mamet's magnificent memo

i love david mamet. the memo below basically sums up a good portion of his ON DIRECTING FILM book, which really be required reading for those in the storytelling space. via movieline:

“CBS’s drama The Unit, about the lives of the highly trained members of a top-secret military division, was canceled last year, but a memo [...]

transmedia, hollywood

tomorrow i’ll be speaking on a panel about ‘designing transmedia worlds’. it’s fun being a professional geek.

edit from the future: here’s a picture!

more info:

Transmedia, Hollywood: S/Telling the Story is a one-day public symposium exploring the role of transmedia franchises in today’s entertainment industries. Transmedia, Hollywood turns the spotlight on media creators, producers and [...]

samurai photo shoot

scenes from a samurai photo shoot. not to be confused with scenes from an italian restaurant.

these photos are part of something cool that will be revealed in due course…

blacklight: tango down

the publisher just released a trailer for an upcoming video game project developed by our partners at zombie studios. i’m all a-twitter about this one; it’s a very cool FPS that will be released on Xbox/PS3/PC as a DLC title.

what has two thumbs and who loves acronyms? this guy.

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