Indiewire: Downton Abbey, Season 6 Reviews for Indiewire
The fine folks at Indiewire engaged me to write recaps of the final season of Downton Abbey. I said, “You want me to tell people what I think? About a television show? And you’ll pay me? Sign me up!”
This was fun and engaging challenge, to find the sweet spot between simply summarizing events and including my own reactions and opinions. Especially with a show that I’ve found problematic and frustrating over its last few seasons.
I’ve assembled all the links into this one master post, in case one day I want to re-live the never-ending slog that was the hospital plot line.
6x06: http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-downton-abbey-season-6-episode-6-tries-to-get-meta-20160207
6x07: http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-downton-abbey-season-6-episode-7-goes-up-in-flames-20160214
6x09: http://www.indiewire.com/article/downton-abbey-series-finale-review-season-6-episode-9-20160305
Speaking Event: Prime Time in Ottawa | Breakout: Exploring Innovations in Storytelling
I’ll be speaking at Prime Time in Ottawa on February 4th. First time in Ottawa!
Indiewire: So You Want to be a Multi-Platform Content Creator? Here Are 6 Expert Tips
Indiewire foolishly gave me some space to blather on about transmedia/multiplatform/crossmedia/whatevermedia.
Indiegogo Campaign for "Dark Detour"
(via Fund This: Help Unlock Trophies, Stretch Goals For ‘All That Glitters’ Romantic Thriller)
Hey, check me out! I’m a “guru.”
Project Launch: The Horizon Factory’s Platform Beta Launch
The Horizon Factory is proud to announce the official beta of our mobile and OTT (Over-The-Top) app-creation toolset, helping creators of every size and from every background stop asking permission to start building their own content empires.
Very proud to announce that The Horizon Factory has officially hit beta!
After much testing and more coffee, we’re thrilled to move The Horizon Factory into beta release.
Project Launch: “Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles”
“Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles” stars Toby Turner, Lilly Singh, Eliot Dewberry, Ricky Hayberg, Woody Tondorf, Olga Kay, and the man himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Earlier this year, I got the opportunity to write a multi-part YouTube series that would combine the Terminator franchise with the world of YouTube stars. The shoot took over YouTube Space LA a couple of months back, as a huge crew turned my errant scribbles into something that looks out of this world.
In addition to the 3 main narrative episodes, we also shot one in 360/VR. For this one, we developed a new Terminator model - the T-360 (natch) with its own unique version of Terminator-vision.
Tubefilter: YouTube Stars Debut ‘Terminator’ Web Series With Arnold Schwarzenegger
New Media Rockstars: Arnold Schwarzenegger Brings The Terminator To YouTube To Stop Toby Turner
Time: See What It's Like to Hunt Down YouTube Stars as Terminator With This Virtual Reality 360 Video
Who's Going To Fund Your Web Series? | SXSW 2015 Event Schedule
If you’ll be at SXSW this year – and you’re not totally overwhelmed by a meat coma from all the barbecue - then come check out my panel at 12:30pm on Tuesday.
LA Times: Hollywood's creative class cheers FCC passage of net neutrality rules
“The celebration this week has been particularly loud among the next generation of content producers. They have turned to the Internet to reach a large and growing audience. “This battle has been such a long slog,”; said Jay Bushman, who created [edit: um, no] the show “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” on YouTube. “I don’t expect Thursday to be the end of it, by any means. But it’s certainly better than the alternative,” he said. Bushman said he turned to the Internet several years ago because it was less restrictive than dealing with the entrenched networks. “I didn’t need anybody’s permission,” he said. “You can make stuff, put it online and go directly to an audience.‘”
The LA Times asked me for some comments about the net neutrality ruling. I’ve got a sinus infection, so I was a bit loopy when I spoke to them – hopefully I made a modicum of sense.
As flattering as that is, I wish they’d properly credited me as Transmedia Producer on Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and not the creator. I’ve emailed them about a correction.
Santa Monica Reads: Behind the Scenes of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Here’s some more info on the Lizzie Bennet Diaries talk I’m doing with Kate Rorick next Saturday at the Santa Monica Public Library. Hope to see each and every one of you there.
Interview: Hollyweb
Interview with French outlet Hollyweb about The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.