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Topic: Film & television
Networked businesses: the icon isn’t iconic
In the second piece on networked businesses, we look at the classic example of the network business – today’s Hollywood films. Interesting as it is, the Hollywood model doesn’t migrate easily to other industries. Here’s why. Continue reading
From the birth of American cinema to the 1950s when television began vying foraudiences, studios made films. Studios owned land, held contracts with “talent”, and employed union labourers in order to manufacture a steady stream of genre films that could find ready audiences ...MORE >
Putting metaphor in the frame
University of Leeds Professor Joep Cornelissen’s talk “It’s all in the game: How to successfully frame a strategic change or opportunity” used real-world and television drama examples to the show the interplay between how leaders framed future action and what people understood through the frames. Continue reading
It’s so refreshing to hear someone flag up the importance of metaphor and analogy in business communications. They aren’t simply “literary tools”: metaphor and analogy are tools fundamental to humans’ sense-making.
Joep’s talk and the discussion it sparked reminded me how powerful metaphors and ...MORE >
Is the singular image obsolete?
Filmmaker Simon Kreitem’s take on the art and science of film-making explained the convergence of still photography and videography. In doing so, he raised the problem of the singular image – something that is so eternal appears now to have a social history. After more than a month of mulling his talk, I share my thoughts. Continue reading
When I heard Simon speak last month (thanks to the hospitality of SAS's Kevin Keohane and his Verb Publishing co-founder Dan Gray), I found my unwavering faith in the singular image shaken - and quite rightly so.
Simon came along to address a mix ...MORE >
Mobile digital movie-making
No computer needed. Thanks to the new iPhone, movies can go straight from an iPhone 4 handset to YouTube. Click to view… Continue reading
Proof positive: digital movies can now be shot, edited, and uploaded from a phone. (See below, courtesy of Will Head, writer for MacUser.)
Was it WC Fields who said: "Never act with children or dogs. They will always upstage ...MORE >
Television writer as Master Storyteller
The man who magicked Dr Who back into existence is “the Scheherazade of Cardiff Bay,” according to Veronica Horwell in the Saturday Guardian. Continue reading
Howell is reviewing Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale, 512 pages of emails and texts flying between Davies and a confidant named Benjamin Cook.
Here’s what Howell says of Davies: “He’s making this up as he goes along. He can’t stop the narrative. He keeps ...MORE >
The actor’s “as if” in turbulent times
Management guru Stefan Stern meticulously recalls a screen performance by the late great actor Paul Newman. Continue reading
FT Weekend reprints Stefan Stern's eulogy blog to Newman. It's great to see how Stern notates Newman's deft performance of David Mamet's script for the Sidney Lumet 1982 film The Verdict. Click here to read the blog.
To add: The speech works on another level. In speaking of ...MORE >