Month: May 2015

LB Dept: A few words about LILAC

Hank Isaac, writer-director-producer (sorry but for me the producer always comes last) of LILAC, the web series, just got in touch to say that – well, hell, let him tell it:

=&0=&– “Getting the Point Across,” has become an official selection of the 6th Annual Phoenix Comicon Film Festival.

The Festival is part of an active pop culture convention which takes
place this year from May 28th to the 31st at the Phoenix Convention

Center in Phoenix, AZ.

So all you LILAC fans near Phoenix, you know what to do that last weekend in May, right? read article

Kermit the Frog Explains Life

Kermit explains life

…And does a helluva job. Who writes his material anyway?

Indie Video: THE ALCHEMIST’S LETTER

Alchemist's Letter

Another wonderful reason why TVWriter™ is always saying, “Make your own web series or short film and put it on YouTube!” (Or Vimeo, et al, we’re equal opportunity peer production advocates.)

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From YouTube Success to TV Deal

We love a good interweb success story, especially this one cuz it involves one of our favorite web series, VENUS VS MARS…a wonderful example of TV/interweb diversity:

Letitia-Hector-in-Venus-v-007by Stuart Dredge

There’s been a vigorous debate about the opportunities – or the lack of them – for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) producers, writers and actors on British [ED.NOTE: And US!] TV.

In 2014, actor and comedian Lenny Henry called for new legislation to reverse a trend that has seen the number of BAME people working in the British television industry fall by 30.9% between 2006 and 2012. read article

Our Most Read Posts of the Week of April 25 – May 1, 2015

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The posts visitors viewed most on TVWriter™ during the past week were:

Cara Winter on Why DOCTOR WHO is Awesome read article