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A GATHERING OF PASSION AND TALENT was invited to a gathering of indie film folks. The sponsors presented it as an industry networking mixer. A chance to meet others in the biz, expand your understanding…
Read More aboutFreaking out over a new tech like AI isn’t a new experience. Because change has been part of a creative’s life forever. The threat of AI taking over the whole world or replacing all of…
Read More about AI ISN’T STEALING YOUR GIG … NOT ADJUSTING IS!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…
Read More about STORYTELLING ISN’T STORY CREATION…SOMETIMES!Stop blaming it on the technology. How often do you hear people say, “I never got that email.” Never got your text” or “My phone never rang”. Stop it! This isn’t 1980 when tech was…
Read More about DON’T PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH YOUR CAREERThroughout my career’s early years, all I heard was, “You need more experience.” We all know the catch twenty-two about acquiring experience, “How do you get it if no one will give you a shot…
Read More about EXPERIENCE: PRO OR CONThe power of AI, Wonder Studio, the family of Adobe apps, Avid and so much more have changed and are changing the way we create. But unlike past tech, new tech is coming at us so fast and furious (do…
Read More about INVENTIONS CREATE OBSOLESCENCE … DON’T LET IT!!“…I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king I’ve been up and down and over and out…” Remember those lyrics sung by Frank Sinatra? No? Check out his…
Read More about FRANK SAW IT COMING…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…
Read More about WHAT CAME FIRST, THE TECH OR THE CREATIVE USEI spend a lot of time talking about developing your skills, learning the talents that are of value to the industry and Cross Training yourself to perform in different production opportunities. Those are all critical…
Read More about CROSS TRAINING ISN’T JUST FOR GYM RATS“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…
Read More about HONORED? OR OVERLOOKED?
