“Despite all of the potential obstacles, industry experts in the US believe there is no reason why the UK should not be able to emulate the success of American local TV, which after a rocky few years is starting to return to profit.”
Category: media
Russian State Television Actually Covers Protests
“Regular viewers of government-controlled television were treated to a curious sight when they tuned in to the evening news on Saturday. … In short, government television covered the protests much as they had occurred – to the surprise of many.”
Zombies Attack Cuban Socialism In New Film
“The day after Havana is invaded by the living dead, Juan and Sara emerge from their dilapidated apartment building to find the streets filled with people roving aimlessly, their wide eyes blank. ‘It all looks the same to me,’ Sara shrugs.”
US Movie Box Office Hits Three-Year Low
“The poor weekend leaves total box office revenues for 2011 about four percent down compared to last year. The last two weeks have been the lowest-performing at the US box office for the entire year. Cinema-goers spent $77.4m (£49.5m) on tickets over the weekend, down from $81m (£52m) the previous week.”
Why We Hate (And Love) A Newly Iconic Holiday Movie
“Love Actually is one terrible Christmas movie that has strong-armed its way into the hearts of millions (including my own) despite being absolutely terrible. And this is why.”
Inventing A Language; Making A Killing
Movie and television-makers invent new worlds –Â and they need languages for those worlds. Enter the conlanger.
Hey Print, Why Not Follow Music – Toward Profit, That Is
Why don’t media organizations bond to provide content where the readers are – an app that includes newspaper book reviews with Amazon reader reviews, for instance?
How Do You Disappear A Store In Grand Central Station?
You can slide right into the architecture if you know how to do it right – that is, if you’re Apple, and you have ungodly amounts of money to spend on it.
What We Lost When Movies Turned To The Talkies
“Silent cinema is much more than film without words. … At its best, it has more in common with attending a séance than going to the multiplex.”
Why A 3-D Dance Documentary? Wim Wenders on ‘Pina’
“Even if you use a hand-held camera and are among the dancers, you’re still outside; you need to work in their own element. And I never thought it was space. It just never crossed my mind until I saw one of the first films in 3-D. It was a U2 concert film, and when I saw that, I realized that was the tool we had been waiting for.”