At Media That Matters, the extraordinary gathering of media activists and documentary filmmakers in Hollyhock on the remote British Columbia isle of Cortes Island last month, I spent some time with Anita Adams, founder and executive director of the First Weekend Club and one of the coolest people I’ve met this year. Watch, download or […]
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Highlights from Media That Matters 2011
Photo of a bald eagle I took on Friday while kayaking (copyright 2011 by JD Lasica) The most sublime media conference that you’ve never heard of takes place every spring in Hollyhock, a tiny town on the remote island of Cortes in British Columbia. Just getting to the place is a bit of an adventure. […]
How to crowdsource the production of a feature length film
What Hollywood has discovered is that people can be really passionate about stories and characters. Fans are so emphatic they just want more. Hollywood appeases them with additional content such as t-shirts, extras on a DVD, and maybe a podcast.
But what if the entire production is fully shut down, yet the fans want the story to continue?
‘Avatar’ producer Jon Landau on keeping film bloggers in the production loop
At The CMO [Chief Marketing Officer] Club Summit in San Francisco, I spoke with film producer Jon Landau (‘Titanic,’ ‘Dick Tracy,’ ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ and the upcoming ‘Avatar’) about keeping film bloggers, like “Ain’t It Cool News” Harry Knowles, in the loop even when you’re in the middle of production.
Watch the video in high definition on YouTube.
Von Iva hits big time in Jim Carrey’s new movie
The Von Iva interview from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the last Macworld Expo Culture Catch Salon, I bumped into the drummer of Von Iva, a San Francisco band that hit the big time this weekend with the release of Jim Carrey’s new movie, Yes Man. I hadn’t heard of Von Iva until then, but […]