Cool web series here. These guys definitely know how to make the best use of their budget – and their actors:
Saving money by using characterization above action. Wotta concept!
Author: TVWriter.Com
The Wachowskis Rag About Hollywood
And here’s the thing: Just because they aren’t exactly first with this POV doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
‘Cloud Atlas’: Andy & Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer On The Problem With Hollywood – by Christopher Rosen
To call “Cloud Atlas” the year’s most ambitious film would be an understatement. The adaption of David Mitchell’s sprawling 2004 novel tells six interweaving stories — among them, a 19th century sea expedition, a present day fish-out-of-water comedy and a post-apocalyptic adventure set 106 winters after the fall of humanity — with stars like Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Jim Sturgess playing multiple roles of varying genders and race.
More Great Productivity Tips from Lifehacker.Com
We wouldn’t dare argue with any of these. Well, certainly not with the doods who created them:
The Best Productivity Tricks Used By Evil Dictators – by Thorin Klosowski
History is full of evil dictators, and while the had their share of bad qualities, it’s undeniable they were efficient at getting things done. Here’s what we can learn from them, despite their evil nature.
Viewers Still Love TV – They Just Don’t Watch on, You Know, TV
Today’s Question: If the Apocalypse comes calling but you don’t see it on your iPhone or iPad…was it real?
New Research Says Viewers Remain Devoted to TV Programming — Even Though They’re Increasingly Watching It Online and on Tablets – by Team TVWriter Press Service (in other words, this is a press release)
A new study offers encouraging data for TV programmers, indicating that fears of losing viewers to YouTube, Netflix and other new media may be overblown.
What’s It Like to be a Showrunner/Celebrity? Carlton Cuse Knows
And, like any good celeb, he’s happy to tell all. And, because he’s a hell of a writer, he tells it very well indeed:
Lost’s Carlton Cuse Relives Dealing With the Modern Celebrity of the TV Showrunner -by Carlton Cuse
There’s been a cultural change in television in the last few years. TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers for a long time. When I started out as a writer and producer in television, I never had the slightest expectation that fame would be part of the job. There was a little bit of fandom that came from co-creating, writing, and producing my first series, 1993’s cult favorite The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. We were getting about 500 letters a week. They would show up in boxes, but they were addressed to the actors, or the show, or the “producers,” unnamed. It was vastly different from what would happen with Lost.
When Lost started, we were just trying to make a TV show that we’d watch, that we thought was cool. We truly had no idea people would become so engaged by it. By the end of the first season, Damon Lindelof and I had suddenly become the named, responsible parties for the show. I first noticed that something was different when a fan group that organized around a website called TheFuselage.com held a fund-raiser party at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, and they invited some of the actors and writers to attend. The fans that showed up were mostly interested in meeting each other, but some of them were actually very interested in meeting Damon and me. And that was really kind of shocking: Suddenly there were fans wanting to have their picture taken with us. I never expected that somebody would want to have his picture taken with a showrunner.