Don’t be an an Amateur. Go Pro. In this episode of Hollywood Drive & Talk, Seth relates a recent experience with a supposed professional executive, which illuminates the distinction between a professional and an amateur. “Give me 3 minutes, I’ll give you entertainment.”™ Hollywood Drive & Talk: It’s a business seminar… from the car. Subscribe to Content Engine TV’s YouTube channel here. Get inspired. Be the change. ContentEngine.tv
Welcome to “Adventures of a Film Scholar” video interview series. AFS is a discourse on independent filmmaking and film education. In each episode, Seth Jaret will have an international Skype chat with writer/director/film scholar, Darren Paul Fisher. Darren is an independent filmmaker (OXV: THe Manual, Popcorn, The Inbetweeners) and senior teaching fellow at Bond University, one of the premiere film programs in the world. Darren is also in post-production on his third feature. Join them as they discuss writing, directing, [...]
In this extremely intriguing and visually arresting sci-fi tale, the filmmakers seem to be scratching the surface of a larger mythology that must lay beneath what’s revealed in this short. A futuristic Moscow, anthropomorphized robots and a motorcycle chase through snow-laded Russian boulevards all add up to a viscerally delectable sci-fi apéritif. The accomplished work evinced in this short resulted in the director, Carl Rinsch, being hired by Universal to direct 47 Ronin, which has yet to be release and [...]
A one-floor elevator pitch? It can be done. Here’s how. Can you squeeze the pitch for your movie, tv show, web series, or other IP in 15 seconds or less? With the help of a Message Map, according to Carmine Gallo, you can. Try it for your next pitch. It should even work for a one-floor-only ride in an elevator with an A.D.D. executive.
Nice guys finish first. In this episode of Hollywood Drive & Talk, Seth advises that being nice to everyone is one of the Golden Rules of being effective. And human. “Give me 3 minutes, I’ll give you entertainment.”™ Hollywood Drive & Talk: It’s a business seminar… from the car. Subscribe to Content Engine TV’s YouTube channel here. Get inspired. Be the change. ContentEngine.tv
Don’t treat this toddler with kid gloves. He means business. Look Who’s Talkin’ meets Iron Man in “Iron Baby.” Tony Stark goes four quadrant: here’s his origin story going as far back as when he was a toddler. It could be a place to take the franchise if Marvel runs out of ideas for its genius super hero and wants to broaden his demographic. It’s a way to keep the franchise fresh while recasting Tony Stark as a less jaded, more [...]
Every now and then a film or a short comes out that defies conventional story telling. Remember the opening sequence to “Up” where Carl’s entire relationship with his wife Ellie was shown in 4 minutes of action with little to no dialogue? In that short time, the directors were able to convey how special their relationship was. I remember looking around the theaters to see people not just crying, but literally bawling their eyes out. I posit that no movie [...]
“But James, I need you!” “So does England!” –The Spy Who Loved Me Even though he returned to star in 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery turned out not to be eternally bound to an eternal Bond. After Connery finally bailed, the producers, having had a single dalliance with a frustrated George Lazenby, went back to someone they had thought about hiring for several years—the great English “Saint,” Roger Moore. Like Lazenby, Moore had started out as a model. Always [...]
A smart way to make a PSA on being dumb. This PSA is entertaining and adorable, even when blood is being spilled. Most importantly, it went super viral. It’s done millions and millions of views since we first posted it.
“Do you expect me to talk?” “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” –from Goldfinger The name is Bond—James Bond; the most famous superspy of them all. It’s been fifty years since Sean Connery first embodied him in Dr. No, and with the current raves for Daniel Craig’s Skyfall, we have a great opportunity to see how an iconic movie character—and the actors who’ve portrayed him—can be a real mirror of the times. The longest-running franchise in film history, [...]
In this episode of Hollywood Drive & Talk, Seth expresses dismay at financiers’ lack of a target when it comes to the kinds of content they are looking for. “Give me 3 minutes, I’ll give you entertainment.”™ Hollywood Drive & Talk: It’s a business seminar… from the car. Subscribe to Content Engine TV’s YouTube channel here: http://ow.ly/et1Cc Get inspired. Be the change. ContentEngine.tv
In this episode of Hollywood Drive & Talk, how pitching a film project to the studios meets with a lack of enthusiasm and what it takes to get someone’s pulse racing. Hollywood Drive & Talk: “It’s a business seminar… from the car. Give me 3 minutes, I’ll give you entertainment.” Subscribe to Content Engine TV’s YouTube channel here: http://ow.ly/et1Cc Get inspired. Be the change. ContentEngine.tv
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