Passion vs. Talent

9/11 Reflections from Our Founder

Some days stay with you forever. Joe Scacciaferro’s memorial reflection and personal involvement on September 11th. Not a headline. A lived memory. We remember the lives lost. We remember the families changed. We remember the…

Don’t Follow the Pack. Lead the Pack

When FerroCity was being conceptualized, I never imagined it becoming a major influence in the entertainment production industry, yet it has! Early on, I identified an industry need and waited for it to be addressed.…

TOO YOUNG…TOO OLD

If you’ve been in the industry as long as I have, you have heard those phrases for years. And every time I hear them, I laugh. Based on that theory, your contribution to the industry…

CONCEPT TO COMPLETED PROJECT

I thought I’d add my two cents with the writers’ strike now behind us. Then, I thought, “Why would I write about something I have no first-hand knowledge of.” (It’s funny in today’s world; speaking…

DISRUPTION… PICK A SIDE

In industry, there is something called “disruption.” Some companies go down because of disruption, and some companies thrive in disruption. It is called their AQ adaptability quotient. How well they adapt to disruption or change…

PRODUCTION LESSONS LEARNED FROM AN NFL TEAM

Did you ever blow out the sound system at Carnegie Hall an hour before showtime? Did you ever Nova the lighting grid in the studio during a live broadcast? Have you ever wiped out all…

DIG DEEP TO FIND CAREER OPPORTUNIES

We all know the word, collaboration. We all agree collaboration yields the best projects/products. I have written and lectured a ton about finding backdoors into the industry to meet people to collaborate with and learn…

STORYTELLING ISN’T STORY CREATION…SOMETIMES!

Story sounds like a simple word. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is incredibly complex. A complex story might be a feature film or a book series like The Hobbit or Harry Potter. A Broadway play…

WHAT CAME FIRST, THE TECH OR THE CREATIVE USE

Does tech drive creativity or does creativity drive the development of new tech? In the 70s creative artists turned a device for playing records, the turntable, into an instrument which became the center piece of…

HONORED? OR OVERLOOKED?

“Receiving an award or individual recognition for a collaborative effort is unfair”. You would expect this statement to come from a person who has NOT received awards or recognition for their creative contributions. This time…