Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Andra Sheffer’s office has walls in two shades of blue and looks west out at College where the blue roof of the police headquarters matches her decor nicely. I was visiting to find out more about the Independent Production Fund and what I could put into my application that would help it stand out from […]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Everything’s coming up digital, how about you?
It’s in the air. The producer’s association just devoted their conference to the “new media”. The Independent Production Fund is financing linear web video. The Canada Media Fund will be calling for a second platform for all the television series it finances and offering a second “experimental” stream for […]
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tomorrow I head to Ottawa to take part in the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association’s Prime Time Conference. I will be part of the panel scheduled for Friday morning 11am – 12:15 pm in the Confederation III room on the Future of Storytelling.
Now I have to think of something to say on the […]
Our tale is about to begin, but there’s still time for me to introduce you to our players. Meet Barbara (@barbology) and Laurence (@about2bhitched), a lovely couple. If you make friends with them, perhaps they’ll invite you to there nuptials. Yes, they’re engaged and the wedding is this Friday at 6 p.m.
Standing up with […]
What was that just moments ago on Twitter? Did one of the characters in Crushing It just respond to an @?
@youngneal’s feed has has a little activity over the last couple of days. Tonight, Ink Canada tweeted at him:
It wasn’t long before Neal responded.
If you want to follow Crushing It, then follow the Crushing It […]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
We shot the posts for Barbara’s video log this evening. And the first is already up. The amazing fluidity of working in the digital space.
Last Sunday, at the Crushing It story meeting, we realized how hard it was proving to get to Barbara’s story — Barbara being the character I’m writing and who is known […]
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Wo0t. The Independent Production Fund will be financing web series! The press release contains the great news:
The Board of Directors of the Independent Production Fund (IPF) has approved a new pilot program to fund drama series created for any platform. In recognition of the evolving broadcast environment, the IPF will provide equity financing not only […]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
I scare myself sometimes. I come up with crazy impossible ideas like a Social Networking Week Story Project with a different writer bringing each character to life and live scenes on Twitter.
Actually, if all I did was come up with the idea, it would be fine. This idea itself isn’t crazy. It’s kind of cool. […]
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
People used to create their own entertainment. After dinner, they’d gather around the piano and sing. They’d make up stories to tell their children. They’d play sports and cards and board games. They’d knit and sew and crochet.
Then along came radio, television and film turning entertainment into a one-way street. Professionals entertained you and you […]
