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Applying to IPF’s Web Drama Series Pilot Program

Mar 10, 2010 12:50pm

Andra Sheffer’s office has walls in two shades of blue and looks west out at College where the blue roof of the police headquarters matches her decor nicely. I was visiting to find out more about the Independent Production Fund and what I could put into my application that would...

Sopranos Pilot Act Breaks

Mar 10, 2010 11:01am

Friend of the blog Sébastien writes: I watched “The Sopranos” pilot five times and it’s driving me crazy : I can’t distinguish the act breaks! Well, I don’t know. Do you? I haven’t watched that episode in a very long time and don’t have it on hand to break down right this...

Twenty-two Days Until April Fools

Mar 10, 2010 6:36am

Get ready, the greatest holiday of the year is coming soon. Don’t be caught out without a great prank to pull. Here’s the first of the Hailey Hacks April Fools videos. Watch for another next week....

Distribution and Deity

Mar 8, 2010 9:51am

Over at Advertising Age, Keith Richmond is writing about the importance of distribution in the next decade. His piece is called Is Content King? Then Distribution is Crown Prince, subtitled Great Content Does Not Mean It Will Find an Audience: In the next decade, we will see significant changes...

State of Women Writers in LA

Mar 5, 2010 9:10am

Check out Where Have All the Women Gone? Long Time Passing in The Research Wrap Blog. Pilot season has been especially unkind to women writers this year. And the staffing situation isn’t much better. Take at look at this chart included in the post: What about cable? Perhaps, I thought, cable would...

Did You Say You DIDN’T Want An iPad

Mar 4, 2010 8:07am

I sure do, but more than that, I can’t wait to create something for one....

Rolling for Chat

Mar 4, 2010 8:01am

This morning, I got up my nerve and played a little Chat Roulette. This is the site where you turn on your web cam and then click to look at total strangers via their web cams, and text chat with them. I was a little apprehensive about it. Strangers! What do...

Cheap Promotion

Mar 2, 2010 2:57pm

I was cruising the web this week looking for information about soon-to-be-released television series and was shocked to find virtually nothing. I’m talking about more than one series — series that are in the can and awaiting air dates. Yet, the only information about them are their IMDB pages and...