The Anthropomorphic Male

climateadaptation:

Occupy Everything

“Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending,” - Lemony Snicket, a member of the Occupy Writers movement.

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lizlet = liz shannon miller online: The problem with ITVfest.

ericmortensen:

lizlet:

Over the last few years, I have had a good time at ITVfest, meeting creators and discovering a lot of up-and-coming content (including great shows like Urban Wolf and Oz Girl). But this year, the festival is under new management, and has been subject to some controversy, with one key moment…

Party Down returns for a new season as a web series. The crew has figured out that the web series industry generates a nonstop stream of people who will dump their money and time into anything that has a red carpet and a hired photographer. They pounce on this goldmine by reorganizing the catering company to work exclusively for web series launches, parties and awards shows.

Paul Scheer joins the cast as the staff photographer. The production budget is increased to allow for the purchase of a $139 red carpet.

Bonus features include the first episodes from fictional series that throw launch parties they can’t afford and fizzle out soon afterward. 

Vampire Mob: Confessions of a Lucky Storyteller (Fun is Important)

vampiremob:

My father is a fine woodworker and he makes amazing and beautiful things with wood: furniture, jewelry boxes, lamps and even soap box derby cards for my nephew.

He always says that no one will truly understand the time it takes to make something out of wood. Now I understand that statement, more…

Vampire Mob: Confessions of a Lucky #Webseries Creator (How do you write a #webseries?)

vampiremob:

WRITING IS ORCHESTRATED DAYDREAMING.

Writing is not work, it’s daydreaming on paper. The work is actually sitting down and doing it.

I’ve never been asked how to write a web series, until last week.

The questions included how to structure a series, both an episode and an entire season.

…

We Are All Famous To A Few People: Dear @IAWTV,

joewilsontv:

Thanks for inviting the #webseries community to be a part of the International Academy of Web Television with the new membership policy. Use of the word ‘community’ is a lot more appropriate with the new policy. Congrats.

I’m being told to join now if I want to be part of the solution, to build…

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San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906

A compilation of actual footage, edited by Dan Meyerson & Matt Peterson

Finally broke down and joined Tumblr.