Drive & Talk – The 3 F’s for Success in Entertainment
In this edition of Drive & Talk, Content Engine’s Seth Jaret enumerates the “3 F’s” for success in the entertainment business. Simple rules to live by. Anyone can use them. Everyone needs to.
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In this edition of Drive & Talk, Content Engine’s Seth Jaret enumerates the “3 F’s” for success in the entertainment business. Simple rules to live by. Anyone can use them. Everyone needs to.
“I learn by the mistakes I make where I need to go.” – Junot Díaz (Pulitzer Prize-wining novelist) ContentEngine.tv brings you Part 3 of its After Hours interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, Christopher Goffard. Here, Christopher discuss his writing process (“thousands of pages are scrapped”); the disparity between writing works of fiction and non-fiction; his cinematic and visual writing style that makes his non-fiction work, “You Will See Fire,” read like a novel. Chris is a reporter for the Los [...]
Writer/Director/Author, Hilary Weisman Graham, gives her quirky, fun and personal take on “time management” for the multi-platform content creator — something she knows a LOT about. Her new YA Novel, REUNITED, will be available in book stores on June 12th. To read more about how Hilary has been marketing her new book and building her own content creator brand, click here.
I saw TITANIC in 3D this weekend with my daughter and there’s a great scene in the middle where Leo’s penniless Jack Dawson tells the first class company he’s dining with that he’s got everything he needs right there with him: air in his lungs, a blank sheet of paper and a sense of making every day count. Everyone toasts to “making it count.” On the Titanic, the passengers’ days–their hours––were numbered. But so our ours. The only certainty is that our [...]
ContentEngine.tv brings you Part 2 of its After Hours interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, Christopher Goffard. Here, Christopher discuss Father John Kaiser, the paradoxical hero at the heart of Chris’ new work of non-fiction, “You Will See Fire.” Chris is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the author of a novel, “Snitch Jacket,” which was nominated for an Edgar Award.
Check out the trailer to an excellent new documentary that premiered at SXSW this year: DECODING DEEPAK. I encourage you to see the film as chances are you know something about Deepak Chopra or have perhaps quoted one of his inspiring spiritual observations or insights. The film was made by Deepak’s son, Gotham Chopra, a friend and creative collaborator. Gotham is an author, journalist, screenwriter, director and producer. He also runs a comic book company. In short, he’s the epitome [...]
I visited the set of client and friend, David Von Ancken, as he directed an episode of CSI:NY. In the behind-the-scenes video, he walks me through a well-dressed set before a stunt ceiling collapse.
ContentEngine.tv brings you an After Hours interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, Christopher Goffard. Christopher discusses his new work of non-fiction, “You Will See Fire,” which was recently published by W.W. Norton. Chris is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the author of a novel, “Snitch Jacket,” which was nominated for an Edgar Award.
Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith wrote and directed THE SPLEENECTOMY, starring Anna Faris, as part of Glamour magazine’s Reel Moments program. Kiwi was the first non-actress to be selected to make a film for Reel Moments. Her short debuted alongside shorts directed by Courtney Cox and Demi Moore. Kiwi and Anna have collaborated twice on short films, both of which starred Anna and were written and directed by Kiwi. Their first success together was THE HOUSE BUNNY, which was co-written by Kiwi’s [...]
This short is cinematic, dynamic and super cool. As well directed an action chase sequence as I’ve seen in a big-budget movie. And it’s likely to go viral as it’s received a lot of view in just a few days. Let me know if you don’t disagree.
Seth Jaret unboxes a new Yeti professional microphone, which will be used to record the Content Engine podcasts.
Darren Paul Fisher, film scholar and filmmaker, is currently editing THE MANUAL, an independent film he wrote and directed. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what the film is about. Darren writes about the trials and travails of his pursuit of a Doctorate in Film in his Adventures of a Film Scholar column on ContentEngine.tv. Check out The Manual’s Facebook page here.