Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Long Long time ....
Since the last post I have rewritten SLAP AND TICKLE to accomodate my Latina heritage as well. The script is out to interested parties.
Caitlin will go into the studio with the fabulous Stephen George to work on the first song we will record for the film. We'll be shooting a short music video for it in July and get it out virally soon after.
In the meantime Sophia's film 21 BELOW continues its trek on the festival circuit. With strong interest in the UK. Well worth a viewing should it happen to play near you.
I have written the first draft of a feminist action adventure novel set two million years in the future. THE GOLD STONE GIRL is a cautionary tale in support of female empowerment today. We have plans to use the novel as a bible for a 3seasons web series and also to platform it for a game.
So while we have been silent the wheels have been turning.
Caitlin will go into the studio with the fabulous Stephen George to work on the first song we will record for the film. We'll be shooting a short music video for it in July and get it out virally soon after.
In the meantime Sophia's film 21 BELOW continues its trek on the festival circuit. With strong interest in the UK. Well worth a viewing should it happen to play near you.
I have written the first draft of a feminist action adventure novel set two million years in the future. THE GOLD STONE GIRL is a cautionary tale in support of female empowerment today. We have plans to use the novel as a bible for a 3seasons web series and also to platform it for a game.
So while we have been silent the wheels have been turning.
Long time ....
It's been a long time since I've updated this blog. In that time Racing Daylight continues its travels around the world
Thursday, March 12, 2009
NALIP - LMM AND OTHER NEWS
We'll be taking SLAP AND TICKLE to the NALIP conference in Newport Beach this April, and also entered it for consideration in the Latino Media Market, which willl be running at the same time. As a NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) member, it is exciting for us to bring this worthy project to our community.
Meanwhile, our producer, Sophia Raab Downs and partners Jenny McGuire and Samantha Buck (director) will be taking their cinema verite documentary feature 21 BELOW to HOT DOCS in Toronto and also to the SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL. Definitely worth seeing.
Meanwhile, our producer, Sophia Raab Downs and partners Jenny McGuire and Samantha Buck (director) will be taking their cinema verite documentary feature 21 BELOW to HOT DOCS in Toronto and also to the SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL. Definitely worth seeing.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL TO DISTRIBUTE SLAP AND TICKLE!
Thank you Freyr Thor and all the folks at VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL CINEMA for agreeing to distribute our flirty new film.
Please check back regularly for updates as we chug this machine to life with firming plans to shoot in early June 2009!
Please check back regularly for updates as we chug this machine to life with firming plans to shoot in early June 2009!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Understanding Exclusion
If, as the UC Santa Barbara team of Professors Bielby and Bielby have asserted, "All Hits are Flukes: institutionalized decision making and the rhetoric of network prime-time program development", (American Journal of Sociology), and I have to say their study is pretty convincing on the subject. If all hits are flukes, then it becomes imperative for "institutions" (studios) to create rhetoric in support of their predictions of future success, for their own survival.
The study goes on to tell us that much of the rhetoric created, or the assumptions used to measure future success, are predicated on the concepts of 'imitation', 'repetition', and 'reputation' as the hallmarks of predictable success. Hm... so if you weren't there, haven't done it before, or don't pretend to be what went before, you are considered a 'high risk'. Though in fact, the 'new' idea has as much chance out of the gate as the old. Interesting, the subtle equation of exclusion.
Women and minorities are excluded from the cultural conversation by these assumptions, which are, in essence, speculations, trotted out as fact, when a film or television show is scrutinized for its success potential in the market place.
'Speculation' then is wielded as a tool of fact by which others are excluded.
If all hits are flukes, then there is no one sure model. And every time someone champions a past success in relation to my dreams, that 'valued' opinion' needs to be leveraged against the truth. The truth is that I have as much chance of predicting success as the thirty year old studio white guy. Maybe more, as I live among the people, not in the land of holly and wood, and my tastes are directly influenced by the people I meet at ball games and the library, etc. The problem; I have to greenlight and finance my own projects in order to change the conversation to something which interests me.
And soon, if my flukes hit, I too will be the one imitated, repeated and reputed. And as long as I remain outside of the 'institutions' I can continue to move forward, creating worlds anew without having to reflect exclusively on what went before.
So, the lesson I take away from this is that I no longer look to the paradigm to affirm or negate what I do. I give myself permission to create and dream worlds not readily available on my screens. Onward!
The study goes on to tell us that much of the rhetoric created, or the assumptions used to measure future success, are predicated on the concepts of 'imitation', 'repetition', and 'reputation' as the hallmarks of predictable success. Hm... so if you weren't there, haven't done it before, or don't pretend to be what went before, you are considered a 'high risk'. Though in fact, the 'new' idea has as much chance out of the gate as the old. Interesting, the subtle equation of exclusion.
Women and minorities are excluded from the cultural conversation by these assumptions, which are, in essence, speculations, trotted out as fact, when a film or television show is scrutinized for its success potential in the market place.
'Speculation' then is wielded as a tool of fact by which others are excluded.
If all hits are flukes, then there is no one sure model. And every time someone champions a past success in relation to my dreams, that 'valued' opinion' needs to be leveraged against the truth. The truth is that I have as much chance of predicting success as the thirty year old studio white guy. Maybe more, as I live among the people, not in the land of holly and wood, and my tastes are directly influenced by the people I meet at ball games and the library, etc. The problem; I have to greenlight and finance my own projects in order to change the conversation to something which interests me.
And soon, if my flukes hit, I too will be the one imitated, repeated and reputed. And as long as I remain outside of the 'institutions' I can continue to move forward, creating worlds anew without having to reflect exclusively on what went before.
So, the lesson I take away from this is that I no longer look to the paradigm to affirm or negate what I do. I give myself permission to create and dream worlds not readily available on my screens. Onward!
Friday, November 7, 2008
MOVING FORWARD
Now that the elections are over and the smoke is clearing, we are gearing up to replace the investors we lost in the econmoic crunch, and re-set our start times.
To the loyal supporters of our project, we move forward with confidence and optimism into this brave new future, embracing all the slaps and tickles which accompany first times.
To the loyal supporters of our project, we move forward with confidence and optimism into this brave new future, embracing all the slaps and tickles which accompany first times.
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