In this edition of Hollywood Drive & Talk, Seth explains the recent loss of urgency and intelligent responses regarding scripted material in Hollywood. Be that as it may, it’s still about story, story, story. That will never change.
An awesome display of strength, grace, flexibility and balance — not to mention yogic presence — set to a perfect track of music to set the body in motion.
Here’s a frightening video of a documented ghost attack that is an exhibit for an official national park Search and Rescue.
No one says “what” with quite as much meaning, gusto or variation as Mad Men’s venerable Don Draper.
Astrology (Greek for “study of the stars”) is perhaps humanity’s most ancient method of interpreting the great cycles of life. Combining scientific observation with the intuitive art of interpretation, astrology has practical as well as spiritual applications. For many centuries, cultures around the world have used it for timing the planting of crops, knowing when to marry or set forth on journeys, even to predict an enemy’s moves. The Magi, the Wise Men who followed the Christmas star, were actually [...]
Appreciation. We all want it. We all need it. Feels nice to get it. It’s an acknowledgement of what we do and who we are. When we don’t feel appreciated, it can sap our motivation, our ability to perform, to do our best, to serve others. The paradox of appreciation is that in order to get it, you have to give it. If you want to feel more appreciated by others — your spouse, your clients, your kids, your colleagues, [...]
Via Dealine: 20th Century Fox has hired Karen McCullah & Kirsten Smith to adapt 29, the novel by Adena Halpern. John Davis is producing. The book is a high concept comedy about an elderly woman who wakes up in the body of her 29-year old self and finally has the chance to do things right. McCullah & Smith’s credits include Legally Blonde and The House Bunny. In addition to solo projects, they are scripting Love It Or Leave It for [...]
If content is king, how can it be a pejorative? Simply and broadly defined, content is anything that appears on a screen that competes for our attention. Content takes myriad forms, but what remains the same is that we spend our days sitting in front of screens, carrying screens with us, interacting with screens. What shows up on our screens is bargaining for our limited attention, so content can take the form of video, articles, stories, news, images, texts, Tweets, [...]
A Content Creator is someone who is actively creating and publishing original content to an audience on one or more media platforms. Traditionally, artists could be silo’d entities who worked in their one specific are of expertise — journalism, screenwriting, books, television, comics — but the ever-evolving Mediaverse has rendered that kind of artist obsolete. Artists and creative talent now need to be present and actively publishing content across multiple media platforms, building audience, engaging with fans and reaching out [...]
IP is Intellectual Property. It’s the name of the game in the arena of Content Creation. IP is imagination made real. Intellectual Property is the unique expression of an idea or concept — in the case of literary work, characters, theme, story and their resultant execution — in a real, tangible form. That unique expression creates a bundle of exclusive rights around something that begins as an intangible, a mental asset, if you will. Part of this has legal implications: [...]
In this edition of Hollywood Drive & Talk, Content Engine’s Seth Jaret shares a simple golden rule for doing business effectively. “Learning the lessons so that you don’t have to,” Seth imparts advice and shares wisdom he’s garnered over more than 18 years as a content creator in Hollywood. Want to know what it’s like to be a producer in Hollywood? What’s the path to success as a writer/director/producer? Find out in his candid video segments.
Oprah’s got one, Harry Potter is one, and you need to have one. At least that’s the prevailing wisdom in the social media-centric realm of Web 2.0. I’m talking about your personal brand, or, as my people call it, your “schtick.” Step One: Acceptance Your brand is the well-honed version of you, the way you market your “you-ness” to the world. And though it’s common to feel reluctant to prune one’s deliciously rich and complicated persona down to a few [...]
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