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After Hours – A Pulitzer Prize-Winner On Writing

May 16, 2012 / After Hours, Interviews, Videos

“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 [...]

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Hilary Graham on “Time Management”

May 16, 2012 / Videos, Vlogs

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.

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Hollywood Q&A: How to Break into the Movie Business [PODCAST]

May 16, 2012 / Podcasts, Seth Speaks

In this podcast, Seth Jaret speaks to aspiring screenwriters about best practices for breaking into the entertainment business and sustaining success once you do. Seth covers his “origin story” and personal journey, starting with his initial successes with Rounders and 10 Things I Hate About You, culminating in the launch of Content Engine. He addresses the transformation of the film business, what it means to be a Content Creator, and how writers and directors need to eschew the culture of permission in favor [...]

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Interview with Astrologer, Ra Rishikavi Raghudas [PODCAST]

May 15, 2012 / Podcasts, Teachers & Seekers

As part of his series on TEACHERS & SEEKERS, Seth Jaret interviews Content Engine’s resident astrologer, Ra Rishikavi Raghudas. Listen in on a conversation about astrology, spirituality, the zeitgeist and the cosmic influence of the stars and planets on all of us — whether we are attuned to it or not.

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Making it Count

April 23, 2012 / Stuff We Love, Videos, Virals/Shorts/Music Videos

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 [...]

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3 Lessons to Learn from Rich Ross’ Disney Departure

April 23, 2012 / Articles, State of the Biz

1) It’s good to be humble. Rich Ross, the short-lived and now departing Walt Disney Chairman, was rumored to have a “touch of arrogance” and a flippancy about the ease of running a studio. Arrogance is a tough proposition when you’re great at your job, which he clearly was at Disney Channel, but when you’re in a new gig outside your area of expertise and facing a learning curve as steep as the climb at K2, a little humble pie can help [...]

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Adventures of a Film Scholar – Part II

April 13, 2012 / Adventures of a Film Scholar, Articles, Creator Corner

So what’s it about? This is a question that I pose to my students. A very short, but – in my opinion – the ultimate make-or-break question as to whether a script (or the resulting film) will actually work. I don’t mean make money, I don’t mean be a critical success (both of those outcomes have many other contributing factors), I mean work on the raw, unadulterated, nuts-and-bolts STORYTELLING level. Most of what I do in academia is to flag [...]

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The Spiritual Power of Titanic

April 6, 2012 / Articles, Creator Corner, Star Power!

“It keeps eternal whisperings around Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell Gluts twice ten thousand caverns…” –John Keats, On the Sea And you thought it was only a movie. A five-hankie weeper of a love story, certainly. A tragic historical event for sure, unforgettably re-created by a virtuoso film director. Definitely an Oscar-winning, record-breaking monster of a film, which spawned Leo-mania and a backlash to its extensive emotionalism. And it still seems to have enough potency to inspire another [...]

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After Hours Interview with Christopher Goffard – Part 2

April 4, 2012 / After Hours, Interviews, Videos

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.

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Decoding Deepak

March 28, 2012 / Stuff We Love, Trailers, Videos

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 [...]

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CSI:NY Set Visit

March 28, 2012 / Behind the Scenes, Videos

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.

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The Spleenectomy

March 23, 2012 / Videos, Virals/Shorts/Music Videos

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 [...]

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