Archive for the ‘Views’ Category
Emmy Nominations Lacking in Diversity
I just did the math: Only six people of color were nominated for acting Emmy awards this year (that includes categories like supporting actor in a miniseries). For the men, that’s 1 nomination of a possible 45. For the women, that’s 6 nominations of 45 (Chandra Wilson was nominated twice):
Outstanding Lead Actress in [...]
5 Rules for Artists Using Social Media
In my last post, you learned that no one cares how good you are if they don’t know who you are. Social media literacy is an essential skill for all artists to master. And by social media literacy, I don’t mean being able to create a facebook event, or tweet about your breakfast, or add friends [...]
Turn off your Cell Phone at Patti LuPone’s Gypsy
On Tuesday, Patti LuPone voiced her own response to David Itzkoff’s NY Times blog post about an incident in which LuPone stopped her performance to confront an audience member who was using an electronic device. LuPone defended her actions, and those of artists seeking to preserve the integrity of live performance as audiences grow more [...]
Ella Es El Matador – Women v. Machismo in the Bull Ring
This week, many of our posts will feature films and seminars from AFI SILVERDOCS, an 8-day documentary film festival that takes place in Silver Spring, MD. We have an upcoming interview clip with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, and a lot more to say about the future of public media. But for now I [...]
Why Artists Need Social Media
Editor’s Note: I’m happy to welcome Devon Hopkins to Still Indie. He is an undergraduate at a competitive liberal arts university studying social psychology and group dynamics through choreography. He also manages and promotes an a cappella group and a dance troupe. We hope you will enjoy his insights on collaboration and the use [...]
Are You Guilty of Media Malpractice?
Last week I attended Making Media Now at Bentley University, where, among other really interesting panels, I saw Andy Carvin talk about crowdsourcing. I was also really glad to hear Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films talk about making media that matters with Lisa Mullins of The World. Greenwald also screened a clip [...]
Favorite Feminists for the Very Young
Oh Jezebel, your editors should know by now that if you post anything that involves a list and the word “feminism” – people are going to get into a flame war mighty fast. Jezebel’s list of 20 Feminist TV Characters prompted a lot of controversy – including a lot of agita over the lack of [...]
Andy Carvin of NPR On Crowdsourcing at Making Media Now
On Friday I attended Making Media Now 2009, a single day conference for media makers (largely attended by documentary film folk from the Boston Area). MMN09 was a great experience – and I have to recommend that more social media and new media people attend in the future – there were some great filmmakers looking [...]
Joss Whedon at the Shasha Seminar, Part II
Last time, I gave a recap of Joss Whedon and Mark Harris’s thoughts on where the media industry is going, but much of our time at the Shasha Seminar was spent talking about the nuts and bolts of actually getting work produced.
Whedon talked about his own career, and how he got his stories up on [...]
Joss Whedon and Mark Harris: Getting art and commerce to finally hook up
This weekend at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns at Wesleyan University, I was lucky enough to hear from some of the biggest movers and shakers in the entertainment business.
The weekend kicked off with Mark Harris, critic and author, who spoke about the need for both the producers and the consumers of media to raise [...]
