk.”
Category: media
Big Media Companies In Another Round Of Merge, Consolidate
“The goal is not transformation, but leverage, using size to cut better deals with distributors and suppliers.”
How Jane Campion Wishes She Had Ended The Piano
“I didn’t have the nerve at the time. What if Ada just went down, she went down with her piano – that’s it.”
China’s Entertainment Industry Revenues Up 20 Percent Last Year
“The data is the latest official evidence of the strength of the mainland Chinese entertainment and media market and underlines the reasons why Hollywood is so keen to make waves in China.”
BBC Abandons 3D TV For Lack Of Interest
“The BBC began a two-year 3D trial in 2011, broadcasting several shows and events in 3D, including the Olympic Games and Strictly Come Dancing.”
Pauline Rescues Mario, For Once: Fans Produce Girl-Power Riffs On Video Games
“Many videogames have long followed the same guy-centered theme: Girl gets in trouble; boy goes on a quest to save girl. … With a few redrawn pixels and well-placed lines of computer code, the women crying out for rescue have become the ones who save the day.”
What Successful Online Publishers Now Know: Quantity Matters
“It’s clear quantity does matter; otherwise, brands wouldn’t waste their time spending precious dollars across the beefed-up traffic sites as well as the higher-brow sites, like the New York Times or Slate.”
The Future Of Television – Mini-Series?
“Great writers and directors will respond even better to a six-hour or eight-hour story arc than they would over committing their life to five years of 13 hours.”
Black And White Movies Are Back In Vogue – Why?
Nostalgia. (Also, directors think it’s pretty.)
New L.A. Mayor Vows To Keep Film & TV Production In Town
“We need to market L.A. aggressively and creatively, to the whole world, as the gateway to the Pacific Rim, and the gateway to new ideas and innovations.”