Women in Comedy Darlings! Getting Ready For Our Panel Discussion
Podcast All-Stars: From the Garage to the Big Time Recap
Stories from the Biggest Voices on the Web.
We learned so much about podcasting today: from creating content to distribution/marketing-all our panelists had great insight.
Wrap up:
- The Sideshow Network told us podcasts are portable & convenient.
- Jamie Denbo from Earwolf’s Ronna & Beverly says podcasts are put out by fairies in the internet.
- Alison Rosen’s partnership with Carolla Digital provides opportunity for cross promotion.
- Overall, the value you get out of podcasting isn’t necessarily money. Gaining audience, maintaining a place to continue doing material.
Thanks to all for a great chat!
Our YouTube Comedy Spotlight: JASH is underway!
Thanks to Kevin Winston for moderating, and Doug Deluca, Daniel Kellison & Mickey Meyer for a wonderful discussion on the origins of JASH!
Ultimately, funding a for-profit venture as a charity is weird and is a niche that has opened up thanks to a generation of useful idiots in the YAY! ERA who live to mindlessly cheer on their team - so long as their team comes in some sort of token indie garb, be they politicians or late night tv stars.
In the wake of the Veronica Mars Movie campaign, Zach Braff’s Wish You Were Here Kickstarter campaign met its goal.
What do you think this means for the industry? Do you agree with Richard Rushfield’s take? Too harsh?
Happy Sunday, Folks.
We’re gearing up for a busy week and we’re pretty excited.
Are you attending the Digital Hollywood Content Summit?
Meera Menon, who directed “Farah Goes Bang” from her own script, has been selected as the winner of the Tribeca Film Festival’s inaugural Nora Ephron Prize.
Meera will be joining us on Wednesday for the Digital Hollywood Content Summit Screening Series: Features and Shorts panel discussion (4pm). We can’t wait to hear about this amazing award!
Wow! Congrats to all at The Lizzie Bennet Diaries!
We can’t wait to hear about the campaign from Mary Kate Wiles (LBD’s Lydia), who will be joining us at the Digital Hollywood Content Summit panel, Women in Comedy (4/29, 3pm).
Click through to read up on this fantastic Kickstarter campaign!
In one week, Comedy Central and Twitter will launch the first ever #ComedyFest, a five-day celebration of comedy taking place on Twitter and featuring Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Judd Apatow, Gabriel Iglesias, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, The Cast of RENO 911!, Amy Schumer, Jeff Ross, Doug Benson, Steve Agee, Paul Feig, Neal Brennan, Al Madrigal and many others!
The festival kicks off next Monday with the one and only Mel Brooks joining Twitter. His first tweet will be a live-stream of an event at LA’s Paley Center with Brooks and Carl Reiner, moderated by Judd Apatow.
Altogether, #ComedyFest will include 16 programmed events featuring more than 50 comedians. Be sure to follow @ComedyCentral on Twitter for updates.
Click through for the full lineup.
Well this is exciting. Make sure to click through to learn more about #ComedyFest.
In the age of digital downloads, instant streaming, and Redbox keeping up with providing physical discs has been a challenge for Netflix. We found this Chicago Tribune story on their DVD service insanely interesting.
From Funny or Die’s Website:
You’ll see the rest, now watch the FIRST. Justin Long stars in the first biopic of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Also starring Jorge Garcia, James Urbaniak, and Michaela Watkins.
If you want to watch the full-length feature, visit Funny or Die, here.
Read more via Indiewire, here.
Check out Synergist.is, the crowdfunding site aimed at social entrepreneurs that is attempting to crowdfund itself.
META.
Projection Mapped Set With Live Performance by Taylor McFerrin*
Wow! Check out this epic opening to the 2nd half of Day One at the Magento/Ebay conference. Friend of Rigler Creative Solutions, John Couch, directed this for 1028 Designs.
1028 Designs does everything from custom furniture, trade show booths,set design and interior design to custom laser cutting fabrication. 1028 Designs is a one stop design firm that handles everything from basic CAD design to final construction.
What are the challenges of reaching your audience?
Carlitos Ruiz and Mariem Ruiz - Creators of Chamacas; and Ruth Livier - Actress, Writer and Producer of Ylse discuss this and more at our panel discussion (4/29, 1:45pm)!
So what is Squaresville you ask? Squaresville is a funny, weird, quirky, indie teen web series about growing up in the suburbs with nothing to do.
We’re so excited to have Funny or Die’s Betsy Koch, Mary Kate Wiles, and Kylie Sparks join us for the Women in Comedy panel (4/29, 3pm).
Make sure you check out their awesome web series Squaresville to learn more!
“ALL UP TO YOU!” - iPhone 5 Musical
(shot and edited on iPhone 5)
Check out Studio in My Pocket’s short, shot & edited entirely on an iPhone 5!
We’ve just added them to our Screening Series agenda (1 May)! Make sure to check out more videos on their website.
