What is it about deadlines that gets the job done? To understand why they can are so motivating, I took a peek at the etymology of the word, “deadline.” Etymology, by the way, in narrative terms, is the “origin story” of words and their changing (or evolving) meaning through time. For example, “the whole nine yards” has nothing to do with football. Its derivation is thought to come from WWII, wherein gunners would “give ‘em the full nine yards” by [...]
“Read Between The Lines” Hollywood has a vernacular all its own and it’s best to learn the lingo so that you can become an eloquent practitioner. It’s what identifies you as a native to the other members of our tribe, as someone who’s in the know. Among the Town’s most popular pieces of parlance is “I don’t disagree.” But is it an affirmation worth a damn or is it just another equivocation on the road to development hell? Rather than [...]
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.
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.
It’s the thought that counts. Isn’t that what they say? I wholeheartedly agree. And I tend to think the thought counting also saves a whole lot of trees. I like to carry with me an attitude of gratitude for all the wonderful things in my life. Often, when my heart is bursting with appreciation, I feel like penning thank you notes to everyone whom I credit with contributing to my blissful state of mind: my wife, my clients, an agent [...]
Not long ago, whenever my son would hear me draw my breath in quickly or make a sound approximating alarm, he’d look at me with the insouciant curiosity of a three year-old and ask, “What’s the panic?” Precisely, my son. What IS the panic? Can anyone tell me? Are movies dead? Have people stopped consuming entertainment? Has media gone down the tubes? Is this the death knell of our business? As my boy is ever quick to remind me, “Dad, [...]
In this edition of”Hollywood Drive & Talk,” Content Engine’s Seth Jaret discusses the most important buzz word of our time.
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