This Youtube video Ataque de Panico currently has over a million hits, prompting Sam Raimi to sign its Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez to a production deal for a $30 million feature. The LA Times reported this deal as a Cinderella story, courtesy of Youtube popularity, a little help by Kanye West’s blog (!) and special [...]
Extracted from the NewTeeVee Live archive of yesterday’s great 1 day conference, this video is long video but very worth worth watching if you’re curious what the folks in the new media video world think is coming next. Answers to the question: ”What’s The Next Big Thing” had experts weighing in on technologies, creative shifts, funding, [...]
I should say first that I have NOT seen Paranormal Activity, chiefly because, well…I’m a scaredy-cat and probably wouldn’t sleep for days afterwards. BUT, that never stopped me from a big picture analysis. Of course the hype everyone is hanging on to right now is the parallel between Paranormal and Blair Witch. And I get [...]
